Leadership
Executive Team
Carolyn Barko
Interim Market President, UnityPoint Health – Waterloo; Regional Vice President of Clinic Operations, UnityPoint Clinic – Waterloo Market
Carolyn Barko is the Regional Vice President of Practice Operations for the UnityPoint Clinic – Waterloo Region. She previously served as the Director of Operations for UnityPoint Clinic in the Cedar Rapids Region where she was instrumental in the success of a wide range of disciplines including cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery. She is a graduate of the Cedar Valley Leadership Institute.
Carolyn is a graduate of the MHA program at the University of Iowa and has her Bachelor of Science from Washburn University in Kansas.
Board of Directors
All members on our board of directors volunteer their time and leadership. While front-line teams work each day to deliver efficient, high quality and safe health care, our board is faced with challenges such as how to manage the escalating cost of care, our community's desire for more transparency on quality and patient safety metrics and an increasing complexity to our industry.
While the impact of this voluntary action can be seen locally, it's also a signal to legislators, community members and other government officials who all have a keen eye for accountability. Overall, everyone involved in our health care system – providers, clinicians, team members, patients and families – benefit from high quality governance. Our organization is on a uniquely positive path thanks to the dedication of these individuals.
- JoAn Headington, Chair
- Carolyn Barko, Interim Market President
- Edita Begic
- Stacey Bentley
- Bryan Earnest
- Carol Hibbs
- Todd Holcomb, Ed.D.
- Luke Lesyshen
- Pradeep Ramesh, MD
- Julie Ritland, DNP, ARNP
- Katy Susong