Jeff Carrier has been named president of Mercy Joplin Communities, effective Monday.

He will also lead Mercy operations in Carthage and in Galena, Pittsburg and Columbus, Kansas. Locally, Mercy is one of the region’s largest employees, with 3,235 employees at five campuses in Joplin and Carthage in Missouri and in Southeast Kansas.

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