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
- 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
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 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 County 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.
Mark W. Manis
Chair, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
W. David Newby
Chair, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Harsha Banavasi, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
John Bennett
Vice Chair and Treasurer, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Steve Briggs, PhD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Paul Brock, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
James E. Collins Jr., MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, 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 County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Eric Ellis
Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center, LLC
Delvecchio F. Finley
Atrium Health Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Garry E. Fricks
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Raul Garg, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Neil E. Gordon, MD
Member, Cedartown-Polk County 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
Robert H. Holcombe Jr., MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Chad A. Hopper
Vice Chair, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center, LLC
James J. Howell Jr.
Member, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center, LLC
Muhammad Rashid Ishaque, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
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 (not a member), Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Secretary (non-voting officer), Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Secretary, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Chantz McClinic
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Mary Miller
Member, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Darcy Morris
Vice Chair, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Vice Chair, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Christopher P. Piller, MD
Vice Chair, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Dee B. Russell, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Vice Chair, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Member, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Ryland Scott, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Kris Shepard
Atrium Health Representative, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Amar Singh, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Frank D. Stegall Jr., MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Kurt Stuenkel
Ex-Officio Voting Member as President, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Member (non-voting officer), Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Secretary (non-voting officer), Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Ex-Officio Voting Member as CEO, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Secretary and Ex-Officio Voting Member as CEO, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center, LLC
Christopher Sward, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc.
Shannon Joe Vaughn, MD
Member, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Sondi Smith Vest
Secretary-Treasurer, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.
Rhonda S. Wallace
Hospital Authority Representative, Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
County Commission Appointee, Hospital Authority of Floyd County
Philip Wheeler
Treasurer and CFO (not a board member), Floyd Healthcare Resources, Inc.
Treasurer and CFO, Floyd Cherokee Medical Center, LLC
DeAnna Williams
Member, Cedartown-Polk County Hospital Authority
Member, Polk Medical Center, Inc.