August 14, 2020 – Owensboro Health President and CEO Greg Strahan and CFO John Hackbarth have announced plans to retire simultaneously, effective Feb. 1, 2021. The system’s board of directors will form a transition committee that will search for the organization’s next president in the months ahead.
Strahan was named as CEO on Aug. 23, 2016 after serving in the role as an interim for four months. Prior to becoming Owensboro Health’s CEO, he served for nine years as the system’s COO. Hackbarth has served as the system’s CFO since March 2008.
Carpenter will chair the board’s transition committee that will search for the next CEO— a process that is expected to take at least six months.