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Women Hospital CEOs to know | 2024

The women leading these hospitals and health systems are passionate about care access, equity and diversity, and the overall improvement of healthcare delivery.

Note: This list is not exhaustive, nor is it an endorsement of included presidents, CEOs, hospitals, health systems or associated healthcare providers. Leaders cannot pay for inclusion on this list. We extend a special thank you to Rhoda Weiss for her contributions to this list. Leaders are presented in alphabetical order.

Contact Anna Falvey at afalvey@beckershealthcare.com with questions or comments.

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Airica Steed, EdD, RN

President and CEO

MetroHealth

Cleveland, OH

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Alice Issai

President

Adventist Health Glendale

Roseville, CA

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Alicia Gresham

CEO

Penn Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

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Amie Thornton

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center

Edison, NJ

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Amy E. Lee

President and COO

Nantucket Cottage Hospital

Nantucket, MA

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Amy Mansue

President and CEO

Inspira Health

Vineland, NJ

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Amy Shlossman

President and COO

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Grace Medical Center

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Anne Diamond

President

Bridgeport Hospital, Executive Vice President Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

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Anne Klibanski, MD

President and CEO

Mass General Brigham

Somerville, MA

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Annette Seabrook

President

Orlando Health Advanced Rehabilitation Institute

Orlando, FL

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Annette Walker

President

City of Hope Orange County

Irvine, CA

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Ashley Sacriste

CEO

Universal Health Services West Oaks Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

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Audrey Gregory, PhD, RN

Executive Vice President and CEO

AdventHealth East Florida Division

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Beth Charlton, RN

President and CEO

Covenant HealthCare

Saginaw, MI

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Beth Walker

CEO

Ochsner Baptist

New Orleans, LA

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Brenda Cain

Vice President and CEO

the Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center For The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at UHealth/Jackson Memorial

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Brenda Carlisle, BSN, RN

CEO

UAB Hospital

Birmingham, AL

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Brittany Lavis

CEO

Detroit Medical Center

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Caitlin Beck Stella

CEO

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Hollywood, FL

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Caitlin Miller, BSN, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Bayshore Medical Center

Holmdel, NJ

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Candace Ifabiyi

CEO

VA St. Louis Healthcare System

St. Louis, MO

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Candace S. Johnson, PhD

President and CEO

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, NY

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Candice L. Saunders

President and CEO

Wellstar Health System

Marietta, GA

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Carol Dozier

CEO

Norton King's Daughters' Health

Madison, IN

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Carol Friesen

CEO

OSF HealthCare Eastern Region

Peoria, IL

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CarolAnn Williams

President

Mass Eye and Ear

Boston, MA

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Carolyn Caldwell

President and CEO

Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center

Long Beach, CA

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Catherine Jacobson

President and CEO

Froedtert Health

Milwaukee, WI

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Chanda Chacon

President and CEO

Children’s Nebraska

Omaha, NE

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Cheryl McIntire

CEO and CFO

Lehigh Regional Medical Center

Lehigh Acres, FL

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Cheryl Nester Wolfe, MSN, RN

President and CEO

Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics

Salem, OR

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Chris Woleske

Executive Vice President

Bellin Gundersen Health System and President of Bellin Health

Green Bay, WI

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Christine Schuster, RN

President and CEO

Emerson Health

Concord, MA

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Cindy Ann Stout, DNP, RN

President and CEO

El Paso Children’s Hospital

El Paso, TX

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Cindy Hecker, RN

CEO

University of Washington Medical Center

Seattle, WA

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Colleen Assavapisitkul, MSN, RN

President

Adventist Health Clear Lake

Lake, CA

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Connie Martin

President and Chief Administrative Officer

Fort Loudoun Medical Center

Lenoir City, TN

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Courtney Ophaug

CEO

Banner Estrella Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

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Cris Daskevich

CEO

CHRISTUS Children's Hospital and Senior Vice President of Maternal Services for CHRISTUS Health

Irving, TX

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Crista Durand

President and CEO

Newport Hospital

Newport, RI

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Dana Weston Graves

President

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital

Norfolk, VA

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Danielle Drummond

President and CEO

Lakeland Regional Health

Lakeland, FL

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Dawn Bulgarella

CEO

UAB Health System and CEO of UAB/Ascension St. Vincent’s Alliance

Birmingham, AL

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Deanna Sperling, RN

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health Behavioral Health Center

