Hospital executives join board of Northern Colorado Economic Alliance

LOVELAND — Kevin Unger, president and chief executive of Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies, and Margo Karsten, CEO of Northern Colorado Banner Health, have joined the board of the Northern Colorado Economic Alliance.

Both executives have long-term ties to Northern Colorado.

Unger received his undergraduate and doctorate degrees from Colorado State University. He joined Poudre Valley Hospital in 2001 and was named president and CEO of both Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies in 2005. He has received multiple awards both individually and on behalf of the hospital, including the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the Robert S. Hudgens Young Heathcare Executive of the Year.

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Karsten also received her doctorate from CSU. She previously served as the president and CEO of Poudre Valley Hospital and Poudre Valley Health System for more than eight years. She joined Northern Colorado Banner Health as CEO in September.

The nonprofit Northern Colorado Economic Alliance is an economic-development organization focused on primary-industry attraction and improvement of the region’s economic infrastructure to generate jobs and economic vitality. It is a privately funded organization working in collaboration with regional businesses, local governments, workforce development groups, realtors, chambers of commerce and nonprofit business leaders.

Unger and Karsten join a group of business executives from Weld and Larimer counties that serve on the board, including Alison Larsen-Rogers, Tom Gendron, Mark Driscoll, John Pawlikowski, Troy McWhinney, Roger Knoph, Ed Holloway, Royal Lovell, Charlie Monfort and board chairman Scott Ehrlich.