Executive Personnel Changes - 10/31/25

Executive Personnel Changes - 10/31/25

• Alive, Nashville-based in-home health care and hospice provider, has selected Dr. Karen Hyden, PhD, MSN/Ed, APN-BC, ACHPN, LC Pastoral Counselor as Chief Nursing Officer.
• Carolina Caring announces that Dana Killian, MBA, FACHE, will be transitioning from her role as President and Chief Executive Officer into a new professional opportunity as Chief Growth Officer with Everent Health, a Kentucky based non-profit organization.
• Carolina Caring is pleased to share that Christina McNally, Carolina Caring’s Chief Strategy Officer, will serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer effective November 10th, 2025, as a search is conducted for a permanent CEO.
• CHAP is pleased to welcome Mary Jane (MJ) Ruppert, RN, CHC as our new Director of Regulatory Affairs.
• Gilchrist [Maryland] announces Sara McKay will now assume the role of Chief Business Development Officer for Gilchrist, having served previously as CEO of Hospice of Washington County and Franklin Hospice. 
• LifeTouch Health of North Little Rock [formerly Arkansas Hospice Family of Care] has named Jessica K. Ellis, Ph.D., MBA, as its new vice president and chief operating officer.