The nominees for the 2008 ‘100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare’

Adams, Nelson
President,
National Medical Association,
Washington


Aiken, Linda
Professor, director,
Center for Health Outcomes, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia


Allison, Joel
President, CEO,
Baylor Health Care System,
Dallas


Altman, Drew
President, CEO,
Kaiser Family Foundation,
Menlo Park, Calif.

Altman, Stuart
Chairman, Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Brandeis University;
Sol C. Chaikin professor of national health policy, Brandeis,
Waltham, Mass.

Anderson, Ron
President, CEO,
Parkland Health & Hospital System,
Dallas

Armada, Anthony
President, CEO,
Henry Ford Hospital and Health Network,
Detroit

Averill, Richard
Director of clinical and economic research,
3M Health Information Systems,
Wallingford, Conn.

Aviles, Alan
President, CEO,
New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.,
New York

Babiarz, John
Group president,
Aramark Healthcare,
Philadelphia

Ballantyne, Reginald
Senior corporate officer,
Vanguard Health Systems,
Phoenix

Ballard, David
Chief quality officer,
Baylor Health Care System,
Dallas

Ballard, Rand
Executive vice president, COO,
MedAssets,
Alpharetta, Ga.

Bard, Marc
CEO,
Bard Group,
Boston

Bardis, John
Chairman, president, CEO,
MedAssets,
Alpharetta, Ga.

Bates, David
Chief, general medicine division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Boston

Baucus, Max
U.S. Senator, (D-Mont.), chairman, Finance Committee,
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Bauer, Joanne
President,
Kimberly-Clark Corp., healthcare,
Roswell, Ga.

Bea, Jevon
President, CEO,
Mercy Health System,
Janesville, Wis.

Bednash, Geraldine "Polly"
Executive director,
American Association of Colleges of Nursing,
Washington

Beeman, Thomas
President, CEO,
Lancaster General,
Lancaster, Pa.

Benjamin, Georges
Executive director,
American Public Health Association,
Washington

Benson, Holly
Secretary,
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration,
Tallahassee

Bernd, David
CEO
Sentara Healthcare,
Norfolk, Va.

Berwick, Donald
President, CEO,
Institute for Healthcare Improvement,
Cambridge, Mass.

Binder, Leah
CEO,
Leapfrog Group,
Washington

Bisognano, Maureen
COO,
Institute for Healthcare Improvement,
Cambridge, Mass.

Blaszyk, Michael
Executive vice president, CFO,
Catholic Healthcare West,
San Francisco

Bluford, John
President, CEO,
Truman Medical Centers,
Kansas City, Mo.

Blumenthal, David
Director, Institute for Health Policy,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston;
Professor of medicine and healthcare policy,
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass.

Bovender, Jack
Chairman, CEO,
HCA,
Nashville

Brailer, David
Founder,
Health Evolution Partners,
San Francisco;
Former director,
Office of the National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology

Braly, Angela
CEO,
WellPoint,
Indianapolis

Bria, William
Chairman,
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems,
Lake Almanor, Calif.

Bromberg, Michael
Chairman,
Capitol Health Group,
Washington

Brown, LaRay
Senior vice president,
New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.,
New York

Burch, Christine Capito
Executive director,
National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems,
Washington

Bush, George W.
President of the United States,
Washington

Bussey, Stuart
President,
Union of American Physicians and Dentists,
Oakland, Calif.

Butler, Michael
Acting CEO,
Louisiana State University
Health Care Services Division
Baton Rouge

Buto, Kathleen
Vice president for health policy and government affairs,
Johnson & Johnson,
New Brunswick, N.J.

Byrne, Frank
President,
St. Mary’s Hospital,
Madison, Wis.

Canete, Danelo
CEO,
Hawaii Medical Center,
Honolulu

Caplan, Arthur
Director, Center for Bioethics,
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia

Caputo, Mark
Co-founder, CEO,
Liberty Dialysis,
Mercer Island, Wash.,

Carder-Thompson, Elizabeth
President-elect,
American Health Lawyers Association,
Washington

Carlson, James
President, CEO,
Amerigroup Corp.,
Virginia Beach, Va.

Carpenter, William
President, CEO,
LifePoint Hospitals,
Brentwood, Tenn.

