[April 30, 2010] Executive changes at Carolinas HealthCare Tweet Apr 30, 2010 (The Charlotte Observer - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Carolinas HealthCare System has announced several executive team changes, effective May 10. Phyllis Wingate-Jones, president of Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy, has been promoted to division president of CMC-NorthEast in Concord. In the new position, she will also be responsible for operations at CMC-University. Spencer Lilly, president of CMC-University, will move to CMC-Mercy as president. Martha Whitecotton, administrator of Levine Children's Hospital, has been named president of that facility. Laura Thomas, who has been administrator at CMC-Randolph, the county's behavioral health center, will become its president and will report to Wingate-Jones. Curtis Copenhaver, who has been interim president of CMC-NorthEast, will serve as interim president of CMC-University while a replacement is found for Lilly. Dr. Brent Lambert will become vice president and chief medical information officer, a new position . Wingate-Jones joined CHS eight years ago as chief operating officer of Carolinas Medical Center and has served as president of CMC-Mercy for the past three years. Lilly has had a long career within CHS, serving for 16 years as president of CMC-University. Thomas came to CHS in 1994 and has directed the behavioral health division since then. Whitecotton has also served in a number of positions at CHS, starting as a staff nurse. Levine Children's Hospital opened under her direction in 2007. Copenhaver previously served as president of CMC-Mercy and Carolinas Rehabilitation. Lambert comes to CHS from Carilion Clinic, an eight-hospital system headquartered in Roanoke, Va., where he was vice president of medical informatics. To see more of The Charlotte Observer, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.charlotteobserver.com. Copyright (c) 2010, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]