Chief transformation officers are the catalysts for lasting change within their organizations. Armed with sharp problem-solving abilities and visionary leadership, these executives define the goals, direction and execution of transformative initiatives that reshape healthcare from the inside out.
Some focus on driving cultural evolution and organizational alignment, while others lead efforts to enhance digital experiences, streamline operations or reimagine care delivery models.
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 chief transformation officers, organizations or associated healthcare providers. Leaders cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order. We extend a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her contributions to this list.
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Tammy Capretta, RN. Chief Transformation and Risk Officer at Keck Medicine of USC (Los Angeles). Ms. Capretta has supported the growth and development of Keck Medicine since joining the USC system in 1991. She currently oversees four offices, including the Office of Integrated Risk Management, the Office of Integrated Credentialing, the Care for the Caregiver Office and the Office of Healthcare Compliance. Due to her efforts, patients can receive top care at over 100 unique clinics across the state. One of her primary achievements is the creation and leadership of the Care for the Caregivers program, which soothes potential work environment stress for employees by providing housing, mental health services and other resources like financial assistance, an emotional support hotline, a peer support program, wellness activities and more. Ms. Capretta was named the “2023 Los Angeles Woman of Impact” by the American Heart Association.
Peter Chang, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital. Dr. Chang leads enterprise transformation at Tampa General Hospital, scaling patient-centric innovation, care coordination and operational excellence. He expanded the hospital-at-home program to deliver acute care in the home for hundreds of patients, achieving 4.5% readmissions with zero hospital-acquired infections and pressure injuries. The program has saved 2,200 bed days, reduced the average total cost of care by approximately 30% and shortened time to therapy by up to 75%, while earning top team-member engagement scores. Dr. Chang also spearheaded the AI-enabled care coordination center on Palantir’s Foundry/AI platform, unifying data across seven hospitals and over 150 locations to optimize capacity and power early-warning analytics. As of July 2025, the center’s sepsis hub has saved nearly 600 lives, cut sepsis-related length of stay by 30% and improved adherence to treatment bundles. Dr. Chang pairs these platforms with access innovations, ranging from an experience center that simplifies scheduling to strategic partnerships.
Amy Cohn, PhD. Chief Transformation Officer for Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor). Ms. Cohn identifies institutional challenges that span the University of Michigan Health and U-M Medical School. She was appointed to the position in 2021 by Michigan Medicine, academic medical center of the University of Michigan. During the pandemic, her work at the intersection of healthcare and engineering laid a foundation for collaborative connections between University of Michigan’s engineering college and health system. Ms. Cohn is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering and faculty director of the Center for Healthcare Engineering and Patient Safety. This dual role utilizes her expertise in engineering techniques to improve operations and problem solving in healthcare.
Sunil Dadlani. Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer of Atlantic Health System (Morristown, N.J.). Mr. Dadlani leverages technological innovation at Atlantic Health System to implement complex global information strategies and processes for providing high quality patient care. After being named CIO in 2020, he worked alongside leadership to embrace and develop digital patient and consumer experiences for two years, and was named to his current position as executive vice president and chief information and digital transformation officer. One of Mr. Dadlani’s current focuses is the expansion and diversification of AI throughout Atlantic Health. Under his leadership, the organization was named a 2023 “CIO Winner” by CIO for its use of automation tools in streamlining prior authorization processes.
Deval Daily. Chief Operational Transformation Officer at University of Chicago Medicine. Ms. Daily drives enterprisewide transformation at the University of Chicago Medicine by connecting strategy to measurable outcomes and embedding accountability across all levels of the organization. She oversees a comprehensive operational transformation framework encompassing 23 workstreams, supported by more than 250 key performance indicators and 100 outcome measures tied directly to UChicago Medicine’s 10-year strategic vision. Throughout her career, Daily has achieved significant operational and clinical outcomes. In previous leadership roles, she grew ambulatory volumes by 10% in neurosciences and 20% in heart and vascular, elevated patient experience scores from the 53rd to the 99th percentile, reduced cardiac surgery length of stay by 15% and stroke patient stays by 23%, and achieved under 30-minute door-to-needle times for stroke care. She has also overseen the activation of three large multispecialty ambulatory centers and launched a mobile stroke unit with $4.2 million in philanthropic support.
