(Greenfield) – Officials with the Adair County Health System, an affiliate of MercyOne, have announced Catherine Hillestad will join ACHS as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 7, 2021. Hillestad is a native of Des Moines. Officials say she brings experience in community and rural health care systems to her new position, including serving in an interim CEO role at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield, and most recently, as Practice Administrator at the Iowa Clinic, in Des Moines.

Catherine Hillestad

Hillestad says she’s excited to join the Adair County Health System. “I look forward,” she said, “to building relationships with everyone at the hospital and in the community of Greenfield. I hope to create a center of excellence for rural healthcare for people in Adair County.” Willard Olesen, Chair of the Adair County Health System Board of Trustees, said Hillestad “Knows what is needed to continue to deliver quality care in Adair County, which is vital to our community.”