As a supporting organization to America’s Essential Hospitals, Essential Hospitals Institute is governed by a 16-member board that consists of both member and outside directors. These are the board chairs* of America’s Essential Hospitals Institute since the Institute’s founding in 1990. Many of our accomplishments can be linked to the distinguished leaders recognized here.
| 1990 | Ed Foley | Administrator, LAC/Harbor/UCLA Medical Center |
| 1991 | Ron Anderson, MD | President and CEO, Parkland Memorial Hospital |
| 1992-1993 | Mark Finucane | Director, Contra Costa County Health Services |
| 1994-1995 | Douglas Bagley | Executive Director, North/East Network, LAC + USC Medical Center |
| 1996 | James Mongan, MD | CEO, Truman Medical Center |
| 1997-1998 | Patricia Gabow, MD | Manager & CEO, Denver Health |
| 1999-2000 | John O’Brien | CEO, Cambridge Public Health Commission |
| 2001-2002 | Patricia Terrell | Deputy Chief, Cook County Bureau of Health Services |
| 2003-2004 | Ron Anderson, MD | CEO, Parkland Health & Hospital System |
| 2005-2006 | LaRay Brown | Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Community Health and Intergovernmental Relations, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
| 2007 | Michael Belzer, MD | Director and Health Officer, Hennepin County Medical Center |
| 2008 | William Walker, MD | Director and Health Officer, Contra Costa Health Services |
| 2009 | Kirk Calhoun, MD | President, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler |
| 2010 | Dennis Keefe | Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge Health Alliance |
| 2011 | Reginald Coopwood, MD | President and Chief Executive Officer, Regional Medical Center at Memphis |
| 2012 | Johnese Spisso, RN, MPA | Chief Health System Officer & VP Medical Affairs, UW Medicine |
| 2013 | Clifford Wang, MD | Acting Chief Medical Officer, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center |
| 2014 | Caroline Jacobs, MPH, MSEd | Senior Vice President, Safety & Human Development, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
| 2015 | Anna Roth, RN, MS, MPH | CEO, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center |
| 2016 | Leon Haley Jr., MD, MHSA | Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Services, Chief Medical Officer, Grady Health System |
| 2017 | Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD | Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
| 2018-2020 | Delvecchio Finley, MPP | CEO, Alameda Health System |
| 2020 | Christine Neuhoff, JD, MBA | System Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, St. Luke’s Health System |
| 2021 | Parveen Chand, MHA | Chief Operating Officer, Academic Health Center — Adult Hospitals at Indiana University Health |
| 2022 | Stuart Guterman, MA | Independent Consultant |
| 2023 | Susan Cooper, MSN, RN, FAAN | Chief Integration Officer and Senior Vice President, Regional One Health |
| 2024 | Brenda Battle, MBA, RN | Senior Vice President, Community Health Transformation and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, UChicago Medicine |
* Institutional affiliation shown is that which was current at the time of the individual’s tenure.