Art Mathisen is passionate about healthcare with over 25 years of experience serving in various healthcare leadership roles. Art joined Good Shepherd Health Care System in Hermiston, Oregon as President & CEO in July 2023. Prior to that, he served as President of Memorial Hospital in North Conway, New Hampshire, part of a nine-hospital system MaineHealth. Art joined Memorial Hospital in April 2019.
Art began his career in 1992 in the United States Army as an enlisted infantry soldier. After an honorable discharge, he returned back to college earning a Public Management degree in 1996 from the University of Maine, and an active duty commission as a second lieutenant in the Army as a Medical Service Corps officer. Art later earned a graduate degree in Health Care Administration from Baylor University in 2006.
He served in various leadership positions early in his career to include four operational leadership positions at Fort Lewis, Washington with two of those positions at Madigan Army Medical Center. In the following years, he held leadership positions at Weed Army Community Hospital in Fort Irwin, California; Allgood Memorial Hospital in Seoul, South Korea; Kirk Army Health Clinic, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; and Munson Army Health Center in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
After a 20-year military career, Art retired in 2014 and joined Bon Secours Health System in Suffolk, Virginia serving first as a Director and then as Executive Director of the Medical Group in Southeast Virginia. Prior to joining Memorial Hospital in 2019, he served as President and CEO of Copley Hospital located in Morrisville, Vermont.
Art is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves as a member of the Hospital Association of Oregon’s Small & Rural Committee.
Art and his wife Jen have been married 30 years. They have three children in their 20s who live in Maine, Washington State and California. Art and Jen enjoy traveling to new places with family and friends. Art also has passion and enthusiasm for triathlons and running. He competes in several triathlons each year.
