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.


Marina 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.