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    Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Women Leaders program honors female executives from all sectors of the healthcare system. These high achievers are developing policy, leading change and guiding healthcare delivery improvement across the country. The program recognizes women in a variety of leadership roles, spotlighting their administrative and professional accomplishments.

    For eligibility, key dates and requirements, click here for more details.

    Save the date! Top 25 Women Leaders Gala will be hosted virtually on July 23, 2021 in conjunction with the Women Leaders in Healthcare Conference (July 22-23, 2021).

    View the Luminaries of our Top 25 Women Leaders award.

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    Nancy Howell Agee

    Nancy Howell Agee

    President and CEO

    Carilion Clinic

    Madeline Bell

    Madeline Bell

    President and CEO

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Mary Boosalis

    Mary Boosalis

    President and CEO

    Premier Health

    Marna Borgstrom

    Luminaries

    Marna Borgstrom

    CEO

    Yale New Haven Health System

    Amber Cambron

    Women to Watch

    Amber Cambron

    President and CEO

    BlueCare Tennessee

    Debra Canales

    Debra Canales

    Executive vice president and chief administrative officer

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Dr. Mandy Cohen

    Dr. Mandy Cohen

    Secretary

    North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

    Dr. Joanne Conroy

    Luminaries

    Dr. Joanne Conroy

    President and CEO

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health

    Susan DeVore

    Luminaries

    Susan DeVore

    President and CEO

    Premier

    Judy Faulkner

    Luminaries

    Judy Faulkner

    President and CEO

    Epic Systems Corp.

    Dr. Laura Forese

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Laura Forese

    Executive vice president and chief operating officer

    New York-Presbyterian

    Tina Freese Decker

    Tina Freese Decker

    President and CEO

    Spectrum Health

    Dr. Rebekah Gee

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Rebekah Gee

    Secretary

    Louisiana Department of Health

    Dr. Patrice Harris

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Patrice Harris

    President-elect

    American Medical Association

    Cynthia Hundorfean

    Cynthia Hundorfean

    President and CEO

    Allegheny Health Network

    Sally Hurt-Deitch

    Women to Watch

    Sally Hurt-Deitch

    Chief nursing officer

    Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    Laura Kaiser

    Laura Kaiser

    President and CEO

    SSM Health Care

    Sister Carol Keehan

    Luminaries

    Sister Carol Keehan

    President and CEO

    Catholic Health Association

    Dr. Anne Klibanski

    Dr. Anne Klibanski

    Chief academic officer

    Partners HealthCare

    Lynn Krutak

    Women to Watch

    Lynn Krutak

    Chief financial officer

    Ballad Health

    Kathy Lancaster

    Kathy Lancaster

    Executive vice president and chief financial officer

    Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals

    Karen Lynch

    Karen Lynch

    Executive vice president

    CVS Health

    Rebecca Madsen

    Women to Watch

    Rebecca Madsen

    Chief consumer officer

    UnitedHealthcare

    Patricia Maryland

    Patricia Maryland

    President and CEO

    Ascension Healthcare

    Dr. Barbara McAneny

    Dr. Barbara McAneny

    President

    American Medical Association

    Dr. Rhonda Medows

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Rhonda Medows

    President, population health management

    Providence St. Joseph Health

    Dr. Redonda Miller

    Dr. Redonda Miller

    President

    Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Mikelle Moore

    Women to Watch

    Mikelle Moore

    Senior vice president of community health

    Intermountain Healthcare

    Dr. Janice Nevin

    Dr. Janice Nevin

    President and CEO

    ChristianaCare Health System

    Amy Perry

    Amy Perry

    CEO, hospital division

    Atlantic Health System

    Candice Saunders

    Candice Saunders

    President and CEO

    WellStar Health System

    Ninfa Saunders

    Ninfa Saunders

    President and CEO

    Navicent Health

    Dr. Joanne Smith

    Dr. Joanne Smith

    President and CEO

    Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

    Johnese Spisso

    Johnese Spisso

    President

    UCLA Health

    Paula Steiner

    Paula Steiner

    President and CEO

    Health Care Service Corp.

    Pamela Sutton-Wallace

    Pamela Sutton-Wallace

    CEO

    University of Virginia Medical Center

    Susan Sweeney

    Susan Sweeney

    President and head, U.S. Commercial

    Bristol-Myers Squibb

    Seema Verma

    Seema Verma

    Administrator

    CMS

    Heather Wall

    Women to Watch

    Heather Wall

    Chief commercial officer

    Civica Rx

    Andrea Walsh

    Andrea Walsh

    President and CEO

    HealthPartners

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