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, MBA, CPA
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Denise Warren, MBA
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Rebecca E. Andrews, MSCL
Senior Vice President & Administrator, Raleigh Campus
Cindy A. Boily, MSN, RN
Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Chris DeRienzo, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Quality & Medical Staff Officer
Thomas Gough, MHA
Senior Vice President, Administrator Cary Hospital & North Hospital
Carolyn Knaup, MHA, RN
Senior Vice President, Strategic Ventures & Ambulatory Operations
Jeanene R. Martin, MPH, MEd
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Matthew Nathan, MD
Senior Vice President, WakeMed Physician Practices
Valerie Barlow, PharmD, MBA
Vice President, Clinical & Support Services
Shon Brink, MBA, CMPE, FACHE
Vice President, Operations, WakeMed Physician Practices
Thomas G. Cavender, PE
Vice President, Facilities & Construction
Christine Craig
Vice President, Government Affairs
Susan James, JD
Vice President & Chief Legal Officer
Debra Z. Laughery, MBA
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Ted Lotchin, JD, MPH
Vice President & Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
Peter Marks, PhD
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
John Perry, MD
Vice President, Medical Education
Stephanie Sessoms
Vice President, Finance
Rick Shrum, MBA, MHA
Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Sheldrick Streete, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR
Vice President, Nursing, Raleigh Campus
Neal Chawla, MD
Chief Medical Information 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)
