Le Bonheur Leadership

Le Bonheur Leadership

President

Trey Eubanks, MD, FACS, is president of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Eubanks is a pediatric surgeon and has served Le Bonheur for more than 20 years. Eubanks holds a bachelor’s of science in Pharmacy from the University of Mississippi, and he attended medical school at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Eubanks completed a general surgery residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center followed by a pediatric surgery fellowship at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Eubanks has served in several leadership roles at Le Bonheur, including Trauma Medical Director from 2004-2018. Among his many accomplishments, Eubanks was instrumental in Le Bonheur earning the American College of Surgeons Level I Pediatric Trauma designation. He held the role of surgeon-in-chief from 2015 to 2025 and previously served as chief of the medical staff for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. A native Mississippian, Dr. Eubanks is the father of five and grandfather to three.

Interim Chair, Department of Pediatrics for UTHSC and Le Bonheur

Dr. Terri Finkel is the Children's Foundation of Memphis Endowed Chair of Excellence and Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. She is a Professor and the Associate Chair of the UTHSC Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Finkel earned a medical degree and a PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics from Stanford University in California. She completed her Internship in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston, Residency in pediatrics at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, and Fellowship in Rheumatology at the National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine in Colorado. Her research interests include Genomic Research, ultrarare genetic diseases, education disparities, and CAR T-cell Therapy for Autoimmune Disease. The Children’s Foundation of Memphis, NIH, Urban Child Institute, and Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine have funded her recent research. Dr. Finkel has served on national and international scientific committees, founded and chaired the Le Bonheur/St. Jude/UTHSC COVID-19 Research Study Group, is the UTHSC Vice Chancellor for Research Search Committee, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Urban Child Institute, University Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists, and Biorepository and Integrative Genomics (BIG).

Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Waller is the Chief Medical Officer of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Waller completed fellowships in Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Interventional Cardiology at the Medical University of South Carolina. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Cardiology and the American Board of Internal Medicine in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. He is a professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of Pediatric Surgery

Chief Nursing Officer

Hella Ewing
Hella Ewing, MSM, RN

Hella Ewing, RN, MSM, is chief nursing officer at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. Ewing has significant leadership experience at major children’s hospitals and is a well-respected nursing leader. She most recently served as CNO at Lucille Packard / Stanford Children’s Hospital in California and prior to that was CNO at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn. Ewing earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Florida State University, and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration Management from Troy State University.

Radiologist-In-Chief

Chief Operating Officer

Brandon Edgerson
Brandon Edgerson, MS, PharmD

Brandon Edgerson, Pharm D, MS, is Le Bonheur’s Chief Operating Officer. In his role, Brandon oversees operations in the Pharmacy, Lab, Radiology, Rehabilitation Services, Nutrition, Spiritual Care, Child Life, Social Work, Volunteer Services and Respiratory Care. Brandon joined the Le Bonheur family in 2006 and served as director of Pharmacy before moving into his current position. In addition to his work at Le Bonheur, he has held the offices of President and Secretary/Treasurer for TSHP and been involved in various professional organizations such as TPA, Children’s Hospital Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and the UTHSC Pharmacy Alumni Board. Brandon earned his PharmD from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, completed his residency training at The Ohio State University Medical Center and earned his master’s from The Ohio State University.

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Kevin Todd
Kevin Todd, MBA

Kevin Todd joined Le Bonheur as vice president, chief financial officer in June 2013 but has been part of the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare family since 1996. Todd previously served as CFO at Methodist North Hospital (2008-2013) and Methodist South Hospital (2005-2008). He also worked as director of Finance at Le Bonheur from 2002-2005. Todd received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Union University in 1993 and has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Memphis. Todd is currently serves as treasurer for the Le Bonheur Foundation and as treasurer for UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists . He also serves on the board for Le Bonheur Community Health & Well-Being and is an advisor for Le Bonheur Pediatrics.

Vice President and Executive Director of UT Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists

Jonah Pullium
Jonah Pullium, MHA

Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Maureen O'Connor
Maureen O'Connor, MBA

Maureen O’Connor is vice president of Institutional Advancement for Le Bonheur. In her role, she leads the efforts of the Le Bonheur Foundation, Marketing, Communications, Media Relations, Public Policy, Trauma Administration and Injury Prevention teams. Prior to joining Le Bonheur in January 2009, Maureen spent 25 years with The New York Times Company, first in advertising, marketing and sales for the newspaper and most recently as vice president of Sales and executive vice president and Station Manager for WREG-TV News Channel 3 in Memphis, a member of The New York Times Broadcast Company. A native New Yorker, Maureen earned a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Iona College and a MBA from Christian Brothers University.

Senior Director of the Children's Foundation Research Institute

Venessa Spearman
Venessa Spearman, MPA

Venessa Spearman is senior director of the Children's Foundation Research Institute. She assists researchers by identifying funding sources and coordinating proposals to government agencies, foundations and other grant-making organizations. She also facilitates the contracting process for sponsored and investigator-initiated clinical research protocols.

Director of Human Resources

ReNita Carr
ReNita Carr

ReNita is the human resources director at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital. She is a people and culture leader with 18 years of public and private experience applying fundamental concepts, practices and procedures in all aspects of Human Resources.