OLOL President, Scott Wester receives national award

Our Lady of the Lake President Scott Wester received the American College of Healthcare Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award. 

The award was bestowed on Wester by Diane Yeates, FACHE, ACHE’s Regent for Louisiana and Chief Operating Officer at Terrebonne Medical Center in Houma. The Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award recognizes ACHE members who are experienced in the field and have made significant contributions to the advancement of healthcare management excellence and the achievement of ACHE’s goals. 

Members are evaluated on leadership ability; innovative and creative management; executive capability in developing their own organization and promoting its growth and stature in the community; contributions to the development of others in the healthcare profession; leadership in local, state or provincial hospital and health association activities; participation in civic/community activities and projects; participation in ACHE activities; and interest in assisting ACHE in achieving its objectives. 

Wester has served as president and CEO of Our Lady of the Lake since 2008. Prior to this role, he served as president and CEO of St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. He has been part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System since 1993 when he began his healthcare career as an administrative fellow. 

He is a fellow with the American College of Health Care Executives and past Chair of the ACHE CEO Council. He currently serves as Louisiana’s Delegate for the Region 7 Policy Board of the American Hospital Association and is a member of the AHA Higher Logic Committee. 

He formerly served as a member of the AHA’s Section for Metropolitan Hospitals Council and AHA Leadership Pool. Wester is a former chair of the Louisiana Hospital Association Board of Trustees and currently serves as an ex-officio member of the LHA board and is a member of the association’s executive committee. 

He is a member of the Vizient Gulf States Board, has served as chair of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce, the Catholic Health Association Awards and Century Committee, and is an active member on several local community boards. 

Wester, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, holds a Masters of Hospital and Health Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati. He also holds a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and a bachelor of arts degree in classical humanities, graduating magna cum laude from St. Louis University.