Exemplar Care announced today that President and Chief Strategy Officer Carl Behne will lead Exemplar’s team full time, ending a period where he also served as CEO of Burgess Health Center in Onawa.

“We are thrilled to now have Carl full-time at Exemplar Care,” Jon Van Der Veer, D.O., the founder and CEO of Exemplar, said in a prepared statement. “His strategic insights and extensive expertise in the healthcare industry will be critical as we continue to increase locations and services to bring innovative healthcare solutions to employers and their employees across central Iowa and beyond.”

Behne started at Burgess Health Center in 2020, seeing the hospital through the COVID-19 pandemic and an $18.1 million expansion and renovation. He has also been CEO at Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson.

“I’ve been supporting Exemplar Care since its inception and I’m excited to bring convenient, personalized healthcare to patients, and cost savings to patients and employers,” Behne said in a prepared statement. “Far too long I have seen the opportunities to remove barriers for patients go unmet and I look forward to helping to drive disruptive and systemic change.”