EMPORIA — Longtime Newman Regional Health CEO Bob Wright will retire this fall, after 10 years with the hospital.
Wright submitted a letter of resignation to the Newman Regional Health Board of Trustees citing Oct. 1, as his effective retirement date, the Emporia Gazette reported. His last day in the office will be Sept. 29.
Wright will turn 72 on Oct. 3.
“It is time for me to step aside and let the next generation step in,” he said in the letter.
