Bradley County Medical Center’s Leslie Huitt was named the Hospital CFO of the Year by Arkansas Business in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock.
A native of Hermitage, Huitt was the BCMC Chief Financial Officer prior to being named the Chief Executive Officer of the hospital this past June. She was named one of four finalists for the Arkansas Business Hospital CFO of the Year award in September prior to being named the winner of the honor during Wednesday’s ceremony.
“It was an honor for me to be nominated for Arkansas Business CFO of the Year and to actually win the award is extremely humbling. I am blessed to serve at Bradley County Medical Center, and I feel as though I am right where God intended for me to be,” said BCMC CEO Leslie Huitt. “I couldn’t do what I do here on my own, I have an awesome team around me. Bradley County Medical Center is an awesome place to work and the culture of caring that we are building here is awesome to be a part of. Despite the difficulties we face in these unprecedented times, I am excited to see where the future takes us.”
Huitt is a Certified Public Accountant and has more than 20 years of accounting experience with more than eight years of time in management positions. She was named BCMC’s Interim CEO in November of 2021 and had served in a dual role of Interim CEO and CFO for seven months before having the interim tag removed in June.
Under Huitt’s leadership, Bradley County Medical Center retained its four-star status from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under Huitt’s watch. BCMC is the only hospital within a 50-mile radius to earn a four-star overall rating from CMS and also receive four stars on the patient survey rating.
In addition to the Hospital CFO of the Year award being announced, Arkansas Business also presented accolades for CFO Lifetime Achievement, Lifetime Achievement in Accounting, Small Private Company CFO of the Year, Large Private Company CFO of the Year, Nonprofit CFO of the Year, and Public Sector/Education CFO of the Year during the awards ceremony. The winners in all categories were chosen by a panel of five judges, all of whom were previous CFO of the Year honorees.
The Arkansas Business CFO of the Year Awards ceremony was presented by HoganTaylor, with Arkansas Business Publisher Mitch Bettis and Editor Lance Turner both emceeing the event with around 250 people in attendance.
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