Posted: 10/15/04
Valley Baptist Health System names CFO
HARLINGEN–Valley Baptist Health System has named longtime Rio Grande Valley banker Randy McLelland senior vice president and chief financial officer.
McLelland previously served as chief operating officer for Lone Star National Bank, following years of executive leadership at JP Morgan/Chase and its predecessor bank, Texas Commerce Bank.
He has served on the Valley Baptist Health System board of directors, most recently as chairman of the board.
“Randy's leadership and contributions to Valley Baptist through the years have been remarkable, and we welcome him and his wife, Madelaine, to the Valley Baptist staff,” said James Springfield, president and chief executive officer of Valley Baptist Health System.
| Randy McLelland |
In other organizational developments, three executives from the Memorial Hermann hospital system in Houston have joined Valley Baptist's management team.
Shane Spees has been named chief financial officer for Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen, Greg Harb is the new chief executive officer for Valley Baptist Health Center-Brownsville, and Jim Salyer is senior vice president for corporate services.
Spees served as assistant vice president of operations at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston.
Harb was vice president and chief operating officer for Memorial Hermann and Memorial Hermann Children's Hospitals in Houston. As chief executive officer for Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville, he will work on integrating the 243-bed hospital–previously the Brownsville Medical Center–into the Valley Baptist system. Valley Baptist completed purchase of the hospital June 29.
Salyer was chief executive officer of Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital in Houston's Texas Medical Center.
In addition to the four new administrators, Springfield announced several promotions of administrators who already were serving within the Valley Baptist system.
They include James Eastham as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Valley Baptist Health System; Scott Manis as vice president and chief operating officer for Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen; Jim Wesson as vice president and chief operating officer of Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville; Doug Volinski as vice president of finance in addition to his current duties as corporate compliance officer; and Linda McKenna as director for Valley Baptist's Physician-Hospital Organization in addition to her current duties as vice president of governmental affairs.
“As Valley Baptist continues to grow, our organization will continue to evolve,” Springfield said.
“I am pleased that we have so many people within our organization who have distinguished themselves here at Valley Baptist. I am also pleased that our organization has successfully attracted other high-quality individuals to our team from other organizations.”
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