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  Daryl Blalack, administrator and chief executive officer
  Janie Sweat , chief nursing officer
  Gail Henderson, human resources manager
  Monique Hart, chief financial officer




Daryl Blalack Daryl Blalack
administrator and chief executive officer

Daryl Blalack, who first joined Baptist in 1976, joined Baptist Lauderdale as administrator and CEO in 2008. Blalack also serves as an assistant administrator at Baptist Tipton and coordinator of system laboratory services with Baptist clinical corporate services. Blalack also held positions in pathology services at Baptist Medical Center and Baptist Memphis.

Blalack earned undergraduate degrees in biology and medical technology at the University of Tennessee at Martin and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Memphis.

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Janie Sweat Janie Sweat
chief nursing officer

Janie Sweat joined Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale in 2008 as the hospital’s chief nursing officer.

She began her career at Baptist Lauderdale as a medical/surgical nurse in 1982 after receiving her associate’s degree in nursing from Dyersburg State Community College and her bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University. She previously served as the head nurse of the critical care unit, home health director and director of quality/medical review with Baptist Lauderdale.

Sweat previously worked as the director of quality/medical review for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton and as the school health coordinator for Lauderdale County schools before returning to Baptist Lauderdale.

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Gail Henderson
human resources manager

Gail Henderson joined Baptist Lauderdale in 2004 with ten years experience in the field of human resources. As human resources manager, she leads all areas of human resources management for approximately 175 staff members.

Henderson graduated from Union University in Jackson, Tenn. In 2002, she earned human resources certification from the Society of Human Resource Management.

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Monique Hart
chief financial officer

Monique Hart serves as chief financial officer for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale. Hart joined Baptist in 1996. Previously, she served as supervisor of finance for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Medical Center, financial analyst for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis and corporate financial operations, and director of finance at Baptist Home Medical Equipment.

She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from the University of Memphis.


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