A Local Leader with a Global Impact

from Best of Johnston County® · host Jonathan Breeden

What turns a kid from the tobacco fields near Bunn into the CEO of UNC Health Johnston? Why did one guidance counselor and a single day at WakeMed change everything? How do you go from Durham Tech to leading a health system by what he calls accident? In part one, Tom Williams shares the small choices that shaped a big career, the community that made him stay, and the expansion ahead, including a new patient tower in Clayton. If healthcare is local, what does growth really look like on the ground in Johnston County?

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