149 Black Healthcare Leaders to Know | 2023

Abner Mason

Founder and CEO

SameSky Health

North Hollywood, CA

Adriene Thornton

Manager of Health Equity

Children's Minnesota (St. Paul)

St. Paul, MN

Ahnyel Burkes, DNP, RN

Executive Director

Louisiana State Nurses Association

New Orleans, LA

Airica Steed, RN, EdD

President and Chief Executive Officer

The MetroHealth System

Cleveland, OH

Al Campbell, RN, MBA, FACHE

President

Beth Israel Lahey Health- Winchester Hospital

Cambridge, MA

Amanda Buirge

CFO

Prime Healthcare's Roxborough Memorial Hospital & School of Nursing

Philadelphia, PA

Amanda Johnson, MD

Assistant Vice President

Care Models in the Office of Ambulatory Care and Population Health of NYC Health + Hospitals

New York City, NY

André Churchwell, MD

Vice Chancellor of Equity, Diversity, Institutional Belonging, Community Outreach and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer of Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.)

Nashville, TN

Anita Jenkins

CEO

Howard University Hospital

Washington, DC

Anne Goodwill Pritchett

Executive Vice President

Network Revenue Operations at Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Anthony Coleman, MD

President and CEO

Broadlawns Medical Center

Des Moines, IA

Anthony Jackson

CEO

Prisma Health Baptist and Baptist Parkridge Hospitals

Columbia, SC

Antoine Keller, MD

Co-Founder

HeartSense

Lafayette, LA

Antoinette Hardy-Waller, BSN, RN

CEO

The Leverage Network

Chicago, IL

April J. Williams

Director

Respiratory Care Services at West Jefferson Medical Center

Marrero, LA

Arianne Dowdell

Vice President and Chief DEI Officer

Houston Methodist

Armond Kinsey

Vice President and Chief Talent and Diversity Officer

Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

Audrey Gregory, PhD

President and CEO

Central Florida-North Region at AdventHealth

Altamonte Springs, FL

Avonia Richardson-Miller, EdD

Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Bayo Curry-Winchell, MD. Urgent Care Medical Director and Physician at Saint Mary’s Medical Group

Reno, NV

Beverly Sanders

Director

Clinical Applications of St. Joseph's/Candler

Savannah, GA

Bianca Duff

Senior Vice President

Clinical Operations at CareMax

Miami, FL

Bridgett Feagin

Executive Vice President and CFO

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, CT

Bryan Buckley

Director

Health Equity Initiatives at the National Committee for Quality Assurance

Washington, DC

C.J. Marbley, RN

COO and Chief Nursing Officer

New Orleans East Hospital

Chad Collins. Administrative Director of Operations of University of South Alabama Health

Chad Collins. Administrative Director of Operations of University of South Alabama Health

Mobile, AL

Chaudron Carter Short

Executive Vice President

Patient Care Services | Chief Nurse Executive for Temple Health

Philadelphia, PA

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Administrator

CMS

Baltimore, MD

Chris Allen

CFO

Keck Medicine of USC

Los Angeles, CA

Christopher Blackerby

CEO and Co-Founder

Incisive Consultants

Overland Park, KS

Christopher Flowers, MD

Interim Division Head

Cancer Medicine and Chair of the Lymphoma/Myeloma Department of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Christopher Roker. Lincoln CEO and System Chief Growth Officer of NYC Hospital + Health System

New York City, NY

Cindy Jackson

Market CEO of Kindred Hospitals of South Florida-Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) and The Palm Beaches

Lauderdale, FL

Claudia Fegan, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Cook County Health

Chicago, IL

Clement Miller

COO

Salinas Valley Health

Salinas, CA

Damita J. Williams, EdD, MSN, RN, CPN, CENP

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Medical City Plano (Plano, Texas)

Medical City Healthcare | North Texas

Dallas, TX

David A. Jones

Executive Vice President and CHRO

Wellstar Health System.

