Dolan Dalpoas named Memorial Health Chief Community Impact and Philanthropy Office

[October 11, 2025] 
SPRINGFIELD – Longtime Lincoln Memorial Hospital CEO Dolan Dalpoas will take on the expanded role of senior vice president and chief community impact and philanthropy officer at Memorial Health effective Oct. 27.

In this role, he will oversee the three Memorial critical access hospitals – Jacksonville Memorial Hospital, Lincoln Memorial Hospital and Taylorville Memorial Hospital – as well as the five hospital foundations of Memorial Health and the organization’s region-wide community health improvement work.

“Dolan is ideal for this role,” said Memorial Health president and CEO Mandy Eaton. “Since joining LMH in 1994, he has dedicated his career to improving the health of the community where he was born and raised, as well as advocating for rural hospitals. I’m excited for him to bring that experience and passion to the entire Memorial Health organization.”

Dalpoas has served as LMH president and CEO since 2006 and has been recognized as one of the top 50 critical access hospital CEOs in the United States.

He earned a bachelor of science degree from Daemen College in Amherst, New York, and a master of public health degree from the University of Illinois at Springfield. He has served on the boards of various community organizations in Lincoln, including Lincoln College, Lincoln Rotary, the Lincoln Area YMCA, Springfield YMCA and Lincoln Economic Advancement & Development.

The search process for a new LMH president and CEO is expected to begin soon.

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Dolan Dalpoas
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“Our critical access hospitals play an essential role in the communities they serve,” Dalpoas said. “I look forward to partnering with them to continue that great work in the years to come.”

[Anne Davis]

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