The Blessing Corporate Services Board of Trustees has selected Mike Trachta as the system’s next president and chief executive officer, effective on May 1, 2026.
Trachta has 27 years of healthcare leadership experience, in rural hospitals, urban hospitals, and most recently in a large integrated health system as Vice President of community hospitals and health system operations with MercyOne, based in Des Moines, Iowa.
Blessing’s board engaged Furst Group, a national healthcare executive search firm with 40 years’ experience for the CEO search. The selection process involved gathering feedback from members of the Blessing boards, employee leadership and medical staff.
“Mike matches the qualities the Board outlined when this search began last September,” said Gary Gillespie, chairman, Board of Trustees, Blessing Corporate Services. “He is a mission-driven, community-focused leader with a track record in community health, care quality and access, employee engagement, and organizational success and growth.”
“Board members were also impressed with Mike’s vision for and understanding of rural healthcare,” Gillespie concluded.
“I am honored to join the Blessing Health System team,” Trachta said upon accepting the position. “Blessing has an impressive reputation as a strong independent health system and I look forward to working with clinical, business, and community leaders to build on the success of this valuable regional asset.”
A graduate of the University of Iowa, Trachta holds a Master of Arts, Hospital and Health Administration degree and Master of Business Administration degree. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.