Marietta, GA

David Kountz, MD

Professor of Medicine and Founding Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Co-chief Academic Officer and Vice President for Academic Diversity of Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Dawndra Jones, DNP, RN

Vice President

Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

DeLancey Johnson, DBA

Senior Vice President and Associate Chief Talent Officer

Parkland Health

Dallas, TX

Delvecchio Finley

President

Atrium Health Navicent

Macon, GA

Dennis Pullin

President and CEO

Virtua Health

Marlton, NJ

Dianne Aroh, RN

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Tacoma, WA

Donald Ferrell

Regional Facilities Vice President, Northern Region, Capital Construction and Campus Development

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Donna Lawson, RN

Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety

Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

Doug Melton, PhD

Global Analytics and Actuarial Leader, Health Solutions

Aon

London, United Kingdom

Dr. Tiffany Victor

Vice President

Population Health and Care Management of Atrium Health/Greater Charlotte Market of Atrium Heath

Charlotte, NC

Dwinelva Zackery

Director

Integrative Oncology at St. Elizabeth's Healthcare

Edgewood, KY

Ed Hodge

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Trinity Health

Livonia, MI

Edmondo Robinson, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer

Moffitt Cancer Center

Tampa, FL

Elizabeth Paskas, DNP, RN

Senior Vice President and Chief Patient Experience Officer

Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

Elmore Patterson

CEO

Ochsner Health St. Mary

Morgan City, LA

Ena Williams, PhD, RN

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

Eugene Woods

President and CEO

Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

Evelyn Balogun, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Inspira Medical Group

Mullica Hill, NJ

Everett Hay

Senior Computer Scientist, Applications of MEDITECH (Canton, Mass.)

Canton, MA

Everette Jackson, DNP, RN. Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Reeves County Hospital District

Pecos, TX

Floyd Long

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter

New York City, NY

Francine Baker-Witt, DNP, RN

President and CEO

Effingham Health System

Springfield, GA

Fritz François, MD

Executive Vice President and Vice Dean, Chief

Hospital Operations NYU Langone Health for NYU Langone Health

New York City, NY

Gary Butts, MD

Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

the Mount Sinai Health System and Dean for Diversity Programs, Policy and Community Affairs for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai of Mount Sinai Health System and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York City, NY

George Greene

President and CEO

the Hospital Association of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Georges Leconte

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem

New York City, NY

Geralda Xavier, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Atlantic Health System's Hackettstown and Newton Medical Centers for Atlantic Health System

Hackettstown, NJ and Newton, NJ

Gina Calder

President

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital and Progress West Hospital

St. Charles County, MO

Ginell Walker-Way, RN, BSN

Chief Nursing Officer

Atlantic Health System's Chilton Medical Center

Pompton Plains, NJ

Greg Adams

Chair and CEO

Kaiser Permanente

Oakland, CA

Gregory Johnson, MD

CEO, Hospital Medicine and Chief Diversity Officer

Sound Physicians

Tacoma, WA

Herb Vallier

Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Ikenna Mmeje

President and CEO

USC Arcadia Hospital

Imamu Tomilson, MD

CEO

Vituity

Emeryville, CA

Isaias Irgau, MD

Co-Founder

the American Surgery Center and President and Co-Founder of the Christiana Institute of Advanced Surgery

Bear, DE

Jacqueline Bowens

President and CEO

District of Columbia Hospital Association

James Hildreth Sr., PhD, MD

President and CEO

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, TN

James Poullard

Senior Vice President

Support Services, Health Equity and Experience at ScionHealth

Louisville, KY

Jarrod Johnson, President of UPMC Carlisle

Pittsburgh, PA

Jerome Robinson, MD. Internal Medicine and Cardiology Physician at Paradise Valley Hospital

