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The Top Diversity Leaders Healthcare β€” 2021

Written by furstgroup | Sep 20, 2021 1:58:40 PM

Furst Group and NuBrick Partners are proud to sponsor and support the Top Diversity Leaders in Healthcare, the awards program created by Modern Healthcare. For more than a decade we have sponsored this program, which culminates in an awards gala that will be hosted at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago, IL on December 9, 2021.

 

Furst Group and NuBrick Partners are proud to sponsor and support the Top Diversity Leaders in Healthcare, the awards program created by Modern Healthcare. For more than a decade, we've sponsored the program, which culminates in an awards gala that will be hosted at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago, IL on December 9, 2021.

 

Please click here to read our recent article, β€œThe spaces in between: Moving DE&I beyond the status quo,” and check out our Diversity Resource Library.

 

2021 Top Diversity Leaders in Healthcare 

 

Brenda Battle,

Senior Vice President, Community Health Transformation, Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer, UChicago Medicine

 

 

Rosalyn Carpenter,

SVP and Chief Diversity Officer, CommonSpirit Health

 

 

Maxine Carrington,

Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer, Northwell Health

 

 

Dr. Bechara Choucair,

Vaccinations Coordinator, Biden administration

 

 

Dr. Ronald Copeland, MD,

SVP, Chief Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity Officer, Kaiser Permanente

 

 

Pete Delgado,

President/Chief Executive Officer, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System

 

 

 

 

Dr. Amar Desai,

President and Chief Executive Officer, Optum Pacific West

 

 

Delvecchio S. Finley,

President and Chief Executive Officer, Atrium Health Navicent

 

 

Eric C. Hunter,

Chief Executive Officer and President, CareOregon

 

 

Dr. Edward S. Kim, MD,

Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope Orange County, Vice Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope National Medical Center/City of Hope Orange County

 

 

Dr. Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew,

Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health

 

 

Dr. Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH,

Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President, AMA

 

 

Dr. Rhonda Medows, MD, FAAFP,

President of Population Health Management for Providence and Chief Executive Officer of Ayin, Providence / Ayin

 

 

Dr. Yavar Moghimi,

Chief Psychiatric Medical Officer, AmeriHealth Caritas District of Columbia, AmeriHealth Caritas

 

 

 

 

Dr. Kazuma Nakagawa, MD, FAAN, FAHA,

Medical Director, Neuroscience Institute, The Queen's Health Systems

 

 

Dr. Pam Oliver, MD,

Executive Vice President, Novant Health and President, Novant Health Physician Network

 

 

Marvin O'Quinn,

President/COO, CommonSpirit Health

 

 

Ann-Gel Palermo, DrPH, MPH,

Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Education and Research, Mount Sinai Health System
 
 

 

Dr. Richard Park,

Founder, CityMD, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rendr Care

 

 

Jason Purnell,

Vice President, Community Health Improvement, BJC HealthCare

 

 

Dr. Jaewon Ryu,

President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health

 

 

 

Nicholas Tejeda,

Group Chief Executive Officer, The Hospitals of Providence

 

 

 

Manika Turnbull, PhD,

Divisional Senior Vice President, Compensation, DEI, and Workforce Experience, Health Care Service Corporation

 

 

Dr. Melissa Welch,

Chief Medical Officer, InnovAge

 

 

Dr. Fran Witt,

President and Chief Executive Officer, Effingham Health System

 
 

 

 

2021 Luminaries 

 

 

Greg Adams,

Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals

 

Dr. Georges Benjamin,

Executive Director, American Public Health Association

 

Dr. Tejal Gandhi, MD, MPH, CPPS,

Chief Safety and Transformation Officer, Press Ganey Associates

 

 

Dr. Bruce Siegel,

President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Essential Hospitals

 

 

2021 Women Leaders to Watch 

In addition, here are the 10 executives chosen as Women Leaders to Watch:

 

 

George Aloth,

President and Chief Executive Officer, CareFirst BCBS Community Health Plan District of Columbia

 

Cindy Bo,

Senior Vice President, Delaware Strategy, & Business Development, Nemours Children's Health

 

Dr. Olaoluwa Fayanju,

Regional Medical Director, Oak Street Health

 

Jackie Hunter, DC, MHA,

Senior Director, Diversity, Inclusion, and Talent Pipeline, Banner Health

 

 

Dr. Olugbenga Ogedegbe,

Director, Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, NYU Langone Health

 

Trina Parks, MHA, FACHE,

Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Diversity and Inclusion Officer, RWJBarnabas Health

 

Avonia Richardson-Miller, EdD,

Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health

 

Dr. Tracey Veal,

Fellow, Covid19 Collaboration, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

 

Dr. Charles Vega,

Associate Dean, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, University of California, Irvine Medical School

 

Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE,

Chief Executive Officer, AHIMA

 

 

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