Coastal Community Health

Bill Suddath is a Managing Director and Co-Head of Baird's Healthcare Investment Banking team. In his career, Bill has worked with a range of healthcare clients in the healthcare IT, revenue cycle, clinical outsourcing, pharmacy and distribution sectors, and he brings a diversity of merger and acquisition as well as private and public capital markets experience. Prior to joining Baird, he was a Managing Director in the healthcare investment banking group at JMP Securities. In addition, he previously worked on the healthcare and technology investment banking teams at JP Morgan and SunTrust Robinson-Humphrey. Bill began his investment banking career as an Associate at Hambrecht & Quist in their healthcare investment banking group. Bill graduated cum laude from Georgetown University.

Michael Hodges serves as Chair of Coastal Community Health as well as serving as a member of its Executive Committee. He also serves as the Treasurer of the Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc. Board and as a member of the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital Authority.

Appointed by the Glynn County Commission, Mr. Hodges has served on the Hospital Authority for eight years, four as chair. He has served on the Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc. Board since May 1, 2015.

A native of Glynn County, Georgia, Mr. Hodges began his banking career with The First National Bank of Brunswick, now SunTrust Bank, as a branch manager and was quickly promoted to vice president and marketing director. Throughout his professional career, Mr. Hodges continued to advance his education and expand his knowledge of banking. He received his bachelor's in Banking and Finance from the University of Georgia and then went on to graduate from Georgia Bankers School, University of Georgia, C&S Commercial Lending School, Atlanta, Georgia, National Commercial Lending Graduate School, University of Oklahoma and, finally, The Stonier Graduate School of Banking, University of Delaware. For the past 21 years, Mr. Hodges has worked for Ameris Bank (formerly The First Bank of Brunswick) and currently serves the company as Market President and Director.

He is a leader in the community and is involved with many organizations. Mr. Hodges currently serves as vice chair of the College of Coastal Georgia Foundation, and secretary/treasurer of the Jekyll Island Authority. He is a past chair of The Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce, and past chair and campaign director for United Way. He is a graduate of Leadership Glynn and Leadership Georgia. He has also been involved with the Brunswick Kiwanis Club, American Cancer Society, and Boys Club of Glynn.

Joe Barrow serves as a Coastal Community Health Board member in addition to serving as a member of the Baptist Health Board of Directors, which he joined in October 2005. In his role at Baptist Health, Mr. Barrow and serves as board vice chair; chair of the Baptist Health Physician Compensation Committee; and member of the Executive, Leadership & Compensation, Finance, and Governance Committees.

Mr. Barrow is the chief executive officer of The First Tee, a positive youth development organization. As CEO, Mr. Barrow provides strategic direction and executive oversight for all activities. Mr. Barrow joined The First Tee in 2000 and has since led the organization as it introduces the game of golf and its values to young people, particularly those not previously associated with the game.

Since its inception in 1997, The First Tee has impacted more than 9 million young people in 50 states and 4 international locations. Through the chapter network, the National School Program, and the partnership with the Department of Defense, The First Tee has reached children at over 900 golf facilities, 6,000 elementary schools, and 120 military installations. Our newest initiative, The First Tee DRIVE (Develops Rewarding, Inspiring Values for Everyone) has exposed to The First Tee Nine Core Value behaviors to almost 200 youth-serving locations.

The success of The First Tee has been substantiated through independent research that reveals its impact on the lives of young people. Through The First Tee's educational programs, young people learn life-enhancing values such as perseverance, integrity, judgment, and confidence using golf as the platform.

Prior to joining The First Tee, Barrow served as president and chief operating officer of IZZO Systems, Inc., directing all company operations, domestically and internationally.

Pamela S. Chally has worked at the University of North Florida (UNF) for over 30 years. She has served as a Professor, Dean, Interim Provost, and Interim President at the University. She has been awarded over $1,500,000 in external grants and contracts and published 35 articles and book chapters. Dr. Chally has a Ph.D from Georgia State University, a master's in nursing from Emory University, and a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Illinois.

Dr. Chally has served on many community and professional boards and committees. Currently she is on the Baptist System Board and Brooks Rehabilitation Board. She was named a UNF Distinguished Professor, Woman with Heart from Volunteers in Medicine, Woman of Distinction by Gateway Girl Scouts, Member of Jacksonville Mayor's Commission on Women, Health Source Inspiration Award, and an EVE Award Winner.

Dr. Groover is a board-certified anesthesiologist with Florida Anesthesia Associates and is the immediate past chief of staff at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville. Dr. Groover earned his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

In addition to his medical training, Dr. Groover holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee and most recently obtained his designation as a Certified Physician Executive from the Certifying Commission in Medical Management.

Dr. Groover serves on the Baptist Health Board of Directors and is a member of the Finance and Clinical Quality & Technology Committee. Dr. Groover assumed the role of Vice President, Chief Medical Officer of the Baptist Physician Partners on October 1, 2015.

Dr. Mitchell Jones, board-certified internal medicine physician, serves as a Board member of Coastal Community Health. In addition, has served on the Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc. Board since May 1, 2015. Dr. Jones was appointed to the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital Authority in 2011 by the City of Brunswick and the Glynn County Commission.

Dr. Jones graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Microbiology from University of Georgia before going on to earn his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Emory where he later completed a postdoctoral fellowship in cardiology. While at Emory, Dr. Jones was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and won the Outstanding Resident Award in internal medicine. Since 1997, he has been a partner in the cardiology and internal medicine practice of Strickland, Certain & Jones in Brunswick and is on the medical staff at Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus.

Robert C. Turner is owner and president of Turner & Associates Insurance, which has offices in Brunswick and St. Simons Island. He started his insurance career in 1985 with Atlanta-based Palmer & Cay, rising to branch manager in 1997 before acquiring his own firm in 2003. He holds a Georgia Property and Casualty license, and licenses in Life and Health and Surplus Lines. He also holds a Charted Property and Casualty Underwriter designation, along with many non-resident licenses. He has a bachelor's degree in business administration marketing from the University of Georgia and serves on the board of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia.

An active member of his community for more than 25 years, Turner is past president of the Brunswick Rotary Club, formerly director of the Golden Isles Home Builders Association, a member of the Glynn County Water & Sewer Administration and a charter member of the City of Brunswick Audit Committee, serving as its chairman for two years.

A member of the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church Leadership Forum, Turner is a former board member of The Gathering Place, a community-based youth ministry, and a past board member and founding member of the Golden Isles Emmaus. He and his wife, Betsy, have three children and are members of The Chapel, a United Methodist Church in Brunswick.

Levenson served as a board-certified internal medicine physician in Jacksonville for nearly 35 years before retiring from Baptist Primary Care - Baymeadows in January 2023. While practicing at Baptist Health, she served as the board chair of Baptist Physician Partners, the Baptist Physician Partners Clinical Transformation Council and the Baptist Physician Partners Accountable Care Organizations Board. She went beyond expectations to advance Baptist Health's value-based care strategy and played a key role in building bridges between all physicians throughout the health system. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Florida before continuing to the University of Florida College of Medicine for her medical degree.