KEN BRINGS MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE TO RHS, INCLUDING OVER 10 YEARS AT HOPEHEALTH, INC., WHICH IS A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. AT HOPEHEALTH, KEN SERVED AS CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER, LEADING OVER 20 CARE LOCATIONS SERVING 60,000 ANNUAL PATIENTS THROUGH 275,000 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS. KEN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECT REPORTS AND 350 EMPLOYEES. PRIOR TO BECOMING COO, HE SERVED AS CHIEF PERFORMANCE OFFICER, LEADING ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE AT HOPEHEALTH.
IN HIS NEW ROLE, KEN WILL PROVIDE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND OVERSIGHT FOR RHS BY ENSURING HIGH-QUALITY PATIENT CARE, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE. KEN WILL OVERSEE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE, DAILY OPERATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING WHILE CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND EXPAND ACCESS TO CARE ACROSS AIKEN COUNTY AND THE RHS SERVICE AREA.
KEN COMPLETED UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES IN URBAN PLANNING AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TRAINING FROM THE HARVARD T.H. CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEAL TH. HE IS AN ALUMNUS OF BOTH LEADERSHIP SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY FRED R. SHEHEEN NON-PROFIT LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND SERVES AS A FACULTY MEMBER FOR FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS'S CERTIFICATE IN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. A DEDICATED COMMUNITY LEADER, KEN HAS SERVED ON THE BOARDS OF THE FMU SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GREATER FLORENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, YMCA, AND KIWANIS.
KEN AND HIS WIFE, TAMMY, HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 32 YEARS AND HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN. KEN AND TAMMY LOOK FORWARD TO BECOMING PART OF THE AIKEN COMMUNITY.