William P. Sexton, administrator/CEO of Franciscan Skemp in Sparta for 10 years, will succeed Harold Brown, who retired after 35 years.
After leaving Sparta, Sexton was CEO for the North Coast Service Area of Providence Health and Services in Seattle for the past eight years. He was president of the National Rural Health Association in 2006.
He received an undergraduate degree in general management at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a master’s degree in business administration at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. He also has a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Minnesota and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

