ACHE Awards: Honoring exemplary healthcare leadership

Recognizing accomplished leaders in healthcare

Modern Healthcare

The annual awards presented by the American College of Healthcare Executives recognize high-achieving industry leaders at various stages of their careers.

This year's Gold Medal Awards, the ACHE's highest honor, go to Gayle Capozzalo, executive VP of strategy and system development at Yale New Haven Health, and Rulon Stacey, a managing director at consultancy Navigant.

Capozzalo has held her role at Yale New Haven for more than 20 years and previously served in executive positions at other health systems. Stacey previously was CEO at Poudre Valley Health System in Colorado, an organization that earned the Baldrige National Quality Award during his tenure.

Nicholas Tejeda is this year's recipient of the ACHE's Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year, for distinguished leaders under age 40. Tejeda, 37, is CEO of the Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus in El Paso, Texas, the nation's newest teaching hospital.

Gold Medal winner Gayle Capozzalo

Belief in trust has been key to what friends and colleagues say is an open and collaborative working style that has helped propel Gayle Capozzalo to successful leadership roles at Connecticut's largest hospital system and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Read more

Gold Medal winner Rulon Stacey

Rulon Stacey seems to have done a little bit of everything on his way to becoming a nationally recognized expert on healthcare leadership and quality improvement. He's run hospital systems. He's written books and influential articles and taught university classes. But the secret to his success may be the ability to figure out what not to do. Read more

Young Healthcare Executive of the Year Nicholas Tejeda

Health equity is a passion for Nicholas Tejeda, who has served on the American Hospital Association's Equity of Care Committee and as a member of the National Forum for Latino Healthcare Executives. There's also another problem he wants to address. The ratio of doctors to population in El Paso is only about half what it is nationally. Read more
The recipients of this year's ACHE Awards will be feted during the association's annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership set for March 27-30 in Chicago. The theme for this year's gathering is “Discussing Possibilities and Opportunities,” focused on how healthcare leaders now more than ever need to think outside the box in a rapidly changing industry. Among the featured speakers is Bernard Tyson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente. His presentation is titled “Transforming Healthcare in the 21st Century.”

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