Ben Carter is Trinity Health’s executive vice president and chief operating officer responsible for leading all health ministries and other operational areas. Trinity Health regional chief executive officers; the executive vice presidents for continuing care and administrative services; Trinity Health’s system chief information/innovation officer; and the system leader for diversity, equity, and inclusion all report to Carter. He has extensive knowledge of the organization, having led all aspects of the finance, treasury, risk management, revenue excellence, and payer strategies areas across the system.

A bold and results-driven leader with a long and successful track record at Trinity Health, Carter previously served as the system’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Additional duties under this role included accountability for several regions operationally as well as leading merger and acquisition integrations.

Prior to joining Trinity Health, Carter was executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC), where he was responsible for the operations of the regional system’s eight hospitals and related outpatient facilities. During his tenure there, Carter was instrumental in the DMC’s financial turnaround, which resulted in six consecutive years of profitability.