Stephen Stoddard is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Rural Hospital Network which is a collaborative organization consisting of 10 rural hospitals with the mission to support and sustain quality healthcare. He currently serves as the Board President of the New Mexico Healthcare Executives. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and has served as the Board President of the Idaho Healthcare Executive Forum and as the Board President of the National Cooperative of Health Networks. Stephen was nationally recognized as the 2018 NCHN Outstanding Network Leader by the National Cooperative of Health Networks Association.
Stephen has worked as the Executive Director of the Southwest Idaho Community Health Network, the Assistant Administrator / Corporate Compliance Officer of Smithville Regional Hospital in Texas, and the Administrative Fellow at Chesapeake General Hospital in Virginia. He earned his master’s degree in healthcare administration at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University, Provo. Stephen enjoys water skiing, visiting historic sites, serving as a volunteer through church and Boy Scouts and spending time with his wife and three children.