Newman Regional Health
Lynn Redeker has over two decades of experience in administrative and financial roles, currently serving as an Executive Assistant at Newman Regional Health since July 2002. Prior to this, Lynn worked as a Bookkeeping Supervisor at Farmers and Drovers Bank from June 1998 to July 2002. Lynn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business with a focus on Finance and Accounting from Emporia State University between 1994 and 1998.
Newman Regional Health
Newman Regional Health is Emporia's community hospital, providing a wide range of medical, surgical, outpatient, and hospice services. Newman Regional Health is a teaching hospital and is home to the ESU Newman Division of Nursing. Owned by the people of Lyon county, Newman operates as a not-for-profit hospital, and is licensed for 190 beds. It is the fifth-largest employer in the area. “They saw the best equipped hospital in the West. They saw a beautiful building architecturally, and they saw an interior decorated with taste, altogether a thing of beauty that shall be a joy forever.” – Emporia Gazette, March 6, 1922, on the open house. Since 1922, Newman Regional Health has been a vital part of healthcare for a seven county area surrounding Emporia, Kansas. The Emporia Gazette used the Winston Churchill quote, “We live not by what we have, but by what we give,” on March 5, 1922 to describe George Newman’s generous contribution.