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Meet your Ballad Health leaders: Tim Anderson

1. What’s your name? Tim Anderson   2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? Vice president for patient care services/chief of nursing services at Bristol Regional Medical Center   3. Where are you from? Smyth County, Virginia. We live in Wytheville. My wife is a chief nursing officer with Select Specialty Hospital in Bristol, so we actually live in Bristol, Tennessee, during the week.   4. Education and professional background: Associate degree in nursing from Virginia Highlands Community College; bachelor’s degree in nursing old Dominion University; MS in education at Virginia Tech.   5. Tell us about your family: Wife Valerie is an RN and CNO; we have a son, Seth, a daughter, Maggie, and a stepson, Travis; also three grandchildren, Brionna (9), Maria (6) and Tristan (4).   7. What’s your favorite food? Anything on the grill, especially steak and seafood.   8. What’s your favorite movie or TV show? “Big Bang Theory” and…

Meet our Ballad Health leaders: Cindy Verzi

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Cindy Verzi 2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? Chief nursing officer at Sycamore Shoals Hospital 3. Where are you from? Born in Wichita, Kansas, and grew up in Bristol, Virginia. 4. Education and professional background: BSN and MSN at East Tennessee State University 5. Tell us about your family: I married my high school sweetheart and we’ve been together for 36 years. We have two grown sons. 6. Tell us about your pets: Bichon named Samuel. He was a gift when I graduated from graduate school. He is awesome! 7. What’s your favorite food? Fruit pizza 8. What’s your favorite movie or TV show? “Moonstruck” 9. What do you usually do on the…

Meet your Ballad Health leaders: Lisa Carter

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Lisa Carter   2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? CEO of Niswonger Children’s Hospital/pediatric service line leader   3. Where are you from? Originally from Elizabethton, Tennessee   4. Education and professional background: BSN from Tennessee Tech, MSN at East Tennessee State University   5. Tell us about your family: Husband, Tucker, who was my college sweetheart Jesse, our oldest non-biological son (22), who is serving in the U.S. Army Zach (20) Bryce (17) Tim (20) and Gentry (20) – We gave them a home and help for the future   6. Tell us about your pets: Missy (Prissy Pants), a Maltese who rules the house because she’s a diva Winston, a bearded…

Meet our Ballad Health leaders: Clay Rolston

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Clay Rolston 2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? Executive Director of Ballad Health Foundation 3. Where are you from? Grew up in Kingsport, currently live in Johnson City. 4. Education and professional background: Graduated from Clemson University in Industrial Engineering. Earned MBA from Florida Tech. Have worked in business development and process improvement roles at Westinghouse Electric, Eastman Chemical, and Pal’s Business Excellence Institute. 5. Tell us about your family: Wife Luanna; children are Ben (junior at University of Tennessee), Marley (sophomore at South Carolina) and Lily (junior at Science Hill). 6. Tell us about your pets: We have a crazy boxer pup named Nala. 7. What’s your favorite food? Anything seafood. 8. What’s your…

Meet our Ballad Health leaders: Monty McLaurin

It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people. 1. What’s your name? Monty E. McLaurin 2. What’s your role within Ballad Health? President, northwest market 3. Where are you from? Born and raised in Louisiana. 4. Education and professional background: BS in Science Education from Louisiana College; MS in Hospital & Healthcare Administration from the University of Alabama-Birmingham 5. Tell us about your family: Wife, Debi, and four children who are living in Dallas, Texas; New York City; Oxford, Mississippi; and Johnson City. 6. Tell us about your pets: Two dogs, Shih Tzu brothers who are rescue dogs. They love to jump in my lap together when I get home. 7. What’s your favorite food? Ribs, brisket, chicken – anything I can put in my smoker….