Top 25 COOs in Healthcare - 2018
Mike Butler
President of operations, Providence St. Joseph Health
Butler has been president of operations for Providence St. Joseph Health since 2013. He joined Providence in 1998. Butler oversees operations for a seven-state, not-for-profit health system that resulted from a merger of Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health. Along with President of Strategy Annette Walker, Butler is leading a five-year campaign to push Providence St. Joseph toward what it calls Health 2.0. Beyond becoming more digitally sophisticated and patient-centric, the goal is to also diversify revenue streams. Providence St. Joseph's operating revenue totaled $23.2 billion in 2017, up 5% from the year before. Before joining Providence, Butler was COO of Franciscan Health System in Tacoma, Wash., and Catholic Health Initiatives in Englewood, Colo.