Women Hospital CEOs to Know | 2025

Aimee Brewer

President and CEO

Sturdy Health

Attleboro, MA

Alice Issai

President

Adventist Health Glendale

Roseville, CA

Alicia Gresham

CEO

Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Alison Avendt

President

Mercy Health–Perrysburg Hospital

Perrysburg, OH

Alison Flynn Gaffney

CEO

Banner–University Medicine

Tucson, AZ

Allegra C. Jaros

President

Wolfson Children’s Hospital

Jacksonville, FL

Amanda Maggard

President and CEO

AdventHealth Celebration

Celebration, FL

Amanda Thrash

President

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen

Allen, TX

Amy E. Lee

President and COO

Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Nantucket, MA

Amy Jerdee

President and CEO

St. Francis Regional Medical Center

Shakopee, MN

Amy Mansue

CEO

Inspira Health

Mullica Hill, NJ

Amy Perry

CEO

Banner Health

Phoenix, AZ

Amy Shlossman

Senior Vice President

LifeBridge Health and President and COO at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Grace Medical Center

Baltimore, MD

Angel Gradney

Market CEO

ScionHealth Hospitals of Houston

Houston, TX

Anne Davila Diamond, DBA, JD

President

Bridgeport Hospital

Bridgeport, CT

Anne Klibanski, MD

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Somerville, MA

Annette M. Walker

President

City of Hope Orange County

Irvine, CA

Annette Seabrook

President, and Vice President of Orlando Health

Orlando Health Advanced Rehabilitation Institute

Orlando, FL

Beth Charlton, RN

President and CEO

Covenant HealthCare

Saginaw, MI

Beth Walker

CEO

Ochsner Medical Center–New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Brenda Carlisle, BSN, RN

CEO

UAB Hospital

Birmingham, AL

Brittany Lavis

Group CEO

Detroit Medical Center

Detroit, MI

Caitlin Beck Stella

CEO

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital

Hollywood, FL

Caitlin Miller, BSN, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center

Holmdel, NJ

Candace Ifabiyi

CEO

VA St. Louis Healthcare System

St. Louis, MO

Candace Johnson, PhD

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

Candice L. Saunders

President and CEO

Wellstar Health System

Marietta, GA

Carol Dozier

CEO

Norton King’s Daughters’ Health

Madison, IN

Carol Friesen

CEO

OSF HealthCare Eastern Region

Peoria, IL

Carol Gomes

CEO and COO

Stony Brook University Hospital

Stony Brook, NY

Carolyn Caldwell

President and CEO

Dignity Health–St. Mary Medical Center

Long Beach, CA

Cathy Pimple, DNP, MSN, RN

CEO

Newman Regional Health

Emporia, KS

Chanda Chacon

President and CEO

Children’s Nebraska

Omaha, NE

Cheryl Ficara

President

Hartford Hospital and Hartford Region, and Senior Vice President at Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

Cheryl Nester Wolfe, MSN, RN

President and CEO

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics

Salem, OR

Christine Schuster, RN

President and CEO

Emerson Health

Concord, MA

Cindy Ann Stout, DNP, RN

President and CEO

El Paso Children’s Hospital

El Paso, TX

Cindy Hecker, RN

CEO

University of Washington Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Claudia Eisenmann

President

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville

Stephenville, TX

Connie Martin

President and Chief Administrative Officer

Fort Loudoun Medical Center

Lenoir City, TN

Courtney Ophaug

CEO

Banner Estrella Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

Cris Daskevich

CEO, and Senior Vice President of Maternal Services for CHRISTUS Health

CHRISTUS Children’s Hospital

San Antonio, TX

Cristina Contreras

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln

Bronx, NY

Cynthia K. McGuire

CEO

Monadnock Community Hospital

Peterborough, NH

Daffodil Baez

President

Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center

Fort Washington, MD

Danielle Drummond

President and CEO

Lakeland Regional Health

Lakeland, FL

Dara Bartels

CEO

Mile Bluff Medical Center

Mauston, WI

Darlene Rodowicz

President and CEO

Berkshire Health System

Pittsfield, MA

Dawn Bulgarella

CEO

UAB Health System

Birmingham, AL

Dawn Trompeter

Associate Region CEO, Western Region

OSF HealthCare and President of OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center

