Intermountain Promotes Longstanding COO to Permanent CEO Spot

Rob Allen will step into his new role as president and CEO on December 1.

Salt Lake City, Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare has a new permanent president and CEO, following a thorough search process of distinguished healthcare leader candidates from across the country, the health system announced.

The Intermountain Board of Trustees named the organization's longstanding COO, Rob Allen, as the health system's next leader.

Allen, who has served as Intermountain's COO during the past six years, joined the health system in 2008 as a regional operations officer. He's also held positions within the health system including CEO of Park City Medical Center in 2008 and rural region vice president in 2011.

Prior to joining Intermountain, Allen's 25+ years of experience in healthcare leadership also includes serving as CEO for hospitals in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Wyoming.

"I'm humbled and honored to serve as Intermountain Healthcare’s new president and CEO. I’m privileged to work with an incredible team of 60,000 caregivers and providers across seven states and 630,000 square miles. Every day, they carry forward our mission, one moment and patient interaction at a time," Allen said in a LinkedIn post about the announcement. "Together, we will honor the legacy of excellence at Intermountain by fulfilling our charge to be a model health system that inspires the world. Intermountain is a place for big ideas and even bigger hearts.  I look forward to building the future with each of our caregivers and with the people in the communities we serve."

"Rob embodies the Intermountain values and will provide steady, servant leadership to the organization. He has always put our patients and caregivers first," Mike Leavitt, chair of the Intermountain Healthcare board, and former Utah governor and US secretary of Health and Human Services, said in a statement.

Allen will step into his new role and succeed interim president and CEO, Lydia Jumonville, on December 1. Following the leadership transition, Jumonville will serve as the executive sponsor of Integration for the health system until her planned retirement at the end of 2023.

Intermountain's previous permanent CEO, Marc Harrison, MD, announced his plan to retire in August. He stepped down after leading as president and CEO since 2016, to serve in a leadership position for a healthcare platform business with General Catalyst.