Steve Arner Named to Becker's Great Leaders in Healthcare List
President and CEO Steve Arner was named to Becker's Hospital Review's list of Great Leaders in Healthcare for 2026.
Becker's said: "Great healthcare leaders are proactive changemakers, always looking ahead and striving for better. The executives recognized here represent the best of the best in healthcare leadership. They are bold, courageous and deeply committed to their causes. Whether pioneering new models of care delivery, engineering solutions to the industry’s most stubborn challenges, or reimagining the everyday experiences of those who give and receive care, these leaders are building the future rather than passively waiting for it to arrive."
Steve's profile on the website said:
Mr. Arner leads Carilion Clinic, a $2.93 billion nonprofit integrated health system that serves more than a million people through seven hospitals, a large physician group of more than 1,400 employed physicians and APPs, and complementary business lines including home health, imaging services, pharmacies and freestanding surgical clinics. He assumed the CEO role in 2024, supported by a nearly three-decade career at Carilion. He first joined the system in 1996 as a financial analyst, and progressed through roles including budget manager, human resources compensation and analytics director, hospital administrator at Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital in Lexington, Va., senior vice president of cardiothoracic and vascular services, and 12 years as COO managing the operations and physician practices at Carilion Medical Center in Roanoke. His background affords him deep institutional knowledge across finance, operations, human resources and clinical service line leadership at the organization. Beyond Carilion, Mr. Arner has been an active contributor to healthcare leadership at the state and national levels, having served as past chair of the board of directors for the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and as past state delegate of the American Hospital Association regional policy board.
Read the full list of Great Leaders in Healthcare on the Becker's website.
