LIFEPOINT HEALTH - Key Persons


Aaron Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Growth and Integrated Solutions
As executive vice president, growth and integrated solutions for Lifepoint Health, Aaron Lewis is responsible for overseeing growth and outreach, business transformation and physician services; directing organic growth opportunities and strategic partnerships across Lifepoint's communities; and overseeing integrated solutions functions, including marketing, development, information technology and innovation. He plays a key role in the company's Lifepoint Forward innovation strategy, which focuses on deploying strategies, technologies and solutions to transform the way we deliver care across Lifepoint's diversified care platforms and engage with consumers. Prior to his current role, Aaron served as senior vice president (SVP), care continuum and business transformation, and previously served the company as senior vice president, physician enterprise and strategic growth. Before joining Lifepoint Health, he served in multiple roles for RCCH HealthCare Partners, including senior vice president of strategic growth and vice president, operations and strategic alignments. Prior to his RCCH tenure, he held operational and development roles with Vanguard Health Systems, after beginning his career in investment banking for Merrill Lynch. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.

Al Smith - CIO, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer
  • Senior Vice President

Bob Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Interim President, Western Division

Cherie Sibley

Job Titles:
  • President, Acute Service Lines

Chris Frost

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of Lifepoint Communities

David Critchlow

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Government Relations

David M. Dill - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chief Executive Officer
David Dill is chairman and chief executive officer of Lifepoint Health. In this role, he is responsible for the development and oversight of Lifepoint's strategic priorities and organizational growth, advancing the company's mission and strengthening its culture enterprise-wide. He joined Lifepoint in 2007 as executive vice president and chief financial officer before serving in his most recent role as president and chief operating officer from 2009 to 2018. Under his leadership, the company has expanded its footprint to 87 hospital campuses, with revenue growing from $3 billion in 2009 to more than $8 billion in 2018, and enhanced its focus on quality and patient safety. Before joining Lifepoint, David was executive vice president of Fresenius Medical Care North America and chief executive officer in the East Division of Fresenius Medical Care Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA. David is a former chairman of the board for the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) and currently serves as a member of the FAH's board and Executive Committee. He also serves on the American Hospital Association's Health Systems Committee. He is immediate past chair of the board of directors for the Nashville Health Care Council and remains an active board member. Additionally, he serves as a director on the boards of R1 RCM and the American Heart Association's Greater Southeast Affiliate and is a member of the board of trustees for the Murray State University Foundation.

Elmer Polite

Job Titles:
  • President, Eastern Division

Emily Serck

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Communications

Jason Zachariah - COO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Executive Vice President
As executive vice president, chief operating officer, Jason leads operations for Lifepoint's key lines of business, including acute care hospital operations, rehabilitation and behavioral health operations, quality and clinical services and integrated revenue management. Zachariah most recently served as president, integrated solutions, a role in which he led rehabilitation and behavioral health operations, joint venture services, physician services, information technology, marketing, business transformation and development initiatives. Before joining Lifepoint, he served as president and chief operating officer (COO) of Kindred Healthcare, where he led the company's hospital division, rehabilitation services and behavioral health operations. Prior to that, he served as president of Kindred's rehabilitation services and in various roles in the company's hospital division, including COO and executive director for the division's California/Arizona district. During his tenure with Kindred, he drove a culture of patient advocacy, quality outcomes, employee engagement and operational efficiency and demonstrated a passion for innovation, care enhancement and diversity, equity and inclusion. He earned his MBA with Distinction from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and holds a master's degree in biotechnology from Northwestern and a bachelor's degree with distinction in biology and a chemistry minor from Duke University.

Jennifer Peters

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative and Legal Officer
In her role as executive vice president, chief administrative and legal officer, Jennifer is responsible for overseeing the Lifepoint Legal department and leading several other key departments, including Compliance, Enterprise Risk Management, Insurance Claims and Risk Solutions, Audit Assurance, People Services and HR and Drug Diversion Prevention. From a legal standpoint, she represents the company's interests in all legal matters impacting the organization; provides strategic legal guidance to the company's senior leadership and board of directors; oversees the company's corporate governance work; and ensures the delivery of consistent legal guidance across the organization and in each of the communities Lifepoint serves. Jennifer also oversees Lifepoint's enterprise risk management program and infrastructure, bringing together the significant functions in the organization responsible for helping to manage and reduce risk and deploying an enterprise risk management strategy nationwide. Additionally, Jennifer is responsible for spearheading the transformation of our people services and HR function to ensure successful organizational alignment with our enterprise risk management strategy and with Enterprise Business Services, the infrastructure developed to support Lifepoint's enterprise resource planning (ERP) and shared services. During her tenure at Lifepoint, she has served in several other leadership roles, including as executive vice president and general counsel, and senior vice president, chief operations counsel. Before joining Lifepoint, Jennifer served as general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer for Simplex Healthcare, and vice president and associate general counsel at Community Health Systems prior to that. She also served as vice president and was part of the senior leadership team at a York, Pennsylvania hospital for six years. Jennifer earned her Juris Doctor degree with a concentration in health law from the University of Maryland School of Law, her master's degree in healthcare and finance management from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and her bachelor's degree from Buffalo State University.

Jessie Beegle - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Innovation Officer
  • Senior Vice President

Marty Mann

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Michael S. Coggin - CFO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Executive Vice President
Mike Coggin serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Lifepoint Health, providing the company corporate and healthcare finance leadership. Previously, Mike served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer for Lifepoint since December 2008. In that role, he was responsible for the company's external financial reporting, corporate accounting and consolidation functions, tax functions and internal control compliance requirements. Additionally, he has held certain responsibilities associated with the company's treasury and finance functions. Prior to joining Lifepoint, Mike was chief financial officer of Specialty Care Services Group. He also served in finance leadership positions for Renal Care Group, Inc., from April 2004 until its acquisition by Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA in March 2006. He began his professional career as an auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick. He also serves as a member of the advisory board for the Belmont University Center for Business Ethics.

Michelle Watson

Job Titles:
  • Chief Nursing Executive, Senior Vice President, Clinical Operations

Monica Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Physician Services

Russ Bailey

Job Titles:
  • President, Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Lifepoint Behavioral Health

William Haugh

Job Titles:
  • President, Central Division