The chief financial officers featured on this list are the strategic architects of their organizations’ fiscal health. They are responsible not only for balancing the books, but also for building the financial foundations that allow great care to flourish.
From guiding high-stakes joint ventures and overseeing major expansions to navigating the economic headwinds that have made financial sustainability one of healthcare’s defining challenges, these executives operate at the highest levels of complexity and consequence.
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 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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Chibueze Okey Agba. Executive Vice President and CFO at Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare. Mr. Agba oversees Hartford HealthCare’s financial strategies, operating and capital budgets, financial planning and reporting, investments, accounting, treasury, tax, IT services, insurance and revenue-cycle operations. Under his leadership, the system holds bond ratings of “A, stable” from S&P and “A+, stable” from Fitch, and it posted a 2.8% operating margin. Hartford HealthCare grew net patient services revenue 8.7% year-over-year in fiscal year 2025, exceeding budget by 1.8%. Mr. Agba reorganized the system’s investment operations to limit exposure to illiquid holdings and improve pension asset allocation, and he implemented a holistic insurance program. He also created an innovation investment program that reviews investments in healthcare venture funds and direct stakes in early-stage healthcare companies. Before joining Hartford HealthCare, Mr. Agba served since 2016 as CFO for Cleveland Clinic, first at its center in Abu Dhabi and later for its Florida region. Previously, he was senior vice president, CFO and treasurer at Boston-based Tufts Medical Center and Long Island City, N.Y.-based Floating Hospital for Children, as well as associate dean of finance and CFO for Harvard Medical School.
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.
Ankur Agrawal. Senior Vice President and CFO at Boston Medical Center Health System. Mr. Agrawal provides leadership and oversight of Boston Medical Center Health System’s financial strategy, planning and operations, ensuring the system remains financially sound and able to invest in programs and innovations that improve health outcomes. In 2024 he led the financial integration of Boston Medical Center—South, formerly Good Samaritan Medical Center, and Boston Medical Center—Brighton, formerly St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, creating a new network of hospitals that preserved critical access in the safety-net setting. As system CFO, Mr. Agrawal also oversees the financial performance and strategy of WellSense Health Plan, the largest managed care insurer in Massachusetts, which serves more than 700,000 members across Massachusetts and New Hampshire and covers about 40% of the state’s Medicaid population. He has championed the system’s use of the 1115 Waiver to advance Medicaid care design and delivery. An engineer by training, Mr. Agrawal joined the organization in 2024 from McKinsey and Company, where he was a partner building and leading its strategy and corporate finance practice, and he brings more than two decades of experience across the healthcare ecosystem. Within the system he is advancing technology and automation in finance and has helped implement a new EHR at BMC Brighton and BMC South. Earlier he served as vice president of finance and strategy at Gerson Lehrman Group.
Steve Aleman. CFO at Prime Healthcare (Ontario, Calif.). Mr. Aleman leads the financial strategy and operations of Prime Healthcare, a large multistate health system, overseeing financial planning and analysis, capital allocation, revenue cycle performance and long-term investment strategy. He plays a critical role in evaluating and executing mergers, acquisitions and strategic growth initiatives, supporting the system’s mission to preserve and expand access to care in underserved communities. With more than 23 years of experience across healthcare, Mr. Aleman has led complex mergers, acquisitions and private equity-backed transactions, including the acquisition and integration of eight Ascension Illinois hospitals in 2025, the addition of Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (Ill.) in 2026 and the integration of Central Maine Healthcare in Lewiston into the Prime Healthcare Foundation. These transactions helped preserve access to care, protect jobs and stabilize essential services across Midwest and Northeast communities. He also oversees enterprisewide financial controls, budgeting and performance improvement. The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Mr. Aleman among the top CFOs in Los Angeles and honored him as “CFO of the Year.”
Jon Alford. CFO of UW Medicine and Vice President for Medical Affairs at the University of Washington (Seattle). Mr. Alford joined UW Medicine as CFO and the University of Washington as vice president for medical affairs in March 2026, taking on dual responsibilities across the health system and its academic parent. Mr. Alford has three priorities for his first year: managing major external funding pressures, improving internal operations and strengthening strategic partnerships. On the funding front, he is focused on responding to policy changes including reductions in Medicaid eligibility and cuts to intergovernmental transfer funding. Internally, he is working to improve revenue cycle and back-office systems, while his partnership efforts include closer collaboration with affiliated hospitals. Prior to joining UW Medicine, Mr. Alford served as CFO of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin and previously as CFO of the metro Denver division and University of Colorado Hospital for UCHealth in Aurora, Colo.
Michael Allen. CFO and President of the Financial Services Division at Hackensack Meridian Health (Edison, N.J.). Mr. Allen serves as CFO and president of the financial services division of Hackensack Meridian Health, overseeing financial services, revenue operations, purchasing and materials management, and investment management at the integrated health system, which generates more than $9 billion in annual revenue and holds $12 billion in assets across academic medical centers, children’s and community hospitals, a school of medicine, a research division and a physician division. He manages the system’s short- and long-term financial plans, serves as a strategic partner to the CEO, advises the board of trustees on financial matters and leads the integration of financial and strategic planning while modernizing the analytics platform. Mr. Allen offers more than 35 years of experience in business and healthcare, including 28 years as a health system CFO. Earlier in 2026, after passing his one-year mark with the system, he created a financial and operating management council focused on consistency in decisions around growth, cost management and capital allocation while reaching budget goals. Before joining Hackensack Meridian Health, he served as CFO of Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, where he oversaw all financial operations, led a team of 1,600 finance professionals and served as a voting committee member of the $250 million OSF Ventures fund. He earlier held CFO roles at various health systems, and previously served a seven-year term on the national board of directors of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, including a two-year term as board chair. He was recognized among NJBIZ‘s “Leaders in Finance” in 2026.
Bob Amos. CFO at Valley Health (Winchester, Va.). Mr. Amos is responsible for the financial performance of all six of Valley Health’s hospitals, with systemwide oversight of budgeting, analytics, decision support, financial planning, labor management and managed care contracting. He has negotiated contracts with physician practices, insurance carriers and supply chain vendors, and has served as the financial lead in negotiating joint venture and physician integration opportunities spanning hospitalists, cardiology, neurosurgery, imaging services, emergency medicine, anesthesia, stereotactic radiosurgery and cancer services. Under his leadership, Valley Health earned the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s 2026 “MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle,” one of only eight hospital systems in the country to do so and the only one in Virginia. Mr. Amos joined Valley Health in 2005 as director of business analytics, after financial leadership roles at healthcare systems in the South and Mid-Atlantic, including corporate director of finance for Genesis HealthCare System in Zanesville, Ohio. In 2009 he was promoted to vice president and CFO of Winchester Medical Center, one of the system’s six hospitals, and he took over as Valley Health CFO in June 2023. He is a member of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association finance committee of the board of directors.
Adam Anolik. Senior Vice President and CFO of University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. Mr. Anolik permanently assumed the role of CFO for the University of Rochester Medical Center in 2017, after having served in an interim capacity for several months. He manages the health system’s revenues and operating budget of more than $5 billion annually. He brings a keen understanding of research funding, educational mission support, culture, diversity and strategic initiatives to the role. He first joined URMC in 1999 as director of financial operations and has taken on progressive responsibility as he was promoted to new roles.
Jennifer Antunes. CFO for Sutter Health Silicon Valley (Calif.). Ms. Antunes serves as CFO of Sutter Silicon Valley, providing strategic, financial and operational leadership across hospitals, ambulatory centers and medical foundations. Her experience spans three nationally recognized health systems, including prior leadership roles at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She stepped into her current role in February 2026 and first joined Sutter Health as CFO of its East Bay Market in January 2024. She played a key part in Sutter’s $1 billion East Bay expansion, aimed at increasing access to care and strengthening integrated services. Ms. Antunes leverages data and market dynamics to guide long-term financial planning and business growth while maintaining strong ties to her community. She also serves on the Carol Emmott Foundation leadership council, advocating for gender equity and inclusive leadership in healthcare. Her leadership underpins multiple accolades for Sutter hospitals, including top rankings from Healthgrades, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report.
Thomas Arnold. CFO of Piedmont Healthcare (Atlanta). Mr. Arnold serves as CFO of Piedmont Healthcare, a 28-hospital system and the largest in the state of Georgia. He has managed the organization through a period of great expansion, as the system grew from six hospitals to 28. Despite his executive position, he remains approachable and transparent, often taking the time to mentor young finance professionals.
Matthew Arsenault. Executive Vice President and CFO of Baptist Health South Florida (Coral Gables). Mr. Arsenault leads the financial strategy for Baptist Health South Florida, the region’s largest health system, overseeing finance, risk, treasury, supply chain and revenue cycle for the organization. Since joining the system in 2006, Mr. Arsenault has risen through multiple leadership roles. Under his guidance, Baptist Health has strengthened its investment portfolio and maintained its position as one of Fortune‘s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” His financial leadership has supported clinical and geographic expansion across four counties, enabling strategic investments in care delivery and employee development. Outside the organization, he serves as treasurer of The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade and sits on Florida International University’s School of Business advisory council.
Nicholas “Nick” Barcellona. CFO and Senior Vice President of Finance at WVU Health System (Morgantown, W.Va.). Mr. Barcellona serves as CFO of WVU Medicine, guiding the financial strategy of one of the nation’s leading academic health systems and the largest provider of care in the state. Known for a disciplined, data-driven approach, he has led initiatives to strengthen operating performance, enhance revenue cycle efficiency and ensure long-term financial sustainability amid reimbursement pressures and workforce challenges. As the system has expanded, Mr. Barcellona has set three priorities: benefit design and workforce strategy, regional capital investment and simplifying the balance sheet. The system recently announced $350 million in investments, bringing WVU Medicine’s three-year total of capital improvement projects to more than $1.2 billion as it continues to reinvest in expanding access across West Virginia and its region. Named a “Rising Star” among CFOs by the Philadelphia Business Journal, he previously served as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System, where he provided leadership that improved the organization’s financial health and credit ratings. Before joining Temple in 2020, Mr. Barcellona held several senior financial and operational leadership roles at UPMC in Pittsburgh.
Andy Barrow. CFO for Cone Health (Greensboro, N.C.). Mr. Barrow serves as Cone Health’s CFO, where he oversees the financial operations of a $3.1 billion nonprofit health system comprising five hospitals and more than 120 physician practices across the state. Since joining Cone Health in 2012, he has led transformative initiatives like the organization’s integration into Washington, D.C.-based Risant Health, the successful restructuring of the finance division, and the system’s repurchase of the HealthTeam Advantage Medicare plan. Under his guidance, the finance team developed its own aspirational mission, boosting team cohesion and engagement. Mr. Barrow emphasizes strategic partnership and encourages innovation, resulting in improved analytics, reduced manual processes and elevated financial stewardship. He also gives back through leadership roles with United Way, AuthoraCare Collective, Goodwill of the Triad and Scouting America, where he was named “Scoutmaster of the Year” in 2021. In 2024, he was honored with a “C-Suite Award” from the Triad Business Journal for his contributions to healthcare leadership.
Jill Batty. CFO of Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance. Ms. Batty joined Cambridge Health Alliance as CFO in 2014 after spending time as senior vice president of finance and CFO of Cheshire Medical Center / Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Keene, N.H. Her 20-plus years of experience in leadership molded her background in transitioning organizations from fee-for-service to population health management and navigating reimbursement shifts while generating significant operating margin improvements. Ms. Batty is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and has experience as a strategist, healthcare consultant and financial executive.
John Beaman. CFO at Adventist Health (Roseville, Calif.). Mr. Beaman focuses on Adventist Health’s long-term financial viability, holding overall fiduciary responsibility along with strategic leadership and operational management for financial services. His ability to connect strategic and operational imperatives to financial results has contributed to a five-year trend of improved performance, culminating in the system’s strongest operational performance since the pre-pandemic period. By leading the system’s shared services teams operationally, Mr. Beaman created a scalable infrastructure that can efficiently extend to new organizations joining Adventist Health and has driven its shared services cost basis to half of what it was at the model’s inception. His work identifying new business opportunities has generated capital capacity to invest in the system’s communities and advance its mission. Before his current role, he served as system chief business and people officer for Adventist Health, and earlier as system senior finance officer and CFO at Adventist Health Bakersfield (Calif.) and Adventist Health Simi Valley (Calif.). Mr. Beaman also serves as a Blue Zones board member, community board chair for five hospitals, and sponsor of the system’s shared services council and data and technology council.
Craig Bjerke. Executive Vice President and CFO of Methodist Health System (Dallas). Mr. Bjerke is responsible for Methodist Health System’s financial results and reporting. His overall goal as executive vice president and CFO is to ensure that reported financial results are healthy and sound. He guides his team to successful year-over-year financial results, even during the challenges of the pandemic. Mr. Bjerke supports the system’s overall goals, helping Methodist Health expand its mission, embrace quality, maximize stewardship, drive growth and promote culture.
Edward Bleacher II. CFO at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children (Philadelphia). Mr. Bleacher holds enterprise responsibility for all financial operations across St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in North Philadelphia, including the hospital, medical physician practice, foundation and retail pharmacy. Through rigorous financial management, he reversed negative cash flow and reduced annual operating losses by more than $75 million within one year, while restructuring physician compensation, optimizing workforce resources and implementing targeted cost controls. Mr. Bleacher established the organization’s financial infrastructure, including enterprise budgeting, rolling forecasts and a five-year financial projection model, and oversaw external audits, IRS Form 990 filings and reporting to the board of directors. He expanded the funding base by helping secure participation in the Philadelphia Hospital Assessment Program, bringing millions of dollars to offset the cost of caring for the hospital’s large Medicaid population. He also launched a children’s philanthropic foundation that generated $15 million in its first year, secured federal assessment and Federal Medical Assistance Percentage matching funds, and implemented a 340B pharmacy program. In addition, he helped form a coalition among Philadelphia-based organizations, including Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Jefferson Health, Independence Blue Cross and Temple Health that committed more than $85 million over four years to sustain the hospital’s operations. Earlier, Mr. Bleacher served nearly four years as senior vice president of financial operations at Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care and spent more than two decades at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, including as vice president of revenue cycle and reimbursement strategy.
Colleen Blye. Executive Vice President, CFO and Chief Business Officer at Montefiore Einstein (Bronx, N.Y.). Ms. Blye leads financial strategy, reporting, investment, payer relations and contracting, revenue cycle operations, supply chain management, population health and care management, and IT services across both Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. At Montefiore Einstein, where 85% of patients are covered by Medicare and Medicaid, she has focused on navigating the rising operating costs, shifting reimbursement and reduced federal support, all while diversifying revenue and tightening cost management. Ms. Blye supported Montefiore’s partnership with Amazon One Medical to expand access to coordinated primary and specialty care for Bronx residents, as well as its collaboration with Amazon Web Services to advance digital transformation. She has recruited senior talent to strengthen the system’s digital services and analytics. A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, Ms. Blye serves on several boards, including that of the Greater New York Hospital Association. She also chairs Montefiore’s executive compliance committee and its tax-deferred annuity retirement committee.
Carlos Bohorquez. CFO at UC San Diego Health. Mr. Bohorquez serves as CFO at UC San Diego Health, overseeing financial operations across three hospitals, 30 ambulatory locations and a growing network of affiliates. Mr. Bohorquez is responsible for enterprisewide financial strategy, operating and capital budgeting, supply chain management, revenue cycle optimization and financial reporting, and also plays a key role in structuring strategic partnerships and guiding major capital initiatives. He brings more than 25 years of experience in healthcare finance, strategy and managed care. Prior to joining UC San Diego Health, Mr. Bohorquez served as CFO of Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health, where he developed and executed a five-year strategic financial plan that drove improvements in operating performance, revenue growth and credit strength. He serves as finance committee chair on the board of the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley and previously chaired the Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee for Measure M at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Bradley C. Bond. CFO at University Hospitals (Cleveland). Mr. Bond is CFO of University Hospitals, a comprehensive health system with annual revenues of $7.3 billion, more than 32,000 employees, 21 hospitals, five joint ventures, more than 50 health centers and outpatient facilities, and over 200 physician offices across 16 counties in Northeast Ohio. He is responsible for all financial, treasury, managed care contracting, insurance, revenue cycle, IT, supply chain and materials management services. Mr. Bond led one of the most dramatic financial turnarounds in the system’s recent history, guiding it from multiple consecutive years of operating losses to $191.8 million in operating income in 2025. That constituted a swing from a $172.6 million operating loss in 2024 and a return to stability after more than $500 million in losses between 2022 and 2024. Under his direction, the system grew operating revenue 14.6% to $7.3 billion in 2025 while holding expense growth to 8.7%, supported by a “revenue cabinet” focused on accurate payment and an “expense cabinet” that eliminated about $100 million in costs by reducing waste and unwinding pandemic-era premium pay. He co-leads the system’s “Mission Investment” strategy, which directed a $720 million community health investment in 2024, comprising $511 million in traditional community benefit and $209 million in unreimbursed Medicare costs. Mr. Bond also drove performance improvements through UH Ventures, including restructuring the system’s home-care business into a profitable strategic asset. He was named a “Notable Leader in Finance” by Crain’s Cleveland Business in 2024 and 2025.