Peru and Ottawa, IL

Deanna Sperling, RN

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health Behavioral Health Center

Toms River, NJ

Debbie Flores

CEO

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center and Banner Behavioral Health Hospital

Scottsdale, AZ

Debbie Streier

Regional President and CEO

Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center

Marshall, MN

Deborah Browning, MSN, RN

CEO

USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital

Mobile, AL

Deborah Feldman

President and CEO

Dayton Children’s Hospital

Dayton, OH

Deborah Visconi

President and CEO

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Paramus, NJ

Deborah Weymouth

President and CEO

Eastern Connecticut Health Network (Manchester) and Waterbury Health

Waterbury, CT

Debra F. Sukin, PhD

President and CEO

Texas Children’s Hospital

Houston, TX

Debra Rudquist

President and CEO

Amery Hospital and Clinics

Amery, WI

Denise Ray

CEO, and CNO of Enterprise at Piedmont Healthcare

Piedmont Mountainside Hospital

Jasper, GA

Denyse Bales-Chubb, President and CEO of AdventHealth Palm Coast and Market CEO for Flagler and St. Johns Counties

Counties, FL

Diane Hansen

President and CEO

Palomar Health

Escondido, CA

Donna McGregor

President

St. Lawrence Health, Rochester Regional Health

Rochester, NY

Elaine Batchlor, MD

CEO

MLK Community Healthcare

Los Angeles, CA

Elizabeth Wako, MD

President and CEO

Swedish Health Services

Seattle, WA

Erika Skula

President and CEO

AdventHealth Ocala

Ocala, FL

Francine Witt, DNP

President and CEO

Effingham Health System

Springfield, GA

Gina L. Calder

President

Hartford HealthCare’s Central Region and Senior Vice President of Hartford HealthCare

Hartford, CT

Heather Dexter

President

Regional Hospital Division of Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

Helen Arteaga Landaverde, PhD

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

Elmhurst, NY

Holly McCormack, DNP, RN

President and CEO

Cottage Hospital

Woodsville, NH

Jandel Allen-Davis, MD

President and CEO

Craig Hospital

Englewood, CO

Janice Nevin, MD

President and CEO

ChristianaCare

Wilmington, DE

Jeannine Erickson Grinnell

CEO and CFO

UW Medicine Valley Medical Center

Renton, WA

Jen Chahanovich

President and CEO, and CEO of Kauai Medical Clinic

Wilcox Memorial Hospital

Kauai, HI

Jena Hausmann

President and CEO

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

Jennifer Burrows

Chief Executive

Providence Oregon

Portland, OR

Jennifer Cruikshank, RN

CEO

Riverside University Health System-Medical Center

Moreno Valley, CA

Jennifer Mendrzycki

President and CEO

TMC Health

Tucson, AZ

Jennifer Swenson

President and CEO

Adventist Health Simi Valley

Valley, CA

Jill Donaldson

President, and Senior Vice President of MedStar Health

MedStar Harbor Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Jill Ostrem

President

River Falls Area Hospital, United Hospital and United Hospital–Hastings Regina Campus)

