Judith Wooten

Judith S. Wooten, MHA, FACHE, joined the Arkansas Hospice team as vice president and chief operating officer in 2002. She was named president and chief executive officer in 2011. Her healthcare career began as a patient representative in large, tertiary care, teaching hospital in 1980, where she fell in love with healthcare. Judy earned a Master of Health Administration from Washington University School of Medicine in 1985. Since then, she has been a hospital administrator, a managed care executive, and a management and healthcare consultant. Judy is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and a Certified Hospice Administrator. She is the current president of the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Arkansas and serves on the board of directors of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. In recognition of her healthcare leadership and service, Judy was named the 2020 recipient of the ACHE Regent’s Award for Senior-Level Healthcare Executive.