The Board of Trustees of Memorial Hospital of Carbon County is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Kenneth L. Harman as the permanent Chief Executive Officer of the hospital effective December 16, 2019.
Mr. Harman has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Pioneers Medical Center, Walbridge Memorial Convalescent Wing and Meeker Family Health Center in Meeker, CO for the past 9 years. Prior to that, Ken was the CEO of Cassia Regional Medical Center in Burley, Idaho for 6 years. Both facilities are Critical Access Hospitals similar to MHCC.
Ken is a graduate of the University of Utah with a B.S. in Economics and was recognized as an Economics Departmental Scholar. He then attended the University of Minnesota where he obtained his Masters in Health Care Administration in 1996. He comes to us with over 30 years of healthcare experience.
He and his wife, Leslie, have six children and four grandchildren with a fifth grandchild expected in the next few weeks. With two children still at home, they will be moving to Rawlins with their sons, Zach, a Senior in high school, and Josh, who is in 7th Grade. The family enjoys running and participating in triathlons, watching movies and spending time together.
MHCC Board of Trustees Chair Rod Waeckerlin noted that “Mr. Harman has demonstrated a history of exemplary leadership within other critical access facilities and we are excited to have him direct MHCC and our clinics as we continue to grow and be at the forefront of healthcare in Carbon County.”
Please join us in welcoming Ken and his family to Carbon County and the Rawlins community.