How Tim Charles and other area leaders are redefining life after the corner office

By: John LohmanAnnie Smith Barkalow|March 10, 2026

|6 min read

Tim Charles, photographed by his wife, Janice, stands in front of one of his paintings.

When former Cedar Rapids Mercy Medical Center President and CEO Tim Charles retired at the close of 2022, the days that stretched before him were as blank as the canvases he likes to paint.

“I found that it was a very challenging kind of mental transition, much more so than I had anticipated,” the 69-year-old said. “Primarily because I was creating something out of nothing —…

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How Tim Charles and other area leaders are redefining life after the corner office

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