The Top 25 Executives in Healthcare:

Ruth Brinkley: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Healthcare veteran Ruth Brinkley: ‘I’m not retiring’

Susan DeVore: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Personal experiences drive Susan DeVore’s efforts to transform healthcare from the inside out

Sally Hurt-Deitch: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Hard work a key to Sally Hurt-Deitch’s ascent

Karen Lynch: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Diversity fuels Karen Lynch’s leadership at Aetna

Sue Schick: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Sue Schick’s ‘pay it forward’ philosophy has deep, powerful roots

Tejal Gandhi: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Tejal Gandhi galvanized as merger of IHI, NPSF multiplies efforts around patient safety

Nancy Howell Agee: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Nancy Howell Agee and her team help rejuvenate a region with Carilion’s success

Debra Cafaro: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

From lawyer to leader: Debra Cafaro’s turnaround of Ventas a remarkable, evolving success story

Marna Borgstrom: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Healthcare’s volatility has Marna Borgstrom rethinking how her organization develops leaders

Beverly Malone: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Beverly Malone inspires countless nurses with skills that earned her a seat alongside royalty

Deborah Bowen: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Deborah Bowen’s purposeful leadership sets the tone for ACHE members

Deborah DiSanzo: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Deborah DiSanzo sees IBM Watson Health change patients’ lives — including her own

Laura Kaiser: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Laura Kaiser of SSM Health brings courage, conviction to questions around healthcare’s future

Marla Silliman: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Florida Hospital’s Marla Silliman hopes to mentor a new generation of women leaders

Leah Binder: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Hospital Safety Grade is a powerful way that Leah Binder and Leapfrog Group keep patients safer

Katherine Schneider: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Delaware Valley ACO’s Katherine Schneider uses population health to improve patients’ lives, one at a time

Halee Fischer-Wright: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Halee Fischer-Wright recalibrates MGMA to give it a more resonant voice in healthcare

Christine Candio: 2017 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Former ACHE chair Christine Candio charts a nimble, independent course for St. Luke’s Hospital

Delvecchio Finley: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Delvecchio Finley: Medical care only part of the solution to health disparities

Debra Canales: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Debra Canales strives to put people first in the mission of healthcare

Ketul Patel: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

A sense of mission drives Ketul Patel at CHI Franciscan Health

Philip Ozuah: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Philip Ozuah finds his life’s calling as he works to eradicate health disparities in the Bronx

Eugene Woods: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Gene Woods’ influential leadership poised to enhance Carolinas HealthCare System

Bruce Siegel: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Bruce Siegel: Hospitals need to listen to their communities to tackle health disparities

Patricia Maryland: 2016 Top 25 Minority

Executives in Healthcare

Patricia Maryland: Taking risks helps leaders grow

Tauana McDonald: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Strategic excellence is Tauana McDonald’s calling card at Trinity Health

Trent Haywood: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

BCBSA’s Trent Haywood: Clinical executives essential in move to value-based care

Pamela Sutton-Wallace: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives

in Healthcare

Pamela Sutton-Wallace looks to enhance UVA’s stellar reputation

Ruth Brinkley: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

After a complex merger, Ruth Brinkley strives to build a new culture at KentuckyOne Health

Nicholas Tejeda: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Nicholas Tejeda: The ACA reinforces the need for younger leadership

Wright Lassiter: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives

in Healthcare

Wright Lassiter: In healthcare’s new order, no time to bask in past success

Sumit Nagpal: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Sumit Nagpal’s innovations at LumiraDx take aim at overhauling care for chronic conditions

Sachin Jain: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Healthcare is broken. Sachin Jain and colleagues want to help transform it

Georges Benjamin: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Georges Benjamin: Apathy, political agendas threaten progress in public health

Leon Clark: 2016 Top 25 Minority Executives in

Healthcare

Leon Clark helps guide the transformation of Mayo Clinic

Susan DeVore: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Susan DeVore’s bold leadership puts Premier on a path to transform healthcare

Maureen Bisognano: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Maureen Bisognano looks beyond the healthcare silo for improvement

Patricia Maryland: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

At Ascension, Patricia Maryland’s patient-centered focus aligns with a passion for analytics

Karen Ignagni: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Karen Ignagni: The post-ACA landscape offers a blank slate for visionary healthcare leaders

Elizabeth Nabel: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Elizabeth Nabel strives to make an impact in healthcare

Deborah Bowen: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Deborah Bowen: Leadership still about people trying to make a difference

Marna Borgstrom: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Marna Borgstrom: A new era calls for a new kind of leadership

Leah Binder: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Leah Binder and Leapfrog Group put pressure on healthcare providers to deliver on quality

Penny Wheeler: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Penny Wheeler: Even in value-based care, leaders of varying backgrounds can thrive

Mary Brainerd: 2015 Top 25 Women in

Healthcare

At HealthPartners, Mary Brainerd’s leadership approaches solutions from a nuanced angle

Donna Lynne: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Donna Lynne: Healthcare leaders need to be able to manage crisis, volatility

Tejal Gandhi: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Tejal Gandhi: Push for quality, safety needs to come from boards

Sister Carol Keehan: 2015 Top 25 Women in

Healthcare

Sister Carol Keehan: Gender diversity is a must-have for healthcare leadership — and so is

solidarity with the poor

Pam Cipriano: 2015 Top 25 Women in Healthcare

Pam Cipriano: In value-based care, nurses are ready to lead

Nancy Schlichting: 2015 Top 25 Women in

Healthcare

Nancy Schlichting’s willingness to take risks is still paying off for Henry Ford Health

System

George Brown

George Brown: 2014 Top 25 Minority Executives

Innovation keeps George Brown, Legacy ahead of the curve

Bernard J. Tyson

Bernard Tyson: 2014 Top 25 Minority Executives

Bernard Tyson: Workers will share in health care costs, but cost shifting is not sustainable

Eugene Woods: 2014 Top 25 Minority Executives

Diverse leadership key to solving health disparities, says Christus Health’s Eugene Woods

Georges Benjamin

Georges Benjamin: 2014 Top 25 Minority Executives

Georges Benjamin of APHA advocates for a better health system