Thanks in part to stronger leadership pipelines, targeted sponsorship initiatives, and employee resource groups built to support advancement, women are rising into hospital and health system CFO roles. Their rise reflects a deliberate effort to open doors and diversify executive leadership teams.
These CFOs bring exceptional financial acumen and sharp strategic insight to some of healthcare’s most complex organizations. They shape financial goals, oversee annual budgets, foster new partnerships and guide expansion efforts.
Becker’s is proud to recognize these leaders, whose financial stewardship is helping to secure the future of their organizations and the communities they serve.
Note: Becker’s Healthcare developed this list based on nominations and editorial research. This list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of included leaders, organizations or associated healthcare providers. Leaders cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order. We extend a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her contributions to this list.
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Claire Agnew. CFO of Valleywise Health (Phoenix). Ms. Agnew is CFO of Valleywise Health, Arizona’s public safety-net teaching hospital system. There, she leads financial strategy and operations for a network serving a high percentage of Medicaid and uninsured patients. She assumed permanent CFO duties in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, cybersecurity disruptions and staffing crises, emerging as a steady and mission-driven leader. She oversaw the opening of a $596 million replacement hospital and has directed a Medicaid-focused funding strategy to improve health equity and access. Her collaborative efforts have restored psychiatric services, improved workforce retention and expanded integrated behavioral health offerings. Ms. Agnew serves on multiple boards, including Home Assist Health and the Valleywise Health Foundation, and is a recognized mentor and thought leader in women’s healthcare finance. In 2022, she was named “CFO of the Year” by Financial Executives International’s Arizona chapter.
Dawn Ahner. CFO of Denver Health. Ms. Ahner took on the CFO role at Denver Health in October 2026. Previously, she was executive vice president of admin services and CFO of Summa Health in Akron, Ohio. She oversaw Summa’s financial operations, which includes three hospital campuses, a physician group and more than 8,000 employees. Ms. Ahner joined Summa at the end of 2021 from Renown Health in Reno, Nev. She has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare in a variety of roles, including financial operations, accounting, accounts payable, payroll decisions, taxes, treasury, reimbursements, patient access, medical records, supply, security and more.
Jennifer Alvey. Senior Vice President and CFO at Indiana University Health (Indianapolis). As senior vice president and CFO at Indiana University Health, Ms. Alvey has been instrumental in advancing the organization’s commitment to care affordability. She guided the health system to deliver on its care affordability commitment, a multi-year strategy that publicly committed to holding prices flat despite inflation. Notably, she also led the long-range financial planning efforts that are funding the system’s largest capital investments to date, namely the construction of the downtown Indianapolis hospital campus and the funding of the systemwide Epic implementation. In the CFO role since 2016, she oversees financial accounting and reporting, financial operations and budgeting, treasury, capital planning, accounts payable, managed care contracting, pricing, and revenue cycle services, including registration, scheduling, coding, charging and billing. Ms. Alvey’s financial team is comprised of more than 3,000 employees who have financial oversight for over $9 billion in revenue and optimizing a balance sheet with more than $15 billion in assets.
Maria Arias-Clarke. CFO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens (Jamaica, N.Y.). Ms. Arias-Clarke oversees all financial operations at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens, including oversight of the affiliation agreement with New York City-based Mount Sinai. She provides financial oversight of hospital operations, strategic leadership, budget, patient accounts and payroll. Additionally, she plays a fundamental leadership role in ongoing transformation efforts aimed at securing and recouping funds the hospital needs to provide its patients with quality care. She brings over 25 years of experience in financial management and administrative operations to her role. She is also a member of the hospital’s senior cabinet, a group that supports decision-making and communication efforts for the hospital.
Christine Asato. Regional CFO for the Kauai Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (Honolulu). Ms. Asato, a financial healthcare management executive with over two decades of experience, is responsible for revenue cycle, financial reporting, treasury management, financial analyses, and information technology for the Kauai region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. She also formulates and implements the financial strategies for the region. Before joining the Kauai region, Ms. Asato acted as the State of Hawaii’s lead practice facilitator for the comprehensive primary care program and served as the director of internal audit and then the director of business intelligence at Hawaii Health Systems. As CFO, she is known for upholding high performance and ethical standards.
Cassie Ball. CFO at Colleton Medical Center (Walterboro, S.C.). Ms. Ball works with Colleton’s senior team, departmental leadership, bedside and frontline teams to ensure the hospital has adequate resources for providing top patient care. She is responsible for the annual budget and month-end close processes, assuring financials are accurately stated and utilizing measures of progress toward targets and goals. She has nearly two decades of experience in hospital leadership and operations. She also provides leadership to the accounting office, health information management unit, patient access, materials management, case management and the wound clinic. She has held CFO and compliance officer positions at other hospitals.
Amanda L. Barash. Senior Vice President and CFO of MedStar Washington Hospital Center and MedStar Health Research Institute (Washington, D.C.). Ms. Barash brings nearly two decades of financial leadership and strategic expertise across complex healthcare systems to her role as senior vice president and CFO for MedStar Health Research Institute and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She oversees the research institute’s research finance team and leads initiatives in strategic planning, revenue optimization, operational transformation and research administration. Her career began in research administration at Purdue University supporting the National Science Foundation’s network for computational nanotechnology, establishing a foundation for her continued commitment to academic research. Ms. Barash has since held senior financial roles including director of finance at Indiana University School of Medicine and Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health, vice president of medical group finance at Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health, and CFO for Sentara Norfolk (Va.) General Hospital and Sentara enterprise pharmacy.
Jill Batty. Senior Vice President and CFO of Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance. Ms. Batty joined Cambridge Health Alliance in 2014 and has more than 40 years of experience as a strategist, financial executive and healthcare consultant, working with safety-net and integrated health systems, hospitals and physician practices. Her strategic focus has been moving traditional fee-for-service providers toward accountable care models centered on long-term population and community health. At the system, she has worked with operational leaders to stabilize and improve the system’s financial performance amid state and federal reimbursement shifts. With the board of trustees and clinical leadership, she set up new capital budgeting processes to direct spending toward strategic priorities. During her tenure, CHA has added 68 inpatient psychiatric beds, expanded access across eight primary care locations, enhanced diagnostic and treatment services and strengthened outpatient pharmacy operations. From 2015 to 2020, Ms. Batty was also the senior executive responsible for primary care, building it into the cornerstone of the system’s population health strategy, and she now oversees its community health and philanthropy functions. She is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and has served on its board of examiners.
Alisa Bert. Senior Vice President and CFO at Broward Health (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). Ms. Bert oversees systemwide financial strategy for Broward Health, one of the nation’s largest public health systems, with an annual operating budget of about $2 billion. She directs strategic planning, budgeting, treasury, revenue cycle, financial reporting and capital planning, and leads a team of 18 direct reports. Under her leadership, Broward Health earned a double-notch upgrade from S&P to “A+,” an upgrade from Moody’s to “A2” and an “A+” rating from Fitch. Ms. Bert spearheaded the implementation of a new enterprise resource planning platform and moved the system’s revenue cycle management software to Epic. Her financial planning also supported the opening of Broward Health’s first two freestanding emergency departments in northern Broward County. Ms. Bert joined Broward Health five years ago after 26 years as a CFO within Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, where she was the only female CFO in its East Florida Division. She is secretary and treasurer of the Broward College Foundation board, treasurer of the Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center board and a board member of the South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association.
Colleen Blye. Executive Vice President, CFO and Chief Business Officer at Montefiore Einstein (Bronx, N.Y.). Ms. Blye leads financial strategy, reporting, investment, payer contracting, revenue cycle, supply chain, population health and care management, and IT services across Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She manages finances for a system where 85% of patients are covered by Medicare and Medicaid, and works with government partners and policymakers to advocate for sustainable funding models for safety-net care. Her portfolio has expanded to include IT transformation, and she has been a driving force behind Montefiore’s digital modernization efforts. Ms. Blye supported Montefiore’s partnership with Amazon One Medical, which expanded access to primary and specialty care for Bronx residents, as well as its partnership with Amazon Web Services as part of the system’s digital transformation. She previously served as executive vice president and CFO of Catholic Health in Rockville Centre, N.Y., and, after more than 20 years with Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and its predecessor entities, as that system’s executive vice president and CFO. Ms. Blye serves on the boards of the Greater New York Hospital Association and Healthfirst, and chairs Montefiore’s executive compliance committee and tax-deferred annuity retirement committee.
