

Edward Sim, MBA, MS
President Mountains & North Denver Operating Group and Chief Executive Officer St. Anthony Hospital
Edward Sim joined Centura Health in January 2017 and serves a dual role as President, Mountains/North Denver Operating Group and CEO, St. Anthony Hospital, a 224-bed, Level One Trauma Center.
Before coming to Centura, Edward spent eleven years as a leader with Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida. During his most recent role as Senior Vice President and President, Physician Integration, he had administrative oversight of over 350 employed physicians and also for developing the health system’s model for clinical integration. Prior roles at Baptist Health include Hospital President of Baptist Medical Center Beaches and Vice President, Operations.
Edward also served as Chief Business Development Officer at North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell, Georgia. He began his career in hospital administration in Tenet Healthcare’s Leadership Development Program and was also a Consultant with The Advisory Board Company in Washington, DC.
Edward received his Master of Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Master of Science from Albany Medical College. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from Boston University.


Peter Powers
Chief Operating Officer
Peter serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for St. Anthony Hospital (SAH) and is responsible for providing overall operational leadership and daily planning for the hospital. In addition to acting as the St. Anthony representative in all operational-related initiatives, Peter is a key member of the St. Anthony Hospital senior executive team which is charged with the development of service line strategies and operating plans to enhance patient care and grow market share within St. Anthony Hospital’s overall primary and secondary markets.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Public Affairs with a minor in Business and Sociology from Indiana University as well as a Master of Business Administration with Distinction from The University of Sydney, Australia. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and currently serves as a member and President of the Via Board of Directors, board member of Healthy Learning Paths and is a Steering Committee member of LiveWell Longmont.


Linda Goodwin, MSN, MBA, FACHE
Group Chief Nursing Officer, Mountains & North Denver Operating Group
Linda Goodwin, MSN, MBA, FACHE, serves a dual role as Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for both St. Anthony Hospital and the Centura Health Mountains and North Denver Operating Group (MNDOG). A seasoned nursing executive with more than 30 years of health care leadership experience, she collaborates with colleagues here and across the Centura system to develop strategic and operational plans for enhancing clinical effectiveness, patient/associate satisfaction and value-based care at the community level.
Goodwin joined our organization in late 2015, bringing group expertise gained as System Chief Nursing Officer for Via Christi Health System in Wichita, Kansas. She previously had served as CNO for Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs. In both roles, her focus on patient safety, nursing education, physician collaboration and quality initiatives resulted in significant contributions to her hospitals’ nursing programs and care provision.
A graduate of the nursing program of Marymount College in Salina, Kansas, Goodwin earned her MS in nursing from Fort Hays State and her MBA from Kansas Wesleyan University. She is a board-certified nurse executive, advanced by the American Nursing Association, and is certified as a Fellow of the American College of Health Executives (FACHE). She was selected for the 2015 Fellowship in Innovative Health Leadership offered by Arizona State University and the American Organization of Nurse Executives and has completed the Wharton School of Business fellowship program for nurse executives.


Shelley Thompson
Group Chief Development Officer
Shelley has 15 years of experience raising money for a broad variety of organizations serving Denver, Colorado and the United States. She has been fortunate to work at the Women’s Foundation of Colorado, Outward Bound USA, the University of Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and the Colorado Community College System. Shelley has raised millions in support of education and other causes, and she is currently the Group Chief Development Officer in the Mountains and North Denver Operating Group of Centura Health.
Shelley volunteers her time teaching young development professionals in the Institute for Leaders in Development at the University of Denver about major gifts and coaching rising stars at small to mid-size non-profit organizations. She served one term on the Englewood School Board from 2005 – 2008, and she is a member of the 2015 Leadership Denver class. She serves on the Boards of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company and Mi Casa Resource Center.
Shelley has a BA in Politics & Government from the University of Puget Sound and a MA in Political Science from the University of Colorado.


Shauna Gulley, MD
Group Chief Medical Officer, Mountains & North Denver Operating Group
Shauna Gulley, MD, serves a dual role as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for both St. Anthony Hospital and the Centura Health Mountains and North Denver Operating Group (MNDOG). Shauna’s strategic expertise combined with her ability to optimize performance among teams is integral in her development of physician networks and joint ventures. With a passion for coaching and development, she cultivates grass-roots innovation, grows our recruitment strategy and helps achieve the priority of improved physician engagement.
Shauna has been a part of Centura Health since 2009, starting her career as an internist and pediatric provider with the Centura Health Physician Group (CHPG) at the Timberview Clinic in Parker, Colo. She then served as the CHPG vice president of primary care strategy, where she focused on creating high-performing, quality-driven teams, emphasizing value and improving health outcomes. From leading visionary initiatives and supporting our various physician practices to launching the sports medicine service line, Shauna has encouraged collaboration and innovation across our operating groups.
Shauna earned her bachelor of science (summa cum laude) in microbiology from Northern Arizona University, her doctor of medicine (Dean’s Scholar) from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and is currently in the process of completing her MBA from the American Association for Physician Leadership.


Matt Leary
CPA, Group Chief Financial Officer
Matt joined Centura in September of 2016 as the vice president of Finance for the Centura Health. In January of 2017 Matt served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer for the Mountain/North Denver Operating Group and interim CFO for St. Anthony Hospital. Matt assumed the full time roll in March of 2017.
Before coming to Centura Matt spent over 17 years with Healthcare Corporation of America (HCA) serving in various CFO and COO roles in Lee’s Summit, Missouri; Wichita, Kansas; and Englewood, Colorado. During his time at HCA Matt assisted in the planning, development, construction of the Lee’s Summit Medical Center, a 64-bed greenfield project. Additionally during his time in Wichita, Kansas he assisted with the due diligence of the eventual acquisition of Galichia Heart Hospital, a physician owned cardiac specialty hospital.
Before joining the health care industry Matt was a certified public account in private practice. Matt received his Bachelors of Arts, with a concentration in accounting, from Saint Leo University. Matt is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration, with a concentration in Healthcare Management, from Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Florida.