Reginald (Reg) M. Ballantyne III, Senior Corporate Officer

Vanguard Health Systems, Inc.

Reginald (Reg) M. Ballantyne III joined Vanguard Health Systems, Inc., the national hospital company based in Nashville, Tennessee, in May, 2001 and is currently a Senior Corporate Officer of the company.  Prior to joining Vanguard, Mr. Ballantyne had served for nearly 28 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of PMH Health Resources, Inc., a multi-unit healthcare system based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Mr. Ballantyne's background includes service as 1997 Chairman of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and 1998 Speaker of the AHA House of Delegates.  He has served on a multitude of national boards including the Board of Commissioners for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Chairman of the AHA Committee of Commissioners.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).  He is a recipient of the ACHE Gold Medal Award for management excellence, recipient of the Hope Award from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and recipient of the Institute for Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee.  Mr. Ballantyne is Senior Consultant to Centerre Healthcare Corporation and also to Symbion, Inc.

Reg also serves as a chairman-officer of numerous regional and national professional, community and civic organizations and is a well-known and highly sought-after keynote presenter. He holds an MBA from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of the Holy Cross.