Michael McManus

Michael McManus serves as president of Memorial Hospital with campuses in Belleville and Shiloh, Illinois. He was named hospital president in February 2020 after serving as chief operating officer since 2012.

Prior to joining Memorial in 2012, McManus was chief operating officer at Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville, Illinois. He also held positions with Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital in East St. Louis, Illinois; HBE Corporation in St. Louis, Missouri; Moses Cone Health System in Greensboro, North Carolina; Unity-St. Clement Health Services in Red Bud, Illinois; and ASC Health System in O’Fallon, Illinois. He began his career as assistant director of the Hospital Council of Western and Central Michigan.

McManus earned both his master’s degree in public health and his bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri – Columbia.

He currently serves on the boards of the Illinois Hospital Association, Esquiline Center at the Shrine of our Lady of the Snows and is a member of the Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois. McManus is past chair of the Saint Louis Metropolitan Hospital Council and has served on various Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church boards and committees, as well as past chair/member of the Gibault High School board and 2019 Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce Board Chair. He is also a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

McManus is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, and now lives in Waterloo, Illinois, with his wife Susan. He has three adult daughters.