Sentara Healthcare announced additions to its leadership last week.

Virginia’s current Secretary of Finance Aubrey Lee Layne Jr. will join Sentara as Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, effective July 1. Melinda S. Hancock, CPA, FHFMA, will join Sentara Healthcare as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer effective July 19.

Layne will oversee Sentara’s legislative affairs, corporate social responsibility, the Sentara Foundation/Hampton Roads, real estate, construction, marketing and communications, and the Sentara College of Health Sciences. He will report to Howard P. Kern, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Layne was appointed by Gov. Ralph S. Northam as Virginia’s Secretary of Finance in 2018. He was Secretary of Transportation under former Gov. Terry R. McAuliffe from 2014 to 2018, and served on the Commonwealth Transportation Board representing Hampton Roads.

Hancock will lead internal audit, compliance, legal services and privacy for Sentara...