Trinity Health names Lorraine Lutton to be CEO of Mount Carmel Health System

Trinity Health announced today that Lorraine Lutton will be president and chief executive officer of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, effective April 6.

Mike Englehart, who has served as interim CEO at Mount Carmel since July 2019, will return to his role as senior vice president for medical groups and ambulatory strategy for Trinity Health nationally.

Since 2016, Lutton has been president and CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare (RSFH) in Charleston, South Carolina, where she led transformations in clinical quality, culture, governance and financial strength. She also increased market share and advanced RSFH’s regional leadership, opening a new hospital and building the infrastructure for population health and ambulatory care to serve more people.

“Lorraine is a strategic, forward-thinking leader with broad experience in health care, and we are thrilled she is joining the Mount Carmel team,” said Mount Carmel Health System Board Chair Jordan Hansell. “We are confident she will lead our ministry forward and will ensure we continue to serve our community with the compassion and excellence that have been our hallmarks for 134 years.”

“The people we serve in Ohio will benefit from Lorraine’s mission-driven leadership and innovation, and we are excited to welcome her to our national health ministry,” said Ben Carter, chief operating officer for Trinity Health, which is the parent organization of MCHS. “We also are grateful to Mike Englehart for his leadership as interim CEO of Mount Carmel, and we appreciate his ongoing commitment to ensuring a smooth transition with Lorraine.”

Before joining RSFH, Lutton was president of St. Joseph’s hospital in Tampa, which is part of BayCare Health System. Previously, she served in other senior leadership roles with BayCare, including chief operating officer of St. Joseph’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital. She started her career in quality management at UCSD Medical Center.

Lutton is active in her community, including board roles with the Charleston Gaillard Performing Arts Center, the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). She received her BS in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her MBA from Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.

About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 22 states. Trinity Health includes 92 hospitals, as well as 109 continuing care locations that include PACE programs, senior living facilities, and home care and hospice services. Its continuing care programs provide nearly 2 million visits annually. Based in Livonia, Mich., and with annual operating revenues of $19.3 billion and assets of $27 billion, the organization returns $1.2 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Trinity Health employs about 129,000 colleagues, including about 7,500 employed physicians and clinicians. For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org. You can also follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

[About Mount Carmel Health System]

Mount Carmel has provided high quality, comprehensive healthcare services in central Ohio for more than 130 years. Our team of more than 10,900 colleagues, 2,100 physicians and 900 volunteers provide compassionate, people-centered primary and specialty care at its four hospitals– Mount Carmel East, Mount Carmel Grove City, Mount Carmel New Albany and Mount Carmel St. Ann’s—as well as in surgery centers, emergency and ambulatory care centers, hospice and home care. Mount Carmel Medical Group and Mount Carmel Health Partners, along with their networks of physicians, work to deliver the right care, at the right time, in the most appropriate setting cost-effectively. MediGold, a Medicare Advantage health insurance plan, and the Mount Carmel College of Nursing—one of Ohio's largest baccalaureate nursing degree programs—are integral members of the health system. Mount Carmel is a member of Trinity Health.

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