Toms River, NJ

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Debbie Flores

CEO

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

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Debbie Streier

Regional President and CEO

Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center

Marshall, MN

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Deborah Feldman

President and CEO

Dayton Children’s Hospital

Dayton, OH

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Deborah Visconi

President and CEO

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center

Paramus, NJ

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Deborah Weymouth

President and CEO

Eastern Connecticut Health Network

Manchester, CT

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Debra Rudquist

President and CEO

Amery Hospital and Clinics

Amery, WI

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Denise Schepici, MPH

President and Chief Operating Officer

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital

Vineyard, MA

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Diane Hansen

President and CEO

Palomar Health

Escondido, CA

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Diane Kelly, DNP, RN

President

Greenwich Hospital and Executive Vice President Yale New Haven Health

New Haven, CT

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Donna McGregor

President

St. Lawrence Health, Rochester Regional Health

Rochester, NY

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Elaine Batchlor, MD

CEO

MLK Community Healthcare

Los Angeles, CA

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Elizabeth Wako, MD

President and CEO

Swedish Health Services

Seattle, WA

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Eunmee Shim

President

Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center

Washington, MD

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Gabrielle Finley-Hazle

President and CEO

Dignity Health Arizona and West Valley Market

Chicago, IL

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Heather Dexter

CEO

Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital

Atlanta, GA

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Helen Arteaga-Landaverde

CEO

NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst

Elmhurst, NY

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Holly McCormack, DNP, RN

President and CEO

Cottage Hospital

Woodsville, NH

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Jandel Allen-Davis, MD

President and CEO

Craig Hospital

Englewood, CO

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Janice Nevin, MD

President and CEO

ChristianaCare

Wilmington, DE

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Jeanie Vieira

Chief Executive

Providence Columbia Gorge Service Area-Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital

Hood River, OR

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Jeannine Erickson Grinnell

CEO and CFO

UW Medicine Valley Medical Center

Renton, WA

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Jen Chahanovich

President and CEO, and CEO of Kauai Medical Clinic

Wilcox Memorial Hospital

Kauai, HI

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Jena Hausmann

President and CEO

Children’s Hospital Colorado

Aurora, CO

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Jennifer Burrows

Chief Executive

Providence Oregon West Division-Providence St Vincent Medical Center

Portland, OR

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Jennifer Cruikshank, RN

CEO

Riverside University Health System-Medical Center and Clinics

Moreno Valley, CA

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Jennifer DeCubellis

CEO

Hennepin Healthcare

Minneapolis, MN

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Jennifer Opsut

CEO

Alaska Regional Hospital

Anchorage, AK

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Jennifer Schuck

Interim CEO

Emory Decatur and Hillandale Hospitals and Emory Long Term Acute Care

Decatur and Lithonia, GA

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Jennifer Swenson

President and CEO

Adventist Health Simi Valley

Valley, CA

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Jennifer Wandersleben

Regional CEO of AdventHealth West Florida Division (Tampa)

Tampa, FL

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Jessica O’Neal

CEO

Medical City Las Colinas

Irving, TX

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Jill Donaldson

President, and Senior Vice President of MedStar Health

MedStar Harbor Hospital

Baltimore, MD

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Jill Duplechan, RN

Chief Executive

Providence Orange County-High Desert

Anaheim, CA

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Jill Hoggard Green, PhD, RN

President and CEO

The Queen's Health System

Honolulu, HI

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Jill Welton, MSN, RN

President and CEO

Dignity Health-Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center

Health-Glendale, CA

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Joan Ross

President

Ascension Seton Hays

Kyle, TX

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Joanna Conley

President and CEO

Doctors Hospital

Augusta, GA

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Joanne Conroy, MD

President and CEO

Dartmouth Health

Lebanon, NH

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Joanne Ruggiero, MSN, RN

Senior Vice President and CEO

Holtz Children’s and The Women’s Hospital at Jackson Memorial

Miami, FL

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Jodi Fincher

CEO

St. Joseph Medical Center, Prime Healthcare

Kansas City, MO

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Johnese Spisso

President and Associate Vice Chancellor

UCLA Health, CEO at UCLA Hospital System

Los Angeles, CA

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Juli McWhorter

CEO

Willow Creek Women's Hospital and Northwest Health Physicians’ Specialty Hospital

Johnson and Fayetteville, AR

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Julie Freischlag, MD

CEO

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

Winston-Salem, NC

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Julie Sprengel

President and CEO

CommonSpirit, California Region

Glendale

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June Collison

President and CEO

Dignity Health-Community Hospital of San Bernardino

Bernardino, CA

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Kara Besst

CEO

Gritman Medical Center

Moscow, ID

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Karen Cheeseman

President and CEO

Mackinac Straits Health System

St. Ignace, MI

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Karen Duncan, MD

President and CEO

JPS Health Network

Fort Worth, TX

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Kari Vargas

CEO

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

Altamonte Springs, FL

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Kathleen Silard, MSN, RN

President and CEO

Stamford Health

Stamford, CT

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Kathryn Correia

President and CEO

Legacy Health

Portland, OR

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Kelly Braverman

President and CEO

Witham Health Services

Lebanon, IN

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Kim Lucero

CEO

Mt. San Rafael Hospital

Trinidad, CO

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Kimberly Hartz

CEO

Washington Hospital Healthcare System

Fremont, CA

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Krista Farnham

Chief Executive

Providence Oregon East Division-Providence Portland Medical Center

Oregon

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Kristy Carrington, BSN, RN

Chief Executive

Providence North Puget Sound

Everett, WA

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Lani Fast

CEO

St. Bernard Parish Hospital

Chalmette, LA

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Laura Easton, MSN, RN

President and CEO

Caldwell Memorial Hospital of UNC Health

Lenoir, NC

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Laura Grill

President and CEO

East Alabama Health

Opelika, AL

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Laura Kaiser

President and CEO

SSM Health

St. Louis, MO

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Laura Longstreet

CEO and Division Vice President

Belmont Behavioral Health Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

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Laura Ramos, MSN, RN

Chief Executive

Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton, CA

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Laura Robertson

CEO

Banner Desert Medical Center, Cardon Children's Medical Center and Banner Ocotillo Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

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Laurie H. Glimcher, MD

President and CEO

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston

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Leslie Davis

President and CEO

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

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Linda Thorpe

CEO

East Morgan County Hospital

Phoenix, AZ

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Lisa A. Breza, MSN, RN

Chief Administrative Officer

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton

Hamilton, NJ

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Lisa Carter

President

Ballad Health Southern Region

Johnson City, TN

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Lisa Cochran

CEO

Kindred Hospital Albuquerque

Albuquerque N.M

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Lisa Deering, MSN, RN

CEO

Regency Hospital Company-Cleveland East at Select Medical

Mechanicsburg, PA

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Lisa Hausmann

President and CEO

Dignity Health-Mercy Hospital of Folsom

Folsom, CA

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Lisa Iachetti, BSN, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center

North Bergen, NJ

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Lisa Shannon

President and CEO

Allina Health

Minneapolis, MN

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Liz Dunne

President and CEO

PeaceHealth

Vancouver, WA

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Lori James-Nielsen, RN

CEO

Hillsboro Medical Center

Hillsboro, OR

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Lori Mazanec

CEO

Box Butte General Hospital

Alliance, NE

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Lori Morgan, MD

President and CEO

Huntington Hospital

Pasadena, CA

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Lorraine Lutton

President and CEO

Mount Carmel Health System

Ohio

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Lourdes A. Boue

CEO

Baptist Health Doctors Hospital and Baptist Health West Kendall Baptist Hospital

Miami, FL

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Lydia Watson, MD

President and CEO

MyMichigan Health

Midland, MI

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Lynnette Watkins, MD, MBA

President and COO

Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Northampton, MA

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Madeline Bell

CEO

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

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Malisha Patel

Senior Vice President and CEO

Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital and Sugar Land Hospital

Houston, TX

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Marcia Manker

CEO

MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center and Saddleback Medical Center

Laguna Hills, CA

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Marcy Doderer

President and CEO

Arkansas Children's

Little Rock, AR

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Marie Sandra Severe, PhD

Senior Vice President and CEO

Jackson North Medical Center

North Miami Beach, FL

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Marilyn Margolis, RN

CEO

Emory Johns Creek Hospital

Johns Creek, GA

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Marilyn Schock

President

UCHealth Greeley Hospital

Greeley, CO

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Marissa Kiefer

Senior Vice President and CEO

Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital

Houston, TX

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Martha Henley

CEO

Unity Medical Center

Manchester, TN

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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

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Mary Deynoodt

CEO

Ochsner Medical Center-West Bank Campus

New Orleans, LA

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Mary Ellen Clyne, PhD

President and CEO

Clara Maass Medical Center

Belleville, NJ

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Maureen Schneider, PhD, RN

Senior Vice President

Atlantic Health System and President for Chilton Medical Center

Pompton Plains, NJ

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Megan Brosious

Chief Administrative Officer

Geisinger's Central Region

Danville, PA

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Melinda Estes, MD

President and CEO

Saint Luke's Health System

Missouri

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Michele Morrison, RN

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Southern Ocean Medical Center

