Howard Hospital Foundation Names Scott Butler Chair

Howard Hospital Foundation (HHF), which provides philanthropic support to Howard County General Hospital (HCGH), named Scott Butler chair of the board. Butler has served on the foundation board for the last four years and has lived in Howard County for more than 40 years.

“Around the time I joined the board, our youngest was born prematurely,” Butler said. “The day she came home from the hospital, we rushed my mom to the HCGH Emergency Department where she was diagnosed with a brain tumor we didn’t know she had. I was so thankful for the level of care she received at HCGH and Johns Hopkins as well as the support she received from the Claudia Mayer/Tina Broccolino Cancer Resource Center that I vowed to commit myself to support HHF with all that I had.”

Butler has chaired the annual Howard Hospital Foundation Golf Benefit Classic as well as served on planned giving committee. He said, in this new era of health care, the role of the foundation will be to educate Howard County about the hospital’s needs.

“I am looking forward to advancing our culture of giving that will benefit generations to come,” he said. “Howard County has consistently ranked nationally in the top 10 measured by income per capita. Our potential for impacting our community’s health and wellness through our great hospital is exciting.”

Butler is a certified financial planner with Northwestern Mutual and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Delaware. He lives in West Friendship.

Howard Hospital Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization entrusted to provide philanthropic support to Howard County General Hospital: A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine. Through the generosity of many donors, the foundation helps Howard County General Hospital respond to the health care needs of the growing community, fostering world-class medical care and wellness services in a convenient, local setting.