Top 25 COOs in Healthcare - 2018
Tina Freese Decker
Executive vice president and COO, Spectrum Health
Freese Decker has been executive vice president and COO of Spectrum Health since April 2017. The 12-hospital system's operating revenue in 2017 stood at $5.7 billion. Its operating margin was 3.3%. Under her leadership, the system has focused on building community partnerships and implementing innovative solutions to address population health. Also, last fall, Spectrum moved to a quarterly survey process to track employee and physician satisfaction. She started her career at Spectrum as an administrative fellow in 2002. Since then, Freese Decker held positions such as director of planning and strategic development, vice president of system strategic planning and development, president of Spectrum Health United and Kelsey Hospitals, senior vice president and chief strategy officer.