Ms. Perry leads Banner Health, guiding transformation through health plan expansion, physician alignment, technology investments, groundbreaking research and digital innovation for its 33 academic, urban, rural and children’s hospitals, and hundreds of outpatient centers in six states. Under her leadership, the system expanded graduate medical education and deepened partnerships with University of Arizona and other institutions to grow the next generation of clinicians. The 231 graduating medical students are joining the system’s residency programs this summer. The system also performs the world’s most artificial heart implants and most heart transplants in Arizona, has earned National Cancer Institute university designation, and has a long multi-state partnership with Houston-based MD Anderson Cancer. The system is among the most advanced for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research, and its Banner Academy cares for children with autism spectrum and emotional disabilities. It has one of the nation’s lowest physician burnout rates, a low employee voluntary turnover of 7% and high engagement scores. The system achieved over $300 million in efficiency gains in 2025, with annual revenue at $16 billion, as compared to $12.7 billion in 2022. A $1 billion technology, data and digital platform investment is now resulting in clinical, efficiency and productivity gains. Ms. Perry drives premium reimbursement strategies to support the 10-year vision of Banner Health being the most trusted health partner. Prior to joining the system in 2021, she was hospital division president and executive vice president at Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, with record-setting quality and financial performance.