Stafford Township, NJ

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Michelle Joy

President and CEO

Carson Tahoe Health

Carson City, NV

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Mimi Coomler, RN

CEO

Tucson Medical Center

Tucson, AZ

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Nancy Agee, RN

President and CEO

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, VA

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Nancy Batista-Rodriguez

CEO

Baptist Outpatient Services

Coral Gables, FL

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Nancy DiLiegro, PhD

President and CEO

RWJBarnabas Health Trinitas Regional Medical Center

Elizabeth, NJ

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Nicole Thomas

Hospital President

Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

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P. Sue Perrotty

President and CEO

Tower Health

West Reading, PA

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Patricia A. Toole

President and Chief Hospital Executive

Hackensack Meridian Carrier Clinic

Belle Mead, NJ

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Patricia Carroll

President and Chief Hospital Executive

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

Edison, NJ

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Patty Maysent

CEO

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, CA

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Penny Johnson

CEO

AdventHealth Southwest Region and Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South

Burleson, TX

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Phyllis Cowling

President and CEO

United Regional Health Care System

Wichita Falls, TX

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President and CEO of Children’s Hospital of Orange County

County, CA

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Rebecca Coplin

Chief Executive

Providence Oregon North Coast Service Area-Providence Seaside Hospital

Seaside, OR

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Regina Cunningham, PhD, RN

CEO

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

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Rhonda Abbott

Senior Vice President and CEO

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

Houston, TX

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Rina Bansal, MD

President, and Senior Vice President, Inova Health System

Inova Alexandria Hospital

Alexandria, VA

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Roberta Tinch

President

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

Falls Church, VA

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Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN

President and CEO

WellSpan Health

York, PA

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Sandy Dugger

CEO

Banner Lassen Medical Center

Susanville, CA

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Sarah Frost

CEO

Banner University Medical Center Tucson and Banner University Medical Center South

Tucson, AZ

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Sarah Teaff, PhD

CEO

Patterson Health Center

Anthony, KS

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Sharn Barbarin

CEO

Medical City Arlington

Arlington, TX

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Sharon Adams, BSN, RN

President

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

Danbury, CT

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Sheri De Shazo

President

Advocate Health, Sherman Hospital

Milwaukee, WI and Downers Grove, IL

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Shubhada Jagasia, MD

President and CEO

Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital, Midtown and West Campuses

Nashville, TN

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Sister Mary Haddad

President and CEO

The Catholic Health Association of the United States

St. Louis, MO

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Smitha Ravipudi

CEO

USC Care

Los Angeles, CA

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Sommer Kleweno Walley

CEO

UW Medicine Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, WA

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

Ontario, CA

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Soniya Fidler

President

UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center

Steamboat Springs, CO

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Sonja LaBarbera

President and CEO

Gaylord Specialty Healthcare

Wallingford, CT

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Stephanie Conners, RN

President and CEO

BayCare Health System

Clearwater, FL

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Stephanie Everett

CEO, and Administrator of Mountrail Bethel Home

Mountrail County Medical Center

Stanley, ND

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Stephanie Schwartz

President, Overlook Medical Center, Senior Vice President, Atlantic Health System

Overlook Medical Center – Atlantic Health System

Summit, NJ

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Sue Andersen

President and CEO

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

Arroyo Grande, CA

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Susan Burroughs

CEO

Medical University of South Carolina – Columbia Medical Center Northeast

Columbia, SC

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Susan Ehrlich, MD

CEO

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

San Francisco, CA

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Susan Fox

President and CEO

White Plains Hospital

White Plains, NY

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Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD

President

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

Burlington, MA

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Suzanne Worthington

Senior Vice President, Orlando Health, and President

Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies for Orlando Health

Orlando, FL

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Takeisha Davis, MD

CEO

New Orleans East Hospital

New Orleans, LA

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Tammy Peterman, MS, RN

President

the Kansas City Division for The University of Kansas Health System

Kansas City

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Tiffany Lawrence

President and CEO

Sanford Health Fargo

Fargo, ND

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Tina Freese Decker

President and CEO

Corewell Health

Grand Rapids, MI

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Tonya Smith, PharmD

President

Winchester Medical Center

Winchester, VA

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Trish O’Keefe, PhD, RN

President

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

Morristown, NJ

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Vicki Lewis

President and CEO

Coffee Regional Medical Center

Douglas, GA

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Vicky Sabharwal

Vice President and CEO

Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital

Miami, FL

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Victoria Bayless

CEO

Luminis Health

Annapolis, MD

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Wendy Horton, PharmD

CEO

UVA Medical Center

Charlottesville, VA

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