Chad Markham promoted to Market COO with HSHS
June 24, 2024 
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is pleased to announce that Chad Markham, MBA, President and CEO of HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital and HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, has been promoted to HSHS Central Illinois Market Chief Operating Officer.
In this role, Markham is responsible for operations at HSHS ministries in the Central Illinois Market, which includes St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Good Shepherd Hospital in Shelbyville, St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur and St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
Markham joined HSHS as a ministry CEO in September 2021 and has served in health care executive leadership roles since 2005 including most recently 12 years at Unity Point Health’s St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, where he was Senior Vice President for Clinics and Network Development and then Chief Operating Officer.
With Markham moving into a market leadership role, Danny Hardman, RN, BSN, MBA, will serve as Interim Chief Administrative Officer at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital and Good Shepherd Hospital.
In this role, Markham is responsible for operations at HSHS ministries in the Central Illinois Market, which includes St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Good Shepherd Hospital in Shelbyville, St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur and St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.
Markham joined HSHS as a ministry CEO in September 2021 and has served in health care executive leadership roles since 2005 including most recently 12 years at Unity Point Health’s St. Luke’s Hospital in Sioux City, Iowa, where he was Senior Vice President for Clinics and Network Development and then Chief Operating Officer.
With Markham moving into a market leadership role, Danny Hardman, RN, BSN, MBA, will serve as Interim Chief Administrative Officer at St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital and Good Shepherd Hospital.
Media Contact
Vicki Macklin
Communications & Public Relations Specialist