Christine Williams Bond. CFO at New Orleans East Hospital and University Medical Center New Orlean. Ms. Bond serves as CFO of New Orleans East Hospital and University Medical Center New Orleans, part of 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.
Sara Bradley. Vice President and CFO for UNC Health Southeastern (Lumberton, N.C.). Ms. Bradley assumed permanent CFO leadership at UNC Health Southeastern in 2022, bringing with her over 20 years of healthcare finance expertise and a track record of transformative fiscal leadership. She oversees critical departments including revenue cycle, supply chain, care management and health information, driving financial stability across the organization. Known for her hands-on, approachable leadership, she empowers her team while delivering timely, actionable insights to senior leadership and board members. Her background includes roles in both public and private healthcare systems across Arkansas, Oklahoma and New York, as well as a CFO role at the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
Michael Breslin. Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer of NewYork-Presbyterian (New York City). Mr. Breslin is executive vice president, CFO and treasurer for NewYork-Presbyterian. He is responsible for financial planning, reporting, budgeting and revenue cycle. He also oversees the health system’s reimbursement strategy, cost accounting, insurance, financing, managed care and supply chain. He joined NewYork-Presbyterian in 2015 after spending time as senior vice president of finance at New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn and CFO of Lenox Hill Hospital and Richmond University Medical Center, both in New York City.
Michelle Bruhn. Executive Vice President and CFO at Phoenix Children’s. Ms. Bruhn serves as executive vice president and CFO of Phoenix Children’s, one of the top-ranked pediatric health systems in the Southwest, with $1.83 billion in annual revenue, two hospitals with a third on the way, four pediatric specialty and urgent care centers, 12 community pediatric practices, 20 outpatient clinics, two ambulatory surgery centers, seven community-service outpatient clinics, and more than 950 employed providers and specialists across more than 75 subspecialties. She focuses on ensuring financial stability, optimizing resources and aligning financial strategy with the system’s mission, while modernizing investment and treasury practices and leading an interdepartmental command center to advance payer negotiations. Since Ms. Bruhn joined, the system opened Phoenix Children’s Hospital—Arrowhead Campus, a 175,000-square-foot hospital serving the West Valley, and a 44,000-square-foot neonatal intensive care unit at its Thomas Campus, with construction continuing at Phoenix Children’s Hospital—East Valley. In the past two years the system also added dozens of physicians and specialists and launched a research institute with more than 700 active studies, 640 research investigators and 100 research staff. As the only pediatric health system in Arizona, it has navigated several payer disputes under her negotiation, and she has spoken nationally on payer contract negotiations. Before joining Phoenix Children’s, Ms. Bruhn spent nearly 24 years at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, including as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer, and earlier spent nearly a decade in public accounting. She is a certified public accountant, and a member of both the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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, improved financial performance and $344.4 million in community benefits for the 2023 fiscal year.
Stephanie Bushart. System Vice President and CFO of Operational Finance at Ochsner Health (New Orleans). Ms. Bushart leads financial strategy and operational alignment for Ochsner Health, guiding the system’s financial health and the resources needed to deliver care across its communities. She manages strategic planning, system budgeting and financial analysis, working closely with teams across the organization to bridge finance and clinical operations. Ms. Bushart is a GE finance fellow, an active American Medical Group Association CFO council member, and Lean and Six Sigma trained. Before her current role, she served Ochsner Health as vice president of finance and regional CFO for the South Shore and Bayou regions, and earlier as vice president of finance and CFO for the Baton Rouge region. Earlier in her career, Ms. Bushart held CFO and market CFO roles with Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems/Health Management Associates and Health Management Associates, including at Milton, Fla.-based Santa Rosa Medical Center. He has also served as controller and business office manager at Harahan, La.-based River Oaks Health System. According to U.S. News and World Report, Ochsner has ranked the No. 1 hospital in Louisiana for 14 consecutive years, and its accountable care network ranked No. 3 of 476 ACOs nationwide for care coordination based on 2024 CMS data.
Jessica Cahill. CFO at Manning Family Children’s (New Orleans). Ms. Cahill serves as CFO of Manning Family Children’s, part of LCMC Health, overseeing all financial aspects of the hospital, including accounting, budget management, financial planning, reimbursement and revenue cycle. She works closely with the accounting, financial planning and analysis, revenue cycle and materials management teams. Before becoming CFO, Ms. Cahill served as vice president of finance and analytics, and she joined the hospital in 2013 as its controller. A Miami native, she moved to New Orleans in 2000. Earlier in her career she worked in public accounting, where she managed audit engagements in the healthcare industry.
Ceci Castro. Interim CFO at Connecticut Children’s (Hartford). Ms. Castro serves as interim CFO at Connecticut Children’s, overseeing the organization’s financial strategy and day-to-day fiscal management while collaborating with senior leaders on strategic decisions. Ms. Castro brings more than 20 years of experience in financial roles across healthcare delivery systems and private equity-owned healthcare organizations. She concurrently serves as a director with Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group in Miami. Throughout her career, Ms. Castro has led financial functions through major organizational challenges and has a track record of building and managing accounting teams, implementing financial systems and controls, and fostering a culture of financial discipline.
Brad Clark. Executive Vice President and CFO for Advocate Health (Charlotte, N.C.). Mr. Clark has more than two decades of comprehensive healthcare finance experience, spanning financial planning and analytics, financial reporting, accounting, treasury, revenue cycle management, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain management and more. A financial leader at Advocate Health and predecessor organizations for more than a decade, he was appointed to be executive vice president and CFO of the nation’s third-largest nonprofit health system in 2023. Since joining Atrium Health in 2010, he has held positions of increasing responsibility including senior vice president of financial planning and treasury and CFO of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Matt Cox. CFO of Corewell Health (Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.). Mr. Cox is the CFO of Corewell Health, leading systemwide finance efforts focused on affordability, access and operational excellence. He has championed initiatives to streamline complex processes, reduce waste, increase transparency and leverage technology to lower the cost of care. He previously served as CFO of Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he was pivotal in implementing simplified billing and consumer-focused services. Mr. Cox serves as national chair for the Healthcare Financial Management Association as of June 2026. He brings a mission-driven approach to making health coverage more equitable across Michigan, with his work exemplifying how strategic financial stewardship can directly support quality improvement and health equity for large, integrated systems.
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.
Travis Crum. CFO of Bon Secours Mercy Health (Cincinnati). Mr. Crum oversees finance, treasury and investments, capital planning, managed care, supply chain, real estate and development for Bon Secours Mercy Health, a Catholic health system with roughly $14 billion in annual operating revenue and nearly 60,000 associates. He leads enterprise financial planning, forecasting and capital prioritization across 47 hospitals and more than 1,200 care sites. Under his leadership, the ministry restored operating performance and strengthened margins following the pandemic, and it holds investment-grade ratings from all three major credit rating agencies. Mr. Crum has guided expansion beyond traditional acute care into value-based arrangements, digital capabilities and business services, including a wholly owned global business services center in the Philippines. In 2025, Bon Secours Mercy Health invested more than $415 million in community benefit. A past member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s policy and procedures board, Mr. Crum previously served as the system’s senior vice president of finance and as corporate controller for Mercy Health, and earlier spent six years in audit at KPMG.
Michele Cusack. Executive Vice President and CFO at Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.). Ms. Cusack serves as the principal financial architect for Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider and private employer in the state of New York, orchestrating financial strategy and operations across the system’s $22.6 billion in revenue, more than 106,000 employees, 28 hospitals, more than 1,050 ambulatory care locations and 73 urgent care locations. Her oversight spans capital allocation, financial planning and risk management, and she masterfully oversees an annual capital budget exceeding $1 billion that supports the system’s growth and innovation agenda. Most recently, Ms. Cusack aligned the financial integration of Northwell’s merger with Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health, leading the financial due diligence, structuring the investment commitments and engineering the financial models that created the largest health system in the Northeast, positioning the combined entity to serve more than 13 million people. She consistently ensures optimal access to the capital markets and maintains the system’s strong investment-grade credit rating. Ms. Cusack joined Northwell Health in 1996 and built expertise across strategic tax planning, complex debt financing, revenue cycle performance, financial reporting and risk-based contracts, with an earlier foundation at Deloitte and Touche. She serves on the finance and audit committees of Northwell’s board of trustees, and is a member of Hofstra University’s Zarb School of Business dean’s advisory board.
Deborah Dage. Senior Vice President and CFO at Saint Francis Health System (Tulsa, Okla.). Ms. Dage is a certified public accountant and responsible for all financial activity for the Saint Francis system. She is a mission-oriented leader, focused on what financial numbers mean for community care. She helped the system to launch a free clinic for undocumented and uninsured patients in the community. Ms. Dage first joined the health system to oversee home health, hospice and durable medical equipment. She was eventually promoted to executive director of finance, and was named CFO in 2021.
Dennis Dahlen. CFO of Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Mr. Dahlen spent time as senior vice president and CFO of Phoenix-based Banner Health before becoming CFO of Mayo Clinic in 2017. In his role, Mr. Dahlen oversees financial operations for the health system, which serves 1.3 million patients from over 130 countries annually. He previously spent time as senior vice president of finance for a faith-based health system.
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 comprising 13 hospitals, more than 550 sites of care and more than 50,000 employees. 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 is the CFO for Nebraska Medicine, where she oversees the academic health system’s financial operations. The system includes Nebraska Medical Center as well as nearly 70 specialty and primary care clinics. Ms. Daubert also serves on the board of directors for Nebraska Health Information Initiative, Building Healthy Futures, Nebraska Orthopaedic Hospital and the Nebraska Health Network.
Brian Day. Executive Vice President and CFO at Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.). Mr. Day serves as Mercy’s executive vice president and CFO, providing strategic oversight for financial operations, revenue cycle, outreach ministries and treasury services. He has been deeply involved in acquisition and divestiture activity, including integrations of large hospital systems such as Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis and Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He also led and executed more than $1 billion of public debt financing to strengthen Mercy’s balance sheet. Mr. Day led financial improvement initiatives that took the system from break-even financial performance in fiscal 2025 to current year-to-date fiscal 2026 net operating income of $230 million, a 3% operating margin. During the pandemic he transitioned Mercy from a traditional budget to a rolling forecast philosophy to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and maintain constant focus on improving financial performance. Widely regarded as a trusted advisor to the CEO, senior leadership team and board, he translates financial data into actionable initiatives and empowers finance leaders in each Mercy community to make informed decisions. All of Mr. Day’s prior roles have been with Mercy, including senior vice president of financial operations and planning, senior vice president of treasury and financial planning, and vice president of financial planning and deputy treasurer. He also serves as board chair for a St. Louis nonprofit called Access Academies.
Brian Devine. CFO for Allegheny Health Network (Pittsburgh). Mr. Devine’s role as CFO entails overseeing and sustaining Allegheny Health Network’s strong financial performance, including the direction of the network’s accounting and revenue cycle operations, budget planning and capital investments. Previously, he served as CFO of enGen, formerly known as HM Health Solutions, a Pittsburgh-based health technologies company and Highmark Health subsidiary. Additionally, he has served as senior vice president of finance and commercialization for enGen, and as vice president of finance for AHN from 2016-18.
Andrew DeVoe. Executive Vice President and CFO of Tufts Medicine (Burlington, Mass.). Mr. DeVoe joined Tufts Medicine as its CFO in February 2024. He is responsible for the oversight of the system’s financial strategies and growth. He brings deep healthcare leadership experience in finance, operations and strategic planning, gleaned from roles at Cincinnati-based TriHealth, Philadelphia-based Aria Health System and University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia. Under his leadership as executive vice president and CFO of TriHealth, the system earned one of the highest credit ratings in the industry.
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. Banner Health is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems, serving communities across six states with 33 hospital locations, more than 400 outpatient sites, health insurance plans with more than 1 million members and 60,000 team members. As an academic health system, it conducts groundbreaking research and trains the next generation of physicians as well.
Greg Dillard. Vice President and CFO at Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital. Mr. Dillard serves as vice president and CFO at Dayton Children’s Hospital, bringing more than 30 years of healthcare finance experience to the role. Mr. Dillard oversees finance strategy and planning, accounting, accounts payable, payroll, revenue cycle, managed care contracts, customer service, medical records, information technology and supply chain. Before assuming the CFO role, he served as executive director of corporate finance at Dayton Children’s for nine years, during which he modernized the hospital’s revenue cycle across registration, billing, patient access and records management. He also led managed care contracting, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and analytics in that role. Prior to joining Dayton Children’s, Mr. Dillard served as director of revenue cycle at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati and held finance director and business leader roles at several other health systems across southwest Ohio.
Joe Dolan. Executive Vice President and CFO at Covenant Health (Knoxville, Tenn.). Mr. Dolan oversees the full financial operations and strategic financial planning of Covenant Health, a nonprofit system with more than $2 billion in revenue serving 25 counties across Tennessee, including 10 hospitals and more than 14,000 employees, affiliated physicians and volunteers. He leads all areas of corporate finance, including accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, treasury, revenue cycle, reimbursement, supply chain and financial compliance, and provides executive oversight for capital planning and investment strategy. With more than 17 years of experience in healthcare finance, Mr. Dolan drives systemwide financial strategy and transformation, strengthening shared services and optimizing financial systems across the system’s hospitals and service lines. He joined Covenant Health in 2023 from Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, formerly Atrium Health, where as senior vice president and enterprise controller he led enterprise integration following major mergers and guided shared services, finance and technology transformations. Earlier, Mr. Dolan held finance leadership roles at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health and Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System, and he began his career in public accounting with Grant Thornton. He is a certified public accountant and certified healthcare financial professional.
Arnim Dontes. CFO at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health. Mr. Dontes serves as CFO for Yale New Haven Health, where he leads systemwide financial strategy, budgeting, capital planning and performance oversight, partnering with executive, clinical and operational leaders to strengthen long-term financial sustainability and align financial decision-making with strategic and clinical priorities. He was a critical collaborator in creating the joint funds flow model, which has been essential in driving clinical growth across the health system while strengthening the teaching and research missions that distinguish the Yale School of Medicine locally and nationally. Mr. Dontes also played a key role in advancing the enterprise balanced scorecard, a central tool for measuring performance against strategic objectives. He joined the health system from the Yale School of Medicine, where for five years he served as deputy dean for finance and administration, overseeing the school’s $3 billion operating budget and leading its financial, budgetary, human resources, capital planning, IT and administrative functions. Earlier, Mr. Dontes was executive vice president for business affairs at the Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center from 2011 to 2021, directing more than 15 administrative departments, and before that held senior leadership roles at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, including vice dean for administration. He has contributed nationally to academic medicine as chair and immediate past chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges group on business affairs.
Ann Duffy. CFO of Cottage Hospital (Woodsville, N.H.). Ms. Duffy has served Cottage Hospital for two decades, rising from the accounting office to practice director and now CFO of the critical access facility. She is also director of Rowe Health Center in Haverhill, N.H. 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. Her deep institutional knowledge and operational insight guide her in managing risk while supporting sustainable growth.
Karla Dunker. CFO of Sedgwick County Health Center (Julesburg, Colo.). Ms. Dunker, CFO of Sedgwick County Health Center, has been a vital pillar of the organization for 30 years. In addition to overseeing all financial operations, she manages housekeeping, laundry services and recruitment for those departments. Ms. Dunker has ensured financial stability even as other regional facilities struggled, thanks to her dedication to staff morale and retention. She is known for her hands-on leadership, contributing to both administrative decisions and community events. Widely trusted among staff, she serves as a mentor and sounding board across departments.
