William Davis, MBA, serves as Illinois Region president for Deaconess Illinois in Mount Vernon, overseeing operations across four facilities: Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Crossroads Community Hospital in Mount Vernon, Union County Hospital in Anna and Red Bud Regional Hospital. Mr. Davis joined Heartland in 2017 as director of materials management and rose to assistant administrator, associate CEO and then CEO in 2021 before being named regional president in December 2023. He has been nationally recognized as a “Rural Hospital CEO to Know” and “Black Healthcare Leader to Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review three years in a row. He serves on several civic boards, including as president of the Marion Kiwanis Club.
