Carrie Owen Plietz, CEO of Sutter Medical Center (Sacramento, Calif.).
In 1999, Ms. Plietz joined Sutter Health as an administrative resident in California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. While serving as COO of Sutter-affiliated Miss-Peninsula Health Services in Burlingame, Calif., Ms. Plietz oversaw the EHR implementation, Sutter’s first acute-care installation. Now 38, Ms. Plietz has a Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification. She holds a master’s degree in health administration and completed a fellowship in health law at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.
