Ms. Willis has served as CEO of Floyd County Medical Center since September 2021, where her responsibilities span physician recruitment and retention, negotiating healthcare agreements, forging partnerships and pursuing affiliation opportunities. Funded through owner equity, a U.S. Department of Agriculture loan, grants and local bank financing, she launched a $40 million expansion project, which is the largest since the hospital’s 1965 construction. The project’s ribbon-cutting is planned for July 2026. The expansion adds new speech and occupational therapy departments, an expanded lab, a new hospital pharmacy with future oncology infusion capabilities, a three-story clinic housing a rural health family practice clinic, and a new outpatient specialist clinic. In 2025, the medical center earned a 5-star rating from Professional Research Consultants, placing it in the top 10% nationally for overall hospital rating, and its midwifery program earned the 2023 “Best Practices Triple Aim Achievement Award” from the American College of Nurse-Midwives. A strong advocate for rural healthcare, Ms. Willis traveled to Washington in May 2025 for the American Hospital Association’s annual meeting to discuss rural maternal health and attended the Iowa Hospital Association’s “Hospital Day on the Hill” in March 2025. She previously held leadership roles at Pella (Iowa) Regional Health Center and Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health. She currently serves as a commission member of the Floyd County Ambulance Commission.