Rachal Bracker. Vice President and Group Finance Officer for Greater Fort Worth at Texas Health Resources (Arlington). Ms. Bracker provides financial oversight for six hospitals in the Greater Fort Worth region of Texas Health Resources, the largest nonprofit health system in North Texas, which serves more than 1.7 million patients annually across 16 counties. She oversees budgeting, forecasting and financial planning for the region and leads financial strategy for capital development initiatives. Working with Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth’s executive team, Ms. Bracker helped secure approvals for a women’s modernization project, a neonatal ICU expansion and a two-floor build-out of Justin Tower that adds 72 beds. She has built a finance culture centered on transparency and accountability, and partners with clinical and operational leaders to grow key service lines. Ms. Bracker previously served as group finance officer for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and Kaufman, entity finance officer for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton, and system director of financial planning, budgeting and analysis at Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health. She is board treasurer of the North Central Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council and a board member of Texas Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Worth.
Tonya Brown. CFO of UNC Hospitals (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Ms. Brown assumed the role of CFO for UNC Hospitals in January of 2022. A results-driven leader, she was promoted to her current role after serving as vice president of finance for the organization. She brings over 20 years of financial and operational management experience to her role. Previous roles include executive director of financial services and controller for Hendricks Regional Health in Danville, Ind. and several other finance leadership roles within Indiana-based health systems.
Michelle Bruhn. Executive Vice President and CFO at Phoenix Children’s. Ms. Bruhn leads finance for Phoenix Children’s, a pediatric health system with $1.83 billion in annual revenue, two hospitals with a third underway, and more than 950 employed providers and specialists across more than 75 subspecialties. She joined the system three years ago after a national search, following a nearly 24-year tenure at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, where her roles included executive vice president, CFO and treasurer. Since her arrival, Phoenix Children’s has opened the 175,000-square-foot Phoenix Children’s Hospital-Arrowhead Campus in Glendale, Ariz. and a 44,000-square-foot neonatal ICU at its Thomas Campus in Phoenix, and construction continues on Phoenix Children’s Hospital-East Valley in Gilbert, Ariz. Ms. Bruhn has modernized investment and treasury practices, and leads an interdepartmental command center for payer negotiations. As the state’s only pediatric health system worked through several payer disputes over the past two years, she guided decisions to end contracts or reach new agreements, and she has spoken nationally on payer contract negotiations. Ms. Bruhn also leads the organization’s workforce strategy committee and is a certified public accountant.
Laura Buczkowski. Executive Vice President and CFO of WellSpan Health (York, Pa.). Ms. Buczkowski oversees the efficient and responsible use of WellSpan Health’s financial resources to advance the system’s mission as a trusted community partner. Since joining WellSpan in November 2020, Ms. Buczkowski has demonstrated forward-thinking leadership and innovation, particularly in the strategic direction of areas like access and scheduling, facilities, finance, payer contracting, revenue cycle and supply chain. Under her stewardship, the system has focused on financial strategies to reduce waste and boost efficiencies, resulting in greater enterprise integration, expanded covered lives, improved financial performance and $344.4 million in community benefits for the 2023 fiscal year. Ms. Buczkowski’s strategic initiatives, including partnerships for co-branded Medicare Advantage products, have led to significant revenue increases and expense reductions. Before joining WellSpan, she was CFO for Marriottsville, Md.-based Atlantic Group of Bon Secours Mercy Health.
Jessica Cahill. CFO of Manning Family Children’s (New Orleans). Ms. Cahill oversees all financial operations for Manning Family Children’s, spanning accounting, budgeting, financial planning, reimbursement and revenue cycle management. She previously served as vice president of finance and analytics and earlier as hospital controller, following a public accounting career leading healthcare audit engagements. Ms. Cahill partners with financial planning, revenue cycle, materials management and accounting teams to strengthen fiscal discipline and support high-quality pediatric care delivery. Throughout her tenure at the hospital, she has worked on expanding financial analytics capabilities, optimizing reimbursement functions and enhancing financial reporting processes. Ms. Cahill’s operational insight is grounded in more than a decade of progressive leadership within the broader New Orleans-based LCMC Health system and a strong foundation in healthcare accounting.
Marie Castro. Vice President and CFO for Midland (Texas) Health. As vice president and CFO at Midland Health, Ms. Castro is responsible for steering the organization’s financial systems and aligning operations with its mission and vision. With 25 years of experience in healthcare finance, Ms. Castro has been instrumental in improving Midland Health’s financial performance, enhancing its competitive position and securing funding for significant projects like the $157 million facility master plan. Since she assumed the role in September 2022, her strategic leadership has led to consistent financial stability and growth for the organization. In addition to her role at the health system, she serves on the board of directors for the Lone Star Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Jana Cook. Senior Vice President and CFO at Phelps Health (Rolla, Mo.). Ms. Cook oversees financial management at Phelps Health along with revenue cycle, IT, data cybersecurity and supply chain operations. She manages the organization’s finances amid thin margins and heavy reliance on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. Ms. Cook is executive champion of Phelps Health’s “Transformation of Rural Community Health” initiative, which she elevated from a pilot program into a collaborative model of rural healthcare innovation. As treasurer of the local initiative’s leadership board, she convenes weekly internal and statewide meetings, and has developed a capacity-building request-for-proposal process now used as a model across Missouri’s hubs. She has presented learnings gleaned from the initiative at national Healthcare Financial Management Association conferences. Ms. Cook is a 20-year Healthcare Financial Management Association member, serves as regional executive for its Region 8 area, and was president of its Greater Heartland chapter in 2022-23. She received the 2025 “Rural Health Champion Award” from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ office of rural health and primary care.
Carol Crews. Executive Vice President and CFO of Tanner Health (Carrollton, Ga.). Ms. Crews leads all business operations for Tanner Health, where her financial oversight spans budgeting, audits, revenue integrity and patient financial services. She has driven key innovations in payment processes and accessibility, making high-quality care more sustainable and patient-focused. With a sharp focus on operational efficiency, she has aligned Tanner’s finances with both immediate needs and long-term strategic goals. Ms. Crews is also a member of several professional associations like the West Georgia Society of CPAs, the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Georgia Hospital Association.
Michele Cusack. Executive Vice President and CFO at Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.). Ms. Cusack directs financial strategy and operations for Northwell Health, which has $22.6 billion in revenue, more than 106,000 employees, 28 hospitals, more than 1,050 ambulatory care locations and 73 urgent care sites. She led financial due diligence, structured investment commitments and built the financial models for Northwell’s merger with Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health, which added seven hospitals and created the largest health system in the Northeast. The combined organization is positioned to serve more than 13 million people. Ms. Cusack oversees an annual capital budget of more than $1 billion and has maintained Northwell’s strong investment-grade credit rating. She also leads annual initiatives in business process improvement, reimbursement strategy, tax planning and automation. Ms. Cusack joined Northwell in 1996 after working at Deloitte & Touche and built expertise in tax planning, debt financing, revenue cycle and risk-based contracting before becoming CFO. She advises the finance and audit committees of Northwell’s board of trustees and serves on the dean’s advisory board of Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business.
Deborah Dage. Senior Vice President and CFO at Saint Francis Health System (Tulsa, Okla.). Ms. Dage is responsible for all financial activity, revenue cycle, supply chain and managed contract operations for St. Francis. She helped the system to launch the Xavier Clinic, a free clinic for undocumented, uninsured patients in the region. She also helped the system launch a clinic for women that covers 100% of the cost of delivering a baby. Ms. Dage began at St. Francis 25 years ago, overseeing home health, hospice and the durable medical equipment group. In 2021, she was named CFO of the health system.
