Louis Ward Selected to Top CEO for Third Time

Mayers Memorial Healthcare District is proud to announce that Chief Executive Officer Louis Ward has been named in the Becker's Hospital Review "60 rural hospital and health system CEOs to know" for 2019. This is the third consecutive year that he has been a part of this prestigious list.

Becker's is a Nationwide publication. The Becker's Hospital Review editorial strategy extends to a broad scope of coverage, including healthcare news and analysis, commentary and strategy from industry leaders, best practices and business guidance, and lists of noteworthy healthcare institutions and people.

Ward was one of two California CEO's to be selected to the list.

"Louis Ward. CEO of Mayers Memorial Healthcare District (Fall River Mills, Calif.). The Board for California Critical Access Hospital Network elected Mr. Ward, CEO of Mayers Memorial Healthcare District, its chairman for 2019. Under his leadership, Mayers Memorial Healthcare District was awarded the Association of California Healthcare District's 2017 California Healthcare District of the Year award. In 2018, Mayers Memorial Healthcare District won the Hospital Council of Northern California Innovation Challenge for a workforce development project titled "Planting Seeds ... Growing Our Own Workforce."