Kenneth W. Bowden

Mr. Bowden joined the company in 1990 and today serves as First Atlantic Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer. Bowden leads a very talented executive team that carries out company objectives related to management, consulting, development, advocacy and regulatory compliance.

A graduate of Ellsworth High School, he continued his education at the University of Maine at Orono, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and an MBA. Once employed by the world-wide public accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney, many of his audit clients were from the health care field including St. Mary’s General Hospital, Penobscot Bay Medical Center and Northern Maine Medical Center to name a few.

Bowden has held many healthcare executive positions including Cost and Reimbursement Manager at St. Mary’s General Hospital and was the first Chief Financial Officer at Jackson Brook Institute, a newly opened Psychiatric/Drug Rehabilitation Hospital located in South Portland, Maine. In 1990, he joined First Atlantic Corporation as Chief Financial Officer where his duties included financial oversight of the nursing, pharmacy and home health divisions. Promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 1995, he continues to serve in this capacity today.

For more than 30 years, Mr. Bowden has been involved with health care services. He is a past board chair of Maine Healthcare Association and Goodwill Northern New England. Recently he served on Speaker Eves’ Aging Round Table and is a current board member of Maine Health Care Association.