Melissa Damm. CFO of Providence Central Division (Portland, Ore.). Ms. Damm is CFO of the central division at Providence, which includes the health system’s operations in Eastern Washington, Montana, Oregon, Texas and New Mexico. Her responsibilities include leadership of the division’s overall financial performance as well as supervising and coordinating finances of acute care, outpatient services, ambulatory care and physician divisions. In addition, Ms. Damm is in charge of managing long-term financial planning, growth initiatives, capital investments and contracting strategies. She has over two decades of experience working with Providence.
Robin Damschroder. President of Value-Based Enterprise and CFO at Henry Ford Health (Detroit). Ms. Damschroder serves as president of the value-based enterprise and CFO at Henry Ford Health, a $12 billion health system. Ms. Damschroder provides strategic, financial and operational leadership across the system, with her role recently expanding beyond finance, revenue cycle and supply chain to include business development and operational oversight of IT, facilities and support services and community care services. She also leads key population health initiatives and long-term financial planning as part of Henry Ford Health’s strategic vision through 2030. Earlier in her career, Ms. Damschroder held operations leadership roles at Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health and University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor. She currently serves on the boards of HFH-MSU Health Sciences Center, Truveta and Iodine Software. She also volunteers with the American Heart Association Detroit Heart Walk, United Way community impact board and Detroit’s “Women of Tomorrow” mentoring program.
Stephanie Daubert. CFO of Nebraska Medicine (Omaha). Ms. Daubert oversees financial operations for Nebraska Medicine while also leading the system’s facilities management and planning, as well as physical security functions. With three decades of service, she brings deep institutional knowledge shaped by a career that began as a unit secretary and advanced through progressively senior roles in accounting and finance. She previously served as CFO of Bellevue (Neb.) Medical Center and spent 12 years as controller for the system’s flagship, Nebraska Medical Center, strengthening operational performance and financial stewardship across the enterprise. In her current role, Ms. Daubert provides strategic financial leadership that supports system growth, infrastructure planning and long-term sustainability. She is known for her steady guidance, collaborative approach and commitment to aligning resources with mission-driven priorities. Ms. Daubert also serves on the boards of CyncHealth, CyncHealth Advisors, CyncHealth Foundation, Building Healthy Futures, the Durham Museum, Nebraska Health Partners and the Nebraska Health Network.
Staci Dickerson. Executive Vice President and CFO of Banner Health (Phoenix). Since joining Banner in 2023, Ms. Dickerson has led numerous efforts to strengthen performance, including implementing $171 million in financial improvement initiatives in 2024 alone. These initiatives focus on revenue cycle improvements, supply chain standardization and pricing, productivity improvements, and reductions in external contract labor and lengths of stay. Additional efforts on growth and diversification in 2025 increased revenues to $16 billion, up from $12.5 billion in 2022. Major accomplishments also include the development of an integrated long-range strategic and financial plan, as well as improved consumer experience with 99% of patient bills consolidated into a single payment portal. Additionally, she has led efforts in the redesign of capital allocation, budgeting and forecast setting, strengthened enterprise risk management programs including risk assessment and mitigation strategies, and enhanced leadership and planning efforts to navigate current health policy risk. Previously, Ms. Dickerson served in system roles for Sharp HealthCare in San Diego, including senior vice president of finance and CFO.
Julie Dircks. CFO of Jackson North Medical Center (North Miami Beach, Fla.). Ms. Dircks leads the financial planning, budgeting and reporting at North Miami Beach’s Jackson North Medical Center. Ms. Dircks also led the hospital’s $100 million modernization project. She brought 16 years of experience within healthcare finance to the role. Prior to Ms. Dircks’s CFO role at Jackson North Medical Center, she served as CFO at HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital in Tamarac, Fla. and as associate vice president of finance at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla.
Ann Duffy. CFO at Cottage Hospital (Woodsville, N.H.). Ms. Duffy is CFO of Cottage Hospital, a rural independent critical access hospital. She oversees the hospital’s finances, including the entire revenue cycle and the facilities department, and leads its finance team. Her role requires close tracking of trends and changes in the reimbursement landscape for critical access hospitals. Her comprehensive understanding of rural healthcare finance has been essential to navigating the complex economics of a small hospital, allowing her to apply a conservative yet strategic approach to financial viability while meeting community health needs. She is also director of Rowe Health Center in Haverhill, N.H. Ms. Duffy’s previous roles include work in an accounting office and as a practice director.
Patricia Eddy. CFO at Hartgrove Behavioral Health System (Chicago). Ms. Eddy oversees financial services at Hartgrove Behavioral Health System, including business office operations, payroll and accounts payable. She is responsible for the month-end close and annual operating budget, monitors full-time equivalent staffing weekly and analyzes program viability with the leadership team. Ms. Eddy has more than 30 years of healthcare finance experience across nonprofit and for-profit systems and joined Hartgrove five years ago. Prior, as system vice president of financial planning and reporting at AMITA Health in Chicago, she oversaw a system budget with $4.1 billion in operating revenue and managed four teams supporting three hospital regions and the medical group. She also served as system finance officer at Presence Health in Chicago. As director of finance at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., she helped implement a decision support tool, modeled payer contracts and supported the startup of three transplant programs.
Leigh Ehrlich. Executive Vice President and CFO for Main Line Health (Radnor, Pa.). Ms. Ehrlich serves as executive vice president and CFO of Main Line Health, where she oversees financial planning and analysis, capital management, treasury, revenue cycle, supply chain, payer strategy and internal audit. She is known for tailoring complex financial narratives for the board, senior leadership and frontline teams in ways that drive alignment and action. Ms. Ehrlich plays a central role in shaping and advancing Main Line Health’s strategy, ensuring that financial plans and capital deployments support long-term organizational priorities and clinical excellence. Her leadership helps connect financial performance with mission execution, motivating stakeholders at every level to work toward shared goals. Under her influence, Main Line Health has strengthened its position as a leading regional health system, including national recognition in 2023 for employee experience. Ms. Ehrlich also extends her impact into the community through service on multiple boards.
Jennifer Fitzgerald. CFO at Belmont Behavioral Health System (Philadelphia). Ms. Fitzgerald has served as CFO of Belmont Behavioral Health System, part of Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare, since 2022. She oversees financial operations for the 252-bed inpatient hospital, outpatient services and specialty services including New Oaks Academy and the Philadelphia Children’s Crisis Response Center. Ms. Fitzgerald has led financial operations, special projects and staff at several behavioral health and medical-surgical hospitals in the Philadelphia suburbs. She has been recognized by Acadia Healthcare for best revenue cycle performance.
Chris Forkner. Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs, CFO and Assistant Treasurer of National Jewish Health (Denver). Ms. Forkner is responsible for overseeing the overall corporate strategy for National Jewish Health and managing the health system’s relationships with external stakeholders. As CFO, Ms. Forkner works closely with the executive team to make strategic financial decisions that align with the organization’s financial goals, ensuring its fiscal health. National Jewish Health is the only facility in the world dedicated solely to treating patients with respiratory, cardiac, immune and related disorders.
Carrie Fuller Spencer. CFO of University of Rochester (N.Y.) Strong Memorial Hospital. Ms. Fuller Spencer became interim CFO at Strong Memorial Hospital in October 2017 and, in 2018, was appointed CFO of Strong Hospital and Highland Hospital, both in the University of Rochester health system. She has a background in healthcare finances and experience developing and managing annual capital and operating budgets.
Lisa Gildon. Vice President and Group Finance Officer for Greater Dallas at Texas Health Resources (Arlington). Ms. Gildon is group finance officer for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman, Texas Health Hospital Rockwall and other Texas Health entities, and will oversee Texas Health Hospital Forney when it opens in 2027. She leads budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and capital strategy for her hospitals. Ms. Gildon led the financial strategy for a $68 million bed tower and a $50 million operating room expansion. As executive sponsor of a redesign of charge capture and audit processes, she helped drive an 11% increase in gross revenue across radiology, surgery and acute care departments. She co-developed standardized position control and staffing grid tools used across Texas Health hospitals, which improved nursing and ancillary staff productivity by 9% within a year. Ms. Gildon also oversaw the financial side of patient access services as they reached top-decile patient satisfaction rankings for admissions, registration and scheduling. She previously served as group finance officer for Texas Health Allen and Texas Health Plano, and as CFO of North Central Surgical Center in Dallas and Southwest Surgical Hospital in Hurst, Texas.
