Executive Leadership Team

Benjamin R. Carter, CPA, FHFMA 
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer

Ben Carter is Trinity Health's chief operating officer responsible for leading all hospitals and other operational areas. He also serves as the executive vice president for Trinity Health Senior Communities, Trinity Health at Home and Trinity Health PACE. Carter's direct reports include all Trinity Health regional CEOs, national CEOs for continuing care, and executive leaders overseeing administrative services. He has extensive knowledge of the organization having led all aspects of the Finance, Treasury, Risk Management, Revenue Excellence and Payer Strategies areas across the system. 

A bold and results-driven leader with a long and successful track record at Trinity Health, Carter previously served as the system's executive vice president and chief financial officer. Additional duties under this role included accountability for several regions operationally as well as leading merger and acquisition integrations. 

Prior to joining Trinity Health, Carter was executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), where he was responsible for the operations of the regional system’s eight hospitals and related outpatient facilities. During his tenure there, Carter was instrumental in the DMC’s financial turnaround, which resulted in six consecutive years of profitability. He led key growth, cost reduction and profit initiatives in multiple service lines. Prior to leading DMC operations, Carter spent nearly 17 years in executive-level positions at Oakwood Healthcare in Dearborn, Michigan. He started his career at Plante Moran in Southfield, Michigan, where he worked for eight years. 

Throughout his career, Carter has served on many internal and external boards including SAY Detroit, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Heritage Fund Investment Council, Care Tech Solutions, Inc., the Invest Michigan Advisory Board, Boys Hope Girls Hope of Detroit and also led as co-chair, Governor Rick Snyder's task force on Responsible Retirement Reform for Local Government. He has been appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer as a commissioner on the Michigan Aeronautics Commission, overseeing all aviation related activities for the State of Michigan. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Carter is an alumnus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he graduated magna cum laude with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration.