Jeremy Armstrong, chief executive officer at St. Luke Hospital and Living Center in Marion, has been appointed to the Council of Regents, the legislative body of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

The Council of Regents serves as the link between the American College of Healthcare Executives and affiliates by approving governance and membership regulations as well as promoting ACHE programs, services, and activities within their respective areas.

Armstrong will take office at the Council of Regents meeting March 17, during ACHE’s 55th Congress on Healthcare Leadership at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, Ill. As a Regent, Armstrong will represent ACHE’s membership in Kansas.

Armstrong has served as CEO of St. Luke Hospital and Living Center since 2006. Prior to that, he was CEO of Wagner Community Hospital at Wagner, S.D.

Armstrong also is past president of the Kansas Association of Health Care Executives and Wheat Plains Health Network, and chairman of the Kansas Hospital Association State Network Council.

He received his master’s degree in health services administration from the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., and bachelor’s degree from Baker University at Baldwin City.