Forty Under 40 Alumnus of the Year: David Stark UnityPoint Health-Des Moines CEO reflects on two decades of leadership Friday, April 9, 2021 6:00 AM In 2001, David Stark was just getting settled in as the chief operating officer of Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines when he was recognized through a relatively new awards program launched in 2000 by the Business Record — Forty Under 40. Stark, who now leads a much larger piece of the same health system as president and CEO of UnityPoint Health-Des Moines, again joins an elite group of honorees this year, this time as the Business Record’s 2021 Forty Under 40 Alumnus of the Year.