Dodds Announces Retirement as Executive Vice President/COO of Adventist Health, 9/10

At a recent board of directors meeting, Larry D. Dodds announced he would retire from his role as executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO) of Adventist Health effective May 2011, ending his nearly 40-year career with the health system.

“Larry has been a dedicated and skillful leader in our system for nearly four decades and I will miss his talents and management acumen,” stated Robert G. Carmen, president and CEO. “I have personally appreciated his deep commitment to furthering the mission of Adventist Health, something he is well-known for throughout our organization.”

“It has been a honor to serve within Adventist Health for so many years,” stated Dodds. “I have met and worked with so many dedicated people over the years, all who have inspired me to do my job to the best of my ability. I will miss working for such an incredible organization and with the people who serve within it.”

Dodds began his career in 1971 working for a health care organization in Maryland. Two years later he joined Verticare, one of the forerunners of Adventist Health in the Northwest. In 1979, he became the associate administrator at Walla Walla General Hospital in southeastern Washington and shortly thereafter accepted the position of senior vice president at Adventist Medical Center (AMC-P) in Portland, Oregon. In 1983, Dodds was named president and CEO of AMC-P, Adventist Health’s flagship facility in the Northwest. He served in that role for 15 years until relocating to the corporate office to assume the role of senior vice president in1998, and in 2007 was appointed executive vice president/COO of the health system.

Dodds holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, as well as an MBA from Portland State University. He is active in many professional associations and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Dodds and his wife, Jane, have two adult children, four grandchildren and reside in Granite Bay, California but intend to relocate to the Northwest.