Lisa Goodlett. Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.). Ms. Goodlett joined Duke University Health System from Charleston, S.C.-based Medical University of South Carolina, where she was system CFO. In her current role as senior vice president, CFO and treasurer, she ensures financial integrity and handles all aspects of financial services. In particular, she focuses on revenue enhancement, cost management and financial stewardship. She has over 30 years of healthcare experience as a CFO.
Susan Green. Executive Vice President and System CFO at Sharp HealthCare (San Diego). Ms. Green oversees systemwide financial strategy, capital planning, payer strategy and fiscal stewardship at Sharp HealthCare, one of California’s largest integrated health systems. She works with the CEO, executive team, physicians and board to align Sharp’s financial plan with its clinical, operational and strategic priorities. Since joining Sharp, she has guided the system through labor pressure, inflation and reimbursement changes. Ms. Green previously served as executive vice president and CFO of Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine, where she led financial operations for a nearly $3 billion academic medical center-based health system that includes the system’s flagship and several community hospitals. At Tufts Medicine, she supported system integration and strengthened capital and balance sheet performance.
Dana Haering. Executive Vice President and CFO of Stanford Children’s (Palo Alto, Calif.). Ms. Haering was named interim CFO of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in 2013 and promoted to CFO in 2014. She spent more than 20 years in the accounting industry, serving healthcare organizations that include academic medical centers, community hospitals and health plans. She also spent time as a senior manager at KPMG in the healthcare practice.
Melinda Hancock. Executive Vice President and CFO at Sentara Health (Virginia Beach, Va.). Ms. Hancock oversees centralized financial operations at Sentara Health, a nonprofit integrated system with 12 hospitals, more than 1 million health plan members and more than 34,000 team members. Her responsibilities include accounting and actuarial services, financial planning, revenue cycle, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, managed care contracting, treasury and the system’s investment portfolios. Ms. Hancock joined the system in 2021 as its first chief administrative officer, became its first chief transformation officer and was named CFO in January 2025. As chief transformation officer, she helped launch more than 1,150 initiatives with a $735 million income impact over three years. After the system’s first operating loss in 2024, tied to Medicaid redetermination, Sentara Health posted a 3.4% operating margin in 2025 and is on track to meet its two-year turnaround targets. Ms. Hancock previously served as chief administrative and financial officer at Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health and as senior vice president and CFO for Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Health System’s Virginia market. She joined the American Hospital Association’s board of trustees in 2026.
Amy Hatcher. Executive Vice President and CFO of Children’s Nebraska (Omaha). Ms. Hatcher has served as the executive vice president and CFO of Children’s Nebraska for approximately a decade. Children’s Nebraska is the only full-service, pediatric healthcare center in the state of Nebraska. Ms. Hatcher is responsible for overseeing all financial operations for over 50 pediatric specialty services the hospital provides to children across five states.
Kim Hebert. CFO for Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center and Vice President of Finance for Ochsner Lafayette Region. Ms. Hebert serves as CFO for Ochsner Lafayette General Medical Center and vice president of finance for Ochsner Lafayette, overseeing regional budget development, financial forecasting, service-line planning and financial operations for a network that includes the main campus, Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics, two critical access hospitals, two small acute care hospitals and a large physician practice. She leads the narrative and analytical components of monthly financial reporting, presents performance and strategy updates to the finance committee and board of trustees, and is implementing standardized reporting for operating reviews to streamline communication with Ochsner Health’s executive team. She successfully led the implementation of the Epic EHR with an emphasis on charge capture and revenue integrity, minimizing revenue disruption and supporting optimization of clinical and financial workflows. Ms. Hebert also contributes to the profession nationally through multiple leadership positions with the Healthcare Financial Management Association, including service as president of the Louisiana chapter and as a national regional executive and committee chair.
Sophia G. Holder. Executive Vice President and CFO at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. As CFO, Ms. Holder works with leaders across Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s $5.2-billion-a-year enterprise to develop strategies that allow the system to deliver on its mission of care, research and education. She is committed to ensuring that the system has the resources it needs to conduct innovative research, attract and retain top employees, and invest in community programs that reach thousands of people each year. Ms. Holder and her team have implemented new systemwide strategies to address unprecedented financial headwinds and ensure the system remains financially strong. She serves on the board of directors of the University City District, which is focused on improving economic vitality and quality of life in Philadelphia’s University City neighborhood, and is an active member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Ms. Holder strives to create an inclusive work environment where the lived experiences and unique backgrounds of all team members are celebrated, and all employees feel empowered to do their best work. Ms. Holder has received many accolades, including the Philadelphia Tribune‘s “Most Influential African Americans” award.
Hannah Jacobs. Senior Vice President and CFO of Frederick (Md.) Health. Ms. Jacobs was promoted to senior vice president and CFO of Frederick Health in April 2022 after having served the organization as vice president of finance since 2009. The health system, which celebrated its 120th anniversary in May 2022, employs nearly 4,000 team members. In addition to her current role, Ms. Jacobs also serves as finance chair for the YMCA of Frederick County Board of Directors.
Dawn Javersack. Senior Vice President and CFO of Nicklaus Children’s Health System (Miami). Ms. Javersack serves as senior vice president and CFO of Nicklaus Children’s Health System, the only healthcare system in the region exclusively for children. In her role, she provides executive oversight of the financial planning, operations and performance of the system and its entities. In 2021 and 2022, she led the organization to some of the strongest financial years in its recent history. Under her leadership, the system improved its rating from Fitch Ratings and S&P Global.
Susan Jennings. CFO of UAB Health System (Birmingham, Ala.). As CFO, Ms. Jennings is a senior leader at UAB Health System, a premier academic medical center. She directs all aspects of financial reporting, including the annual operating and capital budget process, for the University Hospital and the entire health system. An advocate for diversity and female leadership, she also serves on an executive advisory board that helps develop, promote and support women leaders at UAB. She brings 35 years of experience in financial healthcare positions to the role. She first joined UAB in 2006.
Mahalee Jereos. CFO of AdventHealth Apopka (Fla.). Ms. Jereos serves as CFO of AdventHealth Apopka. The hospital opened its doors in 2017, featuring 158 private patient rooms, cutting-edge surgical suites, a diagnostic heart catheterization lab and women’s services. In her role, Ms. Jereos maintains the financial health of the hospital, overseeing the finance department and care management. She has been with AdventHealth since 2009.
Sherry Jones. CFO of Crestwood Medical Center (Huntsville, Ala.). Ms. Jones was assistant CFO for Crestwood Medical Center before being promoted to CFO in 2011. In her current position, she creates and executes strategic financial and operational plans that allow the medical center to invest in medical technology and keep nurse to patient ratios low.
Catherine Keck. CFO at Decatur County Memorial Hospital (Greensburg, Ind.). Ms. Keck oversees finance and several operational departments at Decatur County Memorial Hospital, including facilities and maintenance, HIPAA privacy and compliance, IT, materials management, accounting and revenue cycle. Her revenue cycle oversight spans prior authorizations, patient access, patient accounts and health information management. Ms. Keck has more than 30 years of healthcare experience, with expertise in financial reporting and auditing. Over the past eight years, she has significantly increased the hospital’s cash on hand and led investments in revenue cycle processes and technology systems. She has helped minimize debt while supporting major initiatives, including construction of the hospital’s new rehabilitation and medical offices building. Ms. Keck is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Julie Keese. Regional Vice President of Finance and CFO for Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia) and Holy Cross Health (Silver Spring, Md.). Ms. Keese oversees financial operations for Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic and Holy Cross Health, bringing more than 20 years of healthcare finance and revenue cycle expertise to the role. She has served with Holy Cross Health since 2003 and most recently held the position of vice president and CFO, where she strengthened financial performance and led key operational improvements. Ms. Keese’s promotion to the dual role in May 2025 reflects sustained contributions to systemwide financial stability and her deep commitment to mission-focused stewardship. She partners closely with regional executives to develop financial strategies that support growth, high-quality care and long-term sustainability across both organizations. Prior to her regional appointment, she advanced through multiple finance and revenue leadership roles within Holy Cross Health.