Bridgett Feagin. CFO at Howard University Hospital (Washington, D.C.). Ms. Feagin serves as CFO at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., bringing more than 20 years of financial leadership experience across complex healthcare organizations. Ms. Feagin oversees the hospital’s financial operations and collaborates with executive leadership to strengthen financial performance, ensure compliance and support the hospital’s mission of care, education and service. Prior to joining Howard University Hospital, she served as executive vice president, CFO and treasurer at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, providing strategic financial oversight. She has also held CFO roles at Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s Detroit Medical Center Adult Central Campus and United Way for Southeastern Michigan, where she led finance, IT and operations. Ms. Feagin is an active member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, American College of Healthcare Executives, National Association of Health Services Executives and the National Black MBA Association.
Wendy Fielding. CFO at Dartmouth Health (Lebanon, N.H.). Ms. Fielding was appointed CFO of Dartmouth Health in January 2026, taking on responsibility for financial planning, budgeting, reporting and shared finance services across the system while working closely with system leaders and the board of trustees to support long-term financial health. Ms. Fielding first joined Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in 2009 as vice president of financial planning and was appointed CFO of DHMC and Clinics and senior vice president of finance in 2021, playing a key role in the organization’s financial turnaround in 2017-18 and supporting significant expansion projects on its Lebanon and Manchester campuses. Prior to joining Dartmouth Hitchcock, she served as CFO at Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, and as director of financial reporting and analysis at Boston Medical Center. Ms. Fielding is a guest lecturer at the Tuck School of Business and a 2019 Carol Emmott Fellow with a particular interest in advancing women leaders in healthcare. She is a longstanding member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and currently serves on the board of New London (N.H.) Hospital.
Steve Filton. Executive Vice President and CFO of Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.). Mr. Filton is responsible for the financial operations of Universal Health Services, an organization with acute care hospitals, ASCs and behavioral health centers. As executive vice president and CFO, Mr. Filton has been integral in ensuring the organization maintains a strong balance sheet and high ratings from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s.
Sham Firdausi. Deputy CFO at County of Santa Clara Health System (San Jose, Calif.). Mr. Firdausi joined the County of Santa Clara Health System in September 2025, a $4.5 billion public safety-net and academic teaching system that encompasses four hospitals and 16 clinics serving one of the most diverse and underinsured populations in California, where more than eight in 10 hospital stays involve patients who are uninsured, Medi-Cal or Medicare covered. He holds direct oversight of finance, revenue cycle and supply chain operations, with a scope spanning budget development, financial planning and analysis, capital investment decision-making and supply chain governance. With federal cuts through the H.R. 1 act placing more than $1 billion in anticipated revenue losses on the system over the next several years, Mr. Firdausi has been at the center of building the financial strategy, contingency frameworks and operational improvements needed to close that gap, with early results showing measurable progress. He implemented a finance business partner model that embeds financial leadership alongside operational teams while preserving a centralized finance structure. He is leading a comprehensive revenue cycle transformation focused on upskilling teams, deploying technology and building bench strength to capture every dollar the system is owed, and his supply chain approach has driven significant savings while holding suppliers accountable for quality and value. A U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Firdausi previously served as CFO of Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth and in senior finance roles at Centene and UnitedHealth Group/Optum.
Robert Flannery. Senior Vice President and CFO at UW Health (Madison, Wis.). Mr. Flannery is responsible for the financial wellbeing of UW Health, the integrated health system and academic medical center affiliated with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The system has more than 26,500 employees across Wisconsin and Illinois, including 2,000 physicians. His responsibilities span finance, payer contracting, treasury management, physician compensation, revenue cycle and physician practice management, and he leads the financial sustainability committee that reviews new initiatives to find efficiencies and maintain margins. Mr. Flannery has guided UW Health to navigate the headwinds that have driven many organizations into negative margins and closures while ensuring adequate resources to meet rising demand for patient care. He led the complex interorganizational agreements central to the system’s strategy, including the financial configuration of the UW Health and Madison-based UnityPoint Health—Meriter joint operating agreement, a rare alignment of integrated finances and operations between a major academic medical system and a community hospital. He also oversees the complexity of funds flowing between the health system and the university, as UW Health is an independent public authority, and the system’s positive margin has allowed its ambitious multiyear capital plan and workforce development priorities to move forward. UW Health University Hospital has been named the No. 1 hospital in Wisconsin 14 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report and was ranked No. 31 in the nation on Newsweek‘s “World’s Best Hospitals” 2026 list. Mr. Flannery serves on several boards, including Quartz Health Plan, and is co-chair of Vizient’s CFO network steering committee.
Robert Fries. CFO at Children’s Health (Dallas). Mr. Fries leads the development and execution of financial strategies at Children’s Health, the leading pediatric health care system in North Texas, which cares for more than 370,000 patients annually. Since joining in 2020, he has driven an average annual increase in operating income of $183 million, a 190% increase compared with the five-year period prior to his arrival. He’s also grown revenue from $4.1 billion in 2021 to $6.4 billion in 2025, earning the system an “AA, stable” rating from Standard & Poor’s alongside “Aa3, stable” from Moody’s and “AA, negative” from Fitch. In 2025, he led a historic $800 million financing to support construction of the new $5 billion Dallas pediatric campus, the largest debt issuance in the organization’s history. Its $600 million fixed-rate issuance drew 49 unique investors, was nearly four times oversubscribed and generated more than $2.3 billion in orders, while the variable-rate issuance priced at 2.70% from 2.85%. He also established a $300 million commercial paper program to supplement the system’s existing $300 million line of credit. Mr. Fries led the transition from a static annual plan to a dynamic, rolling forecast model updated quarterly, and in 2023 helped make Children’s Health one of the earliest pediatric systems in the nation to bring generative AI into clinical care, reducing technology spending by more than 2% relative to revenue. The new Dallas campus, built in partnership with Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center, spans more than 33 acres and nearly 5 million square feet. Mr. Fries was named Dallas Business Journal “CFO of the Year” in 2022 and previously served as vice president of children’s services finance and CFO at San Francisco-based UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.
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.
Weldon Gage. Executive Vice President and CFO at Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston). Mr. Gage leads enterprise financial strategy for Texas Children’s Hospital, the nation’s largest pediatric health system, overseeing financial management, revenue cycle and health plan functions across a four-campus system and more than 120 care locations statewide. Under his leadership, Texas Children’s achieved a $600 million financial turnaround during a period of significant healthcare industry financial pressure while maintaining strong credit ratings from Moody’s, S&P and Fitch. He has played a key role in advancing the organization’s long-term growth strategy, overseeing financial modeling and funding strategies for major capital investments, including expansion into Central Texas with the launch of Texas Children’s Austin Hospital and systemwide clinical infrastructure enhancements. He also supports development of the Kinder Children’s Cancer Center, a new pediatric cancer facility expected to exceed $600 million and developed in collaboration with Houston-based UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, an initiative backed by a $150 million lead gift within a broader campaign approaching $1 billion. Before returning to Texas Children’s in 2016, Mr. Gage served as CFO at Milwaukee-based Children’s Wisconsin and MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Niyum Gandhi. CFO and Treasurer of Mass General Brigham (Boston). Mr. Gandhi’s responsibilities include financial oversight of the system, including academic medical centers, specialty hospitals, community hospitals, physician organizations, a health plan, and a nursing and health professions school. He leads several finance-related enterprise functions, including corporate accounting and payroll, annual budgeting, long-term financial planning, managed care contracting, a revenue cycle operation, real estate, supply chain and investments. Under his leadership, Mass General Brigham has launched a diversified business unit focused on building and scaling new non-care delivery businesses including specialty pharmacy, international advisory and clinical AI businesses, providing ongoing financial support for the system’s four-part mission. Mr. Gandhi and his team have also overseen the system’s full integration of revenue cycle function across all aspects of hospital and physician operations, and has completed the implementation of a new enterprise resource planning system across finance, supply chain and other administrative processes. As part of the system’s efforts to expand collaboration and out-of-state access to services, he has also led joint ventures, including a radiation oncology center in Florida with Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
Steve Glass. Executive Vice President and CFO at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City). Mr. Glass joined Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as executive vice president and CFO in March 2026, bringing more than three decades of experience across the healthcare provider and payer sectors. Mr. Glass most recently served as president and CEO of Medical Mutual Insurance Co., a large regional insurer based in Ohio, from 2022 to 2024. Prior to that, he served as CFO of Cleveland Clinic from 2005 to 2022, during which he helped guide the system’s growth from a largely Ohio-based organization with approximately $3 billion in revenue into a global healthcare enterprise with more than $13 billion in revenue and operations spanning multiple states and countries. Earlier in his career, Mr. Glass held senior financial leadership roles at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health and its predecessor organizations, having begun his healthcare career in Baltimore in 1988. At Memorial Sloan Kettering, he oversees the institution’s financial strategy and operations in support of its mission to end cancer.
Mike Gleason. Executive Vice President and CFO of FMOL Health (Baton Rouge, La.). Mr. Gleason brings over three decades of healthcare financial leadership to his role as CFO of FMOL Health, overseeing financial and IT operations across Louisiana and Mississippi. He has a rare blend of provider and payer experience, having successfully launched three health system-owned insurance plans throughout his career. Under Mr. Gleason’s guidance, the system has experienced some of its strongest financial years to date, driven by disciplined stewardship aligned with mission-focused priorities. His expertise with public and private debt markets and strong relationships with rating agencies have helped secure the organization’s financial sustainability. He is also an active community leader, serving on nonprofit boards and finance committees dedicated to improving healthcare access for the uninsured.
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.
Todd Goodman. Senior Executive Vice President and CFO at AdventHealth (Altamonte Springs, Fla.). Mr. Goodman oversees AdventHealth Florida’s financial operations for the system’s hospitals, freestanding emergency rooms and a network of employed physicians. His strategic guidance has propelled AdventHealth to operating revenue margins that mark a return to pre-pandemic levels. His visionary approach has been crucial in spearheading strategic growth, capital deployment and margin improvement, as well as managed care initiatives that significantly enhance the organization’s reach and impact. He fosters numerous physician partnerships, investment opportunities and revenue optimization strategies. He engages with industry leaders through active participation and leadership in various industry organizations, serving on governance boards for HealthFirst, AdventHealth University, Southwest Adventist University and Heart of Florida United Way. In recognition of his contributions to AdventHealth’s mission and leadership in mission-related achievements, Mr. Goodman was awarded the 2022 AdventHealth “Crystal Angel Award.”
Ryan Grady. Senior Vice President and CFO at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, N.Y.). A key figure on the Roswell Park finance team since 2014, Mr. Grady helped position the nation’s first cancer research and treatment center to earn the highest rating of “exceptional” from the National Cancer Institute. He helped guide Roswell Park past the $1 billion operating budget mark on the heels of the Covid-19 pandemic, increasing revenue by 30%. His focus on sustainable growth enabled several major capital projects. These include a suburban outpatient care center, an outreach and engagement center visited by more than 5,000 community members in its first year, and a cleanroom facility expansion that led to the opening of the largest academic cell therapy manufacturing center in the country. His efforts also supported an 87% increase in grant dollars, a 53% rise in numbers of patients accrued to clinical trials and an 86% uptick in cancer screening procedures.
Susan Green. Executive Vice President and System CFO at Sharp HealthCare (San Diego). Ms. Green oversees enterprisewide financial strategy, capital planning, payer strategy and fiscal stewardship for Sharp HealthCare, one of California’s largest integrated health systems. She partners closely with the CEO, executive team, physicians and board of directors to align the system’s financial plan with long-term clinical, operational and strategic priorities. Since joining Sharp HealthCare, Ms. Green has provided clarity and strategic direction during periods of labor pressure, inflation and reimbursement change, and she is recognized for translating complex financial challenges into actionable insights that support high-quality, affordable patient care. Previously, Ms. Green was executive vice president and CFO of Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine, where she led the financial operations of a nearly $3 billion academic medical center-based health system that includes Tufts Medical Center and multiple community hospitals. Across both organizations, she is recognized for strengthening financial discipline, navigating reimbursement and regulatory complexity and supporting sustainable, mission-driven growth.
Mark Gross. Vice President and CFO at Hillsdale (Mich.) Hospital. Mr. Gross provides financial leadership to Hillsdale Hospital, overseeing budget and contract management, fiscal services, supply chain, revenue cycle and patient accounts, health information management systems, admitting and inpatient pharmacy services. Since becoming CFO in April 2018, he has advanced the hospital’s financial position by creating revenue cycle efficiencies, renegotiating payer contracts, streamlining budget processes and managing Covid-19 funding. Net days in accounts receivable has steadily decreased under his tenure, improving cash on hand, and he introduced the automation of many revenue cycle processes, along with a stoplight report that has become a guiding document for the hospital’s revenue cycle committee. Mr. Gross has renegotiated multiple payer contracts, including one that resulted in millions of dollars in added revenue, and he oversaw the implementation of budgeting software that replaced a cumbersome manual Excel process while emphasizing manager accountability for departmental budgets. During the pandemic, he proactively sought state and federal funding opportunities and navigated the compliance and reporting regulations needed to retain those funds. He later oversaw a group purchasing organization change that produced significant savings. Hillsdale Hospital’s recent recognitions include the USA Today 2025 “Top Workplace” recognition and a “Rural and Community Top 100 Hospital” designation in 2022. Before joining Hillsdale, Mr. Gross served as CFO at two other hospitals, including roles as vice president of finance and CFO at North Ottawa Community Health System in Grand Haven, Mich. and executive vice president and CFO at South Haven (Mich.) Health System.
Andrew Guarni. Executive Vice President and CFO at Hoag (Newport Beach, Calif.). Mr. Guarni leads the financial strategy and operations of Hoag, overseeing financial planning, capital strategy, budgeting, revenue cycle and long-term investment planning across the system’s expanding network of hospitals, specialty institutes, ambulatory sites and community-based services. At the center of his accomplishments is his leadership of Hoag’s $1.2 billion Irvine expansion, anchored by the six-building Sun Family Campus opening in September 2026, which includes a surgical pavilion, a women’s hospital and women’s outpatient pavilion, and a cancer and digestive hospital. He has implemented proactive strategies to manage rising supply chain costs and shifting reimbursement, including bulk purchasing, vendor optimization and cost-saving initiatives that allow the system to reinvest in patient care and innovation. As changes to federal healthcare subsidies have increased the number of uninsured individuals, Mr. Guarni has helped guide Hoag’s response through partnerships with organizations such as CalOptima Health and support of community programs like the Melinda Hoag Smith Center for Healthy Living. He also serves as executive leader of Hoag’s fellowship program and helped secure the system’s sponsorship of the OC Marathon. Mr. Guarni was named “CFO of the Year” by the Orange County Business Journal in 2025, and Hoag was ranked highest of all hospitals in Orange County by U.S. News & World Report for 2025-26 and earned its fifth Magnet re-designation in 2026. Earlier in his career, he served as vice president of finance at Hoag Health and held senior finance roles including executive vice president and CFO at Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network and CFO at Lafayette, La.-based Our Lady of Lourdes Health Care System.
Joe Guarracino. Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and CFO at White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital. Mr. Guarracino carries full accountability for financial operations at White Plains Hospital, a 292-bed medical center and tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. He is tasked with overseeing revenue cycle management, patient accounts, accounts payable, long-term financial planning, capital strategy and audit processes. As chief administrative officer, his scope extends beyond finance to organizational performance, banking and lender relationships, and complex insurance and government funding negotiations. Since joining in 2016, Mr. Guarracino has helped transform a strong community institution into a tertiary hub of advanced care, with the hospital’s net patient service revenue quadrupling since 2015 and rising 13.4% in 2025 over the prior fiscal year alone. He served as the financial architect behind the hospital’s largest-ever campus transformation, a 10-story expansion estimated at $750 million that will nearly double the hospital’s size when it opens in 2028. He was instrumental in securing the $500 million Dormitory Authority of the State of New York bond that finances the project. Mr. Guarracino brings more than 30 years of healthcare finance experience, including a prior role as senior vice president and CFO at The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center, where he led the institution out of bankruptcy, and earlier roles as CFO across three hospitals within the Health Quest System before its merger. He serves as an executive board member of Healthfirst Insurance Company and as adjunct faculty at Iona University and Long Island University.
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.