Jennifer Dauer. Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer for Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus). Ms. Dauer serves as chief strategy and transformation officer for The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, where she leads enterprise strategy, growth initiatives, and organizational transformation. Since assuming the role in 2020, she has guided the development and execution of the medical center’s strategic plan, advancing new clinical, research, and business opportunities aligned with the system’s academic mission. Ms. Dauer oversees strategic affiliations, partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions, driving collaboration across the health system and the university to expand access, accelerate innovation, and enhance impact. Her team also leads competitive intelligence and market insight efforts to inform systemwide decision-making and position the organization for sustainable growth. A Cincinnati native and seasoned executive with leadership experience inside and outside healthcare, Ms. Dauer is recognized for her ability to blend strategic vision with operational execution to deliver measurable transformation across complex enterprises.
David Donovan. Vice President of the Office of Transformation Management for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, N.Y.). Mr. Donovan leads strategic planning and project management for major initiatives at western New York state’s only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. He applies insights on business development, healthcare network-building, supply chain management, revenue cycle, payer relations and marketing to help conceptualize and lead new initiatives, as well as support existing objectives for growth and transformation. Known for his commitment to philanthropic causes, Mr. Donovan was critical to the successful development of the Roswell Park Care Network, which provides comprehensive cancer services to patients and their families at 18 locations throughout the state. Through contributions to many projects, he has helped secure a path of vision-driven, sustainable growth for the freestanding cancer center, founded in 1898 as the first facility dedicated to cancer care and research.
Amaka Eneanya, MD. Chief Transformation Officer at Emory Healthcare (Atlanta). Dr. Eneanya is a transformation leader and nephrologist whose strategic vision has reshaped operational performance, patient experience and workforce wellbeing across Emory Healthcare. She has driven measurable improvements in efficiency and engagement, including $18.9 million in cost reductions from length-of-stay optimization and a 233% rise in emergency department patient satisfaction rankings. Under her leadership, Emory achieved a 25% increase in new gastroenterology patient visits through access redesign and significantly boosted digital engagement, raising online scheduling utilization from 1.7% to 5.9%. Dr. Eneanya also restructured Emory’s patient experience model across inpatient and ambulatory settings and revitalized the system’s Office of Well-Being, expanding peer support and reforming employee health benefits for thousands of staff. A former policy influencer and researcher whose work has shaped U.S. and global health standards, she brings a blend of clinical insight, digital innovation and leadership excellence. In recognition of her impact, Dr. Eneanya was named among STAT News‘ “Health and Life Sciences Influencers” in 2025.
Debra Fields. Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at City of Hope (Duarte, Calif.). Ms. Fields leads an integrated transformation portfolio that aligns mission, people and performance. The transformation portfolio integrates talent stewardship, culture and experience, access and community enrichment, communications and marketing, enterprise program management, strategy navigation and change, and legal and compliance. She guided City of Hope’s evolution into a national system, including the acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, expanding reach to more than 86 million Americans while sustaining a patient-centric culture. Under her leadership, City of Hope now serves approximately 157,000 patients annually with survival outcomes that exceed national benchmarks. Ms. Fields spearheaded the redefinition of mission, vision and values through inclusive engagement, fostering accountability and belonging across over 13,000 clinicians, scientists and staff. She also built leadership pipelines through mentorship and sponsorship to strengthen organizational agility and resilience. Ms. Fields was recognized as a Reuters Events “Trailblazing Woman in Healthcare” for 2024.
Robbie Freeman, DNP, RN. Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Mount Sinai Health System (New York City). Dr. Freeman leads Mount Sinai Health System’s enterprisewide digital transformation strategy, integrating AI, informatics and digital products into clinical workflows to improve outcomes and elevate the care experience. His initiatives focus on leveraging technology to empower care teams, streamline operations and enhance both patient and employee engagement across the system. A clinician by background and a recognized healthcare innovator, Dr. Freeman bridges frontline practice with digital innovation to ensure technology delivers tangible, human-centered value. His leadership has positioned Mount Sinai as a national model for digitally enabled, data-driven care delivery. In recognition of his impact, Dr. Freeman was named to Healthcare Innovation magazine’s “40 Under 40” list for advancing the field of digital health.
