Hank Robinson Named Chairman of the Norton Healthcare Board of Trustees
LOUISVILLE, KY.(April 15, 2008): Hank Robinson has been named chairman of the Norton Healthcare Board of Trustees, replacing R.K.
Guillaume, who had served as chairman since March 2006. Guillaume will remain on the board. Chairmen are elected to one-year terms. Joseph A. Paradis III has been named the board’s new vice chairman.
Robinson, 49, has been a Norton Healthcare board member since February 2001 and has served as board vice chairman since February 2005, and as chairman of the board Committee on Finance & Core Operations since 2001.
“I am honored to be involved with such a talented and dedicated group of volunteer community board members and a superb senior management team,” Robinson said. “Norton Healthcare has made tremendous progress over the past several years, and we look forward to continuing that momentum as we implement our new strategic plan to expand facilities and services in Metro Louisville and throughout the region.
“We will continue to enhance our industry-leading commitment to measuring and openly reporting on the quality and safety of our patient care as we remain focused on our not-for-profit health care mission.”
Robinson, born and raised in Louisville, has served as senior vice president, tax and treasurer for Kindred Healthcare Inc. since 2002. Before joining Kindred, he was a tax partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, formerly Coopers and Lybrand, from 1983 to 2002. A 1976 graduate of Louisville’s St. Xavier High School, Robinson went on to earn his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Kentucky in 1979, and a law degree from the University of Louisville in 1983.
In addition to his service with the Norton Healthcare Board of Trustees, Robinson has served since 1985 as treasurer of the Board of Directors for the California Area Family Development Center and Iroquois Child Care Center. He is a former board member for Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana.
Robinson and his wife, Karen Sullivan Robinson, live in Louisville and have six children: Patrick Sullivan, 23; Kelly Sullivan, 22; Beth Robinson, 19; Ross Robinson, 16; Sarah Robinson, 13; and Michael Robinson, 13.