Mr. Mann serves as CEO of Harlingen Medical Center, a role he also held from 2008 to 2012. He has returned to lead the hospital a second time, overseeing a medical center that serves a community of 72,328 people in Harlingen and 25,316 in adjacent San Benito, a population that is 82% Hispanic. More than 600 employees handle over 20,000 emergency room visits and 3,000-plus surgeries and heart catheterizations annually. Under his leadership, the community hospital received the Forbes “Top Hospital” 5-star award in 2026 and earned a Leapfrog “A” grade for patient safety nine consecutive times between fall 2021 and fall 2025. The hospital also became the first in Cameron County to achieve geriatric emergency department accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians in 2025. Before rejoining the medical center, Mr. Mann was regional senior vice president for Edinburg, Texas-based DHR Health and, prior to that, CEO of South Texas Health System-McAllen, where he oversaw the creation of a level 1 trauma center and a comprehensive stroke center. He also previously served as CEO of Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, market president and CEO of Hospital Partners of America’s Austin (Texas) market, and system COO for a multi-hospital Healthcare Performance Analytic system in Houston. Mr. Mann currently serves on the board of the Greater Chamber of Harlingen.