Case, Steve
Founder,
Revolution Health,
Washington

Cash, Larry
Executive vice president, CFO,
Community Health Systems,
Franklin, Tenn.

Cassel, Christine
President, CEO,
American Board of Internal Medicine,
ABIM Foundation,
Philadelphia

Chapman, Thomas
President, CEO,
HSC Foundation,
Washington

Chassin, Mark
President,
Joint Commission,
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.

Chenoweth, Jean
Senior vice president of performance improvement,
Thomson Reuters, healthcare division,
Ann Arbor, Mich.

Chu, Benjamin
President,
Kaiser Permanente-Southern California Region

Churchwell, Kevin
President, CEO,
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt,
Nashville

Clancy, Carolyn
Director,
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,
Rockville, Md.

Clarke, Richard
President, CEO,
Healthcare Financial Management Association,
Westchester, Ill.

Clinton, Hillary Rodham
U.S. senator (D-N.Y.), presidential candidate,
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Clohan, Dexanne
Chief medical officer,
HealthSouth Corp.,
Birmingham, Ala.

Coburn, Thomas
U.S. senator (R-Okla.),
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Cochran, John
Executive director,
Permanente Federation,
Oakland, Calif.

Cohen, Michael
President,
Institute for Safe Medication Practices,
Huntingdon Valley, Pa.

Colberg, Gary
President, CEO,
Southeast Georgia Health System,
Brunswick

Connelly, Michael
President, CEO,
Catholic Healthcare Partners,
Cincinnati

Converso, Ann
President,
United American Nurses,
Silver Spring, Md.

Convery, Paul
Senior vice president, chief medical officer,
Baylor Health Care System,
Dallas

Cooper, Susan
Commissioner of Health,
state of Tennessee,
Nashville

Cordova, Richard
President, CEO,
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Corrigan, Janet
President,
National Quality Forum,
Washington

Cortese, Denis
President, CEO,
Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minn.

Cosgrove, Delos "Toby"
CEO,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Cleveland

Covall, Mark
Executive director,
National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems,
Washington

Covert, Michael
President, CEO,
Palomar Pomerado Health,
Escondido, Calif.

Coye, Molly
Founder and CEO,
Health Technology Center,
San Francisco

Cyganowski, David
Managing director and co-head, healthcare unit,
Citigroup,
New York

Darling, Helen
President,
National Business Group on Health,
Washington

Dauner, Duane
President,
California Hospital Association,
Sacramento

Davis, Karen
President,
Commonwealth Fund,
New York

Dean, Lloyd
President, CEO,
Catholic Healthcare West,
San Francisco

DeMoro, Rose Ann
Executive director,
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee,
Oakland, Calif.

DeParle, Nancy-Ann
Managing director, healthcare,
CCMP Capital Advisors,
New York

DeVore, Susan
COO,
Premier,
Charlotte, N.C.

Diamond, Carol
Managing director, health program,
Markle Foundation,
New York

Diaz, Paul
President, CEO,
Kindred Healthcare,
Louisville, Ky.

Dickey, Nancy
President, vice chancellor for health affairs,
Texas A&M Health Science Center,
College Station

Dingell, John
U.S. representative, (D-Mich.); chairman, Energy and Commerce Committee,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

Dolan, Thomas
President, CEO,
American College of Healthcare Executives,
Chicago

Dowling, Michael
President, CEO,
North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System,
New York

Duggan, Michael
President, CEO,
Detroit Medical Center,
Detroit

Ebert, Todd
President, CEO,
Amerinet,
St. Louis

Eckert, R. Andrew
President, CEO,
Eclipsys Corp.,
Boca Raton, Fla.

Eesley, Michael
President, CEO,
Centegra Health System,
McHenry, Ill.

Enzi, Michael
U.S. senator (R-Wyo.),
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Epstein, Robert
Senior vice president, CMO,
Medco Health Solutions,
Franklin Lakes, N.J.

Estes, Melinda
President, CEO,
Fletcher Allen Health Care,
Burlington, Vt.

Faulkner, Judith
Founder, CEO,
Epic Health Systems,
Verona, Wis.

Ferguson, John
President, CEO,
Hackensack University Medical Center,
Hackensack, N.J.