Don Halliwill. Executive Vice President and CFO at Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.). Mr. Halliwill oversees all financial activities of Carilion Clinic, an organization with annual revenues of $2.93 billion, as well as strategy development and implementation across clinical and business lines. He joined Carilion in 1997 and assumed increasing responsibilities, including CEO of Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, Va. and CFO of Carilion’s hospital division. He was named to his current role in 2013. As CFO, Mr. Halliwill helped lead the organization’s reorganization from a hospital system into a patient-centered, physician-led clinic while navigating the impacts of payment reform. He guided the high-profile $500 million expansion of flagship Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, which opened in 2025 with an expanded emergency department and enhanced cardiovascular institute. He has been instrumental in Carilion’s academic health center partnerships with the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, and he has driven the region’s biotech and life sciences ecosystem, including Carilion Clinic Innovation, Usability Works and the creation of RoVa Labs, the region’s first labs incubator developed with the city of Roanoke, Virginia Tech and other partners. Mr. Halliwill has also made Carilion’s pricing more transparent. He was named No. 14 on FinanceandInvesting.com‘s “Top 25 CFOs of Virginia” in 2023.
Melinda Hancock. Executive Vice President and CFO at Sentara Health (Virginia Beach, Va.). Ms. Hancock is responsible for all centralized financial operations at Sentara Health, a nonprofit integrated delivery system with 12 hospitals, more than 1 million health plan members and more than 34,000 team members, overseeing accounting and actuarial services, financial planning and analysis, revenue cycle, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, managed care contracting, the system’s capital structure and its treasury function. She joined Sentara in 2021 as inaugural chief administrative officer, became inaugural chief transformation officer in 2023 to help lead the “One Sentara” strategic plan, and became executive vice president and CFO in January 2025. Under her direction, the transformation office launched more than 1,150 initiatives with an income impact of $735 million over three years. As CFO she has focused on transparency and accountability, including financial acumen education, cost-center-level budgeting paired with quarterly forecasts, structured management operating reviews and opportunities around automation and AI. Her work supports a turnaround from the system’s first operating loss in 2024 stemming from Medicaid redetermination. Sentara earned a 3.4% operating margin in 2025 and is on track to achieve its two-year turnaround targets. Before Sentara, Ms. Hancock served as chief administration and financial officer at Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health and as senior vice president and CFO for the Virginia market of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Health System. She also serves on the board of trustees of the American Hospital Association.
Fred Hargett. Executive Vice President and CFO of UPMC (Pittsburgh). Mr. Hargett is executive vice president and CFO of UPMC, coming on board in October 2023 after 15 years in the same position for Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health. During his tenure as CFO there, he helped grow the system from a $1.5 billion organization to an $8 billion organization and expanded clinical programs and services. He also served the system as financial planner and analyst, as well as executive vice president of finance.
Jeff Harrington. Senior Vice President and CFO at Children’s Hospital Colorado (Aurora). Mr. Harrington became CFO of the Children’s Hospital in 2013 after serving as its vice president of finance. He oversees the system’s accounting, financial planning, treasury, financial systems, decision support, payroll management, payer strategy and facility functions. He has overseen the system’s expansion and two hospital additions. He has also developed financial dashboards for real-time productivity and staffing analytics. He joined the hospital from the Atlantic Health System where he served as corporate director of finance.
Mark Henrichs. Associate Vice President for Finance and CFO at University of Iowa Health Care (Iowa City). Mr. Henrichs is responsible for the overall financial stewardship of University of Iowa Health Care, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, including its hospitals, physician practice operations and academic missions across clinical care, education and research. He oversees all core financial operations, including budgeting and forecasting, accounting, debt management, revenue cycle finance and third-party contracting. He develops and executes long-range financial and capital plans, including multibillion-dollar investment strategies to support growth in clinical capacity, ambulatory access and academic programs. Mr. Henrichs became permanent associate vice president and CFO in December 2021 and brings more than 30 years of healthcare financial leadership experience. Under his leadership, the health system has maintained strong credit ratings, including “Aa2, stable” from Moody’s and an “AA” long-term rating from S&P, supporting continued access to capital. He has modernized financial management practices, including transitioning the organization to a rolling forecast model, and has overseen efforts to improve revenue cycle performance, reduce structural expense, and enhance transparency at both the departmental and enterprise level. Mr. Henrichs leads the UI Health Care finance committee, serves on the Iowa Poison Control Center board and serves on the strategic CFO steering committee for the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Vizient CFO networking steering committee. The health system’s medical center annually ranks as the top hospital in Iowa according to U.S. News & World Report.
Scott Herndon. Executive Vice President and CFO at Beth Israel Lahey Health (Cambridge, Mass.). Mr. Herndon leads all aspects of the finance function at Beth Israel Lahey Health, one of the largest health systems in New England, with 39,000 employees across 14 hospitals and net operating revenue of $9.7 billion. Since joining in 2025, he has advanced the system’s financial recovery, which produced an operating gain of $93 million last year. His leadership in revenue cycle optimization is projected to yield more than $50 million in improvement in fiscal 2026, and the system is deploying AI to optimize overall revenue cycle performance. Mr. Herndon has also enabled record capital deployment planned for fiscal 2026, ensuring investments across the system are aligned with strategic priorities. He plays a central role in supporting long-term efforts, including the Dana-Farber Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Collaboration, which will lead to New England’s only dedicated adult inpatient cancer hospital. Before joining the system, Mr. Herndon spent nearly a decade at ST. Louis-based Ascension, where he held successive finance leadership roles, most recently senior vice president and CFO of system and strategic finance, and previously served as CFO at Kendall Regional Medical Center in Tamiami, Fla. He is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Medical Group Management Association.
Doug Hilliard. Group CFO for AdventHealth Florida (Orlando). Mr. Hilliard oversees the financial strategy and operations of AdventHealth Florida. With a 30-year career at AdventHealth, his strategic approach has led to strong revenue growth, market share capture and cost improvements that lead to stable operating margins. In partnership with clinical and operational leaders, he has designed and deployed leading practice care management, clinical documentation and utilization management programs to improve patient care while ensuring efficient operations for the health system. Previous leadership positions include vice president of finance, senior vice president and senior finance officer of Orlando–Children’s campus, and CFO of acute care services. His top priorities for financial stewardship include strategic and service line growth, length of stay strategies, revenue cycle performance, workforce management and deployment of strategic capital projects. Mr. Hilliard is also an active participant in organizations that support local initiatives and foster community development, including his role as chair of The Abel Trust.
Shane Hilton. CFO at Ballad Health (Johnson City, Tenn.). Mr. Hilton serves as CFO at Ballad Health, bringing more than 30 years of healthcare finance experience to the role, including more than 20 years with the system and its predecessor organization. Mr. Hilton joined legacy Mountain States Health Alliance in 2000 and held a series of escalating finance leadership roles there, including CFO for Washington County operations, director of accounting and accounts payable, and vice president and CFO for the system’s Tennessee operations. He then served as vice president and CFO for market operations, overseeing finances for Johnson City Medical Center, 12 other hospitals in Tennessee and Virginia, two nursing homes and the home health and hospice division. Prior to joining Mountain States, he served as CFO for Lancaster General Hospital-Susquehanna Division in Columbia, Pa. Mr. Hilton is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a fellow of the advisory board and has served on multiple community boards, finance committees and hospital committees.
Jason Hinkle. CFO at Deaconess Illinois (Marion). Mr. Hinkle serves as the executive finance leader for Deaconess Illinois, an affiliate of Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System, overseeing four hospitals across Southern Illinois and ensuring financial stewardship supports access to high-quality care in the rural communities the region serves. He facilitates monthly financial performance reviews, monitors operational and financial key performance indicators, tracks payer denial and underpayment trends, and partners with operational and service-line leaders to set performance targets that balance labor utilization, growth and sustainability. He also serves as a primary liaison to regulators, auditors, financial institutions, vendors and strategic partners, and provides financial and strategic analysis for new service lines, capital investments and potential acquisitions. Mr. Hinkle designed and implemented a systemwide tool for identifying, tracking and reporting key financial initiatives across the enterprise. Since he joined Deaconess Illinois in 2025, the hospitals have seen a more than 33% increase in volumes and a 900-plus basis-point year-over-year improvement in operating margin. During this time, Deaconess Illinois Medical Center was designated a primary stroke center, installed a first-in-the-nation 3T MRI and solidified new partnerships with local universities. Mr. Hinkle previously served as regional director of finance operations at Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine and finance manager at Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, and he sits on the advisory board of the Kiwanis Club of Marion.
Bradley Hipp. Vice President and CFO of Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center. Mr. Hipp oversees financial operations for Tucson Medical Center, TMC Rincon, TMCOne, Northern Cochise Community Hospital and Benson Hospital, leading enterprisewide financial strategy, operational performance and system-level financial management across all care sites. He is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, capital planning and performance improvement initiatives, and provides executive leadership across finance, supply chain, contracting and analytics. One of his most significant accomplishments is leading the enterprisewide financial improvement and contingency planning initiative, for which he established executive accountability, quantified impact targets, and a disciplined monthly performance cadence to proactively address fiscal 2026 financial risk. Mr. Hipp also oversaw financial planning and execution for major expansion efforts, including the TMC Rincon Hospital expansion, supporting increases in inpatient, surgical, oncology and cardiac volumes while ensuring responsible capital deployment. His oversight of supply chain, contracting and value analysis has advanced systemwide cost containment, contract renegotiation and inflation mitigation, and he has modernized the system’s budget processes and championed enterprise analytics modernization to strengthen executive and board-level decision making. Before joining TMC Health, Mr. Hipp served as CFO of Banner University Medicine Tucson and vice president of finance at Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine.
Greg Hoffman. CFO at Providence (Renton, Wash.). Mr. Hoffman leads Providence’s financial operations, ensuring that performance is aligned with strategic objectives for a better world. He heads up annual operating revenue and capital budgets. He also communicates the system’s financial performance to stakeholders, ensuring that everything is conducted ethically. When Covid-19 hit, Mr. Hoffman helped the system to form a nimbler administrative structure and expand outpatient care. He also leads up the system’s donation efforts, contributing to the community and closing gaps in health access.
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. Some of these initiatives are part of the system’s financial stewardship program, which has realized over $590 million of financial benefit since 2017. 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.
Adam Horst. Executive Vice President and CFO at Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, Calif.). Mr. Horst assumed the role of executive vice president and CFO at Stanford Health Care in June 2026, bringing more than two decades of financial management and strategy experience in healthcare and government. Since 2020, Mr. Horst has served as CFO of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic’s flagship campus, its largest business unit, where he oversaw an $8 billion annual budget. During his tenure at Mayo Clinic, he played a key role in advancing major capital and innovation initiatives and was an advocate for automation and AI solutions. Prior to Mayo Clinic, Mr. Horst held senior leadership roles at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis and with the State of Indiana. Now, at Stanford Health Care, he oversees all financial strategy, planning and reporting for the organization.
Kolin Huth. CFO for Jackson County Regional Health Center (Maquoketa, Iowa). Mr. Huth serves as CFO, compliance officer and IT overseer at Jackson County Regional Health Center. In his role, he orchestrates financial intricacies ranging from reimbursement strategies to payroll management. He also ensures operational integrity and technological advancement. He spearheads visionary growth initiatives, aiding in successful expansions, reducing debt, and championing accessible healthcare by recruiting specialized talent. Notably, Mr. Huth facilitated a seamless organizational change for the hospital’s employees as the hospital transitioned from Davenport, Iowa-based Genesis Health System to Clive, Iowa-based Mercyone Health System. Outside of the hospital setting, he engages in several professional and community organizations, including the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Iowa Hospital Association, and Iowa Home Town Health.
Daniel P. Isacksen Jr. Executive Vice President and CFO at Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Mr. Isacksen leads Trinity Health’s financial operations, risk management and insurance, real estate and construction, and information services. A results-driven financial leader, he has spent the last 30 years serving in Catholic healthcare, including financial executive positions in other Catholic health systems, academic providers and community health care systems. Before assuming his current role, Mr. Isacksen served as executive vice president and regional CFO of Loyola Medicine in Maywood, Illinois, one of Trinity Health’s regional health ministries, where he played a key role in driving operational improvements and delivering a significant financial turnaround. He previously served as CFO for Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Alexian Brothers Health System’s physician enterprise, where he led all finance-related functions, including accounting and financial reporting, budgeting and strategic planning, revenue cycle management and physician contracting. Earlier roles include hospital controller and several other health system financial leadership positions. He first began his career at Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Isacksen serves on several boards for regional health systems and joint ventures and is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, including its large-system CFO advisory council.
Raju Iyer. CFO at El Camino Health (Mountain View, Calif.). Mr. Iyer oversees all financial operations at El Camino Health, including strategic planning, forecasting, risk management, capital investment and long-term growth initiatives, with a focus on ensuring access to care for the growing communities while keeping the system a strong, independent provider in a highly competitive market. He joined El Camino Health in January 2026, bringing more than 25 years of healthcare finance leadership experience and a track record across the planning and construction of five hospitals. Before joining, he served as CFO at San Francisco-based UCSF Health, where he oversaw financial stewardship for a system exceeding $10 billion and enabled major infrastructure projects, strategic partnerships and joint ventures across hospitals and hundreds of outpatient locations. At Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, he helped manage financial operations for a $15 billion integrated system spanning 21 hospitals and multiple medical foundations, and he also held regional and market CFO roles at multiple health systems. Mr. Iyer is recognized for transformative growth initiatives and technical expertise in revenue cycle management, including initiating regional supply chain changes that saved millions and improving coding processes to capture significant additional annual revenue. He has served as a mentor for programs such as the Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s Tenet Finance Academy.
Hannah Jacobs. Senior Vice President and CFO of Frederick (Md.) Health. Ms. Jacobs has served in her role at Frederick Health since 2022. During that time, she garnered rate increases from the Maryland Health Services cost review commission, improved Fitch ratings, steered the organization through challenging cyber events, and opened a $47 million critical care capital project and several new ambulatory locations. Frederick Health is the largest non-governmental employer in Frederick County. It comprises a full complement of healthcare services to residents of surrounding counties, including primary care, population health, acute and critical inpatient care, hospice and home care.
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.
Paul Jenny. Senior Vice President and CFO at Cincinnati Children’s. Mr. Jenny oversees finances for Cincinnati Children’s, an academic medical center with annual operating revenue of about $4 billion and a workforce of nearly 20,000 that makes it the region’s second-largest employer. He successfully guided the system’s finances through the Covid-19 pandemic and significant shifts in National Institutes of Health funding, ensuring the organization could continue delivering high-quality care while sustaining its research mission, which has doubled in size over the past decade. As a leader on the executive steering committee, Mr. Jenny has helped advance Cincinnati Children’s collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, building on more than 15 years of work in the region to establish a world-class pediatric center of excellence alongside SEHA Sheikh Khalifa Medical City in Abu Dhabi. Before joining Cincinnati Children’s, he served as chief business officer at UC San Francisco beginning in 2016, managing a complex portfolio that included finance, real estate, human resources and IT, and was appointed interim executive vice president and CFO for the University of California from 2019 to 2020. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jenny held leadership roles at UC Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of Alaska, the Brookings Institution and Loyola University New Orleans. He chairs the board of CincyTech and sits on the boards of 340B Health, Cintrifuse and StaqPharma. He was named “CFO of the Year, Nonprofit” in the Cincinnati Business Courier‘s “C-Suite Awards” for 2023-24.