Sheryl Klink. CFO of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Ms. Klink is CFO of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, a nonprofit leader in healthcare. As CFO, Ms. Klink ensures financial viability of the organization. Her efforts support the hospital’s mission to provide excellent patient care, engage in research and drive healthcare innovation forward.
Tanya Knepp. CFO for Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital. Ms. Knepp is CFO of Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch Hospital. There, she is tasked with oversight of accounting, budgetary and financial planning activities for the hospital. She took on the role in September 2025. Previously, she served as CFO for AdventHealth Riverview (Fla.).
Katie Kucera. CFO of Carson Tahoe Health System (Carson City, Nev.). Ms. Kucera leads finance at Carson Tahoe Health with financial acumen and emotional intelligence, helping the organization remain stable and community-centered in a challenging environment. Transitioning from investment finance to healthcare in 2011, she now oversees strategic financial planning and budgeting while partnering with operations to deliver data-informed decisions. Ms. Kucera frequently shadows team members to understand operations firsthand and foster alignment. Her local roots in Nevada further deepen her commitment to the community she now serves as CFO. She also serves on the board of Northern Nevada Sports and Recreation, reflecting her passion for family-focused initiatives.
JoAnn Kunkel. CFO at LCMC Health (New Orleans). Ms. Kunkel serves as CFO for LCMC Health, leading the finance and accounting departments and serving as a financial and strategic business advisor to the system CEO and broader leadership team. For the bulk of her career she held positions with Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., a system with more than $6 billion in revenue. As corporate CFO of Sanford Health, Ms. Kunkel led the transformation of the finance organization alongside a team of more than 3,000 finance, accounting, revenue cycle and analytics professionals. She was responsible for overseeing financial operations and integrating the system’s hospitals and clinics into the broader operating company. She also oversaw operational and financial aspects of the $1 billion Sanford Health Plan, which served commercial and individual products including multistate exchange products, Medicare supplemental and Medicaid expansion lines of business. Immediately before joining LCMC Health, Ms. Kunkel led financial affairs at the University of South Dakota, where she developed strategic growth opportunities, including the expansion and enhancement of healthcare-related objectives.
Angela Lalas. Executive Vice President for Finance and CFO of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health. Ms. Lalas oversees finances for Loma Linda University Health, a health system with over $4.5 billion in annual revenue. She directs financial operations, treasury, financial planning and analysis, information services, revenue cycle, payer contracting, supply chain management and internal audit. She has spearheaded the integration of financial processes across the system, enhancing transparency and efficiency. Under her leadership, the LLUH finance team secured $1.3 billion for a campus transformation project, which includes a new adult hospital and an expanded Children’s Hospital. Ms. Lalas also supports global mission initiatives by mentoring international medical institutions on financial governance and auditing.
Kirsten Largent. CFO at OSF HealthCare and President of Pointcore (Peoria, Ill.). Ms. Largent has spent more than three decades with OSF HealthCare and became CFO in November 2024. In 2026, she also became president of Pointcore, OSF’s enterprise services platform, which provides technology, healthcare technology management, supply chain, facilities and business services to organizations nationwide. Ms. Largent is leading an effort to reach a 3.5% operating margin in fiscal year 2026, up from 0% in 2025 and 0.3% in 2024. Her financial strategy supports investments in oncology, neurology, cardiology and pediatrics. She has modernized financial planning processes, strengthened capital allocation discipline and introduced systemwide productivity benchmarking tools. In her dual role, Ms. Largent is aligning operational transformation across finance, technology and infrastructure services, as well as advancing the use of AI and analytics. Her previous roles at the system include senior vice president of financial operations and vice president of financial planning and analysis.
Julie Lautt. CFO of Avera Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Ms. Lautt joined Avera Health over two decades ago and has been serving as CFO since 2020. Prior to assuming her current role, she was vice president of operational finance for the health system. She has also served as controller of managed hospitals, vice president and corporate controller and then senior vice president and CFO for the Sioux Falls-based Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center.
Anna Loomis. CFO at Renown Health (Reno, Nev.). With 20 years experience in financial leadership, Ms. Loomis oversees all aspects of financial management at Renown, including budgeting, financial planning, revenue cycle management, supply chain and strategic investments. She and her team are leading efforts to strengthen Renown’s financial position, build partnerships and advance its care delivery mission. With the board, CEO and leadership, Renown has generated healthy volume growth and a strategic partnership with University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. Renown’s financial position has seen significant year-over-year improvement by focusing on margin enhancement and increased state provider fee funding. Key initiatives include optimizing reimbursement, reducing contract labor, decreasing length of stay, focusing on patient throughput, fostering stronger relationships with patients and purchasers, and building resilience to ensure sustainability.
Melissa Lukasick. Regional CFO at Loyola Medicine (Maywood, Ill.). Ms. Lukasick is CFO of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health’s West and Midwest Region, overseeing a portfolio that includes Loyola Medicine, Saint Joseph Health System, MercyOne, Saint Agnes Medical Center and Saint Alphonsus. The region represents more than $9 billion in revenue. Her teams cover accounting, financial operations, IT, payer strategy, planning, design and construction, real estate, revenue cycle and supply chain. Ms. Lukasick recently led Loyola Medicine’s transition to a new Epic instance, helping make Trinity Health the largest health system on a single EHR. She spearheaded the development of Loyola Medicine’s $70 million outpatient center in Tinley Park, Ill., which opened in 2023, and rolled out a centralized data hub that gives leaders real-time financial and operational metrics across the region. Under her leadership, the region consolidated administrative shared services across multiple states while maintaining positive margins. Ms. Lukasick joined the system in 2004, has held roles including regional vice president of finance operations and interim CFO, and played a key role in Trinity Health’s acquisition of Loyola and the integration of MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill. She is a member of the Illinois Health & Hospital Association’s finance and audit committee.
Laurren Lunsford. CFO of AdventHealth Kissimmee (Fla.). Ms. Lunsford has been with AdventHealth since 2018, joining as a director of finance before being promoted to CFO at the end of 2022. Previously, she spent almost 13 years at Florida Hospital working her way up to director of finance. She is also a member of the board for Family Promise of Greater Orlando.
Brenda McCormick. Executive Vice President and CFO at Children’s Minnesota (Minneapolis). Ms. McCormick has three decades of experience in the financial industry across for-profit and nonprofit organizations. In her role at Children’s Minnesota, she ensures the growth and profitability of the organization and leads the finance teams, including planning and analysis, controllership, treasury, strategic payer contracting, revenue cycle operations, health information management, grant accounting, employee retirement benefits and foundation finances. Her responsibilities at Children’s Minnesota span not only finance, but also organizational strategy, growth and innovation, the digital front door, access initiatives and the supply chain teams. She also sponsored a two-year project to improve the experience for both patients and referring providers wanting to access Children’s Minnesota’s services. In addition to being CFO, Ms. McCormick assumed leadership responsibility for Children’s Minnesota’s strategy, growth and innovation team in 2023. In this role, she oversaw a new, more cohesive approach that considers all specialty services, market dynamics, capabilities, and potential future impact. Her work led to the development of a 10-year future state strategy, which is now the foundation of the organization’s three-year strategic plan.
Morgan Meyer. CFO at Howard County Medical Center (St. Paul, Neb.). Ms. Meyer has served as CFO of Howard County Medical Center, a rural critical access hospital, for more than a decade, overseeing financial planning, budgeting and accounting. She created a financial navigator role that helps patients find drug rebates, co-pay assistance, lower-cost medications, payment plans and community resources, contributing to a 42% reduction in self-pay debt. To avoid a $1.3 million upfront capital expense for new CT and MRI equipment, the hospital negotiated a pay-per-scan vendor partnership and redirected the preserved cash to services such as chronic care management. The hospital opened a 17,000-square-foot, $8 million wellness center in May 2024, funded entirely through community contributions and public-private partnerships, and physical therapy modalities have since grown by more than 60%. Howard County Medical Center also expanded its specialty clinic from 12 to 23 providers and used American Rescue Plan Act funding to add mental and behavioral health professionals. Ms. Meyer previously worked as a senior audit associate at Seim Johnson and is a certified public accountant.
