Benjamin Armfield Named CFO For Sonoma Valley Hospital

February 28, 2022

Sonoma Valley Hospital has named Benjamin J. Armfield as its new Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Ken Jensen, who recently retired.

Armfield brings considerable experience in financial and operational roles with community hospitals and medical centers in California. Most recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Community Health Partners, a new medical foundation in Fresno, California, affiliated with Community Health System. He was instrumental in building the financial systems and medical services for the foundation as well as the recruitment of physicians into the organization.

Prior to that, he held several positions with Community Health System, a private, not-for-profit healthcare system based in Fresno, California, which includes Community Regional Medical Center, Clovis Community Medical Center, and Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital. Community Health System is affiliated with UCSF Health.

His roles included Assistant Chief Financial Officer for all Community Health System hospitals; VP of Orthopedics for Community Health System hospitals; VP of Operations for Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital; Chief Financial Officer for Fresno Heart & Surgical Hospital; and Assistant Chief Financial Officer for Community Regional Medical Center, among others.

“Ben brings considerable expertise in finance and operations to his new role at Sonoma Valley Hospital and his diverse experience with a prominent community healthcare system will be quite valuable as we move ahead and evaluate new services,” said John Hennelly, CEO. “He also brings valuable experience with the Epic System, the state-of-the-art electronic health record system we will adopt later this year. We’re delighted to welcome Ben to Sonoma Valley.”

Armfield holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from North Park University in Chicago, and an MBA from California State University of Fresno.