Alec King. Executive Vice President and CFO at Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston). Mr. King leads financial strategy and operations for Memorial Hermann Health System, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in Texas, with more than 280 care delivery sites, over 6,600 employed and affiliated physicians, and 35,000 employees. His responsibilities span financial planning, accounting, treasury, investment management and revenue cycle, along with systemwide operations including supply chain, real estate, food and nutrition, security and environmental services, and he provides financial oversight for the system’s accountable care organization programs. Over the past five years he has guided more than $2.2 billion in capital investment across the system, supporting modernization, expanded access and the strengthening of high-acuity programs. Mr. King’s disciplined financial planning, active investment portfolio and debt management strategies have helped Memorial Hermann maintain a strong balance sheet, liquidity and debt capacity, contributing to its ability to hold the No. 1 market share in a highly competitive region. He leads efforts to strengthen revenue cycle performance by leveraging AI and other tools to improve documentation, coding and patient access. He also advances the system’s direct-to-employer portfolio, including health navigator programs and employer direct networks. Mr. King has led the financial strategy behind major expansions, including TIRR Memorial Hermann, the Memorial Hermann Cancer Center—Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann. Before Memorial Hermann, he served as CFO at Washington, D.C.-based Children’s National Health System and held multiple financial leadership roles within Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
Mark T. Knight. Executive Vice President and CFO at Jackson Health System (Miami). Mr. Knight oversees all financial operations for Jackson Health System, one of the nation’s largest and most complex public health systems. He is responsible for overall financial strategy, long-range planning, budgeting, financial reporting, treasury functions, capital deployment and revenue cycle performance across hospitals, outpatient centers, specialty institutes and service lines. When Mr. Knight joined the system in 2010, the organization had lost nearly $430 million between mid-2006 and mid-2011, and under his leadership the system reversed that trajectory and has achieved multimillion-dollar surpluses every year since 2012. This has been achieved while improving clinical outcomes, increasing patient volume and enhancing customer service. He played an instrumental role in the “Jackson Miracle-Building Bond Program,” an $830 million capital initiative that has funded new hospitals, renovated facilities and expanded specialty services. That work earned him the South Florida Business Journal “CFO Award for Turnaround Achievement” in 2014. Mr. Knight has also strengthened revenue cycle performance, optimized operational efficiency and guided major investments in technology, infrastructure and service line growth.
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 and its nine-hospital system, 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.
Travis Lakey. CFO of Mayers Memorial Healthcare District (Fall River Mills, Calif.). Mr. Lakey has been credited with bringing Mayers Memorial Healthcare District from the brink of bankruptcy to financial stability. As a growing district with a frontier critical access hospital in rural California, Mayers Memorial Healthcare District and the surrounding community both directly benefit from Mr. Lakey’s fiscal responsibility and sound financial judgment. He has served as CFO since 2009.
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 the 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.
Dennis Laraway. Executive Vice President and CFO of Cleveland Clinic. Mr. Laraway was named Cleveland Clinic’s new CFO in March 2023. He joined Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit academic medical center comprising 23 hospitals, after having served as executive vice president and CFO at Banner Health, a Phoenix-based health system. He also has experience as CFO for Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston and Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, Texas.
Kirsten Largent. CFO at OSF HealthCare (Peoria, Ill.). Ms. Largent brings more than three decades of experience with OSF HealthCare, where she has played a central role in shaping financial strategy through periods of growth and volatility. Since stepping into the CFO role in November 2024, she has expanded her impact across both the health system and its enterprise services platform, which provides technology, healthcare technology management, supply chain, facilities and business services to organizations nationwide. She has led a disciplined effort to boost OSF’s financial performance, targeting a 3.5% operating margin for fiscal year 2026, an improvement from 0% in 2025 and 0.3% in 2024. Her forward-looking approach supports strategic investments in key service lines including oncology, neurology, cardiology and pediatrics. Ms. Largent has modernized financial planning processes, strengthened capital allocation discipline and introduced systemwide productivity benchmarking tools, while advancing the use of AI and analytics to improve efficiency and expand access to care. Since 2026, she has also served as CEO of Pointcore, a wholly-owned OSF subsidiary that handles non-clinical operational work including IT, biomedical equipment management, supply chain, construction and facilities, and business services. Ms. Largent has served the OSF ministry since 1993, most recently as senior vice president of financial operations and earlier as vice president of financial planning and analysis.
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. The system’s financials and ratings rebounded significantly over the past year, given Renown’s position as the service area’s largest acute care provider. 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 Trinity Health West and Midwest. Ms. Lukasick serves as CFO for Trinity Health’s West and Midwest region, overseeing financial accountability for acute care, medical group and ambulatory operations across a multistate footprint, collectively representing more than $9 billion in revenue. She leads teams responsible for accounting, financial operations, IT, operational excellence, payer strategies, planning, design and construction, real estate, revenue cycle and supply chain. Additionally, she is accountable for short- and long-term financial planning, including capital strategy and operational budgeting. Ms. Lukasick led Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine through a complex transition to a new Epic instance, helping unify Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health as 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 oversaw a centralized data hub that enables real-time access to financial and operational metrics across the region. With a career at Loyola Medicine beginning in 2004, she has held progressively senior roles including regional vice president of finance operations and interim CFO, and she played a pivotal role in Trinity Health’s acquisition of Loyola Medicine and the integration of MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, Ill. Ms. Lukasick is a member of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s finance and audit committee.
Jonathan Ma. Executive Vice President, CFO and Treasurer at Sutter Health (Sacramento, Calif.). Mr. Ma is responsible for overall financial operations at Sutter Health, an integrated nonprofit health system. There, he has helped position the organization as financially stable and mission-driven while expanding access to care. Sutter’s 2025 audited financials reflect that stability, with $509 million in operating income and a 2.6% operating margin while serving 3.6 million patients, approximately 112,000 more than in 2024. Under Mr. Ma’s financial guidance, the system has continued investing in growth, including new care sites, workforce expansion, and digital and AI-enabled capabilities that improve access and patient experience. He emphasizes disciplined capital allocation aligned to mission, supporting nearly $1.2 billion in community health investments. Known for his collaborative leadership style, Mr. Ma prioritizes alignment across teams and a strong connection to purpose. He joined Sutter Health in 2019 from Morgan Stanley.
Jarred C. Matchett. CFO of Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia). Mr. Matchett, CFO of Fox Chase Cancer Center, has driven a transformative financial strategy since joining in 2022. With prior leadership roles at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, Mr. Matchett brought deep experience in operational restructuring and financial turnaround. He has championed investments in “people infrastructure” across clinical and research units, including staffing enhancements that improved radiology turnaround times and boosted patient satisfaction. He has also overseen facility expansions, including new infusion services and the development of clinical trials infrastructure. His leadership emphasizes accountability, transparency and patient volume growth through strategic integration within Temple University Health System, also headquartered in Philadelphia.
Kenneth Matsis. Senior Vice President and CFO at Southern New Hampshire Health (Nashua). Mr. Matsis leads financial operations and strategy for Southern New Hampshire Health, overseeing financial reporting, budgeting, auditing and accounting functions while also leading database and system implementations to improve efficiency and accuracy. With more than 25 years of experience, he partners closely with executive leadership to streamline workflows, support strategic decision-making and drive strong financial performance. Since becoming senior vice president and CFO in March 2025, Mr. Matsis has advanced the organization’s financial performance, culminating in its highest-ever rating from S&P Global Ratings, an “A-” score that reflects strong operating performance, increasing patient volumes and a stable financial foundation. He played an integral role in the evaluation, overseeing comprehensive financial reporting, coordinating data analysis and hosting on-site visits with analysts. Mr. Matsis introduced monthly operating reviews designed to strengthen financial literacy among leaders and connect financial performance to day-to-day operations, improving transparency and accountability across departments. His leadership has also contributed to improved operating margins, growing financial reserves and continued investments in facility upgrades, advanced technology and specialty services like a new heart and vascular center. Before becoming CFO, he held finance roles at the system including vice president of finance, financial controller and assistant financial controller. Earlier, he served in financial leadership positions at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., Concord (N.H.) Hospital and Home Health and Hospice Care in Merrimack, N.H.
David Mazurkiewicz. Executive Vice President and CFO at McLaren Health Care (Grand Blanc, Mich). Mr. Mazurkiewicz has been with McLaren since 2009, overseeing the system’s financial integrity and ensuring its hospitals can provide cost-effective care for patients. He also manages the system’s two health insurance plans. In Mr. Mazurkiewicz’s time with the health system, it has more than doubled, adding hospitals, ambulatory facilities and a cancer institute. His leadership has ensured McLaren’s continued financial health, reflected in its “AA” rating, despite turbulence in the healthcare reimbursement environment and volume fluctuations. Under his guidance, McLaren Health Care subsidiary hospitals have consistently earned recognition for clinical quality and safety, including from CMS, Healthgrades, Leapfrog and U.S. News & World Report.
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.
Jason McNeil. CFO of Singing River Health System (Pascagoula, Miss.). Mr. McNeil has led Singing River Health System through a remarkable financial turnaround and returning the organization to profitability. His initiatives have led to reduced claim denials, accelerated collections, and improved cash-on-hand. By transitioning the system to “DSH 340B” status and increasing its Medicare wage index, he unlocked millions in reimbursements that fueled capital investments and expanded access. Mr. McNeil implemented advanced financial controls and mentored emerging leaders, all while ensuring strategic and mission-based decision-making. He also serves as treasurer of the system’s foundation and holds board roles with multiple regional organizations.
Rick McWhorter. Senior Executive Vice President and CFO at Texas Health Resources (Arlington). Mr. McWhorter serves as senior executive vice president and CFO for Texas Health Resources, the largest nonprofit health system in North Texas. The system serves more than 1.7 million patients annually across 16 counties encompassing 8 million people. The system provides care at more than 420 access points, including 29 hospital locations, and comprises 6,800 employed and affiliated physicians and 30,000 employees. He provides financial oversight across accounting, financial risk, investments and treasury services, insurance services, revenue cycle management, real estate operations and supply chain management. With Texas Health and its predecessor organizations for 36 years and CFO since December 2018, Mr. McWhorter has been instrumental in implementing the system’s board-approved financial sustainability policy, which has helped maintain a strong balance sheet, top-tier credit rating and ample liquidity through financial headwinds. In 2020, he led the issuance of $300 million of system taxable revenue bonds, achieving the lowest all-in cost of debt on a 30-year taxable bond issue by an “AA” rated health system on record in the industry. In 2025, he executed another bond offering of more than $900 million, the largest in the system’s history. In 2024 Texas Health provided more than $1.18 billion in charity care and community benefit, five times the state requirement. Mr. McWhorter serves on boards and committees of several joint ventures, including Southwestern Health Resources in Farmers Branch,Texas, and chairs the finance and audit committee of his alma mater, Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas.
Sergio Melgar. Executive Vice President and CFO of UMass Memorial Health (Worcester, Mass.). Mr. Melgar is executive vice president and CFO of UMass Memorial Health, where he leads finance, IT, revenue cycle and facilities management. He has driven cross-functional collaboration, leading the system to Epic “Gold Stars Level 10” recognition and successfully centralizing the revenue cycle systemwide. Mr. Melgar’s leadership has helped transform the system’s financial health, restoring its credit rating from junk status to “A-” while doubling liquidity. He also oversees long-range facility planning and expansions that address community needs across Central Massachusetts. His initiatives have resulted in awards for health equity, IT excellence and operational performance. Additionally, he serves as a board member of the Women’s Justice Initiative.
Mark Meyer. CFO of UT Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas). Mr. Meyer oversees the financial solvency and direction of UT Southwestern Medical Center, which includes hospitals, a medical school and clinics. During his time at UT Southwestern, Mr. Meyer has improved the case mix index year over year, and his approach to revenue cycle and cost management helped the hospital exceed its budget operating margin. He also led efforts to expand Clements University Hospital in Dallas, a 30-month project that added a tower and 144 beds campuswide. He has previous experience as executive vice president and CFO of both Atlanta-based Grady Health System and Arlington-based Texas Health Resources.
Morgan Meyer. CFO at Howard County Medical Center (Saint Paul, Neb.). Ms. Meyer has served as CFO of Howard County Medical Center for more than a decade, driving financial health, long-term sustainability and community impact amid the challenges of a rural critical access hospital. Her core duties encompass financial planning, budgeting and accounting, and she strategically manages limited resources to maximize patient care while aligning fiscal strategy with the hospital’s goals of enhancing the patient experience, expanding services and deepening community involvement. Ms. Meyer pioneered the creation of a financial navigator role that helps patients find drug rebates, secure co-pay assistance, identify lower-cost medications, establish manageable payment plans and connect with community resources such as food shelves and transportation services. That initiative has yielded measurable results, including a 42% reduction in self-pay debt. The medical center was named to The Chartis Group’s “Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals” in 2025 and 2024, and earned the Health Resources and Services Administration “DoNation Platinum Award” in 2025. Before her appointment as CFO, Ms. Meyer was a senior audit associate at Seim Johnson, a CPA and healthcare firm.
Chad Miller. CFO at Touro and West Jefferson Medical Center (New Orleans and Marrero, La.). Mr. Miller serves as CFO of Touro and West Jefferson Medical Center, both part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, where he oversees the organization’s financial management. He began his career with a degree in accounting and became a certified public accountant. Before his current role, Mr. Miller held key leadership positions at healthcare organizations, including serving as a CFO with Health Management Associates, where he focused on financial oversight and strategy and worked to address regulatory changes and optimize financial performance.
Patrick Minicus. Executive Vice President and CFO of Catholic Health (Rockville Centre, N.Y.). Mr. Minicus is executive vice president and CFO at Catholic Health, where he has led a major financial transformation since joining in 2017. He executed key debt financings, reorganized the finance division, and implemented systemwide technologies to enhance reporting and support long-term growth. Under his leadership, Catholic Health achieved sustained profitability and earned Fitch and S&P ratings upgrades. Mr. Minicus also helped secure over $70 million in federal relief during the Covid-19 crisis. He serves on boards for multiple surgery centers and is active in the Healthcare Financial Management Association’s New York chapter. His earlier roles include senior finance positions at Western Connecticut Health Network in Danbury and Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health.
Jennifer Mitzner. Executive Vice President and CFO of Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas). Ms. Mitzner oversees the health system’s finance, revenue cycle, health plan and value-based care functions. Since joining the health system in 2021, she has initiated a $2 billion capital plan to revitalize infrastructure and expand care access. She also secured a $500 million line of credit to support the organization’s growth. Ms. Mitzner brings nearly three decades of strategic, financial and operational experience to the role. Previously, she served as executive vice president of Orange County, Calif.-based Hoag Health, as well as CEO of its Hoag Orthopedic Institute. In 2024, she was recognized as “Outstanding CFO of a Nonprofit Organization” by D CEO Magazine, which honors top corporate finance executives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Jim Molloy. Executive Vice President and CFO at Ochsner Health (New Orleans). Mr. Molloy serves as executive vice president and CFO of Ochsner Health, the leading nonprofit healthcare provider in the Gulf South, delivering care at 47 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. As CFO, he manages accounting, financial planning and analysis, reimbursement, revenue cycle, managed care contracting and treasury, and he is instrumental in the strategic growth of the system. Under his guidance, the health system has achieved financial stability while advancing its mission to provide world-class care to the communities it serves. Before joining the system, Mr. Molloy served as managing director and head of municipal banking at Citi, where he was a trusted advisor to Ochsner for several years and managed banking for municipal-related activities including public finance, healthcare, higher education and public-private partnerships. With more than 30 years of healthcare finance experience, he has worked with some of the nation’s largest health systems and built a reputation for expertise in capital structure optimization and strategic planning. Mr. Molloy has also promoted transparency and communication between nonprofit health systems and the investor community. Earlier in his career he held senior positions in the consulting division of a Big Six accounting firm and at a rating agency.
Lisa Montman. Executive Vice President and CFO at HonorHealth (Scottsdale, Ariz.). Ms. Montman oversees HonorHealth’s full financial operations, leading budgeting, financial planning and investment strategy, including revenue cycle management, payer contracting, treasury functions and capital expenditures. She brings nearly 30 years of experience spanning public audit, Big Four firms, investor-owned software companies and mission-driven health systems. Ms. Montman led the acquisition of 11 primary care locations from Phoenix-based Evernorth Care Group, a deal that closed Jan. 1, 2026 and expanded HonorHealth patient access to care. In 2024 she led the acquisition and financial integration of several Steward hospitals into HonorHealth, unifying revenue cycle, IT and real estate systems while ensuring continuity and expansion of care. She oversees construction financing and real estate investments, approving major facility and infrastructure projects, and she champions workforce stability and community health investments, from employee crisis funds to a board role at the Glencroft Center for Modern Aging. In 2025, Ms. Montman was named “CFO of the Year” by the Arizona chapter of Financial Executives International. She previously held finance roles at HonorHealth including vice president of finance and controller, served as CFO of The CORE Institute and held positions at Interact Commerce Corporation, Sun Health Corporation, Ernst and Young, and the Office of the Auditor General of Arizona.
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.
