Baptist Memorial Health Care recently made leadership changes at a number of hospitals, including the appointments of Paul Cade as vice president/metro market leader and Sam Lynd as administrator and CEO of Baptist Memorial’s flagship hospital, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.

Lynd most recently served as CEO of NEA Baptist, which included the hospital and clinics, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He joined Baptist Memorial in 2011 as a Frank Groner Administrative Fellow and earned an MBA and Master of Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

During the last 15 years, Lynd has held progressive leadership roles, including assistant administrator positions at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany, Mississippi, and NEA Baptist; CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton in Covington, Tennessee; system service line administrator for emergency services; and chief operating officer of Baptist Memphis.

For the past three years, Cade served in a dual role as Baptist Memorial vice president and metro market leader and Baptist Memphis’ administrator and CEO. With this promotion, he will now focus full time on his market leader responsibilities.

Cade began his career at Baptist Memorial in 1993, serving in several leadership roles at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi, before becoming the administrator and CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Forrest City. Cade returned to Baptist Golden Triangle as associate administrator in 2004 and served as administrator and CEO from 2008 to 2023 before moving to the Memphis metro market.