Fetter, Trevor
President and CEO,
Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
Dallas

Fickenscher, Kevin
Executive vice president, healthcare transformation,
Perot Systems Corp.,
Plano, Texas

Fineberg, Harvey
President,
Institute of Medicine,
Washington

Foster, Richard
Chief actuary,
CMS,
Washington

Friedman, Emily
Independent health policy and ethics analyst,
Chicago

Fry, Patrick
President, CEO,
Sutter Health,
Sacramento, Calif.,

Gabow, Patricia
CEO, medical director,
Denver Health,
Denver

Gage, Larry
President,
National Association of Public Hospital Systems,
Washington

Galvin, Robert
Director of global healthcare,
General Electric Co.,
Fairfield, Conn.

Garcia, Joxel
Assistant secretary,
HHS,
director, Public Health Service, Washington

Gates, Bill
Cofounder,
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation;
board chairman,
Microsoft Corp.,
Redmond, Wash.

Gerberding, Julie
Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta

Gingrich, Newt
Founder, Center for Health Transformation;
former Speaker of the House (R-Ga.),
Washington

Ginsburg, Paul
President,
Center for Studying Health System Change,
Washington

Gonzalez, Rainier
Founder, chairman, CEO.
Pacer Heath Corp.
Miami Lakes, Fla.

Gottlieb, Gary
President,
Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Boston

Grady, Raymond
President, CEO,
Evanston Hospital,
Evanston, Ill.

Graham, Gail
Director of health data and informatics,
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
Washington

Grant, Pauline
CEO,
North Broward Medical Center,
Deerfield Beach, Fla.

Grassley, Chuck
U. S. senator (R-Iowa), ranking minority member,
Senate Finance Committee,
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Grealy, Mary
President,
Healthcare Leadership Council,
Washington

Gregg, Vicky
President, CEO,
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee,
Chattanooga

Grinney, Jay
President, CEO,
HealthSouth Corp.,
Birmingham, Ala.

Hackbarth, Glenn
Chairman,
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission,
Washington

Halamandaris, Val
President,
National Association for Home Care & Hospice,
Washington

Halamka, John
Chief information officer,
CareGroup Health System,
Boston

Hall, Melvin
President, CEO,
Press Ganey Associates,
South Bend, Ind.

Halvorson, George
CEO,
Kaiser Permanente,
Oakland, Calif.

Hammergren, John
Chairman, president, CEO,
McKesson Corp.,
San Francisco

Hanson, Dave
President, board of directors,
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses,
Aliso Viejo, Calif.

Hastings, G. Richard
President, CEO,
St. Luke's Health System,
Kansas City, Mo.

Hawthorne, Douglas
CEO,
Texas Health Resources,
Arlington

Haywood, Trent
Senior vice president, chief medical officer,
VHA,
Irving, Texas

Herzlinger, Regina
Nancy R. McPherson professor of business administration;
healthcare researcher,
Harvard Business School,
Boston

Hinton, James
President, CEO,
Presbyterian Healthcare Services,
Albuquerque

Hobby, Fred
CEO,
Institute for Diversity in Healthcare Management,
Chicago

Hochman, Rodney
President, CEO,
Swedish Medical Center,
Seattle

Hogan, Joseph
President, CEO,
GE Healthcare,
Oconomowoc, Wis.

Hupfeld, Stanley
President, CEO,
Integris Health,
Oklahoma City

Ignagni, Karen
President, CEO,
America's Health Insurance Plans,
Washington

Jacobs, Joey
Chairman, CEO,
Psychiatric Solutions,
Franklin, Tenn.

Jacobson, Harry
Vice chancellor for health affairs,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville

James, Brent
Vice president of research and executive director,
Institute for Health Care Delivery Research,
Intermountain Healthcare,
Salt Lake City

Jessee, William
President, CEO,
Medical Group Management Association,
Englewood, Colo.

Jimenez, A. David
COO,
Catholic Healthcare Partners,
Cincinnati

Jindal, Bobby
Governor,
State of Louisiana,
Baton Rouge

Johanson, Wanda
CEO,
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses,
Aliso Viejo, Calif.

Kahn, Chip
President,
Federation of American Hospitals,
Washington

Kaplan, Gary
Chairman, CEO,
Virginia Mason Medical Center,
Seattle

Keckley, Paul
Executive director,
Deloitte Center for Health Solutions,
Washington

Keehan, Sister Carol
President,
Catholic Health Association,
Washington

Kennedy, Edward "Ted"
U.S. senator (D-Mass.),
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Kennedy, Patrick
U.S. representative (D-R.I.),
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

King, James
President,
American Academy of Family Physicians,
Leawood, Kan.

