The Leadership Council is a group of preeminent senior executive leaders in healthcare. The Council reflects a remarkable cross-section of nationally recognized leaders, including CEOs and presidents of major health systems and institutions, prominent foundations, consultancies, and more.
Leadership Council members provide the Carol Emmott Foundation with deep expertise and wide visibility. They act as mentors, keynote speakers, and convergence conference panelists, and help drive the Foundation’s vision of elevating women to the topmost ranks of healthcare leadership. Fellows interact with Leadership Council members throughout the year.
Scroll down to view a list of active Leadership Council members and click on their names to learn more about their bios.
Leadership Council members at the 2023 Carol Emmott Foundation Annual Meeting in Chicago
CAROL EMMOTT FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Barbara Anderman, MA
Leadership Council Chair
The Carol Emmott Foundation
Jennifer Antunes, MPH
Chief Financial Officer
Sutter East Bay Market
Peter Attwater, MBA
Managing Director
BDC Advisors
Audre Bagnall
Chief Strategy Officer
CommonSpirit
Cynthia Barginere, DNP, RN, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
UMass Memorial Health
Ann Blouin, RN, PHD, FACHE
President
PSQ Advisory
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
Former President, The Commonwealth Fund
Professor, Practice Public Health Harvard Chan School of Public Health
Odette Bolano, FACHE, MHA, BSN
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, West Region
Trinity Health
Marna Borgstrom, MPH
Retired Chief Executive Officer
Yale New Haven Health and Yale New Haven Hospital
Rhonda Brandon
SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer
Duke University Health System
Denise Brooks-Williams
Executive Vice President and COO
Henry Ford Health System
Carolyn Carpenter, MHA, FACHE
President, National Capital Region
Johns Hopkins Health System
Lannie Checketts
Regional CFO
Saint Alphonsus Health system
Susan Chubinskaya, PHD, MS
Senior Vice President, Provost, and Chief Academic Officer
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Bergitta E. Cotroneo, FACMPE
Chief Operating Officer
American College of Physicians
Emme Deland, MBA
Senior Advisor
NewYork-Presbyterian
Jessica Dudley, MD
Chief Clinical Officer
Press Ganey
Linda Elam, PHD, MPH
President
Elam Strategies Group
Kevin Fickenscher, MD
Founder
ClinNEXUS
Lisa Foust, MPH
SVP, Chief People & Engagement Officer
John Muir Health
Pritesh Gandhi
Senior Vice President, Chief Health Equity and Community Impact Officer
CommonSpirit Health
Terry Gilliland, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Geisinger Health
Eve Higginbotham, SM, MD, ML
Former Vice Dean for Inclusion and Diversity, Sr. Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute, Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania
Tonya Hongsermeier, MD, MBA
Vice President and Chief Clinical Innovation Officer
Elimu Informatics
Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, MACP, FAMWA, CS-F
Retired Dean, Internal Med
Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Med
Robert Nordgren, MD, MBA, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Greater SF Market
Sutter Health
Christopher O’Connor, MHSA, FACHE
Former CEO & President
Yale New Haven Health
Chris Pass
Chief Financial Officer
Keck USC
Barbara Pelletreau, RN MPH
Former Senior Vice President, Patient Safety
CommonSpirit
Maureen Phipps
CEO
MGP Strategies, LLC
Mary Pittman, DrPH
Emeritus, President and CEO
Public Health Institute
Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA
President
Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD
CEO
Risant Health
Cheryl Scott, MHCM
Principal
McClintock Scott Group
Bruce Solomon, MBA, MPH
Partner
Dentons Global Advisors
Kevin Sowers, MSN, RN, FAAN
President, JHHS, and EVP, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Health System
Cynthia Sparer, MPA
Executive Vice President (Retired)
Yale New Haven Health
Nancy Steiger, MS, RN, FACHE
Founder, Nancy Steiger Consulting and Partner, CEO Advisory Network
Sue Turney, MD, MS, FACP, FACMPE
Retired CEO
Marshfield Clinic Health System
Lizz Vilardo, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer Strategic and Philanthropic Initiatives
Sutter Health
Trevor Walker
Senior Vice President, Talent, Learning, & Capabilities
CommonSpirit Health
Andy Wiesenthal, MD, SM
Retired Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting
Ruth Williams-Brinkley, RN, MSN, FACHE
Executive Consultant, Board Director
RWB Advisory Services
Retired Regional President, Mid-Atlantic States, Kaiser Permanente
Andy Ziskind, MD
Former Managing Director & CEO
BDC Advisors