Darrold Bertsch has been employed in healthcare management for over 18 years. He was named Chief Executive Officer for Sakakawea Medical Center, Hazen, North Dakota in September 2009 and contracted as the CEO of Coal Country Community Health Center, Beulah, North Dakota in March 2011. Prior to joining Sakakawea Medical Center, Mr. Bertsch served as the administrator/CEO of Southwest Healthcare Services in Bowman, North Dakota and Central Arizona Medical Center in Florence, Arizona. Mr. Bertsch has over 38 years of experience in the healthcare industry.

AFFILIATIONS

• Chairman of the North Dakota Hospital Association Board of Directors
• President of the North Dakota Rural Health Association
• North Dakota AHEC and Western AHEC Advisory Boards
• Northland Healthcare Alliance Board of Directors
• CHAD Community Healthcare Association of the Dakotas Board of Directors
• Mercer County Economic Development Corporation
• Mercer County Ambulance Board of Directors
• Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
• Selected as a 2008 NRHA Fellow