COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A Cadiz native has been promoted to an executive position with Centura Health, Colorado’s largest health care system with 13 hospitals, seven senior living communities, several medical clinics, and home care and hospice services.

Johnny Rea is a 1983 graduate of Trigg County High School, and has been named the Centura Health South State Hospital Group Vice President of Strategic Marketing and Communications. He is the son of Theresia Moore of Cadiz, and the brother of Thomas Rea and Connie Oakley of Cadiz.

In his new role, Rea will oversee all media, associate and community relations; crisis communications; brand management; strategic marketing; service line development; and social media initiatives for Centura’s Southern Colorado Region, which includes hospitals in Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Canon City.

He will collaborate with the region’s health care leadership in aligning strategic marketing and service line development plans with the overall vision and goals to build profit and volume while promoting brand integration and consumer awareness.

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