Karen Goyette. Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare. Ms. Goyette drives systemwide strategy and transformation, building a partnership ecosystem that expands access, affordability and innovation. In 2025 she launched “HHC 24/7” with AI company K Health, delivering round-the-clock virtual primary care used by more than 10,000 patients in four months. She accelerated retail and urgent care growth, with retail visits up 17% and urgent care up 13%, and adding 10 HHC-GoHealth centers, multiple Hartford HealthCare Medical Group sites, OnMed’s first airport clinic, Walgreens same-day clinics. She also expanded One Medical in Fairfield County. Her care alignment team strengthened referral scheduling and navigation, achieving a 61% reach rate and 73% scheduling success at One Medical, with similar gains across GoHealth and HHC Medical Group. As executive sponsor of the annual improvement priority, Ms. Goyette drove an 11% increase in primary care access, with over 126,000 visits. She scaled ambulatory surgery and endoscopy to over 100,000 procedures annually across 21 centers, shifting from 6% to 43% performed outside hospitals, while leading 69 ambulatory and 45 retail/urgent projects, earning recognition such as Leapfrog’s 2024 “Top ASC” award. She also chairs the strategic initiatives committee, overseeing more than $70 million in new business annually.
Sanjay Gupta. Executive Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Novant Health (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Mr. Gupta drives enterprisewide transformation at Novant Health through a strategy grounded in patient-centric innovation, operational excellence and technology integration. He oversees marketing and communications, integrated care solutions and pharmacy solution MedVenta, while leading digital transformation initiatives that include the advancement of AI, automation, and internal consulting to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Under his leadership, Novant Health has implemented predictive AI models that have connected more than 4,000 patients with additional care such as hospice or palliative services, and an AI assistant that has delivered tens of millions of dollars in savings and freed thousands of staff hours by automating revenue cycle processes. His focus on patient-centered innovation led to the launch of a virtual menopause clinic, expanding access to care seven days a week, and the development of a colorectal patient navigator program that reduced readmissions by nearly 50% within 90 days. Mr. Gupta also guided process improvements through in-house consulting that have generated hundreds of millions in impact, including self-scheduling tools that reduced outbound calls and improved no-show rates. His leadership extends to strategic branding and consumer engagement, exemplified by the “You Want Novant” campaign, which strengthened the organization’s market position and digital reach.
Taylor Hamilton. Senior Vice President and Chief Consumer Officer at Ballad Health (Johnson City, Tenn.). Ms. Hamilton leads consumer transformation at Ballad Health, advancing digital innovation, access and patient experience across more than 300 care locations serving rural communities. She spearheaded the launch of Ballad Health’s top-rated consumer app, enabling seamless scheduling, health information access and virtual care, and led enterprise customer relationship management implementation that earned the Virsys12 “Customer Success” award. Her initiatives are aimed at expanding online scheduling systemwide and increased digital engagement by 75%, while centralizing contact operations reduced redundant calls by 30%. Ms. Hamilton guided Ballad Health’s merger and rebranding, unifying a multistate network under one integrated identity and aligning cross-functional teams across marketing, communications and patient experience. Her leadership helped the organization achieve the Press Ganey “Guardian of Excellence” award and College of Healthcare Information Management Executives’s “Most Wired” health system designation, among other recognitions. Ms. Hamilton serves on national advisory boards for symplr, Hyro and Bounteous, serving as a thought leader in digital transformation and consumer experience.
Amy Higgins. Chief Transformation Officer at UNC Health (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Ms. Higgins serves as the chief transformation officer for UNC Health, where she is responsible for leading the organization’s strategy and transformation efforts, championing the system’s “ForwardTogether” 2030 vision and priorities. She oversees several functions, including strategic planning, strategic change management, transformation program management and the ForwardTogether 2030 Transformation Office. Ms. Higgins is passionate about helping individuals and organizations maximize their potential. She joined UNC Health in 2008 as its first vice president of strategic planning and has led numerous teams over the years, always focused on strategy, innovation, change and growth. She came to UNC Health from The Boston Consulting Group, a global strategy consulting firm.
Desert Horse Grant. Chief Transformation Officer for Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Miami. Ms. Horse Grant is a powerful advocate for transforming and empowering underrepresented minorities at the intersection of science and medicine. She leads innovation and strategy, emphasizing diversity of clinical trials throughout multiple sites in Africa and the Caribbean. She advises key aspects of a new $260 million cancer research building, doubling Sylvester’s research footprint. Previously she was chief transformation officer at UCLA Health in Los Angeles, facilitating translation of discoveries from the lab to the clinical environment. She was also a director at Fred Hutch in Seattle, leading a team whose pioneering work to develop a novel biotool for tissue microstructure was recognized with a social impact award. Early in her career at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, she created the Physical Sciences-Oncology Center for researchers at the intersection of computational medicine and cancer biology.
