It’s important that we all get to know who our leaders are at Ballad Health. To help out, we’ll do an ongoing series that introduces our senior leaders and tells you a little about them as people.
1. What’s your name?
Clay Rolston
2. What’s your role within Ballad Health?
Executive Director of Ballad Health Foundation
3. Where are you from?
Grew up in Kingsport, currently live in Johnson City.
4. Education and professional background:
Graduated from Clemson University in Industrial Engineering. Earned MBA from Florida Tech. Have worked in business development and process improvement roles at Westinghouse Electric, Eastman Chemical, and Pal’s Business Excellence Institute.
5. Tell us about your family:
Wife Luanna; children are Ben (junior at University of Tennessee), Marley (sophomore at South Carolina) and Lily (junior at Science Hill).
6. Tell us about your pets:
We have a crazy boxer pup named Nala.
7. What’s your favorite food?
Anything seafood.
8. What’s your favorite movie or TV show?
Love to binge on college football.
9. What’s your favorite book?
The Bible
10. What do you usually do on the weekend?
Enjoy a good stack of pancakes on Saturday morning.
11. What’s one thing most people at work might not know about you?
Big P90X fan
12. What inspires you to work in healthcare?
Helping people at a critical time in their lives.
13. What’s the most moving moment you’ve ever witnessed while working in healthcare?
The joy of seeing a donor understand how their gift impacted a patient at a very critical time in their life.