Richard Grooms

Richard “Rick” Grooms joined Southeast Georgia Health System as its chief human resources officer in June 2022. His areas of responsibility include Human Resources, Organizational Development and Education, Clinical Education, and Health Promotion & Wellness.

Mr. Grooms has more than 30 years of human resources experience within the health care industry. Prior to joining the Health System, he served as senior vice president and chief people officer at Centra Health, a five-hospital health system with 7,500 employees headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia. Before Centra Health, Mr. Grooms was chief human resources officer at AnMed Health in Anderson, South Carolina.