Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) appointed former Executive VP and CFO William Burns to role of chief operating officer. In addition, former Corporate Controller Christopher Pizzi was named senior VP and CFO.

Burns joined the company in April 2014. He previously was group VP and corporate controller for Gartner Inc. Pizzi joined Cross Country in December 2014 as VP of finance and corporate controller. He has held several senior-level accounting and finance positions over the past 20 years in the financial services, technology and healthcare industries, most recently with Health Management Associates Inc.

Burns’ and Pizzi’s transition were just two of the organizational changes at the Boca Raton, Fla.-based healthcare staffing provider.

The company also announced its legacy nurse and allied business, has been split into two divisions: travel nurse and allied; and branch operations. The divisions will be managed by two newly appointed presidents and continue to be reported in the company’s nurse and allied segment.

Buffy White, the company’s senior VP, recruiting strategy and operations since September 2016, has been promoted to president – travel nurse and allied. Prior to joining the Cross Country, White held various position at Pontoon and Adecco since 2006, most recently as executive VP, global services and solutions consulting.

Marisa Zaharoff has been promoted from senior VP, branch operations to president – branch operations. She has been managing the company’s branch network since 2014. Prior to joining the Cross Country, Zaharoff was an executive with Medical Staffing Network, which was acquired by Cross Country Healthcare in 2014.

Splitting the company’s legacy nurse and allied business into two divisions with separate leadership will provide greater operational focus to these divisions, according to the company.

“We are proud of the deep bench of professional talent here at Cross Country and believe we have the right team and the right organizational structure to strengthen our position in the growing healthcare staffing market,” CEO William Grubbs said. “I am confident these changes will make us a more productive company with sharper execution and greater profitability.”