Matthew Morgan. Senior Vice President and CFO at Cottage Health (Santa Barbara, Calif.). Mr. Morgan oversees all aspects of Cottage Health’s financial operations, including budgeting, financial planning, treasury and accounting. He serves as a key advisor to the executive team and board of directors, helping guide decisions that support the organization’s strategic goals and financial sustainability. Mr. Morgan brings more than two decades of healthcare financial leadership and a proven ability to drive performance through strategic alignment and data-driven decision-making. He most recently served as vice president and CFO at Montage Health in Monterey, Calif.
Michael Mueller. CFO of Orlando (Fla.) Health’s Orlando Region and Orlando Regional Medical Center. Mr. Mueller serves as CFO for Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he oversees the financial operations of Central Florida’s only level 1 trauma center and two of the nation’s busiest maternity and pediatric hospitals. With over two decades of CFO experience, he blends deep financial expertise with an understanding of hospital operations and physician dynamics. In fall 2024, his role expanded to encompass the entire Orlando Region, including hospitals that train nearly 350 residents and fellows annually and support complex tertiary and quaternary care. Mr. Mueller also collaborates directly with hospital departments and mentors emerging leaders in finance through tailored education programs. He spearheads key system initiatives, including the system’s environmental stewardship and sustainability committee, and serves as administrator for radiation safety and pharmacy.
Bill Munson. Vice President and CFO of Boulder (Colo.) Community Health. Mr. Munson oversees the financial strategy, operations and sustainability for Boulder Community Health, a $450 million independent community health system. His sound strategic decisions and cultivation of various partnerships has enabled the system to thrive through adversity. He first joined the system in 2008 and brings a breadth of experience in hospital financial management to his current position.
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.
David Nosacka. Senior Vice President and CFO for Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (Tacoma, Wash.). Mr. Nosacka is leading Virginia Mason Franciscan Health through a significant financial turnaround by implementing systemwide efficiencies, advancing innovation, and expanding strategic partnerships across Washington and Oregon. His efforts have produced growth in key service lines and the opening of new inpatient beds, multiple care sites and emergency departments. Mr. Nosacka’s partnership-driven approach has also brought in collaborators like Optum, Intuitive and Seattle Children’s Hospital. His community-first focus includes $31 million in investments targeting behavioral health, food insecurity and health access. He is also committed to workforce development, spearheading hiring and training pipelines while transitioning away from post-Covid contract labor dependency.
Gerald Oetzel. CFO at Temple University Health System (Philadelphia). Mr. Oetzel serves as CFO of Temple University Health System, acting as a key strategic partner to the president and CEO and leading enterprisewide financial operations like capital strategy, revenue optimization, cost transformation and long-term financial sustainability. His leadership supports the continued expansion of Temple Health’s clinical programs and facilities, including the integration and performance of key entities such as Fox Chase Cancer Center. From 2011 to 2019, as CFO of Temple University Hospital, he played a central role in a financial turnaround that restored profitability and moved the hospital into the top quartile for cost performance among academic medical centers. During his 14 years as CFO of Jeanes Hospital in Philadelphia, now TUH-Jeanes Campus, he guided its integration into Temple Health. Before returning to Temple Health in 2023, Mr. Oetzel served as CFO of La Crosse, Wis.-based Gundersen Health System and became the inaugural CFO of Green Bay, Wis.-based Emplify Health following the merger of Gundersen and Bellin Health. There, he helped build the financial and operational framework for a new multistate system. At Temple Health, he emphasizes “smart growth,” supporting the lung transplant program, now a national leader in volume and outcomes, and advancing the Temple Women and Families Hospital to address gaps in maternity care access in Philadelphia. He serves as a board member of the Temple Center for Population Health and Quartz Health Plan and as a finance committee member of Health Partners Plans.
Nick Olson. Executive Vice President and CFO of Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Mr. Olson leads a high-performing team responsible for financial planning and strategy, revenue growth and strategic reimbursement, revenue cycle, debt structuring, oversight of a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio, annual financial audits, tax filings, organizational strategic planning and innovation. The nonprofit Sanford Health has continued to reinvest in care across the communities the organization serves. He has championed a strategic, three-pronged approach focused on integrated care delivery, philanthropic support and financial diversification to ensure long-term sustainability and access. A recognized thought leader in the industry, he is often sought for his insights on financial stewardship, system integration and health care transformation.
John Orsini. Executive Vice President and CFO of Northwestern Medicine (Chicago). Mr. Orsini has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare finance, including time as executive vice president and CFO of Cadence Health, which merged with Northwestern Medicine. After the merger, Mr. Orsini became senior vice president and CMO. He now oversees strategic financial management for the health system.
Peter Ostasewski. Executive Vice President and CFO at GBMC HealthCare (Baltimore). Mr. Ostasewski joined GBMC HealthCare in January 2026 as executive vice president and CFO, bringing more than 30 years of healthcare finance leadership experience spanning nonprofit, academic and multi-facility health systems. Mr. Ostasewski most recently served as vice president of finance and CFO for Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Children’s Hospital and Penn State Health Medical Group, where he oversaw $3.5 billion in operating revenue and led initiatives that improved operating income by more than $20 million in six months. Throughout his career, he has held leadership roles at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, Pittsburgh-based UPMC, Harrisburg, Pa.-based Pinnacle Health System and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, building a track record in revenue cycle optimization, physician compensation models and strategic planning. A Baltimore native, Mr. Ostasewski also brings a clinical perspective to the role, having trained as a nurse prior to his finance career. He is also a decorated U.S. Army veteran.
Sun Park. Executive Vice President and CFO of Tenet Healthcare (Dallas). Mr. Park is executive vice president and CFO for Tenet, a role he took on in January 2024. He handles finance, investor relations, accounting and related functions for the system. He brings strong leadership experience, particularly in the corporate finance and development realm, having previously served as executive vice president and group CFO for pharmaceutical distribution and strategic global sourcing of AmerisourceBergen.
Christian Pass. CFO at Keck Medicine of USC (Los Angeles). Mr. Pass joined Keck Medicine of USC as CFO in January 2026, bringing more than 30 years of healthcare finance leadership experience to the role. Mr. Pass oversees the health system’s strategic financial plans, financial and governmental reporting, budgeting, funds flow, revenue cycle, accounting and supply chain. He collaborates closely with senior executives across the health system and the University of Southern California, leading financial decisions that support the organization’s long-term sustainability. Prior to joining Keck Medicine, Mr. Pass held senior leadership roles at Optum, most recently serving as president overseeing provider and payer-provider clients. Before Optum, he held several senior financial leadership positions at John Muir Health in Walnut Creek, Calif., culminating in the CFO role.
Stephen Pepitone. CFO at Ochsner Baton Rouge (La.). Mr. Pepitone serves as both COO of hospital services and CFO for the Ochsner Baton Rouge region, overseeing hospital-based services at Ochsner Medical Center—Baton Rouge and Ochsner Medical Complex—The Grove, including surgical operations, ancillary services and support functions. He is responsible for driving strategic growth, optimizing operational efficiencies and enhancing financial performance, and he brings more than 13 years of experience at Ochsner across both finance and operational roles. Over the past five years, Ochsner Baton Rouge has experienced 54% growth in services and patient volume, driven by investments in people, facilities and innovation, with centers of excellence in primary care and orthopedics and the Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center. Under Mr. Pepitone’s leadership, the Baton Rouge region in 2024 realized $23 million in margin improvements, representing 388% growth, accomplished through his strategies for growth and cost reduction that balanced financial efficiency with patient care. He also spearheaded quality and efficiency improvements that reduced wait times, improved care delivery metrics and enhanced resource allocation. He has implemented large-scale initiatives, including the stewardship of the Patient Flow Center and management during the launch of Ochsner Hospital for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Mr. Pepitone also serves as COO of hospital services and CFO for Ochsner’s Lake Charles (La.) region.
Frank Pipas. Executive Vice President and CFO of RWJBarnabas Health (West Orange N.J.). Mr. Pipas serves as executive vice president and CFO of RWJBarnabas Health, the state’s largest academic health system. There, he leads financial strategy across a network serving over five million residents. Since joining in 2022, he has played a pivotal role in executing a major financial turnaround. His disciplined, mission-driven leadership supports systemwide harmonization of financial policies across twelve hospitals, behavioral health services, outpatient facilities and accountable care organizations. Mr. Pipas is known for translating financial expertise into strategic investments that enhance both operational performance and the patient experience amid challenging industry headwinds. Beyond his executive responsibilities, he serves on the board of JAG Physical Therapy and remains actively involved in advancing strategic investments and community leadership.
Janice Polo. CFO at BayCare Health System (Clearwater, Fla.). Ms. Polo serves as CFO of BayCare Health System, the largest academic health system serving West Central Florida. She leads enterprisewide financial strategy with oversight of financial reporting, accounting, revenue cycle, managed care contracting, treasury, risk management and financial planning. With 38 years of professional experience, she co-leads BayCare’s value-based care initiatives with the chief physician executive and has direct oversight of BayCarePlus, the system’s Medicare Advantage plan. BayCare maintains an “Aa2” rating from Moody’s and posted an operating margin of 11.8% in 2025, up from 9.6% in 2024. Ms. Polo played a critical role in “BayCare 2.0,” a transformational initiative that ended the joint operating agreement established in 1997 and transitioned BayCare to 100% community ownership in West Central Florida. Under her financial leadership, the system has financed two hospitals, secured land and broken ground on its 17th hospital, and expanded access through new outpatient facilities, including several freestanding emergency departments. She introduced an 18-month rolling forecast model and disciplined use of internal rate of return metrics, established a centralized pricing office ahead of federal price transparency requirements, doubled the number of financial health coaches and redesigned billing statements. Before becoming CFO, Ms. Polo served as vice president of finance and director of finance at the system.
Alice Pope. Executive Vice President and CFO of Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Ms. Pope recently joined Novant Health as executive vice president and CFO. In her role, she provides strategic leadership and planning to maintain financial stability for the system. 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.
Sam Price. CFO of East Alabama Health (Opelika). Mr. Price is CFO of East Alabama Health, where he manages all financial operations including budgeting, forecasting and long-term capital planning. His steady leadership proved especially vital during the Covid-19 pandemic, when his strategic decisions ensured the organization’s financial resilience. Mr. Price has driven infrastructure investment and cost-saving initiatives that position the health system for long-term growth. His vision continues to support major expansion efforts that meet the evolving needs of the community.
Mark Prunoske. Senior Vice President and CFO at UR Medicine Thompson Health and UR Medicine Noyes Health (Canandaigua and Dansville, N.Y.). Mr. Prunoske’s tenure as senior vice president of finance and CFO for UR Medicine Thompson Health and Noyes Health entails oversight of a wide array of responsibilities across the two healthcare systems, including leading strategic initiatives to expand revenue, grow service offerings and achieve clean audits. He plays a pivotal role in driving growth, ensuring financial stability and fostering operational efficiency. Mr. Prunoske has received numerous accolades, including the Rochester Business Journal’s “Financial Executive of the Year Award.”
Julia Puchtler. CFO of Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System (Philadelphia). Ms. Puchtler provides strategic oversight for the financial operations of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, a pillar of Penn Medicine. An experienced financial leader, she advances priorities such as growth, efficient funds flow, streamlined care delivery, strong research infrastructure and workforce development across the multistate academic health system. Previously, Ms. Puchtler was CFO of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, an integrated academic medical campus at the center of Penn Medicine’s clinical, research and education missions. She joined Penn Medicine in 2015 as vice president for financial operations and budgeting, becoming the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s CFO in 2019. Ms. Puchtler has been a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association since 2011.
Steve Reichling. CFO at TMC Health (Tucson, Ariz.). Mr. Reichling oversees TMC Health’s planning, finance and business development functions, managing all financial affairs, directing real estate strategy, overseeing revenue cycle operations and payer contracting, and leading treasury functions. He is accountable for both capital and operational budgeting and for structuring complex transactions that support the system’s long-term sustainability and expansion. As CFO, Mr. Reichling led the acquisition and integration of a major oncology and radiation oncology clinic network, expanding the system’s regional presence and reinforcing its role as a leading provider in Southern Arizona. He designed TMC Health’s comprehensive five-year financial plan, aligning capital investments with core service lines and community-driven innovation, and he has safeguarded financial stability through volatile economic periods while enabling growth in patient-centered care. Under his leadership, TMC Health expanded key service lines, including the cancer center, gastroenterology, urology and cardiology, solidifying its position as the preferred regional healthcare provider. He also spearheaded a direct-to-consumer model that gives patients new ways to manage their health and connect directly with TMC Health services. Before TMC Health, Mr. Reichling served as CFO of Accelerate Diagnostics and as general manager and the director of finance and operations at Spring Bioscience, a subsidiary of Roche Group.
Colleen Reid. CFO at Carson Valley Health (Gardnerville, Nev.). With more than 25 years of experience, Ms. Reid oversees the day-to-day operations of the finance division at Carson Valley Health, managing revenue cycle, materials management, finance and accounting, payroll, third-party reimbursement and managed care contracting. She secured financing through tax-exempt bonds at a low rate to help achieve Carson Valley Health’s 54,000-square-foot expansion, completed in 2024, which has increased access to affordable care for the rural community and surrounding areas. The organization issued $40.1 million in bonds on its own without guaranteed debt, an unusual step for a rural organization of its size, supported by strong balance sheets and years of solid financial performance. Ms. Reid focused on managing care contracts that had not previously received full attention, restructuring the agreements to better fit the vendor’s needs in the area and the current market. She found savings by switching the emergency department’s time-tracking vendor to an electronic system that more accurately captured physician stand-by time. In 2021, Carson Valley Health implemented success sharing for all employees and increased budgeted salaries, an effort Ms. Reid helped spearhead after determining the organization could sustain a raise amid inflationary pressures. She arrived at Carson Valley Health in November 2018, having previously served as controller at the University of California Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland for 11 years and as director of finance and controller with South Lake Tahoe, Calif.-based Barton Health from 2001 to 2007.
Shawn Remington. Senior Vice President and CFO of Halifax Health (Daytona Beach, Fla.). Mr. Remington serves as CFO of his health system, where he has been a key leader since 2002. In his role, he oversees all corporate finance functions, ensuring the financial stability and strategic alignment of the organization’s operations. With more than two decades of service, Mr. Remington brings deep institutional knowledge and consistent leadership to his work. He is a graduate of the Daytona Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce’s “Leadership Daytona” program. He also previously served on the board of the program’s alumni executive council.
Michael L. Reney. Executive Vice President and Chief Finance and Business Strategy Officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston). Since joining Dana-Farber in 2015, Mr. Reney has led all financial operations and played a key role in shaping business strategy. His leadership ensures the institute’s financial strength in a complex healthcare environment while enabling strategic investments that support Dana-Farber’s mission. Under his direction, Dana-Farber exceeded its pandemic recovery goals and is currently well-positioned to fund major initiatives. Mr. Reney serves on the boards of Longwood Collective and Controlled Risk Insurance Company. Before Dana-Farber, he held senior financial leadership roles at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Health Care, and served as assistant controller at Massachusetts General Hospital. Mr. Reney will be leaving the role this fall.
Josh Repac. CFO of Meritus Health (Hagerstown, Md.). Mr. Repac serves as CFO for Meritus Health, a role that entails overseeing all financial actions of the health system. His responsibilities include managing finances, revenue cycle, supply chain and more. He was promoted to the role in 2022, after serving as vice president of revenue cycle and clinical support services. He played an integral role in an innovative partnership between Meritus and Goodwill, a partnership that created a pathway to employment for underserved community members and established a necessary medical care site.
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.
Richard Riter. CFO of the North Coast Network at Adventist Health (Roseville, Calif.). Mr. Riter provides strategic financial leadership across Adventist Health’s North Coast Network, a multi-campus rural health system serving Northern California communities, where he is responsible for financial strategy, operating and capital planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance management. He leads the development of internal controls and financial governance structures and partners with executive, clinical and operational leaders to evaluate complex financial and strategic initiatives in rural healthcare environments. Mr. Riter brings nearly 30 years of experience across health systems, consulting and population health. Before joining Adventist Health, he served as national practice leader for revenue cycle consulting at Moss Adams/Baker Tilly, where he built the practice into a multimillion-dollar business. Earlier, as vice president and head of reimbursement for Renton, Wash.-based Providence, he led a team of more than 50 professionals and helped realize approximately $1 billion in incremental revenue through strategic reimbursement initiatives. He also led efforts to secure, manage and report on more than $1.6 billion in federal Covid-19 relief funding, and previously held roles at Ernst & Young, Boston-based Mass General Brigham and PacifiCare Health System in Cypress, Calif.
