Kaweah Health CEO to Retire in 2026

Kaweah Health CEO to retire in 2026

Kaweah Health Chief Executive Officer Gary Herbst will retire next year.  The healthcare provider announced Herbst’s upcoming retirement on Tuesday.  The big picture: Herbst, who has been with Kawah Health for 34 years, will serve in his role until June 30, 2026.  His tenure was already extended by one year from the original June 2025 retirement date.  Driving the news: Herbst graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1983 with a degree i…

Kaweah Health CEO Gary Herbst to retire in 2026, capping decades of service, leadership

Kaweah Health announced on June 17 that CEO Gary K. Herbst will retire effective June 30, 2026, concluding a distinguished 34-year career with the organization that included steering the system through the pandemic. Herbst, who will be 66 at the time of retirement, has the distinction of being only the fourth CEO in Kaweah Health’s more than 60-year history. He oversees 5,000 hospital employees and Kaweah Health has a medical staff of 700. The r…