DARLINGTON — After the retirement of Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County’s Chief Executive Officer Julie Chikowski on Sept. 6, Kathy Kuepers, MHLC COO, has accepted the CEO position.

In recent years, MHLC has seen growth in their healthcare organization, receiving high quality service scores and decreased staff turnover, according to a press release from MHLC.

Kuepers recently celebrated her 36th anniversary with MHLC. MHLC looks forward to Kathy’s leadership to continue the exceptional growth of the hospital, clinics and staff.