Beau Dexter

Vice President of Operations, MercyOne Medical Group

Areas of Responsibility:  As Executive Director of Genesis Health Group (GHG), Dexter provides overall vision, direction and leadership for practice operations and services of the region’s largest network of multi-specialty physicians. GHG has nearly 700 employees, more than 40 clinics in Iowa and Illinois – spanning Muscatine to Erie and DeWitt to Aledo, and eight ancillary service locations (x-ray, laboratory, etc.) within or near the clinics.

Bio:  Dexter began serving in this role on an interim basis in September 2022 and was named to the permanent position in January 2023. Previously, Dexter served as Director of Primary Care-Ambulatory Operations, where he provided leadership for Genesis Health Group’s Primary Care practices of 200+ physicians, with oversight of Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Convenient Care, Pediatrics, and the Genesis Quad Cities Family Medicine Residency Program.  During the pandemic, Dexter led and implemented pivotal COVID-19 response initiatives.

Dexter began his career with Genesis in 2005 as a student employee with the Grounds Department. Beginning in 2010 and over the next decade, he held positions of increasing responsibility in Human Resources (HR) -- as HR Assistant, HR Coordinator, HR Director of Operations and Services, and HR Director for Ambulatory Services.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees from St. Ambrose University, Davenport. He also is a graduate of the American Hospital Association’s Next Generation Leaders Fellowship.