Executive Moves

Missouri’s Wright Memorial Hospital CEO Karen Cole Steps Down

Karen Cole has resigned as CEO of Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Mo., part of Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke’s Health System, according to a Trenton Republican-Times report.

By: Staff

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Ms. Cole had been with Wright Memorial since May 2007.

Gary Wages, who recently retired as CEO of Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke’s Northland Hospital, began serving as interim CEO on May 31.

Read the Trenton Republican-Times report on Karen Cole.

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