Alyce Mondy. CFO at Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital (Chicago). Ms. Mondy became CFO of Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital in 2021 and oversees general accounting, patient financial services, plant operations and dietary for the roughly 180-employee organization. She implemented full-time equivalent management training for leadership teams as part of a labor optimization effort. Her overhaul of legacy collection processes reduced bad debt and accelerated collections. Ms. Mondy also partners with human resources to lead employee engagement committees focused on staff retention and satisfaction. She has more than a decade of healthcare finance experience, including roles as CFO of McCallum Place in St. Louis and controller at Options Behavioral Health System in Indianapolis, and has taught hospital accounting. Ms. Mondy serves on her sorority’s national board as national membership director and previously served as its national treasurer.
Lisa Montman. Executive Vice President and CFO at HonorHealth (Scottsdale, Ariz.). Ms. Montman oversees HonorHealth’s financial operations, including budgeting, financial planning, revenue cycle, payer contracting, treasury, capital expenditures, construction financing and real estate investments. She led the acquisition of 11 primary care locations from Phoenix-based Evernorth Care Group, which closed in January 2026. In 2024, she led the acquisition and financial integration of several Dallas-based Steward Health Care hospitals into HonorHealth, unifying revenue cycle, IT and real estate systems. The Arizona chapter of Financial Executives International named Ms. Montman its 2025 “CFO of the Year.” She has nearly 30 years of experience spanning public audit, accounting firms, software companies and health systems, including roles as CFO of The CORE Institute and vice president of finance at HonorHealth. Ms. Montman serves on the board of the Glencroft Center for Modern Aging and chairs its finance committee. Thanks in part to her leadership, HonorHealth has earned Kodiak Solutions “Revenue Cycle Awards” for excellence in denials management in 2026 and in patient financial management in 2025.
Cecelia Moore. CFO and Treasurer for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.). Ms. Moore joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center in August 2013 after spending time as the vice president of finance and COO for the patient revenue management organization within Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C. She was later appointed CFO of the health system while it more than doubled its operating income. In 2016, the Nashville Business Journal awarded her “CFO of the Year” in the nonprofit sector.
Tracy Moyer. Executive Vice President for Finance and CFO for Penn State Health (Hershey, Pa.). As executive vice president for finance and CFO of Penn State Health, Ms. Moyer oversees all financial operations for the health system, including reporting, revenue cycle, supply chain, treasury, reimbursement, managed care contracting, budgeting, business planning and the financial leadership teams supporting Penn State Health hospitals and medical group practices. She collaborates closely with Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine leadership and serves on multiple subsidiary boards and committees tied to joint ventures and strategic partnerships. Ms. Moyer also leads the system’s enterprise resource planning platform, where she drives operational efficiency, structured governance and alignment across departments. With more than 25 years of experience spanning commercial insurance, public accounting and both for-profit and nonprofit healthcare finance, she brings wide-ranging expertise to her role. She is an active member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the Institute of Management Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Alisha Neal. CFO of Piedmont Macon (Ga.). Ms. Neal joined Piedmont as its CFO in June 2021. Previously, she spent six years at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, including two-and-a-half years as its CFO. She has also worked for other systems including the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and St. Vincent’s Health System, both based in Little Rock, Ark. She helps the system to provide $1.4 billion in uncompensated care and community benefit programming to the communities it serves every year.
Kaley Neal. CFO of Shenandoah (Iowa) Medical Center. Ms. Neal became financial controller of Shenandoah Medical Center in March 2016 and was promoted to CFO in July 2017. In her role, Ms. Neal oversees financial operations for the 25-bed critical access hospital with over 300 employees. The hospital’s main campus also includes a physician clinic, outpatient clinic, wellness center and home health and hospice.
Priscilla Needham. Vice President and CFO of Tallahassee (Fla.) Memorial HealthCare. Ms. Needham became CFO of Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare earlier this year. She has previously served as CFO of Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston and Billings Clinic. In her role, Ms. Needham oversees the financial operations for an acute care hospital, a surgery and adult ICU center, a psychiatric hospital, multiple specialty care centers, residency programs and affiliated physician practices.
Susan Nelson. Executive Vice President and CFO of MedStar Health (Columbia, Md.). Ms. Nelson is the executive vice president and CFO for MedStar Health. She is responsible for systemwide finances for the nonprofit healthcare delivery system, including financial reporting, financial planning, revenue cycle, capital management, bond financing, investment activities, performance improvement, analytics and business development. She first joined the system in 2005 as the vice president of financial operations and has taken on increasing responsibility, most recently serving as senior vice president of finance before assuming her current role.
Cindie Nobles. CFO at Fairview Park Hospital (Dublin, Ga.). Ms. Nobles oversees accounting, revenue integrity, supply chain, patient access, IT and case management for Fairview Park. She also handles the system’s financial reporting, including audits, monthly operating reviews and more. She is a member of the ethics and compliance committee, a chief staffing officer for productivity management and benchmarking and an effective leader. Ms. Nobles has been with Minneapolis-based Fairview for more than 30 years.
Nikki Ochoa. CFO of St. Joseph’s Medical Center (Stockton, Calif.). Ms. Ochoa is the CFO of St. Joseph’s Medical Center, a facility that’s part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health. The hospital is home to a large physician staff and a great number of total employees. In her role, Ms. Ochoa is responsible for the oversight of all the medical center’s financial operations and strategies for success. In addition, Ms. Ochoa is the treasurer on the St. Joseph’s Foundation board of directors.
Lynnette Parr. CFO and COO for Down East Community Hospital (Machias, Maine) and Calais (Maine) Community Hospital. Ms. Parr serves as CFO and COO for both Down East Community Hospital and Calais Community Hospital. She leads the strategic plan for the hospitals, working to streamline the operating room, and playing a large role in provider recruitment and retention. She is also responsibile for the physician practices in Machias and has worked with the practice management team to drive change. At the National Rural Health Day celebration held at the State House in Augusta, Maine in 2023, Ms. Parr was presented with a “Rural Health Community Star Award” for her efforts in maintaining health care access across the state and for helping to bring Calais Community Hospital out of bankruptcy.
Janice Polo. CFO at BayCare Health System (Clearwater, Fla.). Ms. Polo oversees financial reporting, accounting, revenue cycle, managed care contracting, treasury, risk management and financial planning for BayCare, which serves West Central Florida. She co-leads BayCare’s value-based care initiatives with its chief physician executive and oversees BayCarePlus, the system’s Medicare Advantage plan. As part of BayCare 2.0, which ended a joint operating agreement established in 1997 and moved the system to full community ownership, Ms. Polo led the issuance of $1.3 billion in new debt to redeem a former partner’s assets. She introduced an 18-month rolling forecast model and rolling capital forecasts, and under her leadership BayCare has financed two hospitals and broken ground on its 17th. Ms. Polo established a centralized pricing office, doubled the number of financial health coaches and redesigned billing statements, contributing to a financial net promoter score of 44. BayCare holds an “Aa2” rating from Moody’s and posted an 11.8% operating margin in 2025, up from 9.6% in 2024. Ms. Polo has 38 years of experience, including a previous role as vice president of finance at BayCare.
Alice Pope. Executive Vice President and CFO of Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Ms. Pope oversees Novant Health’s financial strategy, driving systemwide alignment of capital planning, resource allocation and growth initiatives. She led the development of the system’s comprehensive financial assistance policy. Ms. Pope has championed major community investments, including a $1 million workforce housing initiative on Hilton Head Island, S.C., supporting essential workers and strengthening talent retention. She also mobilized financial resources following Hurricane Helene to deploy mobile clinics, expand virtual care and provide shelter support across Western North Carolina. She was also part of strategic contributions like advancing the Bluffton, S.C. hospital campus, opening Scotts Hill (N.C.) Medical Plaza, and launching a hospital-at-home program supported by a $2.7 million philanthropic gift. She comes from Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System, where she was CFO. She has also previously served as chief financial executive at HonorHealth in Scottsdale, Ariz. and Wellmont Health System in Kingsport, Tenn.
