In 1895, Sisters of Charity Balbina Farrell and Louisa Madden left Leavenworth, Kansas, on a mission to establish a hospital in the new western town of Grand Junction, Colorado. They opened a small, 10-bed, wooden-frame hospital on May 22, 1896. In 1912, a new brick wing opened, adding 20 beds to the hospital’s capacity. During the 30s, 40s and 50s, the hospital continued to grow.

In 1985, a 125,000-square-foot addition was built to house radiation oncology, a critical care unit, a telemetry and intermediate care unit, 20 pediatric care beds and a perinatal center. In 1986, St. Mary’s developed a heart program and provided the first open-heart surgery and postoperative care, eliminating the need for open-heart patients to travel 250 miles to Denver.

In 1994, an $8 million, five-story patient tower was completed, and in 2010, the new construction phase and remodel phase of the Century Project, the hospital’s multi-year expansion and renovated project, was completed. St. Mary’s celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1996. Throughout our history, the generosity of western Coloradans has enabled St. Mary’s to grow to meet healthcare needs and keep pace with an expanding population and medical advances.

• Bryan Johnson
  President
• Ben Smalley
  Vice President
  Chief Operating Officer
• Michele Arnold, MD
  Vice President
  Chief Medical Officer
• Gretchen Gore
  Vice President
  Mission Integration
• Ashley Thurow
  Vice President
  Finance
• Michelle Shiao
  Chief Nursing Officer
• Dan Prinster
  Vice President
  Business Development
• Carmen Shipley
  Executive Director
  St. Mary's Hospital Foundation
• Joya Boyd
  Executive Director
  Western CO Medical Group
• Elizabeth Buisker, D.O.
  Vice President
  Chief Medical Officer
  Western CO Medical Group

• Vance Wagner
  President
• Mark Griffin, MD
  Vice Chair
• Tom Benton
  Secretary
• Brian Hill
• Bryan Johnson
  President
• Marti Stude
• Jeff Teats
• Christian Reece
• Lenna Watson
• Joe Carlson
• Tadd Ferguson, MD
• Logan McDaneld, MD