Appointed by the Board of Governors
July 27, 2018 to June 30, 2021
July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025
Casey is the Chief Executive Officer of Cherokee Indian Hospital (CIH) in Cherokee,
NC. The CIH serves approximately 14,000 members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
(EBCI).
As an enrolled member of the EBCI, Casey has been involved in American Indian health care for 25 years. He has served the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and its community since 1993 as a Primary Care Nurse, Community Health Nurse, Nurse Educator, and Nursing Manager. As the Health Director of the EBCI from 1999 to 2004, he helped shape public health policy with a focus on chronic disease prevention and led a community wide initiative to assume the management responsibilities of the CIH from the Indian Health Services through an Indian Self-Determination Agreement.
Casey is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University, holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
He currently serves on the following boards and committees: Care4Carolina, Dogwood Health Trust Foundation, Mountain Area Health Education Center, NC Child, NC Rural Center, United South and Eastern Tribes Health Committee.
At Western Carolina University, Casey most currently served on the Board of Visitors. He also recently served on WCU Chancellor Search Committee.
Casey and his wife Jill have one son, Jack and two daughters, Kate and Mary.