Baptist Health Care Welcomes New CFO Charlie Brinkley

4/16/2025

Baptist Health Care welcomes Charlie Brinkley as its new senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO). Charlie brings extensive financial and operational expertise, having spent over 10 years as the CFO for various not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals and health systems.

Charlie will lead over 700 finance, accounting, revenue cycle and information technology team members. He is responsible for overseeing the organization's fiscal operating results, financial reports, statements, accounting practices and systems administration. He will also report monthly financial performance to the board and serve as an administrative liaison to the board’s governance and finance committee. 

 Charlie most recently served as system chief administrative officer at Maury Regional Health, based in Columbia, Tennessee. In this role, he was responsible for the financial operations of the multifaceted not-for-profit health care system, which included two acute care facilities, a critical access hospital, multiple joint ventures and a behavioral health hospital. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of South Alabama.