Ms. Badinger serves as CEO of Slidell Memorial Hospital, where she oversees the strategic, operational and financial leadership of the organization, including its Main and East campuses, affiliated clinics and outpatient facilities. In partnership with New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, she coordinates operations across a regional healthcare network while executing the policies of the Slidell Memorial Hospital board of commissioners and remaining accountable for quality of care, patient safety, financial performance and long-term growth. She brings a finance background to the role, approaching service expansions with discipline to keep them sustainable while advancing healthcare delivery through innovation, technology, workforce development and physician alignment. A visible community presence, Ms. Badinger personally visits more than 75 local businesses, civic groups and churches each year to hear the needs and concerns of those the hospital serves. She previously served as CFO of Slidell Memorial Hospital from 2012 to 2020, and earlier as CFO of various other hospitals, along with controller and CFO roles at King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services across multiple hospitals. Her additional leadership roles include member of the St. Tammany Chamber board, commissioner on the St. Tammany Corporation economic development board, executive committee member of the Ochsner Health Network and trustee of the Slidell Memorial Hospital Foundation board. Under her leadership, the hospital has earned recognitions including accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, primary stroke center designation, breast imaging center of excellence designation and status as a Louisiana birth ready designated birthing center.
