Villa Rica Leadership Lunchoen Series

The Villa Rica Leadership Luncheon Series brings together executives, entrepreneurs, educational leaders, and innovators from throughout the region to discuss trends, challenges, and opportunities facing their respective fields. Open to the public, the Leadership Luncheon Series is held bi-monthly on the 2nd Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at The Venue in Downtown Villa Rica, Georgia.

Speaker: Loy Howard, President and CEO, Tanner Health System
Loy Howard is only the fifth administrator/CEO in Tanner’s 50-year history. Howard came to Tanner as president and CEO in 1994 from the Union Hospital District in Union, S.C., where he had served as CEO and CFO.

Howard is a certified public accountant. He earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina and his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of West Florida. He is also a graduate of Leadership South Carolina.

Since coming to Tanner, Howard has served as chairman of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, been a member of Atlanta Business Chronicle's "Who's Who in Atlanta" 2006-2010, and earned the Georgia Hospital Association’s Chairman Award in 2014, the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year award in 2008, the Chamber's Horizon Award in 2002 and the Visionary Award from the Follow Me Foundation in 2000.