Kirch, Darrell
President,
Association of American Medical Colleges,
Washington

Kizer, Kenneth
Principal,
Kizer & Associates,
Sacramento, Calif.;
Former CEO, National Quality Forum,
Washington

Kloss, Linda
CEO,
American Health Information Management Association,
Chicago

Kolodner, Robert
National coordinator for healthcare information technology,
HHS,
Washington

Koster, John
President, CEO,
Providence Health & Services,
Seattle

Kuhn, Herb
Deputy administrator,
CMS,
Washington

Kyllo, David
Executive director,
National Center for Assisted Living,
Washington

Lavizzo-Mourey, Risa
President, CEO,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
Princeton, N.J.

Leavitt, Mark
Chairman,
Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology,
Chicago,

Leavitt, Mike
Secretary,
HHS,
Washington

Levinson, Arthur
Chairman, CEO,
Genentech,
South San Francisco

Lewin, Jack
CEO,
American College of Cardiology,
Washington

Lieber, Stephen
President, CEO,
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society,
Chicago

Lipstein, Steven
President, CEO,
BJC HealthCare,
St. Louis

Lofton, Kevin
President, CEO,
Catholic Health Initiatives
Denver

Lopez, David
President, CEO,
Harris County Hospital District,
Houston

Lord, Jonathan
Senior vice president, chief innovation officer,
Humana,
Louisville, Ky.

Malehorn, Jeff
President, CEO,
GE Healthcare Financial Services,
Chicago

Malone, Beverly
CEO,
National League for Nursing,
New York

Mancino, Diane
Executive director,
National Student Nurses' Association,
New York

Marsh, Martha
President, CEO,
Stanford Hospital & Clinics
Stanford, Calif.

Martin, Charles Jr.
Chairman, CEO,
Vanguard Health Systems,
Nashville

Massingale, Lynn
Executive chairman,
TeamHealth,
Knoxville, Tenn.

Maves, Michael
Executive vice president, CEO,
American Medical Association,
Chicago

McCain, John
U.S. senator (R-Ariz.), Republican presidential candidate,
U.S. Senate,
Washington

McCallister, Michael
President, CEO,
Humana,
Louisville, Ky.

McClellan, Mark
Director,
Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform,
Brookings Institution,
Washington

McIntyre, David Jr.
President, CEO,
TriWest Healthcare Alliance,
Phoenix

Middleton, Blackford
Corporate director, clinical informatics
research and development,
Partners HealthCare System,
Boston

Miller, Alan
President, CEO,
Universal Health Services,
King of Prussia, Pa.

Miller, Rodney
Administrator,
Memorial Regional Hospital,
Hollywood, Fla.

Miyamoto, Gene
COO,
St. Vincent’s Medical Center,
Jacksonville, Fla.

Moen, Daniel
President, CEO,
Legacy Hospital Partners,
Plano, Texas

Mongan, James
President, CEO,
Partners HealthCare System,
Boston

Moore, Michael
Movie director, whose credits
include the 2007 film Sicko

Moore-Hardy, Cynthia
President, CEO,
Lake Hospital System,
Painesville, Ohio

Morgan, Alan
CEO,
National Rural Health Association,
Kansas City, Mo.

Murphy, Edward
President, CEO,
Carilion Clinic,
Roanoke, Va.

Murphy, Michael
President, CEO,
Sharp HealthCare,
San Diego

Nash, David
Chairman, department of health policy,
Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia

Nelson, William
President, CEO,
Intermountain Healthcare,
Salt Lake City

Ness, Debra
President,
National Partnership for Women & Families,
Washington

Neupert, Peter
Corporate vice president, health solutions group,
Microsoft Corp.,
Redmond, Wash.

