PORT TOWNSEND — Mike Glenn, CEO of Jefferson Healthcare hospital is this year’s recipient of the Washington State Hospital Association’s Joe Hopkins Memorial Award.

Glenn was presented with the award during the association’s annual member meeting Thursday in Seattle.

The Joe Hopkins Memorial Award is given in the memory of the late Joe Hopkins, who once served as chairman of the Washington State Hospital Association. The award is given to an individual who displays the spirit of his vision and dedication to Washington’s hospitals, with a special focus on rural health care, according to the Washington State Hospital Association (WSHA).

“Mike has done an outstanding job of supporting health care and inspiring others to join him in his support,” WSHA President and CEO Cassie Sauer said.

“His contributions and leadership have helped us make many improvements to our health care landscape, such as through improving funding for mental health services, expanding access to telemedicine, and protecting and improving rural health care. These improvements have made a lasting impact on patient care.”

Glenn also received the American Hospital Association’s 2016 Grassroots Champion award for his health care advocacy and fostering support for candidates for public office who are champions for health care.

“Mike has done a tremendous job, both leading Jefferson Healthcare and working to improve the larger health care system in the Pacific Northwest,” said Eric Lewis, CEO of Olympic Medical Center of Port Angeles, incoming WSHA board chair and 2017 Joe Hopkins Memorial Award winner.

“Thanks to his leadership, the entire Port Townsend community has grown healthier.

“Mike was my boss for eight years at Olympic Medical Center when he was CEO, I can verify that he deserves this award for his outstanding dedication and contributions over many years in a number of organizations.”

According to the Washington State Hospital Association, Glenn, who has served as Jefferson Healthcare CEO since October 2010, “guided a campus master plan and major capital improvement campaigns, created an environment that fosters community engagement and is responsive to community voices, and integrated behavioral health, substance abuse treatment and dental care into the primary care setting to provide whole-person care.”

Glenn also served as CEO of Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles from 1999 to 2006. He spent more than two years as senior vice president of business development and product line management at UW Medicine/Valley Medical Center in Renton. Prior to his work at Valley Medical Center, Glenn served as chief operating officer at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia.

Glenn was born in Olympia and earned a degree in political science from Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., and a Master of Health Administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati.