Mr. Little is in his second year as CEO of St. Francis–Emory Healthcare, a 376-bed acute care hospital and the largest in the Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth system, with more than 2,000 associates and medical staff. Prior, he spent nine years as CEO of Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville, S.C. In 2025, the hospital recruited more than 80 new providers and invested more than $3 million in facility upgrades and medical technology to expand access to care in the Columbus area. Under his leadership, St. Francis–Emory Healthcare earned three 2026 Healthgrades distinctions for its cardiac services, including the “Coronary Intervention Excellence Award,” and was ranked among Georgia’s top large hospitals by Georgia Trend in 2025. The hospital also became the first in Georgia designated a “Purple Heart Hospital” by the Military Order of the Purple Heart and earn Joint Commission certification for advanced perinatal care. U.S. News & World Report rated the hospital’s abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and kidney failure care as “high performing.” Mr. Little serves on the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley’s board of directors, and has previously served on the South Carolina Hospital Association’s board of trustees and the Coker University board of trustees.
