Ronald E. Terry will serve as administrator of the State Health Planning and Development Agency The agency, which is administratively attached to the state Department of Health, is responsible for promoting accessibility to health care services at reasonable cost. Terry
Ronald E. Terry will serve as administrator of the State Health Planning and Development Agency
The agency, which is administratively attached to the state Department of Health, is responsible for promoting accessibility to health care services at reasonable cost.
Terry began his new position Monday.
According to Gov. Linda Lingle’s Office, Terry has extensive experience in the planning, development and administration of health care facilities at both statewide and local levels in urban and rural communities.
“He knows firsthand what it takes to deliver health care services to diverse populations,” Lingle said in a press release.
During his 28 years in health administration, Terry has worked in hospital executive management positions with nonprofit community hospitals as well as with various state planning and development agencies to secure approval for major capital projects.
For the past seven years, Terry served as vice president of heart and vascular at the Stanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A graduate of the University of Hawai‘i, Terry previously served as vice president of hospital operations for Wahiawa General Hospital.
He received a master’s of health administration from the Medical College of Virginia at the Virginia Commonwealth University.
