Leadership Team

Steve Heatherly

Market President
Sovah Health

Tory Shepherd

Market Chief Operating Officer
Sovah Health

Jane Ritter, RN, MA, NEA-BC

Interim Market Chief Nursing Officer
Sovah Health

Christine Markowitz

Market Chief Financial Officer
Sovah Health

Leslie Sturdivant, FACHE, CPPS, CDE®

Market Vice President of Support Services & Engagement & Designated Institutional Officer
Sovah Health

Assistant Dean, School of Health Professions

Skyler Kent

Market Senior Director of Operations
Sovah Health

Doug BeMent, MBA

Chief Financial Officer
Sovah Health - Martinsville

Teresa Pruitt

Senior Nursing Officer
Sovah Health - Martinsville

Lisa Watkins, Board Chair, Siemens Government Technologies, Inc.
Paulette Bayne-Gaul, DO, Apogee Physicians
Julie Brown, Ph.D, Director, Advanced Learning, Institute for Advanced Learning and Research
David Graham, MD, Martinsville Surgical Associates
Steve Heatherly, Market President & Chief Executive Officer, Sovah Health
Cornelius Johnson, EdD, Danville Community College
Kate Keller, The Harvest Foundation
Trey Millner III, North Village Pharmacy
Teresa Petty, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction, Pittsylvania County Schools
Scott Prillaman, Hooker Furnishings
Richard Smith, MD, TeamHealth
Sabitha Vasireddy, MD, Danville Patient Care