Hastings, MN

Joan Ross

President

Ascension Seton Hays

Kyle, TX

Joanna Conley

President and CEO

Doctors Hospital

Augusta, GA

Joanne Conroy, MD

President and CEO

Dartmouth Health

Lebanon, NH

Joanne Ruggiero, DNP

CEO

the Jackson Memorial Medical Center

Miami, FL

Jodi Fincher

CEO

St. Joseph Medical Center, Prime Healthcare

Kansas City, MO

Johnese Spisso

President and Associate Vice Chancellor

UCLA Health, CEO at UCLA Hospital System

Los Angeles, CA

Juli McWhorter

CEO

Willow Creek Women’s Hospital

Johnson, AR

Julie Freischlag, MD

CEO and Chief Academic Officer

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist , Chief Academic Officer and Executive Vice President of Advocate Health and Executive Vice President for Health Affairs at Wake Forest University

Charlotte, NC

Julie Sprengel

President and CEO

CommonSpirit, California Region

Glendale

June Collison

President and CEO

Dignity Health–Community Hospital of San Bernardino

Bernardino, CA

Kara Besst

CEO

Gritman Medical Center

Moscow, ID

Karen Bowling

President and CEO, and Executive Vice President of Government Affairs for the WVU Health System

WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital

Princeton, WV

Karen Cheeseman

President and CEO

Mackinac Straits Health System

St. Ignace, MI

Karen Duncan, MD

President and CEO

JPS Health Network

Fort Worth, TX

Karen Orr, RN, MSN

CEO

Providence Medical Center

Kansas City, KS

Kari Vargas

CEO

AdventHealth Winter Garden and AdventHealth Central Florida Division’s Northwest Market

Altamonte Springs, FL

Katherine Heilpern, MD

President

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, CT

Kathleen Silard, MSN, RN

President and CEO

Stamford Health

Stamford, CT

Kathy Healy-Collier, DHA

President and CEO

Mercy Health Anderson Hospital

Cincinnati, OH

Kathy Kelly

Market CEO of Kindred Hospitals of Chicago

Kathy Parrinello, RN, PhD

President and CEO

Strong Memorial and Highland Hospitals

Rochester, NY

Katrina Keefer

President and CEO

DCH Health System

Tuscaloosa, AL

Kay Barnett

CEO

AdventHealth Minneola

Minneola, FL

Kelly L. P. Braverman

President and CEO

Witham Health Services

Lebanon, IN

Kelly Nierstedt

President, and Senior Vice President of Orlando Health’s Orlando Region

Orlando Health–Orlando Regional Medical Center

Orlando, FL

Kim Lucero

CEO

Mt. San Rafael Hospital

Trinidad, CO

Kimberly Chavalas Cripe

Co-President and Co-CEO

Rady Children’s Health

California

Kimberly Hartz

CEO

Washington Health

Fremont, CA

Kristen Bowman

CEO

Broward Health Coral Springs

Coral Springs, FL

Kristi Barnd

CEO

Henry County Hospital

Napoleon, OH

Kristy Carrington, BSN, RN

Chief Executive

Providence North Puget Sound

Everett, WA

Lani Fast

CEO

St. Bernard Parish Hospital

ChALmette, LA

Laura Gamble

CEO

Pender Community Hospital

Pender, NE

Laura Grill

President and CEO

East Alabama Health

Opelika, AL

Laura Ramos, MSN, RN

Chief Executive

Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton, CA

Laura Robertson

CEO

Banner Desert Medical Center , Banner Children’s at Banner Desert and Banner Ocotillo Medical Center

