Martha Whitecotton is senior vice president, behavioral health services, Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, N.C. Prior to her role at Carolinas HealthCare System, Ms. Whitecotton was president, Levine Children’s Hospital, also in Charlotte. She began her healthcare leadership career as a nurse manager for the neonatal ICU at Northwest Texas Hospital, Amarillo. A recipient of the 2009 Women in Business Award from the Charlotte Business Journal, she completed a Nurse Executive fellowship at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. She earned a master’s degree in family nursing and a bachelor’s degree in nursing, both from West Texas State University.