Weatherby Healthcare, a provider of locum tenens staffing and part of CHG Healthcare, promoted Luke Woodyard to president; Woodyard had served as senior VP. He takes over from Bill Heller, who was promoted to an executive VP position with CHG Healthcare. Weatherby Healthcare announced other changes to its executive leadership team as well.

“Luke brings a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience that will help Weatherby Healthcare continue to build its leadership position in the locum tenens marketplace,” said Scott Beck, CEO of CHG Healthcare.

Woodyard has spent more than 17 years in healthcare staffing. He began as an entry-level recruiter and has gone on to be a leader in permanent placement, travel nursing, home health and locum tenens staffing.

“The heart of Weatherby is our people. I’m humbled to take on this opportunity to help lead them, support them, help them grow and develop, and deliver for our customers,” Woodyard said.

In addition to Woodyard, Weatherby Healthcare named Mike DePaolis as senior VP of sales, where he will oversee Weatherby’s offices in North Carolina and Florida. Warren Wooley was also promoted to senior VP of people and culture.