Penelope “Penny” Iannelli. Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at UMass Memorial Health (Worcester, Mass.). Ms. Iannelli leads UMass Memorial Health’s Center for Innovation and Transformational Change, managing a systemwide portfolio of nearly 100 projects spanning enterprise analytics, strategic program management and process engineering. She launched the “innovation station” virtual platform that enabled caregivers to implement more than 185,000 ideas with over 95% participation, embedding frontline insights into operating practices. In response to emergency department congestion, Ms. Iannelli’s team created a rapid flow unit that cut discharged-patient length of stay by 249 minutes and reduced “left without being seen” by 4.7%. She also oversaw project management for the $220 million, 72-bed North Pavilion, which eased emergency department strain, expanded capacity for medically complex patients and increased emergency department admissions by five per day year-over-year. Under her leadership, transfer acceptances reached record highs and declines due to capacity fell from 30.7% to 17.9%. She further advanced the system’s data maturity from level zero to level five in two years and is sustaining performance through governance, clinical dashboards and predictive modeling.
Pamela Johnson, MD. Vice President of Care Transformation at Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore). As vice president of care transformation for the Johns Hopkins Health System, Dr. Johnson directs clinical performance improvement programs to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, consistency and affordability of health care. Guided by a comprehensive framework and programmatic strategy, the office of care transformation engages front line healthcare providers to implement initiatives that refine care in accordance with evidence-based practice and harmonize best practice standards. Accomplishments include measurable reductions in low value health care resource utilization, dissemination of systemwide care pathways, and implementation of high reliability resources to optimize care delivery and coordination across a range of diseases. In 2017, Dr. Johnson established the High Value Practice Alliance, a national organization of large and small teaching hospitals collaborating to deliver large-scale improvements in health care quality and affordability.
Rebecca Kaul, PhD. Senior Vice President of Emerging Technology, AI and Transformation at Northwell Health (New Hyde Park, N.Y.). Dr. Kaul is senior vice president of emerging technology, AI and transformation at Northwell Health. She took on the role in September 2024. Previously, she was senior vice president and chief of digital innovation and transformation at the system. Before she joined Northwell in 2022, she served as the inaugural chief innovation officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Kaul also has prior experience as CIO of Pittsburgh-based UPMC.
Joe Kelly. Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy, Transformation and Technology Officer at Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.). Mr. Kelly has led Mercy’s Office of Transformation for the last six years. In this role, he is responsible for leading and aligning business model transformation strategies and functions, including AI, data management and analytics, digital transformation, information technology, platform experience and technology partnerships. Under Mr. Kelly’s leadership, Mercy began working with Microsoft to use generative AI and other digital technologies to give caregivers more time to care for patients and improve the patient experience. Mercy also was an innovative, early adopter of ambient AI, bringing the advantage of breakthrough technology to clinician-patient interactions, resulting in a $5.7 million annual benefit and improvements in provider satisfaction. In addition, Mercy entered into a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to analyze de-identified patient data to find new ways to diagnose, treat and prevent disease, providing better outcomes and lower costs of care. These partnerships have resulted in tens of millions of dollars in cost savings, put Mercy in the vanguard of precision medicine and earned the health system a spot on Fortune Magazine‘s 2023 “Most Innovative Companies” list. Mr. Kelly was selected as the 2019 “Healthcare Innovator of the Year” by The Millennium Alliance.
Omkar Kulkarni. Vice President and Chief Transformation and Digital Officer for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Mr. Kulkarni leads digital and organizational transformation at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, driving innovation that enhances clinical care, operational efficiency and patient engagement. He established CHLA’s Innovation Studio, which applies human-centered design to digital health solutions spanning AI, digital therapeutics, medical devices and augmented reality. Under his leadership, CHLA launched “MyVisit”, a web-based application that provides families real-time updates throughout their emergency department visit, reducing patient feedback related to wait times by 23%. Mr. Kulkarni has also spearheaded AI adoption to reduce clinician burden, including an AI scribe pilot that lowered physician burnout scores by 47%, decreased task load and improved same-day note completion. Recognizing Los Angeles’ linguistic diversity, he is piloting generative AI to translate discharge notes for Spanish-speaking patients, who represent 60% of CHLA’s population. Through the “Better, Faster, Cheaper” innovation challenge, he empowers staff to design and test new solutions, advancing grassroots innovation across the hospital. Under his direction, CHLA became the first children’s hospital to deploy both Moxi robots for 24/7 pharmaceutical delivery and a virtual rooming experience for telehealth.
