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The Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare — 2020

Written by furstgroup | Feb 17, 2020 6:44:41 PM

Furst Group and NuBrick Partners are proud to sponsor the Top 25 Minority Leaders, the awards program created by Modern Healthcare. This is our 12th year of sponsoring the program, which culminates in an awards gala on August 13 in Chicago.

 

Furst Group and NuBrick Partners are proud to sponsor the Top 25 Minority Leaders, the awards program created by Modern Healthcare. This is our 12th year of sponsoring the program, which culminates in an awards gala on August 13 in Chicago.

 

Please click here to read our interviews with previous honorees from the Top 25 awards programs.

 

2020 Top 25 Minority Leaders in Healthcare 

Dr. Jerome Adams,

U.S. Surgeon General, HHS

Debra Canales,

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Providence

 

Read past profiles:
Debra Canales strives to put people first in the mission of healthcare

Genevieve Caruncho-Simpson,

President and Chief Operating Officer, Texas Health Aetna

Dr. Augustine Choi,

Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine

Dr. Bechara Choucair,

Senior Vice President and Chief Community Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente

Dr. Imelda Dacones,

President and CEO, Northwest Permanente

Garth Graham,

President, Aetna Foundation and Vice President, Community Health and Impact, CVS Health

Danielle Gray,

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Audrey Gregory,

CEO, Detroit Medical Center

 

Dr. Patrice Harris,

President, American Medical Association

 

Dr. Sachin Jain,

President and CEO, CareMore Health

 

Read past profiles:

The healthcare system is broken. Sachin Jain and colleagues want to help transform it

Transitioning to CEO? Self-awareness is Vital

Dr. Vivian Lee,

President of Health Platforms, Verily Life Sciences

Dr. Ana Pujols McKee,

Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Joint Commission

 

Read past profile:
Quality, safety fuel Pujols McKee's drive at The Joint Commission

Dr. Rhonda Medows,

CEO, Ayin Health Solutions and President of Population Health, Providence

Dr. Philip Ozuah,

President and CEO, Montefiore Medicine

Ketul Patel,

President, Pacific Northwest Division, CommonSpirit Health and CEO, CHI Franciscan

Dennis Pullin,

President and CEO, Virtua Health

Javier Rodriguez,

CEO, DaVita

Dr. Jaewon Ryu,

President and CEO, Geisinger Health

 

Read past profile:

Experiences build a strong leadership foundation for Jaewon Ryu

Ninfa Saunders,

CEO, Navicent Health

Dr. Thomas Sequist,

Chief Quality and Safety Officer, Partners HealthCare

Rajesh Shrestha,

Chief Operating Officer, Community-Based Care, Intermountain Healthcare and CEO, Castell

Nicole Thomas,

Hospital President, Baptist Medical Center South

 

Michael Ugwueke,

President and CEO, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

 

Read past profile:

Michael Ugwueke helps Methodist South turn around

Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom,

Senior Vice President of Community Health and Equity, and Chief Wellness and Diversity Officer, Henry Ford Health System

 

 

2020 Luminaries 

 

Lloyd Dean,

CEO, CommonSpirit Health

 

Read past profile:
Dignity Health’s Lloyd Dean leads from experience and welcomes ‘healthcare for all’

Wright Lassiter III,

President and CEO, Henry Ford Health System

 

Read past profile:

In healthcare's new order, no time to bask in past success

Kevin Lofton,

CEO, CommonSpirit Health

 

Beverly Malone,

CEO, National League of Nursing

 

Read past profiles:

Healthcare’s volatility gives way to innovative leadership

Once a reluctant leader, Beverly Malone inspires countless nurses with skills that earned her a seat alongside royalty

 

Eugene Woods,

President and CEO, Atrium Health

 

Read past profiles:

A template for change: Continual transformation is a must for leaders

Gene Woods' influential leadership poised to enhance Carolinas HealthCare System

 

Diverse leadership is key to solving health disparities

 

 

2020 Minority Leaders to Watch 

In addition, here are the 10 executives chosen as Minority Leaders to Watch:

 

Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis,

President and CEO, Craig Hospital

Dr. Miguel Benet,

Division Chief Medical Officer, Medical City Healthcare, North Texas Division of HCA Healthcare

Dr. Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee,

Senior Vice President and Chief Community Impact Officer, Ascension

Ahmed Haque,

Senior Vice President of Network Performance and Strategy, Aledade

Barbara Johnson,

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Premier Health

Angelleen Peters-Lewis,

Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Dr. Stella Safo,

Chief Clinical Transformation Officer and Vice President of Prospective Research, Premier

Dr. Airica Steed,

System Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Sinai Health System

Cassandra Willis-Abner,

Senior Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Experience Officer, Trinity Health

Nichole Wilson,

Vice President of Retail Health Services, Community Health Network

 

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