Senior Leadership Team
Mike Harvey, MBA, FACHE
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Mike Harvey joined Bothwell in April 2026 as interim chief operating officer, bringing more than 25 years of health care leadership experience to the role. As COO, Harvey oversees clinic operations and a broad range of additional organizational responsibilities.
Harvey is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) with a record of driving financial turnarounds, strategic growth and operational excellence in rural health care environments. He spent 18 years as CEO of a rural critical access hospital system in Nebraska, where he transformed a financially distressed organization into a thriving, expanding system.
During his tenure, he quintupled revenue, tripled the size of the workforce, expanded service lines, led the construction of a new replacement hospital and clinic campus and launched new pharmacy and specialty services. His organization earned multiple national recognitions for patient satisfaction, employee engagement and workplace excellence.
Harvey earned a Master of Business Administration in Health Services Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management in Kansas City, Missouri, and he earned a bachelor’s degree in Management and Accounting from Park University in Parkville, Missouri. He also has an associate degree in Respiratory Therapy from California College for Health Sciences in National City, California.
Michele Laas, RN, BSN, MSN
Chief Nursing Officer
Michele Laas, RN, BSN, has been Bothwell's Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) since March 2022. As CNO, Laas is responsible for the leadership, direction, operational support and administrative supervision of all inpatient nursing units, Emergency Department and perioperative services. She also is responsible for the clinical education and development of almost 250 nurses in the hospital.
Laas was previously Bothwell’s Director of Clinic Nursing and has more than 25 years of nursing and leadership experience. She began her career at Bothwell in 1995 as an RN in the Emergency Department (ED) and then served as the ED Charge Nurse/Education Coordinator and later as Infection Control Coordinator and Patient Care Coordinator. After a nine-year stint at University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics in Columbia, Laas returned to Bothwell as Clinical Educator, Director of Critical Care, Progressive Care and Central Telemetry and Director of Acute Care Services.
Laas earned a master’s degree in Nursing from Western Governors University in 2023, a bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Central Methodist University in 2017 and is a 1994 graduate of State Fair Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing program.
Carrie Scott
Chief Financial Officer
Carrie Scott has been Bothwell's Chief Financial Officer since July 2026. She joined the organization in October 2025 as Assistant CFO, providing financial leadership across the health system.
Scott has 20 years of health care financial management experience. Prior to joining Bothwell, she was Finance Director for a regional Medicare Advantage product, Zing Health. She was previously CFO at I-70 Medical Center in Sweet Springs and Rusk Rehabilitation Center in Columbia, where she served as regional CFO for Encompass Health. Scott also served as Finance Director for both Fitzgibbon Hospital and a Kansas City-based health system that owned and operated 12 critical access hospitals in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and North Carolina
Scott earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2002 and has been a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association for several years.
Lisa Irwin, SPHR, SHRM-SCP
Vice President of Human Resources and Support Services
Lisa Irwin has been a member of the Bothwell team since 1997. In her current role as Vice President of Human Resources and Support Services, Irwin provides leadership and oversight to Human Resources, Security, Environmental Services and Dietary.
Prior to her current role, Irwin has held many positions at Bothwell including Personnel Clerk, Benefits Specialist, Benefits and Compensation Manager, Human Resources Manager and Human Resources Executive Director. Before joining Bothwell, she worked in banking and Metal Culverts, Inc.
Irwin has a master's degree and bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management from Columbia Southern University. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a Senior Certified Professional (SCP) with the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM).
Irwin enjoys her work at Bothwell because of the many opportunities to learn and grow, the family-oriented atmosphere, and how each department works together to care for community members.
Gabriel Anders, DO
Chief Medical Officer
Gabriel Anders, DO, has been Bothwell’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) since October 2026. As CMO, Anders leads the medical staff and oversees clinical quality, patient safety, credentialing and peer review. He serves as the primary liaison between the medical staff and senior leadership. Anders continues to see patients at Bothwell Pulmonary Specialists.
Anders joined Bothwell in July 2021 as a pulmonologist and critical care physician. He treats lung disease, breathing problems and sleep disorders in the clinic and cares for critically ill patients in the hospital’s intensive care unit. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine and sleep medicine.
Anders earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from A.T. Still University’s Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2014 and completed his internal medicine residency at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He went on to complete a three-year fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and a one-year fellowship in sleep medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.