Mitchell C. Carson...Serving your Community,
Leading your Hospital
Mitchell C. Carson, President, CEO and Board Member of Longmont United
Hospital, brings over 30 years of healthcare leadership experience to
the Northern Colorado area. Before relocating to Longmont, Mitch served
as President and Board Member of Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie,
Indiana. This 400-bed flagship hospital of the Cardinal Health System is
a tertiary care regional referral health center serving east central
Indiana as well as western Ohio. Ball Memorial Hospital received
designation as one of America's Top 100 National and Regional Hospitals.
Mitch has also served in Executive positions at LaPorte Hospital, a
230-bed community owned hospital in LaPorte, Indiana, and University of
Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a 700-bed university-owned teaching hospital
in Iowa City, Iowa. At the age of 21, Mitch started his career as the
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of Murray County Memorial
Hospital, a 50-bed, county-owned hospital in Slayton, Minnesota. Mitch
is Board Certified in Healthcare Management by the American College of
Healthcare Executives.
Mitch has been President and CEO of Longmont United Hospital since
September 2001. Shortly after relocating to Colorado, Mitch made an
immediate impact in the Longmont and surrounding communities. He is an
advocate of corporate stewardship benefiting the quality of life in the
communities served by Longmont United Hospital. As a board member of the
Longmont Area Economic Council and the Longmont Area Chamber of
Commerce, Mitch demonstrates a leadership role in the efforts of
recruiting and enhancing corporations and businesses, supplying jobs and
services in the area. Mitch is also an active board member of the Educational
Foundation for the St. Vrain Valley and serves on the
Advisory Committee for the Graduate Program in Health Care
Administration at the University of Colorado.
Mitch received a Bachelors of Arts with cum laude recognition in
Business Administration/Hospital Administration at Concordia College in
Moorhead, Minnesota. Soon thereafter, Mitch received a Masters of Arts
in Hospital and Health Administration at the University of Iowa in Iowa
City, where he met his future wife, Pat. He completed two residencies in
hospital administration as required to be awarded his degrees. Mitch is
a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executive.
A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Mitch, Pat and their two sons, Ryan and
Matthew, reside in Longmont and are very active in volunteering in the
community as well participants in local sport programs.