Kirk Ray, MBA, brings a wealth of health care leadership experience to his role as President and Chief Executive Officer of McLaren Greater Lansing. He leads McLaren Greater Lansing’s two current hospitals while overseeing the construction and opening of a new, state-of-the-art $450 million health care campus in Lansing. Previously, Ray was the Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran Health Network (LHN) – Kosciusko Community Hospital and Lutheran Health Physicians in Warsaw, Indiana where he was responsible for strategic, operational, and market leadership initiatives. He oversaw the development of a Clinically Integrated Network for LHN and was an executive board member for the network’s accountable care organization. During his tenure at LHN, Ray was also responsible for the development of telemedicine services for behavioral health and neurology; the acquisition and operation of emergency medical services within LHN; the development and expansion of occupational health service across northern Indiana; the growth and expansion of urgent care; and a 10 percent improvement of overall patient satisfaction scores.

 

Ray has also held President/CEO positions at ValleyCare Health System of Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio), DeKalb Health (Auburn, Indiana), St. Joseph Hospital (Ft. Wayne, Indiana), and Select Specialty Hospital (Ft. Wayne, Indiana). Ray is an active member of the local community through his service with a number of organizations focusing on patient safety and quality, population health, and economic development.

 

Ray is also active with national and regional professional associations and the Ball State University Alumni Association. Ray received the Ball State University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012, and has received a number of other honors and recognitions throughout his career for community service and business leadership.

 

Ray earned a Bachelor of Science from Ball State University and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University.

On this overcast mid-summer’s day Lansing Rotarians gathered to converse, enjoyed Pulled Pork, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, and Mac &Cheese from Saddle Back BBQ. Conversations centered on luck with today’s weather, Jazz Fest, Blues Fest, and recent vacations as we were entertained by Sam Warren strumming his guitar.

 

A bit of stir arose from our resident rabble rouser Kevin Schumacher in a spirited declaration that Carolina style is better than Kanas City style barbeque sauce, Kevin’s tactic to stir this debate went over like an offering of Potato Salad that had been sitting in the sun for six hours. With that the debate ended with an agree to disagree resolution, Rotarians rose to enjoy the rest of their day.

 

Tim Adam's email is:  TAdams@manercpa.com