National City, CA

Jim Dunn, PhD

Executive Vice President, Chief People and Culture Officer

Advocate Health

Charlotte, NC

Jinel Scott

Chief Quality Officer and Associate CMO

NYC Health + Hospitals/ Kings County

Brooklyn, NY

John H. Stewart IV, MD. Center Director of Louisiana State University Health-Louisiana Children’s Medical Center Cancer Center

New Orleans, LA

Joi Torrence-Hill

Chief

Operations at Keck Medicine of USC Norris Cancer Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

Jomel Whittington, MHA

President

the AVALA Physician Network of AVALA

Covington, LA

Jyric Sims

President and CEO

Medical City Plano and Medical City Frisco

Plano, TX

Keith Churchwell, MD

President

Yale New Haven Hospital and Executive Vice President of Yale New Haven Health System

New Haven, CT

Kevin Churchwell, MD

President and CEO

Boston Children's Hospital

Kevin Dedner

Founder and CEO

Hurdle Health

Washington, DC

Kimberly Foxworth, DNP

Chief Nursing Officer

UHS Desert Springs Hospital.

Las Vegas, NV

Kofi Cash

Chief Operating Officer

UofL Health-Jewish Hospital

Louisville, KY

Le Joyce Naylor

Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Wellstar Health System

Marietta, GA

Leonora Muhammad, DNP, BSN

Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse

YesCare

Brentwood, TN

Lisa Davis

Senior Vice President

Strategic Finance Analytics at Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Lisa Kelly-Croswell

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Office

Boston Medical Center Health System

Boston, MA

Lisa McFarlane, PhD

Executive Director

Laboratory Services at Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

Liza Pugh Nicholson. Founding Owner and CEO of Avail Management Services

Liza Pugh Nicholson. Founding Owner and CEO of Avail Management Services

Tuscaloosa, AL

Lloyd Dean

Chief Executive Emeritus

CommonSpirit

Chicago, IL

Louis Gilbert, DO

Senior Medical Director

Village Medical

Chicago, IL

Machelle Allen, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

NYC Health + Hospitals

New York City, NY

Marcie A. Atchison, JD

Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Palo Alto, CA

Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, MD

Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Allegheny Health Network

Pittsburgh, PA

Marlon Brewer, MD

Associate Director, Department of Ambulatory Care

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

New York City, NY

Marlow Levy

Vice President

Operations for Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

Marque Macon

Vice President and Administrator, Ambulatory Operations and Provider Services

Inova Health System

Falls Church, VA

Marvin O’Quinn

President and COO

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL

Mary “Toni” Flowers, PhD

Chief Diversity and Social Responsibility Officer

LCMC Health

New Orleans, LA

Mary Alice Ragsdale, MSN, RN

EVP & Chief Operating Officer

Dignity Health

San Francisco, CA

Mary Chatman, RN, PhD

Executive Vice President

Wellstar Health System

Marietta, GA

Meika Tylese Neblett, MD, MS

Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer, Chief Academic Officer, Ending Racism: Equity in Clinical Care Goal Lead

RWJBarnabas Health's Community Medical Center; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School for RWJBarnabas Health

Tom's River, NJ

Michael Stewart

CEO

Saline Memorial Hospital

Benton, AR

Michael Ugwueke, DHA

President and CEO

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

Memphis, TN

Michelle D. Hereford, MSHA, RN, FACHE

Senior Vice President, System Chief Nurse Executive; Ethel Morikis Endowed Chair in Nursing Leadership

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

Michelle McGuire

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

Children's National Hospital

Washington, DC

Michellene Davis

President and CEO

National Medical Fellowships

Monique Gary, DO. Breast Surgical Oncologist and

Montez Fitzpatrick

Chief Information Security Officer

Navvis

St. Louis, MO

Natalia Cineas, DNP, RN

Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive and Co-Chair

the Equity and Access Council at NYC Health + Hospitals

New York City, NY

Natassia Allen

Director

Business Development at Beaufort Jasper Hampton Comprehensive Health Services

Beaufort, SC

Nichola Davis, MD

Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer

NYC Health + Hospitals

New York City, NY

Nichole Wilson

Vice President

Community Health Operations at Indiana University Health . M

Indianapolis, IN

Nikki Sumpter

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

Novlet Mattis

Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

Ohme Entin

VP, Orlando (Fla.) Health and Chief Operating Officer, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center

