WakeMed and its leadership is committed to being the best in the health care business. We continually offer new and improved medical services, build state-of-the-art, convenient facilities for our customers and hire the best and the brightest people to work in our organization - all in the name of providing a quality experience for the people we serve.
WakeMed Board of Directors
As a private, not-for-profit organization, WakeMed Health & Hospitals is governed by a 14-member volunteer Board of Directors who are representative of the communities we serve. All inquiries for the Board should be directed to Roylyn Johnson, manager, Office of the Board & CEO at 919-350-8102 or RCJOHNSON@wakemed.org.
Executive Staff
Donald R. Gintzig
President & CEO
Rick Carrico, CPA
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Denise Warren, MBA
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Cindy A. Boily, MSN, RN
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Sheri De Shazo, MBA, MHA, RN
Senior Vice President & Administrator North Hospital
Thomas Gough, MHA
Senior Vice President, Administrator Cary Hospital
Carolyn Knaup, MHA, RN
Senior Vice President, Ambulatory & Physician Operations
Jeanene R. Martin, MPH, MEd
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Matthew Nathan, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, WakeMed Physician Practices
West Paul, MD, PhD
Senior Vice President, Chief Quality & Medical Staff Officer
Rebecca E. Andrews, MSCL
Vice President, Health Information and Utilization Management
Interim Senior Vice President Administrator, Raleigh Campus
Interim Vice President, Revenue Cycle
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Denton Arledge, MBA
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Thomas G. Cavender, PE
Vice President, Facilities & Construction
Christine Craig
Vice President, Government Affairs
John Finley, JD, MPH
Vice President & Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
Betsy Gaskins-McClaine, MSN-C, BSN, RN
Vice President, Heart & Vascular Services
Georgia Harrington, MSHA
Vice President, System-wide Operations
Chantal Howard, MSN, RN
Vice President, Nursing, Raleigh Campus
Susan James, JD
Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Debra Z. Laughery, MBA
Vice President, Public Relations
John Perry, MD
Vice President, Medical Education
Rick Shrum, MBA, MHA
Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Karen Bash, MD
Chief Medical Officer, North Hospital
Seth Brody, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Cary Hospital
Charles Harr, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Raleigh Campus
Medical Staff
Our physicians represent nearly every medical and surgical specialty, with 90+% being either Board certified or Board eligible. Our physicians hold key leadership positions throughout the organization - current presidents of our Medical Staffs are as follows:
- Michael Weinstein, MD - President (Pathology)
- Gay Gooden, MD - (Emergency Medicine)
