Emily Chase is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice-President at The University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Saint Mary’s College in Notre...

Gina Weldy is Senior Vice President, Administration for Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. Her responsibilities includes oversight of NMHC’s Real Estate and Construction division, as well as Security, Facilities, and Emergency Management. NMHC currently owns 17 million...

Patricia L. Turner, MD, MBA, FACS, is the executive director and chief executive officer of the American College of Surgeons and a clinical professor at the University of Chicago. The American College of Surgeons is...

Lisa Wagamon has been appointed president of RUSH Health, our clinically integrated network of more than 2,300 providers. Lisa has extensive experience in both provider and payor contracting, including commercial insurance, exchange HIX, Medicare and...

Carla Robinson, CEO and Co-founder, Canary Telehealth, Inc. Carla Robinson is CEO and Co-founder of Canary Telehealth, which provides telehealth and call center services for payers and providers to improve access to care for underserved...

For more than 35 years, Donna Thompson served in healthcare administrative roles. As the health system’s CEO from 2004 to 2023, Donna drove Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) to evolve and reimagine its care delivery...

Linda Finkel is CEO of AVIA, the nation’s leading digital partner to health systems and healthcare companies committed to transformation. Linda led the business since 2014 first as President then as CEO. During that time,...

Bobbie Byrne is the EVP & Chief Information Officer at Advocate Health, a twenty-five hospital system Illinois and Wisconsin. Bobbie is responsible for all information technology applications, information security, infrastructure, clinical informatics, data warehousing and...

As Chief Financial Officer, Katie Rooney leads the finance organization and manages all aspects of financial management and reporting for the business. Previously, Katie was the CFO for Aon Hewitt. Prior to that, she was...