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    Josie Abboud

    Josie Abboud

    President and CEO

    Methodist Hospital and Methodist Women’s Hospital

    Dr. Iman Abuzeid

    Dr. Iman Abuzeid

    Co-founder and CEO

    Incredible Health

    Dr. Toyin Ajayi

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Toyin Ajayi

    Co-founder and CEO

    Cityblock Health

    Dr. Denise Basow

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Denise Basow

    Executive vice president and chief digital officer

    Ochsner Health

    Deborah Bowen

    Luminaries

    Deborah Bowen

    President and CEO

    American College of Healthcare Executives

    Roz Brewer

    Rosalind Brewer

    CEO

    Walgreens Boots Alliance

    Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

    Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

    Administrator

    Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

    Bonnie Castillo

    Luminaries

    Bonnie Castillo

    Executive director

    National Nurses United

    Dr. Sumbul Desai

    Dr. Sumbul Desai

    Vice president of health

    Apple

    Dr. Karen DeSalvo

    Dr. Karen DeSalvo

    Chief health officer

    Google

    Arianne Dowdell

    Women to Watch

    Arianne Dowdell

    Vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer

    Houston Methodist

    Kristy Duffey

    Women to Watch

    Kristy Duffey

    Chief nursing officer

    Optum Health

    Elizabeth Dunne

    Elizabeth Dunne

    President and CEO

    PeaceHealth

    Regina Foley

    Regina Foley

    Executive vice president and chief transformation officer

    Hackensack Meridian Health

    Elizabeth Fowler

    Women to Watch

    Elizabeth Fowler

    Deputy administrator and director

    Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

    Tina Freese Decker

    Tina Freese Decker

    President and CEO

    Corewell Health

    Wendy Horton

    Wendy Horton

    CEO

    University of Virginia Medical Center

    Catherine Jacobson

    Catherine Jacobson

    President and CEO

    Froedtert Health

    Laura Kaiser

    Laura Kaiser

    President and CEO

    SSM Health

    Dr. Jill Kalman

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Jill Kalman

    Executive vice president, chief medical officer and deputy physician-in-chief

    Northwell Health

    Dr. Anne Klibanski

    Luminaries

    Dr. Anne Klibanski

    President and CEO

    Mass General Brigham

    Colleen Lindholz

    Colleen Lindholz

    President

    Kroger Health

    Sarah London

    Sarah London

    CEO

    Centene

    Karen Lynch

    Karen Lynch

    President and CEO

    CVS Health

    Stephanie Mercado

    Stephanie Mercado

    CEO and executive director

    National Association for Healthcare Quality

    Julie Miller-Phipps

    Julie Miller-Phipps

    President

    Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Hawaii Health Plan and Hospitals

    Sammie Mosier

    Sammie Mosier

    Senior vice president and chief nurse executive

    HCA Healthcare

    Karen Murphy

    Karen Murphy

    Executive vice president and chief innovation officer

    Geisinger

    Dr. Janice Nevin

    Dr. Janice Nevin

    President and CEO

    ChristianaCare

    Amy Perry

    Amy Perry

    President and chief operating officer

    Banner Health

    Mary Pittman

    Luminaries

    Mary Pittman

    President and CEO

    Public Health Institute

    Lisa Shannon

    Lisa Shannon

    President and CEO

    Allina Health

    Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey

    Women to Watch

    Erin Shvetzoff Hennessey

    CEO

    Health Dimensions Group

    Johnese Spisso

    Johnese Spisso

    President

    UCLA Health

    Airica Steed

    Women to Watch

    Airica Steed

    President and CEO

    MetroHealth System

    Pamela Sutton-Wallace

    Pamela Sutton-Wallace

    Chief operating officer

    Yale New Haven Health System

    Dr. Prathibha Varkey

    Dr. Prathibha Varkey

    President

    Mayo Clinic Health System

    Annette Walker new

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    Annette Walker

    President

    City of Hope Orange County

    Dr. Margaret-Mary Wilson

    Women to Watch

    Dr. Margaret-Mary Wilson

    Executive vice president and chief medical officer

    UnitedHealth Group

    Claire Zangerle

    Women to Watch

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    Chief nurse executive

    Allegheny Health Network

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