Mark W. Crawford

Mark W. Crawford has been named interim chief executive officer and managing director of Northern Nevada Medical Center.

He succeeds Brandt Wright, who has taken a position in Texas.

Crawford previously worked at Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas. He has has held positions as chief operating officer and chief executive officer of hotels in Tennessee, California, Oklahoma, Virginia and Nevada.

He earned a bachelor's degree from Charter Oak State College in New Britain, Conn., and a master's in business administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.