CHICAGO — Wes Hoyt, chief operating officer for Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System (HRHS), has been appointed to the Council of Regents, the legislative body of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). The Council of Regents serves as the vital link between ACHE and members by approving governance and membership regulations as well as promoting the organization’s programs, services and activities within their respective areas.
Hoyt is board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow since 2005 and has been a member of the organization since 2001. In 2019, Hoyt was recipient of the ACHE Senior Rural Executive Regent’s Award. He will assume office on March 20, 2021, before ACHE’s 64th Congress on Healthcare Leadership. As a Regent, he will represent ACHE’s more than 450 members throughout Kansas.
Hoyt has served as the chief operating officer at Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System since 2016. Before his current position, he was an Army Medical Service Corps Officer, serving in assignments worldwide culminating with service in the U.S. Army Africa, in Vicenza, Italy. Throughout his career, he held numerous leadership roles, including assignments with Army combat support hospitals in Iraq.