Leadership Team
Rebecca Segal
President & Chief Executive Officer
A strategic healthcare leader with more than a decade of hospital operations experience, Rebecca Segal joins Fauquier after a five-year tenure as CEO at Rutherford Regional Health System (RRHS). During her time at RRHS, the hospital made strides in physician recruitment, expanding access to primary and specialty care through their region, and in employee engagement and patient safety and experience. The facility also had improvements in quality outcomes and reductions in preventable harms.
Prior to RRHS, Rebecca served as the Chief Operating Officer of Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, a LifePoint Health facility in Somerset, KY., and as assistant administrator for two other LifePoint facilities in Virginia and West Virginia and has been in the industry since 2001.
Rebecca earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA., and a Master of Health Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. In 2017, she was named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Rising stars: 60 healthcare leaders under 40.” She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS).
Kevin Sale
Chief Operating Officer
Kevin Sale joined Fauquier Health on September 14, 2020 and is in charge of the Health System operations. He received his master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Management from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, Utah and his bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Charter Oak State College in New Britain, Connecticut.
Professional and civic memberships include Gideons International, American College of Healthcare Executives, and American Healthcare of Radiology Administrators. Kevin obtained certification as a Medical Radiologic Technologist and is listed on the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
Prior to joining the health system, he was the Corporate Director of Medical Imaging for Valley Health System in Winchester, VA. Kevin also held various operational roles within LifePoint Health and HCA Healthcare. In these positions, Kevin coordinated operations and maintained a strong focus on improving specialty physician practices.
Kevin and his wife, Shannon, live in Winchester, VA with their daughter, Ella. Kevin’s personal interests outside of work include home improvement projects, mountain biking, water sports, and enjoying the great outdoors.
Deborah Vaughn
Interim-Chief Nursing Officer
An engaged healthcare leader with 43 years of nursing experience with 35 of those being in nursing leadership positions. She retired from Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, WV as CNO and has been doing interim work for LifePoint Health since.
Her nursing career has included being a director over several service line areas including ICU, ED, OR, and Cardiac Services. She served as an Assistant CNO in Florida for 10 years working with Advent Health.
She has a Masters of Nursing from Phoenix University and an Master’s of business for Central Michigan University. She resides in Florida with her husband and fur babies.