Ms. Mannix has served as president and CEO of 255-bed, community-owned Augusta Health for more than 16 years. She has worked to transform it from a hospital-centric model into a fully integrated regional health system, now serving more than 300,000 residents across seven counties. Under her leadership, the system’s mobile neighborhood clinic program now operates at 17 partner sites, including community centers, churches, firehouses and homeless shelters, reducing barriers to care for vulnerable populations and earning Augusta Health one of only two 2024 CMS “Health Equity Awards” given nationwide. Ms. Mannix has expanded specialty services across oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology and other disciplines, developed a multispecialty employed physician group of 250 providers across 35 practice sites, and guided the formation of a Medicare-approved accountable care organization serving approximately 8,400 beneficiaries. She secured national affiliations with the Duke Cancer Network and the Mayo Clinic Care Network, bringing advanced research and specialty consultation capabilities to rural Virginia while preserving the system’s independence. Augusta Health has maintained a Leapfrog hospital safety grade “A” every year since 2016 and received the 2024 “Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of Care Award” from the American Hospital Association. Ms. Mannix serves on the American Hospital Association board ad hoc workforce task force and its committee on rural healthcare, and previously served as president of Robert Packer Hospital at Guthrie Clinic in Sayre, Pa.
