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Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Adds Entrepreneur to Board of Directors
Monday, January 30, 2023


Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is pleased to announce that H. Laws McCullough III, co-owner of Murfreesboro-based healthcare software company Provident Solutions, has joined the hospital’s board of directors. Mr. McCullough is a 7th-generation resident of Rutherford County and a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University. He is well known in the community as “Brother.” 

In addition to co-founding Provident Solutions in 2002, Mr. McCullough has a rich history of civic engagement. He is a longtime supporter of the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation and serves on the board of the Christy-Houston Foundation, Inc. He is also a past board president of the Stones River Country Club and former member of the Murfreesboro Breakfast Rotary Club and the Evergreen Cemetery Commission. 

“Brother has deep roots in Murfreesboro and a strong commitment to giving back,” said Gordon B. Ferguson, president and CEO, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford. “It is an honor to welcome him to our hospital board of directors.” 

Mr. McCullough is married to Stacey Wheeler McCullough, Pharm.D., who is also an established entrepreneur as co-owner of Pharmacy Insights & Innovations, LLC, and ScientiaRX, LLC. 

Their son, H. L. McCullough, is a freshman at Pepperdine University. The McCullough family attends World Outreach Church.

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