Leadership and governing boards
Our leadership team
The executive leadership team at Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic oversees the daily operations of the organization. They are responsible for developing strategies for future growth, ensuring health care quality and providing a people-centered work and care environment.
Advocate Health leaders
Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic is part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the U.S. See the Advocate Health leadership team.
Atrium Health Floyd leaders
- Kurt Stuenkel, President, Atrium Health Floyd
- Sheila Bennett, Senior Vice President and Chief of Patient Services
- Clarice Cable, Assistant Vice President of Finance
- Drew Dempsey, Assistant Vice President of Strategy, Planning and Medical Group Operations
- Ed McBride, MD, Chief Medical Officer
- Kenneth Jones, MD, Chief Physician Officer
- Tommy Manning, Senior Vice President and General Counsel
- Jeff Buda, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
- Taunya Faulkner, Vice President of Performance Improvement
- Matt Gorman, Vice President of Corporate and Network Services
- Aimee Griffin, Vice President of Professional Services
- Tifani Kinard, Vice President of Rural Health
- Gia Pyles, Assistant Vice President of Surgical Services
- Charmaine Thomas, Vice President of Behavioral Health and Risk Management
- Phil Wheeler, Chief Financial Officer
Harbin Clinic leaders
- Kenna Stock, Chief Executive Officer and HIPAA Privacy Officer
- Charles Edward McBride, III, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer
- Tom Diehl, Chief Financial Officer
- Wendy Pitts, RN, MBA, Chief Operating Officer
- Kenneth F. Davis, MD, President and Chairman of the Board
Governing boards
Our hospitals and affiliates are governed by eight boards:
- Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
- Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
- Floyd Emergency Physicians LLC
- Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
- Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
- Floyd Physicians LLC
- Hospital Authority of Floyd County
- Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Board members
The eight governing boards are made up of community leaders who oversee business and financial operations.
Carl J. Herring, MD
Chair, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Ex-Officio, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
Todd Bussey
Chair, Cedartown-Polk Hospital Authority
Chair, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Kay Y. Chumbler
Chair, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
David W. Johnson
Chair, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Mark W. Manis
Chair, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Wright W. Bagby Jr.
Hospital Authority of Floyd County and County Commission Representative
John Bennett
Vice Chair and Treasurer, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
George Bosworth, MD
Past Chair and Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
James E. Collins Jr., MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Katie M. Dempsey
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Denise Downer-McKinney
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Member, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Doug Elliott
Member, Cedartown-Polk Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Eric Ellis
Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
Garry E. Fricks
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Neil E. Gordon, MD
Member, Cedartown-Polk Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Matt Gorman
Floyd Management Employee, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
J. Daniel Hanks Jr., MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Member, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Ken Haynes
Atrium Health Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Robert H. Holcombe Jr., MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Chad A. Hopper
Vice Chair, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
James J. Howell Jr.
Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
Tifani Kinard
Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
Darrin Kines
Member, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Johna M. Lindsey
Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
Britt Madden Jr.
Member, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Thomas H. Manning
Secretary, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Secretary, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Secretary, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Mary Miller
Member, Cedartown-Polk Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Darcy Morris
Vice Chair, Cedartown-Polk Hospital Authority
Vice Chair, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
W. David Newby
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Member, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Christopher P. Piller, MD
Vice Chair and Harbin Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Dee B. Russell MD
Vice Chair, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Member, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Kris Shepard
Atrium Health Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Frank D. Stegall Jr., MD
Harbin Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Kenna Stock
Liaison to the Board, Harbin Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Kurt Stuenkel
Ex-Officio Voting Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Secretary, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Ex-Officio Voting Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Secretary and Ex-Officio Voting Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC
Shannon Joe Vaughn, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Sondi Smith Vest
Member, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Rhonda S. Wallace
County Commission Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
County Commission Appointee, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Philip Wheeler
Treasurer, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
DeAnna Williams
Member, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.