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2026 Virginia Power 50 List: DENNIS MATHEIS
PRESIDENT AND CEO, SENTARA HEALTH, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //March 1, 2026//
2026 Virginia Power 50 List: DENNIS MATHEIS
PRESIDENT AND CEO, SENTARA HEALTH, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //March 1, 2026//
Matheis has led Sentara Health, a not-for-profit health system with 12 hospitals in Virginia and North Carolina, since 2022, overseeing more than 34,000 workers.
Sentara broke ground in October 2024 on a $107 million, 42-bed acute care hospital in South Boston expected to open this summer. The Sentara College of Health Sciences of Virginia Wesleyan University opened in January.
Last October, Sentara announced it would lay off 220 employees, including 127 in Virginia, by April due to cuts in Medicare Advantage offerings by Sentara Health Plans.
Matheis previously led the Hampton Roads hospital system’s insurance brands. Before joining Sentara, he held senior roles at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, Cigna Healthcare and Humana Health Plan.
Matheis serves as co-chair of the Hampton Roads Executive Roundtable and sits on cancer prevention medical diagnostics company Lucid Diagnostics’ board.