Newman, Stephen
COO,
Tenet Healthcare Corp.,
Dallas

Norling, Richard
President, CEO,
Premier,
San Diego

Novelli, Bill
CEO,
AARP,
Washington

Nussbaum, Sam
Executive vice president, chief medical officer,
WellPoint,
Indianapolis

Obama, Barack
U.S. senator (D-Ill.), Democratic presidential candidate,
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Odle, Sam
President, CEO,
Clarian Health’s Indianapolis operations

O'Kane, Margaret "Peggy"
President,
National Committee for Quality Assurance,
Washington

Paquin, Michael
Healthcare strategist,
Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Pardes, Herbert
President, CEO,
New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System,
New York

Pate, David
CEO,
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital,
Houston

Patterson, Neal
Chairman, CEO,
Cerner Corp.,
Kansas City, Mo.

Patton, Rebecca
President,
American Nurses Association,
Silver Spring, Md.

Paul, Barbara
Senior vice president, CMO,
Community Health Systems,
Franklin, Tenn.

Paul, Ron
U.S. representative (R-Texas),
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

Peake, James
Secretary,
U.S. Veterans Affairs Department,
Washington

Pear, Robert
Healthcare reporter,
New York Times,
New York

Peel, Deborah
Founder, chairman,
Patient Privacy Rights Foundation,
Austin, Texas

Pelosi, Nancy
Speaker of the House (D-Calif.),
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

Perlin, Jonathan
Chief medical officer, senior vice president of quality,
HCA,
Nashville

Perlman, Lee
CFO, senior vice president, Greater New York Hospital Association;
president, GNYHA Ventures,
New York

Petasnick, William
President, CEO,
Froedtert & Community Health,
Milwaukee

Pitts, Keith
Vice chairman,
Vanguard Health Systems,
Nashville;
chairman, Federation of American Hospitals,
Washington

Pollack, Richard
Executive vice president,
American Hospital Association,
Washington

Price, Andrea
Executive vice president, COO,
Sparrow Health System,
Lansing, Mich.

Priselac, Thomas
President, CEO,
Cedars Sinai Health System,
Los Angeles,

Prybil, Lawrence
Professor of health management,
University of Iowa,
Iowa City

Pryor, David
CMO,
Ascension Health,
St. Louis

Pure, Pamela
Executive vice president, McKesson Corp.;
president, McKesson Provider Technologies,
Alpharetta, Ga.

Quinlan, Patrick
President, CEO,
Ochsner Health System,
New Orleans

Raines, C. Fay
President,
American Association of Colleges of Nursing,
Washington

Rangel, Charles
U.S. representative (D-N.Y.); chairman, House Ways and Means Committee,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

Raske, Kenneth
President,
Greater New York Hospital Association,
New York

Reddy, Prem
Chairman,
Prime Healthcare Services,
Victorville, Calif.

Reed, Lydia
President, CEO,
Association of University Programs in Health Administration,
Arlington, Va.

Reed, Monica
CEO,
Florida Hospital Celebration Health,
Celebration, Fla.

Reid, Harry
Senate majority leader (D-Nev.),
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Reinhardt, Uwe
Professor, healthcare economics,
Princeton University,
Princeton, N.J.

Rick, Cathy
Chief nursing officer,
U.S. Veterans Affairs Department,
Washington

Rivera, Dennis
President,
1199-Service Employees International Union,
New York

Rizk, Emad
President,
McKesson Health Solutions,
Newton, Mass.

Robinson, Adam Jr.
Navy vice admiral, Navy surgeon general;
chief of the Navy Bureau of Medicine

Roper, William
President, CEO,
UNC Health Care System,
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Royer, Thomas
President, CEO,
Christus Health System,
Irving, Texas

Ryan, Sister Mary Jean
President, CEO,
SSM Health Care,
St. Louis

Rydell, Richard
President, CEO,
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems,
Lake Almanor, Calif.

Salluzzo, Richard
President and CEO,
Wellmont Health System,
Kingsport, Tenn.

Samet, Kenneth
President, CEO,
MedStar Health,
Columbia, Md.

Sansone, Guy
Managing director,
Alvarez and Marsal,
New York

Saunders, Charles
Chairman, CEO,
Broadlane,
Dallas

Scanlan, Carolyn
President, CEO,
Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg

Schlichting, Nancy
President, CEO,
Henry Ford Health System,
Detroit

Schmidt, Eric
Chairman, CEO,
Google,
Mountain View, Calif.

Schoenhard, William
Executive vice president, COO,
SSM Health Care,
St. Louis

Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Governor,
State of California,
Sacramento

Scully, Thomas
Senior counsel,
Alston & Bird,
Washington

Sensor, Wayne
CEO,
Alegent Health,
Omaha, Neb.

