Health Care 2024: STEVE ARNER

In July, just a little over a year after he was promoted to president of Carilion Clinic, Arner was tapped to succeed Nancy Howell Agee as the Roanoke-based health system’s CEO, effective Oct. 1.

Agee, who is retiring and will take the title of CEO emeritus, had led the $2.4 billion not-for-profit health system since 2011. Now Arner will lead Carilion’s 14,000-plus workers, who serve more than 1 million patients in Virginia and West Virginia across seven hospitals and more than 240 medical offices.

Arner joined Carilion in 1996 as a financial analyst. Named president in May 2023, he served as COO and executive vice president for the health care system’s Roanoke operations since 2012. Since 2014, he also was president and CEO of Carilion Medical Center. During his time at Carilion, he’s also served as budget manager, human resources compensation and analytics director, president and CEO of Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital, and senior vice president of cardiothoracic and vascular services.

A past chair of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association and former state delegate to the American Hospital Association Regional Policy Board, he earned an MBA from Brigham Young University in 2003.