10 Sentara Health regional operations leaders
SVP, Market President-Eastern, Market Chief Nursing Officer and Eastern Market Chief Medical Officer are among the current titles held by these Sentara Health regional operations leaders. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at Sentara Health from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Bogdan Neughebauer
LinkedInExperience: VP, Market Chief Medical Office, Southeast Virginia Beach · Sentara
Bogdan Neughebauer has been VP, Market Chief Medical Office, Southeast Virginia Beach at Sentara since March 2025, with a headline naming the role as VP, Market Chief Medical Officer, Southeast/Virginia Beach. Bogdan Neughebauer was VP, Chief Medical Officer at Sentara Leigh Hospital from 2021 to 2025.
Christopher O'Connell, D.O., CPE, FACHE, FAAPL
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Eastern Market Chief Medical Officer · Sentara Health
Christopher O'Connell has been Vice President, Eastern Market Chief Medical Officer at Sentara Health since March 2025, a role the listing places in Hampton Roads. Christopher O'Connell has also held the Vice President Medical Affairs/Chief Medical Officer role at Sentara Health since August 2021, listed as current.
Christy Grabus
LinkedInExperience: Market Chief Nursing Officer · Sentara Health
Christy Grabus has been Market Chief Nursing Officer at Sentara Health since April 2025, based in Woodbridge, Virginia. At Sentara Health, Christy Grabus was CNO from 2019 to 2025 and VP Operations from 2017 to 2019, and was Chief Nursing Officer at Novant Health from 2008 to 2017.
Jennifer Kreiser
LinkedInExperience: Market Chief Nursing Officer/ VP Patient Care Services · Sentara Health
Jennifer Kreiser has been Market Chief Nursing Officer/ VP Patient Care Services at Sentara Health since January 2025, and the profile describes the role as Market Chief Nursing Officer for the Southeast Region, overseeing clinical operations. Jennifer Kreiser was Vice President Patient Care Services and Nurse Executive at Sentara Health from 2013 to 2024.
Kirkpatrick "Kapua" Conley
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Market President-Eastern · Sentara Health
Kapua Conley has been SVP, Market President-Eastern at Sentara Health since March 2025, based in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Kapua Conley was Regional President-Central at Sentara Health from 2020 to 2025 and President there from 2018 to 2020, and was Chief Operating Officer & EVP at Tri-City Medical Center from 2015 to 2018.
Paul Gaden
LinkedInExperience: Former SVP, Regional President · Sentara Health
Paul Gaden is a former SVP, Regional President at Sentara Health, a role held from May 2020 to June 2025, and was President, Sentara Princess Anne Hospital from 2019 to 2020. Paul Gaden has been Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Regional Hospital at Memorial Healthcare System since July 2025.
Rita B.
LinkedInExperience: Former Division President · Sentara Health
Rita B. is a former Division President at Sentara Health, a role held from January 2022 to September 2024, and was Vice President Operations at Sentara RMH Medical Center from 2020 to 2022. Rita B. was Market CEO Erlanger East and North at Erlanger from 2024 to 2025 and has been Chief Operating Officer, Memorial Regional Hospital at Memorial Healthcare System since December 2025.
Shannon Martin
LinkedInExperience: Market Chief Nursing Officer, Eastern Market · Sentara Health
Shannon Martin has been Market Chief Nursing Officer, Eastern Market at Sentara Health since April 2025, based in Hampton, Virginia, and has held a Vice President - Chief Nursing Officer role there since December 2023. Shannon Martin was Director Of Patient Care Services at Sentara Health from 2017 to 2024.
Sonia Cooper MSN NEA-BC
LinkedInExperience: Chief Nursing Officer · Sentara Health
Sonia Cooper has been Chief Nursing Officer at Sentara Health since July 2023, with a headline naming the role as Market Chief Nursing Officer, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Sonia Cooper was Vice President Nurse Executive at Sentara Health from 2019 to 2024 and Director of Patient Care Services there from 2014 to 2024.
Teresa Edwards
LinkedInExperience: Former President, Eastern Region Acute Care · Sentara Health
Teresa Edwards is a former President, Eastern Region Acute Care at Sentara Health, a role held from July 2020 to February 2025 in Virginia Beach, and the profile describes it as regional leadership for acute care hospitals in Eastern Virginia. Teresa Edwards was Interim Chief Executive Officer at UVA Medical Center from 2025 to 2026.
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