He's very enthusiastic, and he has fresh ideas. I think he's going to take the hospital to a new level. I'm sure he will be a good fit to our hospital and community.

We feel extremely fortunate to have recruited a CEO of Rick's caliber. His work at other health care organizations proves him to be a visionary with experience in clinical service-line growth, an effective leader and mentor and a person who works to build strong relationships with physicians, administrators and staff.

I think (Hudson) is going to be more oriented in listening to doctors and be more open-minded about ideas doctors have. I think he'll be a good fit with physicians here.

He was in between jobs.

He decided, for personal reasons, that he needed to be off the board.