Top Women Leaders in Healthcare - 2022

Freese Decker leads a $6.5 billion health system that includes a medical group, health plan and 14 hospitals. She joined Spectrum in 2002, serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer before becoming CEO. She’s led Spectrum’s expansion, via investment in building projects that improve patients’ access to care. Freese Decker serves on multiple boards, including the YMCA, Fifth Third Bank, Michigan State University and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.