Memphis, TENN. – Tennessee Hospital Association recently named Chris Cosby, Market CEO of Saint Francis Healthcare and CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis, to its board of directors.

In this role with the THA, Cosby and other board members will discuss issues and policies that affect Tennessee hospitals, including deciding THA’s positions on major issues, setting THA’s goals each year and providing direction on advocacy, quality initiatives and other THA activities.

Cosby assumed his role with Saint Francis in Nov. 2021. Before coming to Saint Francis, he served as the CEO of Poinciana Medical Center in Orlando, Florida for five years. Cosby holds a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and an MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well as a Bachelor of Science in Health Administration from Auburn University.