Mr. Porter leads a regional referral center in the most rural U.S. state. The hospital is Wyoming’s largest, serving 250,000 and supporting an area that faces transportation challenges due to weather and limited health services and specialists. Mr. Porter became CEO shortly after Phoenix-based Banner Health acquired the hospital in 2020. He has led the hospital and community through immense change, integrating the formerly independent hospital with a large multi-state health system during the depths of the pandemic. Under his leadership, the hospital regained its American College of Surgeons level 2 trauma center status, expanded telestroke access to nine sites across Wyoming and maintained its American Heart and Stroke Associations “Gold Plus Stroke Award” and Joint Commission primary stroke center status. He has led more than $70 million in capital improvements, including a comprehensive maintenance and upgrade plan and a new electrophysiology lab. He successfully recruited dozens of primary care providers and high-level specialists, while decreasing traveling staff and employee turnover and leading an increase in employee satisfaction scores in 2024. He was previously CEO at Banner Payson (Ariz.) Medical Center.
