Finance professionals in Hospitals
At Johns Hopkins Health System, Augusta University Health, Northside Hospital, Lakeview Hospital and UHS, five of these hospital finance leaders hold current FP&A or budget titles; the others are Matt Untch, CFO at Excelsior Springs Hospital, and finance directors and controllers at Sinai Chicago, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Guthrie Lourdes Hospital and Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center. They suit teams setting department budgets.
Professionals to explore
Chris Pagliuco
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director of Finance · Sinai Chicago
Sinai Chicago titles take Chris Pagliuco from Financial Analyst (2015) and Finance Manager (2015–2020) through Director of Financial Planning and Analysis (2020–2023) to Executive Director of Finance since 2023. Chris was Project Lead - Revenue Integrity at Medical Business Associates, Inc. (2013–2015) and cites accounting, budgeting, productivity, revenue cycle and supply chain, a fit for revenue cycle and productivity questions.
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Erick Efrain Alvarado-Avila
LinkedInExperience: Controller · Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center
Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center has had Erick Efrain Alvarado-Avila as Controller since 2024. Erick was Financial Analyst II at MedPOINT Management (2023–2024), Financial Analyst II (2022–2023) and Financial Analyst (2022) at DHR Health and an Independent Accounting & Tax Consultant at CIMA Accounting & Tax Services (2020–2022), and cites financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, a fit for hospital controller questions.
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Gerald Neff
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Finance · Trinity Health
At UHS, Gerald Neff has been Senior Director of FP&A since 2017, after Director of Finance at Trinity Health (2011–2017). Gerald was Director of Corporate Finance at Halifax Health (2006–2011) and Vice President at Kaufman Hall & Associates (2001–2006), and cites planning, budgeting, M&A and debt issuances, a fit for hospital capital and financing questions.
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Jennifer Baird
LinkedInExperience: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · Lakeview Hospital
A CPA, Jennifer Baird has been Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Lakeview Hospital since 2023 and was Controller at Lakeview Regional Medical Center/HCA (2013–2022). Jennifer was Manager, Audit Services at Lifepoint Health® (2005–2013) and describes improving forecast accuracy and productivity, so forecasting and controller questions at a hospital fit.
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Kim S.
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director of Financial Planning and Analysis · Johns Hopkins Health System
Executive Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Johns Hopkins Health System since 2026, Kim S. was Executive Director of Budget and Digital Finance at Johns Hopkins Medicine (2021–2026). At Howard County General Hospital, Kim was Senior Director of Finance and Decision Support (2019–2021) and Director of Finance and Decision Support (2014–2019), and describes operating and capital budgets, five-year outlooks and labor productivity across multi-hospital systems.
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Matt Untch
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Excelsior Springs Hospital
Critical access hospital leadership and revenue cycle are the focus areas Matt Untch names as Chief Financial Officer at Excelsior Springs Hospital since 2023, after a short CFO Consultant stint there. Matt held CFO titles at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (2020–2023) and Dominion Hospital - HCA (2016–2020), plus Associate CFO at Lee's Summit Medical Center (2015–2016), a fit for questions on finance at critical access hospitals.
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Paul Vicenzi
LinkedInExperience: Sr Finance Director · Guthrie Lourdes Hospital
Paul Vicenzi has been Sr Finance Director at Guthrie Lourdes Hospital since 2023 and was Finance Director - Ascension St Vincent's Riverside at Ascension (2019–2023), Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Providence Hospital (2014–2019), Director, Financial Planning at Kaiser Permanente (2008–2014) and Senior Financial Analyst at Adventist HealthCare (2004–2008). Paul describes leading teams of 2-200+ people.
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Robin Fry MBA, CPA, LSSYB
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Finance · Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
In 2025 Robin Fry MBA, CPA, LSSYB became Director of Finance at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, after Market Controller at Kindred Healthcare (2016–2025). Robin describes over 20 years in healthcare finance leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning, so questions on bringing market-level controller experience to a single hospital's budget fit.
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Trey Smith Purcell
LinkedInExperience: Director, Operating Budget · Northside Hospital
Five Northside Hospital titles span Trey Smith Purcell's path: Financial Analyst II (2018–2020), Senior Financial Analyst (2020–2021), Coordinator, Operating Budget & Reporting (2021–2024), Manager, Operating Budget & Performance Analytics (2024–2026) and Director, Operating Budget since 2026. Trey cites financial modeling, forecasting and operational budgeting, the closest match for operating budget questions.
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Vikas Malik
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Financial Planning and Budgeting · Augusta University Health
Planning and budgeting at Augusta University Health have been Vikas Malik's area as Director Of Financial Planning and Budgeting since 2020, after Manager Health Systems Strategic Planning, Forecasting & Management Reporting there (2019–2020). Vikas was Sr. Analyst - FP&A at US Acute Care Solutions (2017–2019), Sr. Manager FP&A at Philips (2017) and Sr.Financial Analyst at The MetroHealth System (Cleveland, OH) (2010–2017), a fit for health system budgeting questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For building the operating budget, Trey Smith Purcell, Vikas Malik and Kim S. hold the closest titles, with Kim describing labor productivity and five-year outlooks across multi-hospital systems. Matt Untch is the pick for critical access hospital CFO questions, Chris Pagliuco for revenue cycle and supply chain, Gerald Neff for capital and debt, and Jennifer Baird, Robin Fry MBA, CPA, LSSYB, Paul Vicenzi and Erick Efrain Alvarado-Avila for controllership and hospital finance director work.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set a department's labor budget when patient volumes swing by season?
- 02How do you get physician and nursing leaders to own supply spending targets?
- 03Which capital requests get funded first when equipment, facilities and IT compete for the same budget?
About this directory
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