Monica Price. Vice President and Group Finance Officer for the Mid-Cities and North Tarrant County at Texas Health Resources (Arlington). Ms. Price oversees finances for eight Texas Health Resources hospitals along the corridor between Dallas and Fort Worth. Texas Health is the largest nonprofit health system in North Texas, serving more than 1.7 million patients annually across 16 counties. Over the past year, Ms. Price’s portfolio more than doubled, from three facilities to eight. She leads budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and capital strategy for her hospitals and serves on the executive teams of their campuses. Ms. Price launched a monthly entity finance officer roundtable for the vice presidents in her market to share best practices across medium-sized facilities. She works with facility leaders on labor benchmarking and supply spending to improve efficiency. Ms. Price previously served as group finance officer for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth, Stephenville and Cleburne, and held finance roles at United Health Services in Minnetonka, Minn., Carolinas Hospital System in Florence, S.C. and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.
Julia Puchtler. Executive Vice President and CFO of University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia). Ms. Puchtler serves as executive vice president and CFO for Penn Medicine’s University of Pennsylvania Health System, providing executive leadership for revenue cycle, corporate finance, financial operations and budgeting, billing compliance, and supply chain and procurement. She oversees financial performance and capital planning for the multistate academic health system. Previously, Ms. Puchtler was CFO of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where she managed finances for a 1,083-bed academic medical campus delivering more than 2.2 million outpatient visits annually. Since joining Penn Medicine in 2015 as vice president for financial operations and budgeting, she has played a key role in major initiatives such as planning for the Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs, leading revenue and expense planning for expanded inpatient, procedural and emergency department capacity. Prior to joining the system, she held leadership roles at Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health and Newtown Square, Pa.-based Catholic Health East.
Megan Rath. CFO of South Central Health (Wishek, N.D.). Ms. Rath serves as CFO of South Central Health, where she manages budgets, establishes financial policy, oversees margins and debt, and directs decisions related to hospital assets and resource allocation. She develops and implements financial strategies designed to strengthen business performance in a rural setting, aligning financial stewardship with the organization’s mission of serving its community. Through disciplined financial management and operational collaboration, Ms. Rath has helped lead South Central Health from the brink of closure to a position of financial stability, preserving local access to care. She works closely with leaders across the organization to ensure that investment, cost management and reimbursement decisions support both sustainability and patient services. Ms. Rath’s focus on data-driven decision-making and prudent risk management has stabilized the organization’s financial footing and created a platform for future growth.
Lindsay Rehn. CFO of Piedmont Mountainside (Jasper, Ga.). As CFO of Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, Ms. Rehn manages the financial planning of the hospital to allow Piedmont Mountainside to accomplish its goals of ensuring clinical and service quality, patient safety and credentialing of medical staff members and allied health professionals. While Ms. Rehn works on the hospital’s financial health internally, the hospital has partnered with Curae, a patient financing platform, to bring more accessible financing options to its patients.
Colleen Reid. CFO at Carson Valley Health (Gardnerville, Nev.). Ms. Reid oversees revenue cycle, materials management, finance and accounting, payroll, third-party reimbursement and managed care contracting at Carson Valley Health, a rural critical access hospital. When she joined as CFO in November 2018, Ms. Reid was asked to find a way to fund a long-planned expansion, and the organization went on to issue $40.1 million in tax-exempt bonds on its own without guaranteed debt. The resulting 54,000-square-foot expansion was completed in 2024. In 2021, Ms. Reid helped spearhead success sharing for all employees and an increase in overall budgeted salaries. She restructured managed care agreements and switched emergency department time-tracking vendors, allowing staff to report physician standby time more accurately through electronic entry. Ms. Reid previously spent 11 years as controller at University of California Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland and served as director of finance and controller at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.-based Barton Health from 2001 to 2007. She is a certified public accountant in California and a director of the Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley.
LuCinda Rider. Vice President and CFO of UHS Delaware Valley Hospital (Walton, N.Y.). Ms. Rider is a financial executive recognized for sustained excellence in rural healthcare leadership. As vice president and CFO of a progressive critical access hospital, Ms. Rider oversees all financial operations, ensuring both fiscal strength and strategic growth. One of her most notable achievements has been successfully leading the hospital to a positive bottom line for 15 consecutive years. Ms. Rider has also been instrumental in driving long-term organizational success through strategic planning initiatives. She designed and implemented a comprehensive investment and cost containment strategy that strengthened financial stability while supporting high-quality patient care. Additionally, she led the development of a strategic financial plan that enabled a major, multimillion-dollar capital expansion, enhancing the hospital’s infrastructure and positioning it to better serve its community. Ms. Rider also serves as compliance chair for UHS Delaware Valley Hospital, board chair of the UHS Employee Federal Credit Union and vice chair of the Rural Health Network of South-Central New York.
Stephanie Rosentreter. CFO of AdventHealth Shawnee Mission (Merriam, Kan.). Ms. Rosentreter oversees strategic financial planning and management for AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, a 504-bed hospital that also includes AdventHealth Prairie Star in Lexana, Kan. and AdventHealth College Boulevard in Overland Park, Kan. She brings extensive experience in financial leadership across the AdventHealth system, most recently serving as interim CFO for AdventHealth Shawnee Mission and as regional controller for the Mid-America Region. Ms. Rosentreter has led major system initiatives, including the implementation of PeopleSoft, preparation for the Workday transition, and the creation of a regional accounting and reporting department that strengthened financial operations. She also partnered with external stakeholders to launch a new infusion clinic, expanding access to needed services and supporting organizational growth.
Cheryl A. Sadro. Executive Vice President and CFO at Johns Hopkins Health System and Senior Vice President and CFO at Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore). Since January 2024, Ms. Sadro has held financial accountability for Johns Hopkins’ six hospitals, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians and member organizations including Johns Hopkins Care at Home, Johns Hopkins Health Plans and Johns Hopkins Medicine International. She oversees financial strategy for the $10 billion health system, including treasury and debt management, capital and operating planning, business development, reimbursement, payer strategy, revenue cycle and financial reporting. Ms. Sadro has more than 40 years of financial leadership experience, including work on health system mergers, acquisitions and de novo hospitals. She previously served as CFO of Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health, where she oversaw finances for the $4 billion medical center, ambulatory network and schools of medicine and nursing. Earlier, she held executive finance roles at the Galveston-based University of Texas Medical Branch, St. Louis-based Ascension Health and Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives. Ms. Sadro serves on several Johns Hopkins boards, including those of Johns Hopkins Home Care, Johns Hopkins Health Plans and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians.
Jennifer Schneider. CFO of UAB Hospital (Birmingham, Ala.). Ms. Schneider became CFO for UAB Hospital in November 2023. Prior, she served as regional CFO of Trinity Health of New England in Hartford, Conn. from October 2019-23. She was with the system for approximately 20 years in total, having served at a system level and in finance and compliance roles at Hartford-based Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, which is part of Trinity Health of New England.
Stephanie Schnittger. CFO at UVA Health (Charlottesville, Va.). Ms. Schnittger oversees financial strategy at UVA Health, including budgeting, long-range planning, capital allocation, treasury, accounting, financial reporting, revenue cycle, reimbursement and payer contracting. She works with the CEO, chief strategy officer and board on growth strategies, capital investments and potential mergers, acquisitions and partnerships. Ms. Schnittger is executive sponsor of an enterprise resource planning transition at UVA Health that will run through 2028. Over her career, she has directed finance divisions of more than 1,900 team members in organizations with more than $13 billion in annual revenue, managed investment portfolios of about $5 billion and debt portfolios of nearly $2 billion, and led bond offerings exceeding $1 billion. She has helped increase operating cash flow from $125 million to nearly $400 million, doubled days of unrestricted cash to more than 620, and coordinated efforts to secure and manage $300 million in federal relief funding. Ms. Schnittger previously served as CFO of Luminis Health in Annapolis, Md., and held corporate finance leadership roles at Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare and Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System, where she served as interim CFO. She serves on the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association’s CFO steering committee and The Health Management Academy’s “CFO Circle.”