Chandler, AZ

Laura S. Kaiser

President and CEO

SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

Lauren A. Geddes Wirth, MD

CEO and President

New London Hospital

Lebanon, NH

Leslie Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

Lily Henson, MD

CEO

Piedmont Augusta Hospital and Piedmont’s Augusta Clinical Hub

Augusta, GA

Linda Thorpe

CEO

East Morgan County Hospital

Phoenix, AZ

Lindsey Petrini

CEO

Piedmont Newton Hospital

Atlanta, GA

Lisa A. Breza, MSN, RN

Chief Administrative Officer

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton

Hamilton, NJ

Lisa Carter

President

Ballad Health Southern Region

Johnson City, TN

Lisa Deering, MSN, RN

CEO

Regency Hospital Cleveland East

Mechanicsburg, PA

Lisa Hausmann

President and CEO

Dignity Health-Mercy Hospital of Folsom

Folsom, CA

Lisa Iachetti, BSN, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center

North Bergen, NJ

Lisa Shannon

President and CEO

Allina Health

Minneapolis, MN

Lisa Tank, MD

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, NJ

Liz Dunne

President and CEO

PeaceHealth

Vancouver, WA

Lori James-Nielsen, RN

CEO

Hillsboro Medical Center

Hillsboro, OR

Lori Mazanec

CEO

Box Butte General Hospital

Alliance, NE

Lori Morgan, MD

President and CEO

Huntington Hospital

Pasadena, CA

Lori Rakes

CEO

Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center

Cartersville, GA

Lourdes Boué

CEO

Baptist Health Doctors Hospital and Baptist Health West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Miami, FL

Lydia Watson, MD

President and CEO

MyMichigan Health

Midland, MI

Madeline Bell

CEO

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Malisha Patel

Senior Vice President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Southwest and Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospitals

Houston, TX

Marcia Manker

CEO

MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center

Fountain Valley, CA

Marcy Doderer

President and CEO

Arkansas Children’s

Little Rock, AR

Margaret Roley

CEO

South Baldwin Regional Medical Center

Foley, AL

Marie Sandra Severe, PhD

Senior Vice President and CEO

Jackson North Medical Center

North Miami Beach, FL

Marilyn Schock

President

UCHealth Greeley Hospital

Greeley, CO

Martha Henley

CEO

Unity Medical Center

Manchester, TN

Mary Beckerle, PhD

CEO

the University of Utah Health’s Huntsman Cancer Institute and Associate Vice President of Cancer Affairs at the University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Mary Deynoodt

CEO

Ochsner Baptist

New Orleans, LA

Mary Mannix

President and CEO

Augusta Health

Fishersville, VA

Maureen Schneider, PhD, RN

President

Chilton Medical Center and Senior Vice President for Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

Meagan Weber, DPT

CEO

Scotland County Hospital

Memphis, MS

Megan Brosious

Chief Administrative Officer

Geisinger’s Central Region

Danville, PA

Michele Morrison, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center

Edison, NJ

Michelle Joy

President and CEO

Carson Tahoe Health

Carson City, NV

Michelle LeBeau, RN

President and COO

Alice Hyde Medical Center and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital

Malone, NY and Burlington, VT

Michelle Riley-Brown

President and CEO

Children’s National Hospital

Washington, DC

Mimi Coomler, RN

CEO

Tucson Medical Center

Tucson, AZ

Monica Hum, MD

CEO

Piedmont Rockdale Hospital

Atlanta, GA

Nancy Batista-Rodriguez

CEO

Baptist Outpatient Services

Coral Gables, FL

Nancy DiLiegro, PhD

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health Trinitas Regional Medical Center

Elizabeth, NJ

Nicole Thomas

Hospital President

Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

Pam Stewart

CEO

Washington County Regional Medical Center

Sandersville, GA

Pamela Sutton-Wallace

Acting CEO

Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

Patricia Carroll

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Raritan Bay Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Old Bridge Medical Center

Bridge, NJ

Patty Maysent

CEO

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, CA

Prathibha Varkey, MBBS

President

Mayo Clinic Health System

Rochester, MN

Rebecca Coplin

Chief Executive

Providence Oregon North Coast Service Area–Providence Seaside Hospital

Seaside, OR

Rebecca Segal

President and CEO

Fauquier Health

Warrenton, VA

Regina Cunningham, PhD, RN

CEO

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Rhonda Abbott

Senior Vice President and CEO

TIRR Memorial Hermann, Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital–Katy and Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Network

Houston, TX

Rina Bansal, MD

President, and Senior Vice President, Inova Health System

Inova Alexandria Hospital

Alexandria, VA

Roberta Tinch

President

Inova Mount Vernon Hospital and Vice President and Administrator of Inova Musculoskeletal Service Line