Serota, Scott
President, CEO,
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association,
Chicago

Shade, David
Vice president, healthcare,
Huron Consulting,
Chicago

Shelton, James "Denny"
Chairman,
Legacy Hospital Partners,
Plano, Texas,

Shulkin, David
President, CEO,
Beth Israel Medical Center,
New York

Size, Timothy
Executive director,
Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative,
Sauk City

Smith, Wayne
Chairman, president, CEO,
Community Health Systems,
Franklin, Tenn.

Snow, David
Chairman, CEO,
Medco Health Solutions,
Franklin Lakes, N.J.

Snowe, Olympia
U.S. senator (R-Maine),
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Stabenow, Debbie
U.S. senator (D-Mich.),
U.S. Senate,
Washington

Stark, Pete
U.S. representative (D-Calif.), chairman, House Ways and Means health subcommittee
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

Steele, Glenn Jr.
President, CEO,
Geisinger Health System,
Danville, Pa.

Stephenson, Thomas
President, CEO,
Healthcare Management Services,
Nashville,

Stern, Andy
President,
Service Employees International Union,
Washington,

Stierle, Linda
CEO,
American Nurses Association,
Silver Spring, Md.

Stockamp, Dale
CEO,
Stockamp & Associates,
Lake Oswego, Ore.

Straube, Barry
Chief medical officer,
CMS,
Washington

Studer, Quint
CEO,
Studer Group,
Gulf Breeze, Fla.

Swedish, Joseph
President, CEO,
Trinity Health,
Novi, Mich.

Tang, Paul
Chief medical information officer,
Palo Alto Medical Foundation,
Palo Alto, Calif.

Tauzin, Billy
President, CEO,
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America,
Washington

Teitelbaum, Hal
Managing partner,
Crystal Run Healthcare,
Middletown, N.Y.

Tersigni, Anthony
President, CEO,
Ascension Health,
St. Louis

Thiry, Kent
Chairman, CEO,
DaVita,
El Segundo, Calif.

Thomas, Warner
President, COO,
Ochsner Health System,
New Orleans

Thompson, Irene
President, CEO,
University HealthSystem Consortium,
Oak Brook, Ill.

Thompson, Pamela
CEO,
American Organization of Nurse Executives,
Washington

Tooker, John
Executive vice president, CEO,
American College of Physicians,
Philadelphia

Trunfio, Joseph
President, CEO,
Atlantic Health System,
Morristown, N.J.

Tuckson, Reed
Executive vice president, chief of medical affairs,
UnitedHealth Group,
Minnetonka, Minn.

Tullman, Glen
Chairman, CEO,
Allscripts,
Chicago

Umbdenstock, Richard
President,
American Hospital Association,
Chicago

Van Gorder, Chris
President, CEO,
Scripps Health,
San Diego

Vandewater, David
President, CEO,
Ardent Health Services,
Nashville

Vonderfect, Dennis
President, CEO,
Mountain States Health Alliance,
Johnson City, Tenn.

von Eschenbach, Andrew
Commissioner,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Washington

Wachter, Robert
Professor, associate chairman,
Department of Medicine,
University of California at San Francisco

Wah, Robert
Chief medical officer, vice president,
Computer Sciences Corp.,
Falls Church, Va.

Waxman, Henry
U.S. Rep. (D-Calif.); chairman, House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee,
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington

Webber, Andrew
President, CEO,
National Business Coalition on Health,
Washington

Weems, Kerry
Acting administrator,
CMS,
Washington

Wennberg, David
President, COO,
Health Dialog Analytic Solutions,
Portland, Maine

Williams, Ronald
Chairman, president, CEO,
Aetna,
Hartford, Conn.

Wolfe, Sidney
Director,
Public Citizen's Health Research Group,
Washington

Wolterman, Dan
President, CEO,
Memorial Hermann Health System,
Houston

Woods, Eugene
President, CEO,
St. Joseph Health System,
Lexington, Ky.

Yarwood, Bruce
President, CEO,
American Health Care Association,
Washington

Young, Michael
President, CEO,
Erie County Medical Center Corp.,
Buffalo, N.Y.

Young, Quentin
National coordinator,
Physicians for a National Health Program,
Chicago

Zerhouni, Elias
Director,
National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Md.