Executive Team
Angela Hinnegan, CPA, MHL, Chief Executive Officer
Angela Hinnegan, CPA, MHL, has returned to Central Peninsula Hospital as Chief Executive Officer after many years away. She brings extensive expertise in healthcare finance and operations, along with a deep familiarity with CPH, the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and the State of Alaska.
Angela previously served as the Chief Financial Officer in 2025 and Assistant Controller at CPH from 2002–2017 before advancing her career at South Peninsula Hospital, where she served as Chief Financial Officer and later as Chief Operating Officer. She holds a Master’s in Healthcare Leadership from Wake Forest School of Medicine and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Angela is excited to lead the CPH team and continue her commitment to strengthening healthcare services for the community.
Karl Hertz, Chief Operating Officer
Karl Hertz joined Central Peninsula Hospital in June 2025 as Chief Operating Officer. He brings more than two decades of leadership experience in rural healthcare settings, having most recently served as Chief Executive Officer at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center. Prior to his time in Alaska, Karl was COO of Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas, Wyoming, where he led strategic initiatives focused on service line expansion, physician recruitment, and operational efficiency.
Throughout his career, Karl has demonstrated a strong commitment to improving access to care in rural communities and fostering collaborative, patient-centered cultures. His broad operational expertise spans hospital performance improvement, clinical integration, and rural health policy.
Karl and his family recently relocated to Soldotna and are in the process of putting down permanent roots in the community.
Camie Patterson, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Camie brings over 25 years of executive leadership experience in healthcare, with a proven track record in financial management, operational excellence, and leadership development. She’s passionate about improving patient experience, engaging staff and physicians, and creating sustainable growth. We’re fortunate to have her expertise and leadership on our team during this transition.
Dr. Marshall Pearson, Chief Information Officer
Dr. Marshall Pearson, Chief Information Officer (CIO), who combines academic rigor with practical IT leadership, has served as CIO at Central Peninsula Hospital since August 2024, bringing 27 years of healthcare information technology leadership experience across payer and provider organizations. He began his career in 1998 supporting Alaska’s Medicaid technology operations and joined a Fortune 100 healthcare system in 2003, progressing through hospital-, market-, and division-level senior IT leadership roles across the United States. Over his career, he has led enterprise digital technology portfolios, digital transformation initiatives, and cybersecurity programs aligned with organizational priorities to advance sustainable, mission-driven outcomes, including cost-effective access to quality care. He also contributed to St. David’s HealthCare’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Marshall holds a Doctor of Information Technology, a Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Technology Management, and he is certified by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives as a Healthcare CIO, Digital Health Executive, and Healthcare Information Security Leader. Outside of work, he enjoys flying, sailing, hunting, fishing, traveling, and exploring Alaska’s outdoors. Linkedin
Denise Plano, Chief Nursing Officer
Denise Plano joined Central Peninsula Hospital in November 2023, with her most recent experience as Chief Nursing Officer SEARHC Wrangell Medical Center. Denise has held multiple hospital and healthcare roles for the past 30 years with a primary focus on patient safety and quality. As an adjunct professor with the State University of New York for the past 13 years, she has been teaching RN students Nursing Management and Leadership.
Denise graduated from the State University of NY with a Masters in Nursing Administration, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine with Masters of Healthcare Administration, a post degree certification in nursing education from the University of Alaska Anchorage and more recently a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of New Hampshire.
She enjoys all outdoor activities that Alaska has to offer, spending time with her husband and pups.