Falls Church, VA

Robin Godwin

President and CEO

Ascension Sacred Heart Bay

Panama City, FL

Robyn H. Strosaker, MD

Market President and COO

University Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN

President and CEO

WellSpan Health

York, PA

Rozanna Penney

President and CEO

Heywood Hospital

Gardner, MA

Sandy Dugger

CEO

Banner Lassen Medical Center and Platte County Hospital

Wheatland, WY

Sarah Naumowich

President

St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital

Tampa, FL

Sarah Teaff, PhD

CEO

Patterson Health Center

Anthony, KS

Sharn Barbarin

CEO

Medical City Arlington

Arlington, TX

Sharon Adams, BSN, RN

President

Nuvance Health Eastern Region, President of Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Sharon Hospital and Homecare Services

Danbury, CT

Sheila Rankin

CEO

AdventHealth Kissimmee

Kissimmee, FL

Sheri DeShazo

President

Advocate Health, Sherman Hospital and Service Area

Milwaukee, WI and Downers Grove, IL

Sherri Emerson

President

Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital

Arlington, TX

Shubhada Jagasia, MD

President and CEO

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital, Midtown and West Campuses

Nashville, TN

Smitha Ravipudi

CEO

USC Care

Los Angeles, CA

Sommer Kleweno Walley

CEO

UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, WA

Sonia Mehta, MD. Region II CEO, Corporate Chief Medical Officer and Chief Academic Officer of Prime Healthcare

Ontario, CA

Soniya Fidler

President

UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center

Steamboat Springs, CO

Sonja LaBarbera

President and CEO

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare

Wallingford, CT

Stephanie Conn, MSN, RN

CEO

Coshocton Regional Hospital and East Liverpool City Hospital

Coshocton, OH and East Liverpool, OH

Stephanie Conners, RN

President and CEO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

Stephanie Everett

CEO, and Administrator of Mountrail Bethel Home

Mountrail County Medical Center

Stanley, ND

Stephanie Schwartz

President

Overlook Medical Center and Senior Vice President of Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

Sue Andersen

President and CEO

Dignity Health-Marian Regional Medical Center , Dignity Health-Arroyo Grande Community Hospital and French Hospital Medical Center

San Luis Obispo, CA

Susan Ehrlich, MD

CEO

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco, CA

Susan Fox

President and CEO

White Plains Hospital

White Plains, NY

Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD

President

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Burlington, MA

Svetlana Lipyanskaya

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

Brooklyn, NY

Tammy Peterman, MS, RN

President of the Kansas City Division, Executive Vice President, COO and CNO

The University of Kansas Health System

Kansas City, KS

Tammy Powers, BSN

CEO

Sutter Roseville Medical Center

Roseville, CA

Tiffany Lawrence

President and CEO

Sanford Health Fargo

Fargo, ND

Tiffany Northern

President

Texas Health Hospital Frisco

Frisco, TX

Tina Freese Decker

President and CEO

Corewell Health

Grand Rapids, MI

Tonya Sosebee, MSN, RN

President and CNO

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle

Azle, TX

Toya White, JD, MSN, APRN

President and CNO

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman

Traci Bernard, RN

President

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake

Traci Thibodeaux

CEO

Beauregard Health System

DeRidder, LA

Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN

President

Morristown Medical Center and Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive of Atlantic Health System

Morristown, NJ

Vicki Lewis

President and CEO

Coffee Regional Medical Center

Douglas, GA

Vicky Sabharwal

Vice President and CEO

Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital and Jackson Community Mental Health Center

Miami, FL

Victoria Bayless

CEO

Luminis Health

Annapolis, MD

Wendy Horton, PharmD

CEO

UVA Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

Whitney Johnson, RN

President

Owatonna Hospital and Faribault Medical Center

Faribault, MN