Orlando, FL

Olaoluwa Fayanju, MD

Chief Medical Officer

RubiconMD

New York City, NY

Olubunmi K Ojikutu, MD

Chair, Department

Pediatrics of Reading Hospital – Tower Health

West Reading, PA

Onyinye Enyia Daniel, PhD

Vice President

Data and Analytics Strategy and Partnerships at Highmark Health

Pittsburgh, PA

Pam Oliver, MD

Executive Vice President and President

Novant Health Physician Network of Novant Health

Winston-Salem, NC

Pamela Abner

Senior Vice President, Health Equity Officer

Mount Sinai Health System

New York City, NY

Patrice Walker, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Atrium Health Navicent

Macon, GA

Paul Alexander, MD

Executive Vice President and Chief Health Equity and Transformation Officer

RWJBarnabas Health

Orange, NJ

Paul King

President and CEO

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Palo Alto, CA

Peter McCauley, MD

Corporate Medical Officer of Cigna (Bloomfield, Conn.)

Bloomfield, CT

Ralph Turner

Senior Vice President

Wellstar Health System and President of Wellstar Paulding Medical Center

Marietta, GA

Robert Higgins, MD

President

Brigham and Women's Hospital and Executive Vice President of Mass General Brigham

Boston, MA

Rod Williams

CEO

The Williams Center for Wellness and Recovery

Leesburg, VA

Ruby Kirby, RN

CEO

West Tennessee Healthcare Bolivar General Hospital and Camden Hospital

Camden, TN

Ruth Williams-Brinkley

President

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States

Rockville, MD

Ryane Jackson

Vice President

Community Benefits at Houston Methodist

S. Monica Soni, MD

Associate Chief Medical Officer

New Century Health

Brea, CA

Sandra E. Brooks, MD

Executive Vice President and Chief Community Health Equity Officer

Thomas Jefferson University and Chief Medical Officer of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

Philadelphia, PA

Selwyn M. Vickers, MD

President and CEO

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY

Shannon Brown Joseph

National Director of Nursing Workforce Pipeline

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Sharon Robinson, MD

Assistant Dean

Diversity and Inclusion of NorthShore University HealthSystem

Evanston, IL

Stacy Garrett-Ray, MD

Senior Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer

Ascension

St. Louis, MO

Tashma Watson

Assistant Vice President

Surgical Services at SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY

Teal Holden

Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Services and Post-Acute Care

Memorial Hermann Health System

Houston, TX

Thea James, MD

Vice President

Mission and Associate Chief Medical Officer of Boston Medical Center

Tiffany Pratt

Assistant Vice President, Team Member Experience and Engagement, Human Resources

Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

Timothy Groover, MD

Senior Vice President and System Chief Medical Officer

Baptist Health

Jacksonville, FL

Tiyi “Ty” Moori

Associate Director of Health Operations

Community of Hope

Washington, DC

Tommye Austin, PhD, MSN

Chief Nursing Executive, Eastern Region

BJC HealthCare

St. Louis, MO

Tonisha Melvin, DNP

Chair

the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce at the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

Chicago, IL

Tonya Washington, MSN, RN

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Offier

Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

Valerae Lewis, MD

Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Division of Surgery

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX

Vincent Jackson

Chief Pharmacy Officer

Advocate Health

Downers Grove, IL

Vincent Key, MD. Orthopedic Surgeon at the University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City)

Kansas City

William Carroll, PharmD

Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President

Network Pharmacy Services at Hackensack Meridian Health

Edison, NJ

William Davis

CEO

Crossroads Community Hospital

Mount Vernon, IL

Wright Lassiter III

CEO

CommonSpirit Health

Chicago, IL