The hospitals that made U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals 2025-26 Honor Roll are led by chief marketing officers with cumulative decades of experience, as well as some newer executives.
Here are the marketing leaders of the 20 hospitals that were named best in the nation July 29 by U.S. News:
AdventHealth Orlando (Fla.): Vickie White has been senior vice president and chief brand and consumer officer of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth since 2021, starting at the organization in 2000.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston): Mark Bohen joined Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham as chief marketing and communications officer in 2020.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles): Beth McDonnell joined Cedars-Sinai as vice president of marketing and communications and chief marketing officer in 2022.
Cleveland Clinic: Paul Matsen has been chief marketing and communications officer since 2006.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center at Hackensack Meridian Health: Opeyemi Oluwole joined Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health as chief marketing officer in November.
Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia): Aaron Johnson has been interim chief marketing officer of Penn Medicine since July, having joined the health system in 2008.
Houston Methodist Hospital: Laura Lopez has been senior vice president of marketing and communications at Houston Methodist since 2023, having joined the health system in 2013.
Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore): Amy Ranier joined Johns Hopkins Medicine as vice president and chief marketing and communications officer in April.
Mayo Clinic-Arizona (Phoenix) and Mayo Clinic-Rochester (Minn.): Sherri Gilligan joined Rochester-based Mayo Clinic as chief marketing officer in 2019.
Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City): David Feinberg joined Mount Sinai Health System as senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer in 2018.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell (New York City): Devika Mathrani joined NewYork-Presbyterian as chief marketing and communications officer in 2021.
Northwestern Medicine-Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago): Mark Modesto joined Northwestern Medicine as vice president and chief marketing executive in 2016.
NYU Langone Hospitals (New York City): Elizabeth Golden joined NYU Langone Health as executive vice president for communications, marketing and government and community affairs in 2023.
Rush University Medical Center (Chicago): Ryan Nagdeman is chief marketing officer of Rush University System for Health, having joined the health system in 2013.
Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital (Palo Alto, Calif.): Michiko Tanabe has been chief marketing officer of Stanford Health Care since 2018, starting at the health system in 2008.
UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles): Michael Burke has been chief of market development at UCLA Health since July, having joined the health system in 2012.
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco): Sarah Sanders joined UCSF Health as chief marketing and communications officer in 2021.
University of Michigan Health (Ann Arbor): Christine Woolsey has been named chief communication and marketing officer of Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine effective Sept. 8.
