Mr. Young is in his fifth year as CEO of Bolivar Medical Center, a 164-bed hospital that includes a long-term care unit and behavioral health services. He brings more than three decades of healthcare experience to the role, including two decades as CFO for various hospitals and systems. Since 2022, Mr. Young has focused on recruiting providers, investing in facility upgrades and building a culture of safe, high-quality care, adding 20 providers in 2025 alone. That year also brought a reopened outpatient services center, a new MRI machine, an advanced endoscopy imaging system, a urology laser and new orthopedic operating room equipment. Under his leadership, Bolivar Medical Center earned an “A” grade for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group in both the spring 2025 and spring 2026 cycles and received the “Platinum Award,” the highest honor in Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth’s “National Quality Strategy,” for 2025. The hospital also earned Bolivar Bullet‘s “Best of the Best” distinctions for “Best Hospital” and “Best Emergency Room,” along with accreditations for chest pain from the American College of Cardiology and for CT, mammography and MRI from the American College of Radiology. Beyond the hospital, Mr. Young serves as a community partner liaison for the Delta Children’s Advocacy Center and as a unit leader for Bolivar Medical Center’s Career Exploration Post through Scouts of America.
