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Banner is Arizona’s largest employer. Fine previously was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Aurora Health Care and president of West Allis Memorial Hospital. Other hospital positions include president and CEO of Grant Hospital, senior vice president of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and assistant administrator of Porter Memorial Hospital in Valparaiso, Indiana. Fine received his master’s degree in health administration from George Washington University and is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Fine speaks: “I’ve segregated a small component of the organization and told them, ‘Your job is to think about the future. I don’t want you thinking about the pandemic at all. We have other people to deal with the issues of PPE and intensive care beds and ventilators.’ I want them thinking about how we can take advantage of what’s going on and be opportunistic and reposition ourselves for growth coming out of the pandemic.”