LITTLE ROCK - Vincent Leist, CEO of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center (NARMC) in Harrison since July 2011, has been elected to the Arkansas Hospital Association (AHA) Board of Directors. Leist was nominated to the board by AHA-member institutions located in AHA’s Northwest Hospital District. His nomination was ratified by the AHA House of Delegates during the Association’s 85th Annual Meeting and Trade Show.

He will serve on the board representing the 15 AHA-member hospitals and health systems located in the district.

The AHA, based in Little Rock, is a hospital advocacy organization, which represents 102 Arkansas hospitals and related healthcare institution members which are dedicated to improving the availability and quality of healthcare services provided to Arkansans living in communities across the state.