The Top 25 Women in Healthcare for 2013, presented in alphabetical order:

Dr. Regina Benjamin
U.S. Surgeon General, Washington

Leah Binder
President and CEO, Leapfrog Group, Washington

Maureen Bisognano
President and CEO, Insititute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, Mass.

Marna Borgstrom
President and CEO, Yale New Haven Health System, New Haven, Conn.

Gail Boudreaux
Executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, Minn., and CEO of UnitedHealthcare's benefits business

Deborah Bowen
President and CEO, American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago

Karen Daley
President, American Nurses Association, Silver Spring, Md.

Helen Darling
President, National Business Group on Health, Washington

Susan DeVore
President and CEO, Premier healthcare alliance, Charlotte, N.C.

Dr. Margaret Hamburg
Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Md.

Patricia Hemingway Hall
President and CEO, Health Care Service Corp, Chicago

Dr. Ardis Hoven
President-elect, American Medical Association, Chicago

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

Sister Carol Keehan
President and CEO, Catholic Health Association, St. Louis

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

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

Sharon O'Keefe
President, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago

Debra Osteen
President of behavioral health division and senior vice president, Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa.

Judith Persichilli
President and CEO, Catholic Health East, Newtown Square, Pa.

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

Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary, HHS, Washington

Marilyn Tavenner
Acting Administrator, CMS, Washington

Irene Thompson
President and CEO, University HealthSystem Consortium, Chicago

Mary Wakefield
Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Md.

Shirley Weis
Chief adminstrative officer and vice president, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.