Shelly Schorer. South Region Chief Financial Officer at CommonSpirit Health (Chicago). Ms. Schorer became CFO for the South Region of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S., effective March 2026. The South Region has 42 acute care, specialty and critical access hospitals across Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, North Georgia and Texas, along with ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, urgent care sites and cancer centers, and more than 31,000 employees. Before this role, Ms. Schorer spent nearly nine years as CFO of CommonSpirit’s California division, overseeing finance for 29 hospitals and about 125 ambulatory sites. She entered healthcare in 1998 and has held a series of senior finance roles at CommonSpirit and its predecessor organizations. Those roles include six years as CFO of the Northern California division and seven years as CFO of the former Sisters of Mercy system’s operations in Joplin, Mo., and Kansas. Ms. Schorer is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Leigh Ann Thompson. CFO of the Bismarck (N.D.) Region at Sanford Health. Ms. Thompson leads finance for the Bismarck Region of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health. The area represents a portfolio generating about $900 million in net patient revenue. She oversees budgeting, forecasting, reimbursement strategy, financial reporting and capital planning, and leads a team of more than 10 finance professionals. As director of finance and now CFO, she helped the region grow from a $10 million margin in 2016 to a $125 million net operating margin. She recently led the region through its most financially successful year on record. Ms. Thompson has advanced through multiple leadership roles at Bismarck-based Medcenter One and Sanford Health. She serves on the board of directors of the Bismarck Cancer Center and supports the Sanford Health Foundation.
Yvette Tremonti. System CFO at City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.). Ms. Tremonti leads City of Hope’s core financial operations, including revenue cycle, managed care contracting, treasury, supply chain, payroll and accounting. As a member of the executive leadership team, she shapes short- and long-term financial strategy supporting the organization’s capital investments and national expansion. City of Hope’s financial performance increased by more than 70% over the past two years, driven by operational integration, service-line expansion and philanthropy. Ms. Tremonti helped ensure the financial soundness of City of Hope’s $1.5 billion Orange County, Calif. expansion in 2025, which included the opening of a new specialty hospital. The organization delivers care to more than 168,000 people annually.
Jessica Trimble. CFO and Executive Director of Operations for Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center. Ms. Trimble is CFO and executive director of operations for Providence Cedars Sinai Tarzana Medical Center. Prior, she was service area CFO of the medical center since August 2022. She brings a wealth of experience in the hospital and healthcare finance industry. She came to Cedars-Sinai from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.
Salema Tyler. CFO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan (New York City). Ms. Tyler brings a systems-level perspective to hospital operations at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan, pairing disciplined financial management with an understanding of clinical access, workforce dynamics and patient flow in a safety-net setting. The estimated annualized financial impact under her leadership in fiscal year 2025-2026 is $35.5 million in margin improvement, including more than $23 million achieved through cost-avoidance initiatives, redesigned provider contracts, improved resident rotation billing and adjusted utilization management policies. She established a standardized service-line analysis framework integrating profit-and-loss, access, productivity and opportunity metrics to guide investment and divestment decisions. Ms. Tyler secured $3.1 million for biomedical and fixed-asset replacement, along with funding for laboratory staffing, expanded ambulatory access, and pharmacy and central sterile staffing. She also revamped the referral office, increasing appointment conversion from 49% to 70% and reducing scheduling time from 22 days to 3.8 days. In addition, she helped partner with ambulatory care to improve primary care alignment from 69% to 82%. Among a small group of Black female CFOs nationally, Ms. Tyler began her career as a teacher before holding finance roles at NYC Health + Hospitals and city budget offices.
Lisa Urbistondo. CFO of the Hospital Division at Emory Healthcare (Atlanta). With more than two decades of experience in executive healthcare leadership, Ms. Urbistondo has developed expertise in strategic and financial planning, revenue cycle management, hospital operations, and finance and accounting. She applies her technical and leadership skills to her role as CFO of the hospital division at Emory. She first joined the system in 2022 as vice president and CFO of three Emory hospitals. Prior, she served as CFO and assistant vice president for Spalding Regional Medical Center in Griffin, Ga. and Sylvan Grove Hospital in Jackson, Ga., both part of Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System.
Jennifer Wakem. CFO at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas). Ms. Wakem has served since 2017 as CFO of University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, the state’s largest public hospital, and has guided its financial transformation. She has worked with clinicians to secure key equipment purchases, helping the medical center become a statewide leader in robotic surgery. In 2024, it became the first hospital in Nevada to introduce the da Vinci 5 robotic surgery system. Her financial leadership supported the largest renovation project in UMC’s 94-year history, a modernization of its 26-acre campus completed in summer 2025. UMC has also renovated its cardiovascular center with new cardiac catheterization suites, electrophysiology services and a patient recovery area. Ms. Wakem has guided expansion of UMC’s footprint through new clinics and service lines. She also takes an active role in individual patient cases, particularly long-term patients at the UMC Lions Burn Care Center, working with families and staff to remove barriers to specialized surgeries and treatments. The medical center earned Magnet recognition in 2026 and the Nevada Taxpayers Association’s 2025 “Cashman Good Government Award.”
Tammy Wallace. CFO at UCLA Health (Los Angeles). Ms. Wallace provides enterprisewide strategic and financial leadership for UCLA Health, a $9 billion academic health system encompassing hospitals, clinics, physician enterprises, managed care and joint ventures. She has oversight of revenue cycle, accounting and audit, planning and decision support, supply chain, mergers and acquisitions and contracting. Since joining in 2019, she has strengthened the organization’s fiscal stability, market positioning and operational efficiency. Ms. Wallace pioneered the “Sustaining Excellence Transformation” model to drive margin-enhancing initiatives across labor and operations, pharmacy growth, service mix, supply standardization, length of stay and strategic pricing, generating annual cumulative margin improvements ranging from 1% to 2%. She led financial due diligence for several major acquisitions and affiliations, including a 14-acre medical campus with 260 inpatient beds, a hospital campus dedicated to behavioral health, a pediatric congenital cardiac care affiliation and a strategic alignment with a 105-bed long-term acute care facility. She also supported the system’s readiness and launch of an at-risk Medicare Advantage plan, and her leadership helped give UCLA Health one of the nation’s strongest cash-on-hand positions. Before UCLA Health, Ms. Wallace served as vice president of finance and CFO for San Francisco-based UCSF Health, providing financial direction for the adult hospitals and the physician enterprise.
Amy Wheeler. Vice President of Orlando (Fla.) Health and CFO of Baptist Health’s Alabama Region. Ms. Wheeler serves as vice president of Orlando Health and CFO for Baptist Health’s Alabama region, overseeing financial operations and strategic growth plans for all Baptist Health hospitals and services in the area. She brings more than two decades of progressive healthcare finance, strategic planning and operations leadership experience and, as a senior leader overseeing five hospitals across the region, has guided the organization through a period of significant integration and growth. One of her most significant accomplishments was leading a comprehensive regional financial integration following the acquisition of Baptist Health hospitals, bringing together financial, supply chain and accounts payable systems on time while maintaining continuity of operations. She united five hospitals that had never operated together under a shared “one region” vision and launched regionwide leader gatherings that spurred cross-regional committees in areas such as wound care, laboratory services and radiology. Ms. Wheeler most recently served as CFO for Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital. Previously, she was CFO for Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Ga., and Parkridge East Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., and controller of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Bonnie White. CFO of UNM Hospital (Albuquerque). Ms. White oversees the finance department at UNM Hospital, part of the UNM Health System, which includes the only academic medical center in New Mexico. The system cares for over a million patients per year. With providers specializing in over 150 areas of medicine, the system handles about 22,000 surgical cases annually.
Christine Williams Bond. CFO at New Orleans East Hospital and University Medical Center New Orleans. Ms. Bond serves as CFO of New Orleans East Hospital and University Medical Center New Orleans, part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health. She is responsible for aligning financial strategy with clinical and community needs. Ms. Bond oversees budgeting, forecasting, capital planning, revenue optimization, labor productivity and cost management. In her role, she leads strategic planning for major projects, secures funding for priority initiatives and consistently delivers clean annual audits. Before her current role, Ms. Bond was assistant CFO at Atlanta Medical Center. She earlier served as controller at Emory Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital and Emory Dunwoody Hospital in Atlanta. A New Orleans native, she first joined LCMC Health in 2014.
