Kevin Walker leads Valley Hope’s financial planning, analysis, accounting and reporting. With 33 years of award-winning experience in the healthcare industry, Kevin has served in public accounting and executive leadership roles. For 20 years he has served a diverse range of mental health organizations including behavioral, psychiatric, addictions, outpatient services, physician practices and aftercare services.

Prior to joining Valley Hope, Kevin built a distinctive career in financial leadership, including serving in CEO, COO, CAO, and CFO roles at HCA, UHS, SBH and AAC. While at SBH, he developed and presented annual operating and capital budgets incorporating Malcolm Baldrige criteria (adopted throughout SBH) at the Annual CEO Conference. Kevin also facilitated SBH’s adoption of Quint Studer principles by creating various quantification tools to spearhead the Malcolm Baldrige journey. As the Ethics and Compliance Officer for HCA, he performed all ethics and compliance training, chaired quarterly meetings including policy review, performed all investigations and prepared HCA’s comprehensive “Triennial Ethics and Compliance Audit.”

In addition to his varied experience in financial management, business leadership and corporate strategy, Kevin has earned accolades including Southwest Alliance Award Examiner Training 2017 and the Missouri Quality Award Team at HCA-Research Psychiatric Center 2012. A certified public accountant, he earned an MBA concentrating in accounting information systems and decision sciences from the University of South Florida. Today, Kevin is passionate about helping Valley Hope strengthen and maximize its efforts to help people and families impacted by addiction.