Ron Shafer is responsible for human resources management and recruiting as well as the oversight of physician recruitment. He previously held leadership positions in areas that include hospital, physician practice and division operations, including Vice President of Operations for Division V and, most recently, Vice President of Physician Practice Services.

Shafer joined the company in 1998 as CEO of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell, where he was named CEO of the Year in 2001.

He has more than 30 years of hospital management experience, including work with HCA and Brim Healthcare. Shafer is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.