Charmaine Rochester. Senior Vice President and CFO of UC Health (Cincinnati). Ms. Rochester joined UC Health as CFO in 2024, bringing more than 30 years of experience in healthcare finance and leadership. In her role, she oversees the academic health system’s financial operations, guiding strategic growth, fiscal stability and resource optimization to support UC Health’s mission of advancing care and academic excellence. She most recently served as CFO at Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston, where she was a key strategic partner to the CEO during a period of statewide expansion. Her background also includes leadership positions at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, Bon Secours Hampton Roads in Virginia Beach, Va. and the global accounting firm KPMG. She is recognized as a fellow of both the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Mark Runyon. Executive Vice President and CFO of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital. Mr. Runyon serves as executive vice president and CFO of Tampa General Hospital, where he directs financial strategy across a fast-growing academic health system encompassing seven hospitals and over 150 care locations. Since joining in 2020, he has led the financial planning for Tampa General’s largest-ever capital expansion, including the acquisition of Bravera Health and the development of the Tampa Medical and Research District. He brings more than 30 years of experience in health finance and is known for fostering collaboration and innovation across teams. His leadership helped establish the system’s behavioral health hospital and secure financing for major infrastructure projects in a challenging economic environment. He was named “CFO of the Year” by the Tampa Bay Business Journal in 2024.
Randall J. Russell. CFO of Perry County Memorial Hospital (Tell City, Ind.) and Fairfield (Ill.) Memorial Hospital. Mr. Russell was named CFO of Fairfield Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital, on June 1. He’s also served as CFO of Perry County Memorial Hospital since 2023. He is skilled at educating board members on critical issues and distilling complex topics, resulting in a knowledgeable and informed executive team. Mr. Russell leads by example to spearhead organizational transformation towards autonomous finance. Prior to his current roles, he served as CFO at Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind.
Cheryl Sadro. Senior Vice President and CFO of Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore). Ms. Sadro assumed the role of senior vice president and CFO for Johns Hopkins Medicine in January 2024. She oversees the system’s hospitals and Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. In addition, she handles joint ventures and subsidiaries like the Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, Health Plans, Surgery Center Series and more. Ms. Sadro brings almost 25 years of experience to the position, including her most recent role as CFO for Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health.
Stephanie Schnittger. CFO at UVA Health (Charlottesville, Va.). Ms. Schnittger leads all core financial functions at the University of Virginia Health System, including budgeting, long-range financial planning, capital allocation, treasury, accounting, financial reporting, revenue cycle operations and payer contracting. During her career, she has directed finance divisions of more than 1,900 team members within organizations exceeding $13 billion in annual revenue and served as executive sponsor for two cloud-based enterprise resource planning implementations, with one already completed, and an ongoing transformational transition at UVA Health slated through 2028. Ms. Schnittger has helped increase operating cash flow from $125 million to nearly $400 million and doubled days in unrestricted cash to more than 620 over the course of her career, while managing investment portfolios totaling approximately $5 billion and leading bond offerings exceeding $1 billion. She has also driven innovation in revenue cycle operations, implementing digital patient payment solutions and robotic process automation to enhance efficiency and patient experience. She is an active contributor to Healthcare Financial Management Association, the Health Management Academy CFO circle, and the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association CFO steering committee.
Robert “Bob” Segin. Executive Vice President and CFO at Virtua Health (Marlton, N.J.). Mr. Segin is responsible for strategic financial planning and treasury management at Virtua Health, a nonprofit academic health system, along with mergers and acquisitions, physician joint ventures, managed care, construction management, supply chain, internal audit and corporate compliance. Over a four-decade tenure, he has strengthened the financial standing of the system, which became the first New Jersey health system to earn an “AA-” bond rating. It was upgraded by Fitch to “AA” last year, citing market leadership and a disciplined execution of strategic initiatives. Mr. Segin has provided financial leadership over more than $1 billion in current construction and development projects, including the expansion of two hospitals, and has helped grow the system’s 1,600-member employed physician network and its portfolio of 42 joint-venture ambulatory surgery centers. He helped lead the development of Oliver Station, a $24 million affordable-housing community in Camden, N.J., and supported the creation of Virtua’s hospital-at-home program and a centralized care logistics center. In 2025, Epic ranked Virtua the No. 1 in hospital revenue cycle performance out of more than 700 hospitals, and the system was named a “Most Wired” health system for the 14th consecutive year by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. He also serves as a New Jersey Hospital Association trustee and as board chairman of Health Business Solutions and Acentus Practice Management.
Dan Sellers. Vice President and CFO of Witham Health Services (Lebanon, Ind.). Mr. Sellers brings over 30 years of financial expertise to his role as CFO of Witham Health Services, where he also oversees clinical and administrative departments including emergency medical services and IT systems. His prior experience includes nearly two decades as CFO of Indianapolis-based Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, which operates Eskenazi Health and a network of nursing homes. At Eskenazi, Mr. Sellers was recognized as the 2013 “CFO of the Year” by the Indianapolis Business Journal for driving financial and technological improvements and helping lead the construction of a new hospital facility. Mr. Sellers has served on the board of MDwise for 15 years, underscoring his dedication to improving access to care through Medicaid-managed care innovations. Under his leadership, Witham Health Services was recently ranked No. 2 in Indiana and No. 28 nationally among the “Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America” by Healthiest Employers.
Kristen Sharp, DHA. CFO for HCA Healthcare’s North Texas Market. Dr. Sharp, North Texas Market CFO at HCA Healthcare, leads both financial strategy and labor management for three key facilities. She has delivered multimillion-dollar financial turnarounds, streamlined operational analytics and developed innovative staffing models tailored to the unique demands of behavioral health. Her leadership has earned her recognition as a 2024 Nashville Emerging Leader Awards finalist and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation “30 Under 30” honoree. Beyond operations, she champions mentorship, health equity and diversity through roles with Play Like A Girl, the Health Equity Initiative, and HCA’s Women’s Leadership Network.
Richard Silveria. CFO at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Mr. Silveria joined The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center as CFO in April 2025, assuming responsibility for all financial functions, including budgeting, forecasting, accounting, revenue cycle, managed care and supply chain across the integrated enterprise, which spans the Ohio State Health System, the comprehensive cancer center, the College of Medicine and the Ohio State University Health Plan. He oversees finances for a $6.8 billion academic medical center comprising six hospitals under two provider numbers, an extensive ambulatory network and a faculty group practice. The academic medical center finished fiscal year 2025 7% ahead of budget and 13% ahead of the prior year, and in fiscal year 2026 is on track to finish ahead of 2025. In February, the system opened the new $1.9 billion University Hospital, which expands surgical and inpatient capacity. Before Ohio State, Mr. Silveria served as senior vice president and system CFO at Cape Cod Healthcare in Hyannis, Mass. From 2017 to 2021, he was executive vice president and system CFO at the University of Chicago Medicine. He previously held senior leadership roles at Boston Medical Center and Boston-based Mass General Brigham.
Brad Sinclair. CFO of East Jefferson General Hospital and Lakeside Hospital (Metairie, La.). Mr. Sinclair came to East Jefferson General Hospital and Lakeside Hospital from New Orleans-based LCMC Health corporate, where he served as the senior vice president of finance since 2022. Prior to his role at LCMC Health corporate, he was the CFO at Touro in New Orleans, where he advanced financial strategies and fostered a culture of fiscal responsibility for the hospital. He has nearly 20 years of progressive management and leadership experience working in hospitals and health systems. Before joining LCMC Health, he served as health system CFO for The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Miss. and CFO for Lima (Ohio) Memorial Health System.
Kevin Smith. CFO at SSM Health (St. Louis). Mr. Smith is responsible for the direction and oversight of financial services across SSM Health’s four-state network, encompassing long-term planning, operational finance, financial and regulatory reporting, revenue cycle, internal audit, financial planning, supply chain management, payer contracting, treasury and operating and capital budgeting. He brings depth and continuity of experience as a senior finance executive in healthcare, having served in CFO roles across multiple health systems and markets at the system and divisional levels. His leadership has been essential to transformation initiatives that have positioned the system to remain resilient amid industrywide financial challenges. Before joining SSM Health, Mr. Smith served in CFO roles at health systems in Maryland and Pennsylvania, as well as time spent as a divisional CFO at King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services. He serves on the boards of Civica and Surround Care. He also joined the Healthcare Financial Management Association board in 2026.
Garrick Stoldt. CFO at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System (New Brunswick, N.J.). Mr. Stoldt is a fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and CFO at Saint Peter’s Healthcare System, responsible for managing budgets, revenue, expenses and financial planning while keeping the organization financially stable in a complex reimbursement environment. He has built a four-decade career in healthcare finance, including more than 20 years as CFO of Saint Peter’s, and previously worked as a regulator auditing hospitals for Medicare programs. He has also been an auditor and consultant at major accounting firms. Mr. Stoldt has introduced innovative approaches in revenue cycle management, data analytics and automation, including early adoption of AI in healthcare finance. Under his leadership, the system launched a 340B program to provide low-cost medications to patients with complex conditions and will soon open a specialty pharmacy. Mr. Stoldt also led a multimillion-dollar modernization and expansion of the Saint Peter’s Family Health Center, which serves predominantly uninsured and underinsured patients. His commitment to fiduciary responsibility enabled the system to claim $39 million in federal stimulus funds offsetting pandemic revenue losses, and he is credited with helping Saint Peter’s maintain Moody’s “Baa2” revenue bond rating with a revised outlook from stable to positive. Mr. Stoldt received a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the New Jersey chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association, serves in board leadership roles across multiple organizations and is an instructor at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Omer Sultan. Senior Vice President and CFO at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston). Mr. Sultan serves as senior vice president and CFO of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he is a member of the executive leadership team and the institution’s chief financial strategist at one of the world’s most respected institutions focused on cancer patient care, research, prevention and education. He oversees accounting and finance, treasury, financial planning and analysis, revenue cycle, payer strategies and supply chain while strengthening financial stewardship across the organization. Under his financial leadership, MD Anderson achieved revenues exceeding $7.8 billion in the most recent fiscal year. That performance reflects sustained operating revenue growth of approximately 10% annually since his arrival. The results have supported continued institutional expansion, enhanced access to care and sustained investment in innovation and research.
Lester Surrock. CFO of Mission (Texas) Regional Medical Center. Mr. Surrock serves as CFO of Mission Regional Medical Center and interim CEO of Knapp Medical Center, playing a critical role in sustaining healthcare access for underserved populations along the U.S.-Mexico border. With over three decades of CFO experience, Mr. Surrock leads financial operations, budget management, compliance and revenue cycle optimization in a challenging payer environment. He is praised for his cost-containment strategies, integration of multi-tiered systems, and commitment to fostering high-performance teams. Under his financial leadership, Mission Regional has earned national accolades including Fortune/IBM Watson Health’s “Top 100 Hospitals” and multiple Healthgrades distinctions. His strategic insight continues to drive growth and quality improvement across South Texas hospitals within the Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Foundation.
Rick Talento. CFO of Inova (Falls Church, Va.). Mr. Talento brings over 35 years of finance experience to his role as CFO of Inova, where he leads a multibillion health system through strategic planning, revenue cycle transformation and capital development. Since formally taking the role in late 2024, he has helped deliver a year-over-year earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization margin increase and spearheaded the sale of a major asset, generating over $166 million. Under his leadership, Inova successfully implemented Oracle enterprise performance management cloud planning and developed a 10-year financial forecast aligned with its $6.4 billion capital strategy, including two new hospital builds. Mr. Talento also restructured the revenue cycle leadership team, resulting in measurable performance improvements. Widely respected for his ability to build cross-functional trust and deliver consistent results, his legacy at Inova spans multiple leadership roles since the 1990s.
Vincent Tammaro. Executive Vice President and CFO for Mount Sinai Health System (New York City). Mr. Tammaro directs the financial vision and operations of the Mount Sinai Health System, where he plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing the system’s five-year strategic plan. His leadership spans all facets of finance, ranging from treasury and investments to business intelligence, and mergers and acquisitions. A hallmark of his work is the triad model he implemented at Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, which unified financial, clinical and operational planning to align institutional priorities. Mr. Tammaro’s previous achievements include pioneering payer innovation strategies that expanded value-based care and alternative payment models. He brings a mentorship mindset and a deep dedication to community service, reflected in his involvement with Ambulatory Services Corporation and York Enterprises. His career trajectory brought him from previous roles at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to his current role at Mount Sinai.
Brett Tande. Corporate Executive Vice President and CFO at Scripps Health (San Diego). Mr. Tande is responsible for the overall financial direction of Scripps Health, overseeing all financial planning and operations for its hospitals, medical groups and health plan, as well as treasury, supply chain, revenue cycle, real estate and construction. A member of the executive team, he has helped the system navigate costly unfunded California mandates and federal Medicaid cuts by partnering with departmental leaders to reduce reliance on high-cost contract traveler nurses, renegotiate commercial payer contracts, procure supplies more cost-effectively and improve revenue cycle performance. These efforts enabled Scripps to generate its second consecutive year of positive financial performance in fiscal 2025, following its best financial performance in more than a decade in fiscal 2024. Mr. Tande has led training classes and grand rounds to educate staff on the link between capital investments and operational performance and has joined federal, state and local forums to advocate on behalf of the system. Before Scripps, he served as senior vice president of finance and CFO for Cottage Health in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he oversaw finance, revenue cycle, supply chain and IT. There, he led a comprehensive restructuring of the balance sheet, and earlier held lead finance roles at Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Healthcare and Cadence Health in Winfield, Ill. In 2026, Scripps hospitals appeared on Healthgrades’ list of “America’s 50 Best Hospitals” and the Forbes list of “America’s Top Hospitals,” and the system earned Kodiak Solutions’ “Top Performing Revenue Cycle” recognition.
Karen Testman, RN. CFO at MemorialCare (Fountain Valley, Calif.). From an early career as a nurse, Ms. Testman has gained national recognition for her pioneering efforts in value-based care and helping to drive unprecedented transformation as a CFO. She leads the finance division for MemorialCare and has been credited as among the very first to embrace value-based care with many successes over the years. These include the region’s biggest 24/7 virtual options, and her taking a leadership role in creating a diversified care network of four hospitals and hundreds of outpatient locations with hundreds of ambulatory surgery, imaging, dialysis, urgent care, breast health, rehabilitation, dental, primary and specialized care centers, and more. Under her leadership, MemorialCare combines cost discipline with strong clinical outcomes to provide the region’s most value-based employment and health plan contracts, with annual savings to employers and health plans exceeding $200 million. A popular speaker who is often quoted in industry articles, Ms. Testman was among the first nurses to become CFO of an integrated delivery system. She joined MemorialCare in 1998, later became senior vice president of financial operations and was promoted to CFO in 2013.
Debora Thomas. CFO of AdventHealth East Florida Division (Orange City). Ms. Thomas leads financial strategy for the area’s largest hospital system, which includes seven hospitals, more than 1,500 beds and 11,000 team members across Florida’s Flagler, northern Lake and Volusia counties. She is responsible for overseeing financial operations and long-term planning for a growing region that employs more than 11,000 people and includes 450 employed physicians and advanced practice providers. Her work has supported the system’s $500 million in reinvestment across the region, including a freestanding emergency room, a new hospital and cancer center, a medical office building in Lake County, and a major hospital expansion in Volusia County. Ms. Thomas has helped reduce patient length of stay, improve efficiency and guide smart, strategic investments that meet community needs. She joined AdventHealth in 1996 and has held a range of leadership roles, including chief transformation officer, where she led the system’s $660 million Epic implementation across more than 1,200 sites of care.
Keith Tickell. Senior Vice President and CFO at Baptist Health (Jacksonville, Fla.). As senior vice president and CFO at Baptist Health, Mr. Tickell leverages over 40 years of financial expertise and leadership. With a background that includes roles in private equity and strategic assets, Mr. Tickell brings a unique perspective to his position, overseeing not only financial operations but also property management and real estate development. He is committed to using facility design to create environments that reflect Baptist Health’s mission and provide solace to patients. Under Mr. Tickell’s guidance, Baptist Health has earned prestigious accolades, including recognition as a Blue Zones Approved Worksite and receipt of the American Heart Association’s “Get With The Guidelines Stroke Quality Achievement Award.” Through his involvement in various leadership positions and community engagement efforts, Mr. Tickell continues to drive Baptist Health’s mission of holistic healthcare delivery and excellence.
