Category Archives: Leadership Bios

Jason K. Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Jason Johnson serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Community Health Systems. In this role, he is responsible for Securities and Exchange Commission reporting matters as well as overseeing various other accounting and financial reporting matters including accounting policies and procedures, consolidations and accounting for acquisitions and divestitures. Since joining CHS in 2012, Johnson has served as Vice President and Assistant Corporate Controller, Vice President and Corporate Controller, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, and Senior Vice President. Prior to joining CHS, Johnson held various positions in the assurance and advisory services practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP. He also previously served as controller of an alternative energy marketing and distribution company. He holds a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky and is a member of AICPA and the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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Chris Cobb, Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary

Chris Cobb serves as Corporate Secretary of Community Health Systems and its subsidiary entities. In this role he provides support to the Company’s board of directors and senior management. He also provides legal advice and assistance to the corporate office in the areas of corporate structure and governance issues, securities compliance, financings and general corporate matters. Cobb joined CHS in 2008 as Senior Corporate Counsel. Prior to that he practiced primarily in the area of corporate transactional law at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis in Nashville. He has a law degree from Vanderbilt Law School, where he was the Phillip G. Davidson Scholar, and a degree in business administration from Tennessee Technological University. Prior to attending law school, he was a consultant with Andersen Consulting, working primarily in the healthcare industry.

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Gordon Carlisle, Vice President, Facilities Management

Gordon Carlisle serves as Vice President of Facility Management for Community Health Systems where he is responsible for the design and construction of existing and new facilities and the maintenance and engineering activities required to maintain those facilities. Prior to joining CHS in 1998, Carlisle was a principal at META Associates, a program management firm. He also served in the United States Marine Corp. Carlisle holds a bachelor’s degree in construction management from East Carolina University and a master’s degree in business administration from Indiana University.

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Chad Campbell, President, Region 4 Operations

Chad A. Campbell serves as the President of Region 4 Operations for Community Health Systems, overseeing the Company’s affiliated hospitals in Alaska, Arizona, Tennessee and Texas. Originally joining CHS in 2007, Campbell served in various hospital executive roles, including as chief executive officer at several of the Company’s affiliated hospitals in the western United States. He was chief executive officer at McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, a former CHS affiliated hospital in Springfield, Oregon, when that hospital was included in the Company’s spin-off of Quorum Health Corporation in 2016. He continued in that role with Quorum until rejoining CHS in 2018 as a vice president of division operations. He was promoted to Regional President in 2019. He holds a master’s degree in health care administration from Trinity University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas State University.

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Kevin Stockton, Executive Vice President, Operations and Development

Kevin A. Stockton serves as Executive Vice President of Operations and Development, overseeing the Company’s growth and business development, strategic partnerships, value-based care models and non-acute services. Stockton previously served as President of Region 2 Operations for Community Health Systems, overseeing the Company’s affiliated hospitals in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri and New Mexico. He joined CHS in 2011 as chief executive officer of Northwest Medical Center, the Company’s affiliated hospital in Tucson, Arizona. He was promoted to market chief executive officer for Arizona in 2015 before being promoted to Regional President in 2017. Prior to joining CHS, Stockton served in hospital executive roles, including as chief executive officer and chief operating officer, for hospitals in the western United States. He holds both a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in public administration from the University of Arizona.

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Mark Medley, President, Region 3 Operations

Mark B. Medley serves as the President of Region 3 Operations for Community Health Systems, overseeing the Company’s affiliated hospitals in Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Before joining CHS in 2019, he was the chief executive officer and owner of Alee Healthcare Advisory Services, and executive vice president and group president at RCCH Healthcare Partners. He also served in various executive roles with Capella Healthcare, Inc., including service on Capella’s board of directors, and in both corporate and hospital executive roles with other hospital operators primarily in the southeastern United States. He holds a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in healthcare management from Western Governors University, a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Tennessee Technological University and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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Drew Mason, President, Region 1 Operations

Austen D. (Drew) Mason serves as the President of Region 1 Operations for Community Health Systems, overseeing the Company’s affiliated hospitals in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Mason joined CHS in 2009 and served in various corporate operations roles until 2012. He served as a hospital executive at several of the Company’s affiliated hospitals in the southeast United States from 2012 through 2020, including as chief executive officer of Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Mason was promoted to Regional President in 2021. He holds a master’s degree in business administration with a specialization in healthcare from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor’s degree in management from Villanova University.

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Brad Cash, Executive Vice President, Financial Operations

Brad Cash joined CHS in 1998 as a Chief Financial Officer Trainee/Finance Analyst. He held several hospital CFO roles before being promoted to Divisional Vice President of Finance in 2007 and Executive Vice President of Financial Operations in 2021. Cash oversees Regional Financial Operations, Supply Chain Operations, Revenue Cycle, Managed Care, Ambulatory Service Centers, Physician Practice Finance and Data Analytics. Cash holds a master’s degree in business with an emphasis in healthcare management from Regis University, and a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Transylvania University.

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Susan Schrupp, Senior Vice President and Chief Purchasing Officer

Susan Schrupp oversees the Supply Chain purchasing and procure-to-pay process for Community Health Systems and its affiliates. Additional areas of responsibility include oversight of Contract Administration, Travel, Clinical Equipment/Biomedical Function and the Laboratory and Imaging Services lines. Schrupp also represents CHS by serving on the Equity Board of HealthTrust Purchasing Group. She joined CHS in 2018 with more than 20 years of experience in healthcare supply chain and healthcare group purchasing organizations including Novant, Sentara Health, Catholic Health Initiatives, Premier, Consorta and HealthTrust. Schrupp holds a master’s degree in business and a bachelor’s degree in health services administration from Western Illinois University.

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James M. (Matt) Hayes, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

James M. (Matt) Hayes, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Matt Hayes oversees the company’s human capital and services. He is responsible for talent acquisition, leadership and organizational development, compensation benefits, labor and employee relations, diversity, equity and inclusion, and employee engagement. Hayes has more than two decades of hospital management experience, including work with hospitals, markets and divisions affiliated with CHS, Health Management Associates and Quorum Health Corporation. He earned a master’s degree in health care administration and policy from The Medical University of South Carolina, a master’s degree in business administration from The University of Alabama at Birmingham and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Auburn University. Hayes is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.