Brian Dieter, president and CEO of Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, has received the Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award for 2025 from the Baldrige Foundation. The award was presented to Dieter at the Baldrige Quest for Excellence Conference in Baltimore on April 1. Dieter has been president and CEO of Mary Greeley since July 2008. Before that he was Mary Greeley’s chief financial officer for nearly nine years. “The Hertz Leadership Award recognizes role-model leaders that challenge, encourage, and empower others to achieve performance excellence,” Al Faber, recently retired president and CEO of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, said in a prepared statement. “Brian has long been committed to servant leadership through the application of the Baldrige Framework in everyday operations at Mary Greeley Medical Center. The impact Baldrige has had on the lives and health of Iowans continues to serve as an inspiration to others.”