A grand success in the healthcare world, Mike Caruso is presently the President and CEO of the Ohio Valley Hospital and Education Corporation (OVHS&E). Matthew Thomas, chairman of the OVHS&E board of directors has stated, "Mike Caruso's unwavering loyalty to our organization and employees as well as the communities we serve makes him an ideal choice to lead the OVHS&E team. Mike Caruso wrestled for Linsly Military Institute High school from 1972 through 1976 and was coached by Head Coach William Skillcorn and Assistant Coach Paul Lemery. He comes from a family of wrestlers with three brothers, Tom, Stan and Paul who also wrestled at Linsly. Mike was an OVAC Champion, wrestled overseas representing West Virginia, and wrestled briefly in college at Clarion University and then transferred to Marshall University where he became involved in coaching wrestling at Huntington High School as an Assistant Coach for Coach Bill Archer. Like all wrestling families he attributes so many character building traits and life lessons learned to the sport of wrestling and to the people that guided him along the way. He resides in Wheeling with his wife Cheryl, and they have three children, Michael, Stephanie, and Claire.