Justin Romney Named Chief Financial Officer of Ashley Regional Medical Center

(VERNAL, UT – January 22, 2025) – Ashley Regional Medical Center (ARMC) announced today that Justin Romney has been named chief financial officer (CFO) of ARMC, effective January 6, 2025. Romney joins Ashley Regional Medical Center from Havasu Regional Medical Center, where he served as assistant chief financial officer.

“We are so excited to have Romney step into this important leadership role,” said Alan Olive, chief executive officer (CEO) of Ashley Regional Medical Center.  “He is an exemplary leader with a tremendous amount of financial experience and expertise. His commitment to patient care, physicians, employees and the community is evident in all that he does, and I know that he will help us further advance our mission of making communities healthier.”

As assistant CFO of Havasu Regional Medical Center, Romney functioned as the right hand of the CFO, executing various CFO functions. He successfully performed a wide range of essential financial projects and duties of a 171-bed facility and led significant improvements through strategic analysis and more streamlined processes and procedures.

“Justin is a great fit for our hospital,” said Allen Parker, chair of ARMC ’s board of trustees. “We have been so impressed with his experience and knowledge, as well as his genuine care for people. We are really looking forward to working with him to lead the hospital forward.”

Justin has served in numerous healthcare and government leadership roles, including Assistant Controller/Interim Controller and Financial Analyst at HRMC; Budget Analyst II at Town of Gilbert, Office of Management & Budget in Gilbert, AZ; and Analyst at Arizona Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting in AZ, to name a few.

“Ashley Regional Medical Center is such an important part of this community,” said Romney, “and I am really excited to take on this new role and join this incredible team of individuals. I look forward to working with the team to make a meaningful impact and improve the overall health and well-being of this community.”

Romney holds a master’s degree in public administration from Arizona State University, and a bachelor’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University in Utah.  

About Ashley Regional Medical Center

Through its 39-bed, Joint Commission-accredited acute care facility and physician practices, Ashley Regional Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient services to the populations of Uintah, Duchesne and Daggett counties in Utah and Rio Blanco County in Colorado. Ashley Regional has been serving the Basin for more than 80 years and is a designated Level IV trauma center, an Accredited Chest Pain Center and has been designated as a Stroke Receiving Facility by the Utah State Department of Health. The healthcare workers provide safe, high-quality patient care across labor and delivery, surgery, imaging, outpatient care, the 24/7/365 emergency room and many other specialties. Ashley Regional has been recognized for excellence in quality indicators and measures, including being named a Top 100 Rural & Community Hospital for eight consecutive years by Chartis Center for Rural Health and a 100 Top Hospital by Fortune/PINC AI for two consecutive years. Ashley Regional also received a Leapfrog ‘A’ grade for Fall 2024.

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