Euthemy “Kathy” LeBrew. Executive Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Revenue Officer at Fairview Health Services (Minneapolis). Ms. LeBrew built Fairview’s transformation office and a comprehensive operating model, “Discover, Develop, Deploy, Deliver”, that now anchors enterprise execution, continuous improvement and change adoption. In 2024, she and cross-functional partners exceeded system financial targets by 27.6%, contributing to Fairview’s first positive net operating income since before the pandemic. Her transformation office drives enterprise initiatives including length-of-stay optimization, the patient digital journey, virtual capabilities, service transformation, hospital-at-home and the tiered skill acquisition model, yielding measurable gains in outcomes, engagement and financial performance. Ms. LeBrew embedded robust change-management communications and sustainment practices to ensure adoption and durability of results.
Raina Merchant, MD. Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Penn Medicine (Philadelphia). Dr. Merchant leads enterprise transformation at Penn Medicine, driving innovation that integrates culture, technology and care redesign to improve outcomes and advance organizational excellence. A tenured professor of emergency medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine with secondary appointments across anesthesia, internal medicine and health policy, she oversees initiatives that extend care beyond hospital settings, enhance workforce wellbeing, and leverage automation and data science to support clinicians and patients alike. She focuses on embedding healthcare delivery science into operations and fostering a culture of inclusive excellence across Penn Medicine’s $11.9 billion enterprise and 49,000-member workforce. A member of the National Academy of Medicine and an Aspen health innovators fellow, Dr. Merchant has been recognized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as one of 10 individuals most likely to shape the future of health and healthcare in the U.S. With more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association and Health Affairs, and features in The New York Times and The Economist, she is a nationally recognized leader transforming how academic medicine delivers equitable, efficient and human-centered care.
Kristen Murtos. Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer for Endeavor Health (Evanston, Ill.). Ms. Murtos is Endeavor Health’s chief innovation and transformation officer, a role that entails spurring the organization towards sustainable growth, differentiation, peak performance and transformative patient care. In her role, she oversees system strategy, innovation, community impact and engagement, and government relations. She has been with Endeavor for over 23 years, holding leadership roles of progressive responsibility and building her skillset in transformation, strategy and operations. Ms. Murtos was responsible for establishing the system’s first Transformation Management Office, which has been critical in enabling Endeavor to deliver on its quality, financial, growth and people strategies. In addition, she has been at the forefront of the system’s leadership as the nation’s largest primary care embedded clinical genomics program, the creation of the Endeavor Health Community Investment Fund, and the system’s use of data, technology and AI to transform the care experience.
Mitesh Patel, MD. Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Ascension (St. Louis). Dr. Patel leads clinical transformation at Ascension, advancing innovative approaches that combine behavioral science, digital health and clinical design with the goal of improving outcomes and access to care. A nationally recognized expert in nudges, gamification and wearables, he has led more than 25 clinical trials in collaboration with health systems, insurers and employers to optimize clinician and patient decision-making. His research has pioneered the use of digital tools like wearable devices, smartphone applications and EHR-integrated interventions, aiming to meaningfully change health behaviors and improve patient engagement. At Ascension, Dr. Patel applies this evidence-based approach to reimagine care delivery, ensuring that technology enhances rather than replaces the human connection at the core of patient care. His work has earned numerous national honors, including the American College of Physicians’ “Award for Distinguished Contributions to Behavioral Medicine” and the “Alice S. Hersh Emerging Leader Award” from AcademyHealth.
Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD. Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer at University Hospitals (Cleveland). Dr. Pronovost is an internationally recognized leader in patient safety and healthcare transformation, serving as the architect of University Hospitals’ systemwide framework to eliminate defects in value and enhance quality of care. As chief quality and clinical transformation officer, he developed the “living and leading with love” model, which has reshaped the system’s culture and performance. Under his leadership, the system achieved standout results in the Medicare shared savings program, reducing annual per-patient costs to $9,864, which is 29% lower than the national Medicare average. As president of the UH Veale Healthcare Transformation Institute, Dr. Pronovost drives innovation across care delivery and technology, including “Connected Care”, a virtual platform co-developed with nurses that integrates AI and real-time monitoring to alleviate workforce strain and enhance patient support. He also established a leadership academy to train physicians in adaptive leadership and human-centered design, building lasting capacity for transformation. A recipient of national and global recognition, Dr. Pronovost’s impact extends to federal health policy and international patient safety efforts through his advisory roles with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the President’s Council for Science and Technology, and the World Health Organization.
Jason Row, MD. Chief Value Transformation Officer at Parkview Health (Fort Wayne, Ind.). Dr. Row leads Parkview Health’s value transformation strategy, focusing on aligning care delivery, improving quality, reducing cost and enhancing affordability across the system’s 14 hospitals and more than 300 physician offices. Appointed as Parkview’s first chief value transformation officer in 2024, he is charged with uniting previously siloed value initiatives into a coordinated, systemwide framework to improve efficiency and sustainability. Drawing on his prior experience as chief medical officer for Parkview Physicians Group, he has advanced efforts to standardize care and reduce unwarranted variation, launching care compacts that streamline referrals, testing and transitions between primary and specialty care. Under his leadership, these initiatives have improved access, reduced duplication and saved patients both time and cost. Dr. Row also co-led Parkview’s Covid-19 response and its sepsis reduction program, which uses predictive modeling to prevent severe cases and has shortened hospital stays by up to two days.
Scott Simeone. Vice President of Experience and Digital Transformation at Ochsner Health (New Orleans). Mr. Simeone leads Ochsner Health’s digital and experience transformation strategy, driving initiatives that enhance patient care, streamline workflows and modernize the healthcare experience. He spearheaded the system’s virtual nursing program, which has reduced bedside nurse workload, standardized discharge planning and education, and decreased hospital readmissions. His leadership in deploying smart technologies like bedside tablets, smart TVs and virtual care platforms across hundreds of hospital beds has increased inpatient engagement and access to care. Mr. Simeone is advancing the development of smart patient rooms equipped with sensors to monitor vitals and activity, enabling early intervention and improving outcomes through proactive care. Leveraging AI and analytics, he helps the system identify trends and personalize patient care while improving operational efficiency.
Jesse Souweine. Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer at Boston Medical Center Health System. Ms. Souweine directs strategy implementation and organizational alignment across BMC Health System’s hospitals, health plan and physician organization to ensure unified execution of institutional goals. She led an integration of Good Samaritan Medical Center, now Boston Medical Center–South, completed in under a year, and St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, now Boston Medical Center – Brighton, transforming BMC from a single-hospital system into a regional network while preserving essential access in safety-net communities. Her rebound and stabilization work prioritized uninterrupted care, staff support and operational reliability during the transition. Ms. Souweine advances performance management by clarifying goals, tracking outcomes and building accountability to drive faster, measurable results enterprisewide. She partners with state and local agencies to safeguard community access, and strengthens innovation through collaboration with Boston University’s medical school to expand advanced care and academic alignment.
Tom Sullivan. Chief Restructuring and Transformation Officer of Heywood Healthcare (Garnder, Mass.). Mr. Sullivan stepped into the role of chief restructuring and transformation officer of Heywood Healthcare in February 2024 after serving as the organization’s CFO and co-CEO. In the face of significant financial obstacles, Mr. Sullivan prioritized balancing fiscal responsibilities with the need to improve healthcare access and quality for the community. His leadership efforts in times of complex operational and financial hardship reflect his dedication to making tangible differences in the lives of patients.
James Whitfill, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer of HonorHealth (Scottsdale, Ariz.). Dr. Whitfill focuses on building organizational culture, IT and promoting consumer-centric experiences at HonorHealth as the chief transformation officer. He focuses on business areas to find the right digital tools to improve the patient journey and make the health system more patient-friendly. He has previous experience as chief medical officer for Innovation Care Partners, a Phoenix-based clinically integrated network. Dr. Whitfill built H2Go, a consumer digital healthcare platform for patients, which achieved top quartile results in patient engagement.
