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Top 25 Minority Leaders in Healthcare - 2020

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    The Top Diversity Leaders in Healthcare recognition program takes great pride in honoring the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing the policy and care delivery models across the country. In doing so, they are also highlighting the continued need to nurture diversity in their organizations. 

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    Top Diversity Leaders
    Diversity Leaders to Watch
    Dr. Jerome Adams

    Dr. Jerome Adams

    U.S. surgeon general

    HHS

    Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Dr. Jandel Allen-Davis

    President and CEO

    Craig Hospital

    Dr. Miguel Benet

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Dr. Miguel Benet

    Division chief medical officer

    Medical City Healthcare, North Texas Division of HCA Healthcare

    Debra Canales

    Debra Canales

    Executive vice president and chief administrative officer

    Providence

    Genevieve Caruncho-Simpson

    Genevieve Caruncho-Simpson

    President and chief operating officer

    Texas Health Aetna

    Dr. Augustine Choi

    Dr. Augustine Choi

    Dean

    Weill Cornell Medicine

    Dr. Bechara Choucair

    Dr. Bechara Choucair

    Senior vice president and chief community health officer

    Kaiser Permanente

    Dr. Imelda Dacones

    Dr. Imelda Dacones

    President and CEO

    Northwest Permanente

    Lloyd Dean

    Luminaries

    Lloyd Dean

    CEO

    CommonSpirit Health

    Dr. Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Dr. Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee

    Senior vice president and chief community impact officer

    Ascension

    Garth Graham

    Dr. Garth Graham

    Vice president and community health officer

    CVS Health

    Danielle Gray

    Danielle Gray

    Senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary

    Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

    Audrey Gregory

    Audrey Gregory

    CEO

    Detroit Medical Center

    Ahmed Haque

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Ahmed Haque

    Senior vice president of network performance and strategy

    Aledade

    Dr. Patrice Harris

    Dr. Patrice Harris

    President

    American Medical Association

    Dr. Sachin Jain

    Dr. Sachin Jain

    President and CEO

    CareMore Health

    Barbara Johnson

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Barbara Johnson

    Executive vice president and chief operating officer

    Premier Health

    Wright Lassiter III

    Luminaries

    Wright Lassiter III

    President and CEO

    Henry Ford Health System

    Dr. Vivian Lee

    Dr. Vivian Lee

    President of health platforms

    Verily Life Sciences

    Kevin Lofton

    Luminaries

    Kevin Lofton

    CEO

    CommonSpirit Health

    Beverly Malone

    Luminaries

    Beverly Malone

    CEO

    National League for Nursing

    Dr. Ana Pujols McKee

    Dr. Ana Pujols McKee

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    Joint Commission

    Dr. Rhonda Medows

    Dr. Rhonda Medows

    CEO, Ayin Health Solutions and president of population health, Providence

    Dr. Philip Ozuah

    Dr. Philip Ozuah

    President and CEO

    Montefiore Medicine

    Ketul Patel

    Ketul Patel

    President, Pacific Northwest Division, CommonSpirit Health and CEO, CHI Franciscan

    Angelleen Peters-Lewis

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Angelleen Peters-Lewis

    Vice president of patient care services and chief nurse executive

    Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    Dennis Pullin

    Dennis Pullin

    President and CEO

    Virtua Health

    Javier Rodriguez

    Javier Rodriguez

    CEO

    DaVita

    Dr. Jaewon Ryu

    Dr. Jaewon Ryu

    President and CEO

    Geisinger Health

    Dr. Stella Safo

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Dr. Stella Safo

    Chief clinical transformation officer and vice president of prospective research

    Premier

    Ninfa Saunders

    Ninfa Saunders

    President and CEO

    Navicent Health

    Dr. Thomas Sequist

    Dr. Thomas Sequist

    Chief quality and safety officer

    Partners HealthCare

    Rajesh Shrestha

    Rajesh Shrestha

    Chief operating officer, community-based care, Intermountain Healthcare and CEO, Castell

    Dr. Airica Steed

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Dr. Airica Steed

    System chief operating officer and executive vice president

    Sinai Health System

    Nicole Thomas

    Nicole Thomas

    Hospital president

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Michael Ugwueke

    Michael Ugwueke

    President and CEO

    Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare

    Cassandra Willis-Abner

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Cassandra Willis-Abner

    Senior vice president of diversity and inclusion and chief experience officer

    Trinity Health

    Nichole Wilson

    Minority Leaders to Watch

    Nichole Wilson

    Vice president of retail health services

    Community Health Network

    Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom

    Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom

    Senior vice president of community health and equity, and chief wellness and diversity officer

    Henry Ford Health System

    Eugene Woods

    Luminaries

    Eugene Woods

    President and CEO

    Atrium Health

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