Ms. Mannix has served as president and CEO of Augusta Health, a 255-bed community-owned health system and the largest private employer in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, for more than 16 years. Under her leadership, Augusta Health has grown into a fully integrated regional health system serving more than 300,000 residents across seven counties in western and central Virginia. Ms. Mannix spearheaded the “Mobile Neighborhood Clinic” program, which delivers primary care at 17 partner sites in underserved communities, earning Augusta Health the 2024 CMS “Health Equity Award,” making it one of only two organizations nationwide to receive it. In addition, the hospital was awarded the American Hospital Association’s “Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award” for 2024. She also expanded clinical capabilities in oncology, cardiology and critical care through affiliations with the Durham, N.C.-based Duke Cancer Network and the Rochester, Minn.-basedMayo Clinic Care Network, while the health system has maintained a Leapfrog hospital safety grade “A” every year since 2016. Ms. Mannix built a multispecialty employed physician group of 250 providers across 35 sites and guided the formation of a Medicare-approved accountable care organization that now includes 410 providers. She also partnered to establish the “AMI Farm” at Augusta Health, a farm-to-institution program supplying fresh produce to the hospital. Ms. Mannix is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the American Hospital Association’s committee on rural health care and the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association board.