Yvette Tremonti. System CFO at City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.). Ms. Tremonti leads City of Hope’s core financial operations and shapes integrated short- and long-term financial strategies that support the organization’s capital investments, expansion initiatives and strategic priorities. As part of the executive leadership team, she oversees the revenue cycle, payer relationships and managed care contract negotiations, treasury management, supply chain, payroll and accounting functions. Through her financial leadership, City of Hope has supported partnerships that accelerate the translation of scientific discoveries into treatments while delivering care to more than 168,000 people annually. Over the past two years, the organization’s financial performance increased by more than 70% thanks to disciplined operational integration, strategic service-line expansion and the strength of its philanthropic engine. A notable example of that growth is City of Hope’s $1.5 billion Orange County, Calif. expansion in 2025, which included the opening of a new specialty hospital that brought advanced cancer care closer to patients and expanded access to complex treatments and clinical trials. Ms. Tremonti’s leadership helped ensure the expansion was financially sound and aligned with the organization’s long-term mission.
Saurabh Tripathi. Executive Vice President and CFO at Ascension (St. Louis). Mr. Tripathi serves as executive vice president and CFO at Ascension, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems, overseeing financial strategy and performance across the organization. Mr. Tripathi leads enterprise financial planning and analytics, accounting, financial reporting, tax and treasury functions, revenue cycle, managed care, venture capital and data science. Since joining Ascension in 2024, he has helped guide a financial turnaround that produced approximately $918 million in net income in fiscal year 2025, representing a nearly $2 billion improvement year over year, alongside a $1.3 billion improvement in operating performance over two years. He has been instrumental in a portfolio transformation strategy that includes the pending $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg, which would expand Ascension’s ambulatory footprint to more than 300 sites across 35 states. Mr. Tripathi brings more than 25 years of experience across global organizations. He serves on the boards of Point Park University, TRIMEDX and R1 RCM and is the founder of ST Ventures & Investments, focused on early-stage, community-impact organizations.
Mike Turilli. Senior Vice President and CFO at Elliot Health System (Manchester, N.H.). Mr. Turilli brings more than 30 years of healthcare experience guiding financial strategy and organizational performance. As CFO of Elliot Health System, he led work that earned the system an upgraded bond rating to “A2” from Moody’s during a significant organizational transition. Mr. Turilli’s approach to strategy, operations and execution has strengthened Elliot’s financial and operating performance across a growing market and expanding region, drawing on a mix of financial and operational strategies to drive growth through investments that enhance the system’s brand and better meet the needs of its patients and communities. He first joined Elliot Health System in March 2018 and served for more than three years before taking a CFO role at a Massachusetts-based hospital. Mr. Turilli returned to Elliot Health System in June 2022 as senior vice president and CFO, and from January 2023 to May 2025 he served as CFO of SolutionHealth. He has served as CFO of Elliot Health System since June 2025.
Salema Tyler. CFO at NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan (New York). 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 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.
Corey Ulmer. CFO at Ashley (N.D.) Medical Center. Mr. Ulmer serves as CFO at Ashley Medical Center, a rural healthcare system that includes a 20-bed critical access hospital, a rural health clinic, a 31-bed skilled nursing facility, emergency medical services and ancillary operations. Mr. Ulmer oversees budgeting, financial reporting, reimbursement, Medicare and Medicaid cost reporting, revenue cycle, payroll, grants management, capital planning, compliance and long-term strategic financial planning. He has played an instrumental role in securing state and federal grant funding for initiatives including advanced diagnostic imaging, workforce recruitment and retention, facility improvements and emergency preparedness. Mr. Ulmer led the organization’s transition to the Multiview financial management system, modernizing accounting processes and strengthening financial reporting, and oversaw the implementation of an online patient bill pay system.
Doug Vanderslice. Executive Vice President, Enterprise Services and System CFO at Boston Children’s Hospital. Mr. Vanderslice oversees a broad, integrated portfolio at Boston Children’s Hospital spanning finance, networks and network development, real estate, strategy and technology, with responsibility for ensuring the financial strength and long-term sustainability of one of the nation’s leading pediatric health systems. He guides enterprisewide strategic planning and investment decisions, leads initiatives supporting growth across clinical programs, geographic expansion and partnerships, and helps shape the organization’s approach to digital transformation and infrastructure. Since joining in 2013, he has strengthened the organization’s financial foundation while enabling continued investment in clinical excellence, research and patient experience. He has also been integral in expanding access to specialized pediatric care regionally and nationally. A hallmark of his leadership is his ability to bridge traditionally siloed functions by overseeing finance alongside enterprise services such as technology and real estate. Before Boston Children’s, Mr. Vanderslice served as vice president and CFO of St. Louis Children’s Hospital and as controller and director of patient financial services at Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. Earlier, he was a senior accountant at Deloitte and Touche. He serves on multiple boards and committees, including the Massachusetts Business Roundtable and the Children’s Hospital Association audit committee. During his tenure, the hospital has been ranked No. 1 on U.S. News and World Report‘s 2024-25 “Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll” and named the best children’s hospital in the U.S. for 2026 by Newsweek.
Rick Vincent. Executive Vice President and CFO of University of Vermont Health Network (Burlington). Mr. Vincent leads financial operations for the University of Vermont Health Network, a $3.5 billion rural academic system serving Vermont and parts of New York. He has unified systemwide administrative functions and driven major cost control initiatives. His work includes creative solutions to workforce challenges, including a partnership to build staff housing and childcare centers. Mr. Vincent’s leadership spans both financial and operational integration, helping to align community hospitals, an academic medical center and continuing care services. His deep institutional knowledge stems from holding nearly a dozen roles across the UVM network, making him uniquely positioned to guide strategic transformation.
Jennifer Wakem. CFO at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas). Ms. Wakem serves as CFO of University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. In this role, she is responsible for the financial performance of Nevada’s largest public hospital, which serves hundreds of thousands of patients each year. Since joining in 2017, she has played an instrumental role in efforts to expand its footprint by opening new clinics and service lines while introducing groundbreaking clinical technology. She has worked directly with clinicians to secure purchases of vital equipment, helping the medical center become a statewide leader in robotic surgery, and in 2024 the hospital became the first in Nevada to introduce the da Vinci 5 robotic surgery system. Ms. Wakem’s financial leadership also supported the newly renovated UMC Cardiovascular Center, with state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization suites and comprehensive electrophysiology services, as well as a full modernization of its 26-acre campus, the largest renovation project in the medical center’s 94-year history. She often plays an active role in individual patient cases, particularly for long-term burn patients at the UMC Lions Burn Care Center, working with families to remove barriers to specialized care. Before joining the system, Ms. Wakem served as assistant CFO at Tenet’s Arrowhead Hospital in Glendale, Ariz. and Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix, director of finance at MemorialCare Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Laguna Hills, Calif. and controller at HCA Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas. In 2026, the hospital earned Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
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. UCLA Health ranks No. 1 in both California and Los Angeles according to U.S. News and World Report and earned a place on its “Best Hospitals Honor Roll” for the 36th consecutive year.
Mike Walter. Senior Vice President and CFO of Atlantic Health (Morristown, N.J.). Mr. Walter was appointed to his current position at Atlantic Health in September of 2022. At the health system, Mr. Walter oversees fiscal services, revenue cycle and materials management, collaborating closely with hospital presidents and the executive leadership team to drive operational and financial improvements. Under his leadership, Atlantic Health System has maintained a strategically advantageous operating margin despite industry challenges. His efforts have supported Atlantic Health’s growth, enabling the system to serve over seven million people across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Mr. Walter’s strategic initiatives ensure the system remains financially robust and well-positioned for future expansion.
Doug Watson. CFO at Allina Health (Minneapolis). Mr. Watson leads the financial strategy and operations for Allina Health, bringing a strong track record of building relationships and leading business and financial transformations. He was instrumental in the organization reporting a positive operating margin during his first year as CFO in 2024, coming on the heels of multiple years of operating losses. The turnaround featured a $370 million improvement in income compared with 2023, a result made possible in part by innovative partnerships in laboratory services, revenue cycle management and information services. Mr. Watson was a key leader in developing internal committees focused on reducing expenses and managing staffing. In 2024, the system noted a 28.7% increase in surgeries at ambulatory surgery centers, allowing more patients to receive care in a more cost-effective setting. He was also invaluable in navigating a cyberattack and integral in developing the organization’s new five-year strategic plan. Before Allina Health, Mr. Watson served as interim system CFO at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, senior vice president and CFO at Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and CFO at San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Southwest division. He was named a “CFO of the Year” honoree by the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal in 2025 and recognized by HealthLeaders among its “CFOs to Watch.”
Todd Webb. CFO of Chapters Health System (Temple Terrace, Fla.). Mr. Webb brings both heart and strategy to his role as CFO of Chapters Health System, where he oversees financial functions across a growing, multi-state enterprise focused on chronic illness and end-of-life care. His leadership has enabled strategic affiliations that expanded the organization’s footprint to six states, making it the nation’s largest nonprofit of its kind. Known for his transparent, people-first approach, Mr. Webb champions financial decisions that prioritize employee wellbeing while sustaining mission-aligned growth. He has spearheaded innovations in financial technology, remote workforce enablement, and real-time data access that enhance both agility and accountability. Prior to joining Chapters, he held CFO roles at Cornerstone Hospice and built a career in consulting, accounting and nonprofit service.
Nelson Weichold. CFO at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio). Mr. Weichold serves as Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s CFO. There, he oversees treasury operations, budgeting and cost accounting, financial reporting, revenue cycle, supply chain, payer relations and business intelligence across the medical center, physician group and schools of medicine, dentistry, nursing, population health and health-related professions. Named CFO in 2023, he brings more than two decades of financial and strategic leadership experience from large teaching hospitals and academic medical centers. He has supported the hospital’s continued expansion into new markets, including a $100 million to $150 million investment to build two new pediatric facilities in the Toledo region that will expand access to primary, specialty and behavioral health services. Mr. Weichold has also helped advance one of the largest infrastructure projects in the organization’s history, a new patient tower set to open in 2028 that will house advanced specialty services and increase ICU capacity. He plays a critical role in prioritizing investments in technology and innovation that support precision medicine and improved outcomes. Before Nationwide Children’s, he served as CFO of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, COO of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and Multispecialty Practice, and CFO of the University of Miami Medical Center. He serves as treasurer for Partners For Kids, The Center for Family Safety and Healing, and The Abigail Wexner Research Institute.
Joanna Weiss. Executive Vice President and CFO of Moffitt Cancer Center (Tampa, Fla.). Ms. Weiss is executive vice president and CFO of Moffitt Cancer Center, where she leads comprehensive financial operations, from capital planning to revenue cycle and research finance. Known for her clarity, accessibility and commitment to education, Ms. Weiss has fostered transparency and organizational literacy through initiatives like “Finance Minute” and “CFO Corner Interviews.” Her calm leadership was critical during recovery from two hurricanes, helping maintain Moffitt’s financial stability without compromising growth or clinical priorities. Ms. Weiss also champions faculty and staff education on reimbursement trends and payer behaviors, reinforcing alignment between financial strategy and clinical excellence. A CPA with prior roles at Ernst & Young and PSCU Financial Services, she joined Moffitt in 2006 and rose through several leadership positions.
Mark Weiss. CFO of The New Jewish Home (New York City). Mr. Weiss is CFO of The New Jewish Home, where he oversees a $185 million budget and leads both finance and operational functions for the nonprofit senior care system. A rare dual-role executive, Mr. Weiss manages IT, business development, adult day care and multiple senior living facilities in addition to finance. He demonstrated remarkable crisis leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic, securing emergency funding and Federal Emergency Management Agency relief, while restructuring assets to preserve liquidity. His proactive financial strategies helped stabilize operations during a period of extreme volatility. He is also a licensed nursing home administrator and active leader in aging services, serving on nonprofit boards and state task forces. With over 30 years of experience, he brings deep insight and cross-sector expertise to one of New York’s most mission-driven senior care organizations.
Doug Welday. CFO of Endeavor Health (Evanston, Ill.). Mr. Welday has played a central role in transforming Endeavor Health into Illinois’ third-largest health system, helping execute three major mergers that doubled the organization’s size since 2018. As CFO, he has aligned financial strategy with systemwide goals of expanding access, clinical quality and health equity. Notably, he helped establish a $30.2 million community investment fund supporting 54 partnerships that advance health and economic vitality. His tenure has supported widespread institutional recognition, including CMS 5-star ratings and multiple appearances on national rankings for orthopedic, oncology and heart care. Prior to joining NorthShore, which is now Endeavor Health, Mr. Welday served as senior vice president of finance for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health.
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. Under her guidance, participation in the American Heart Association “Heart Walk” increased from 11 participants before the acquisition to more than 450 in the first year. 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. With providers specializing in over 150 areas of medicine, the system cares for over a million patients per year and handles about 22,000 surgical cases annually.
Scott R. Wolfe. Senior Vice President and CFO at St. Luke’s University Health Network (Bethlehem, Pa.). Mr. Wolfe is responsible for the financial platforms of St. Luke’s University Health Network, a 16-hospital campus network with annual net revenue of more than $4.5 billion covering 11 counties in two states, with more than 23,000 employees and more than 350 outpatient sites. Since joining in 2012, he has contributed to the acquisition and development of numerous campuses in the network, most recently helping in the integration of St. Luke’s Grand View Campus in Sellersville, Pa. in 2025. He brings nearly 40 years of experience in healthcare, having served in chief executive, chief operating and chief financial officer roles for large and small hospitals. He was president and CEO of The Reading (Pa.) Hospital and Medical Center before joining St. Luke’s, where he began as president of the St. Luke’s Warren Campus in Phillipsburg, N.J. In 2022, Mr. Wolfe was appointed as CFO of St. Luke’s University Health Network, and has been instrumental in transforming the important role that finance plays in support of the network’s strategic initiatives and operational execution and excellence. In 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recognized St. Luke’s among the nation’s three highest-performing health systems for quality, safety and patient experience. The network is the only Lehigh Valley, Pa.-based health system to earn Medicare’s 5-star ratings for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction, and in 2025 it earned straight “A” grades from the Leapfrog Group across all of its acute care hospitals. St. Luke’s has also earned “100 Top Hospital” designations from Premier 11 years in a row.
David Wrigley. Executive Vice President and CFO of Cedars-Sinai (Los Angeles). Mr. Wrigley is executive vice president and CFO of Cedars-Sinai. He is responsible for financial planning and reporting, revenue cycle, treasury, financial operations, capital structure and planning, risk management, corporate compliance, ventures and technology transfer. He is devoted to Cedar-Sinai’s mission and supports its unique role in patient care, research, education and community benefit.
Brandon Yoder. Executive Vice President and CFO at Arkansas Children’s (Little Rock). Mr. Yoder serves as executive vice president and CFO at Arkansas Children’s. He’s leading the organization’s financial enterprise through its largest expansion in history, a $370 million investment focused on enhancing patient care, facilities and medical innovation. Mr. Yoder brings more than two decades of healthcare financial leadership experience, including most recently as vice president of finance at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where he oversaw corporate finance, accounting, financial reporting, treasury, grants accounting and financial systems, and provided financial operations leadership for physician practices, academic programs and major service lines like the Aflac Cancer Center and Marcus Autism Center. His career includes additional finance leadership roles at various health systems. Mr. Yoder’s expertise spans financial reporting, capital planning, cost management strategies and physician practice integration.
John L. Zabrowski, III. Senior Vice President, CFO and Chief Strategy Officer of VHC Health (Arlington, Va.). A seasoned healthcare executive with over a decade of healthcare industry experience, Mr. Zabrowski focuses on strategic planning and financial stewardship at VHC Health. He owns systemwide strategy and planning, strategic financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, accounting and disbursements, decision support, investment management, revenue cycle, capital funding and more. He has been a key player in aggressively positioning VHC Health for continued high acuity growth through expansions of its specialty programs. Mr. Zabrowski’s leadership has led to strong annual revenues, successful renegotiation of major managed care contracts and strategic expansions of trauma, stroke and specialty programs. Under his guidance, VHC Health has garnered numerous awards, including consecutive Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades and recognition for outstanding patient experience by Healthgrades.
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