Loy Howard

Loy Howard, president and CEO of Tanner Health System, is only the fifth administrator/CEO since Tanner was founded in 1949. Howard came to Tanner as president and CEO in 1994 from the Union Hospital District in Union, S.C., where he had served as CEO and CFO.

Howard is a certified public accountant. He earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina and his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of West Florida. He is also a graduate of Leadership South Carolina.

Since coming to Tanner, Howard has served as chairman of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, been a member of Atlanta Business Chronicle's "Who's Who in Atlanta" 2006-2010, and earned the Georgia Hospital Association’s Chairman Award in 2014, the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year award in 2008, the Chamber's Horizon Award in 2002 and the Visionary Award from the Follow Me Foundation in 2000.