Becker's Hospital Review

47 LISTS strategic planning, innovation, growth and physician alignment. She also spent eight years at Downers Grove, Ill.-based Aurora Health Care, eventually becoming vice president of growth and market development. Sheri Shapiro. Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Ms. Shapiro joined Trinity in 2016 as senior vice president for mergers, acquisitions and partnerships. She developed relationships with national and regional healthcare organizations to drive growth. As chief strategy officer, Ms. Shapiro leads mergers, acquisitions and systemwide strategic planning and business development. She has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare consulting and other industry roles, including time as a partner and strategic advisor with e Chartis Group. Rasu Shrestha, MD. Enterprise Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer at Atrium Health (Charlotte, N.C.). Dr. Shrestha has over 25 years of experience. At Atrium Health, his responsibilities include enterprise strategy, innovation, the launch of new healthcare inventions and more. During the pandemic, Dr. Shrestha and Atrium Health created a telehealth at home program to offer basic levels of care to COVID-19 patients; this program now offers home-based cardiac care. Laurie Sicaeros, Chief Strategy Officer and Leadership Academy Dean at MemorialCare (Fountain Valley, Calif ). Ms. Sicaeros has achieved exceptional success with a 'can-do' style and leadership in pivotal initiatives that transformed MemorialCare from a hospital system to an integrated health network. With 25 years of leadership experience, she previously served as COO for MemorialCare Medical Foundation and its 2,000 affiliated physicians and more than 225 Southern California outpatient facilities. Ms. Sicaeros has also previously served as MemorialCare's senior vice president for physician integration. Priya Singh. Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Associate Dean of Stanford (Calif.) Medicine. Ms. Singh oversees the enterprise strategy for Stanford Health Care, Stanford Children's Health and the School of Medicine. She is responsible for strategic planning, global strategy, public relations and communications of the $8 billion academic health center. Ms. Singh focuses on bringing together research, education and clinical care. She has previous experience as a marketing leader for Oracle. Tom Stoessel. Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Transformation Officer of Penn State Health (Hershey, Pa.). Mr. Stoessel oversees health system growth and is focused on developing and executing Penn State Health's strategic plan. He drives clinical program expansion and partnerships with regional community systems, physician practices, payers and industry partners. Mr. Stoessel has more than 25 years of executive experience in healthcare and was previously the senior vice president of strategic planning and business development at PinnacleHealth, where he developed the high-level strategic direction of the organization. Alex Sydnor. Chief Strategy Officer of MaineGeneral Health (Augusta). Mr. Sydnor joined MaineGeneral Health in January 2020 as chief strategy officer, aer spending more than eight years at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Del., where he served as vice president of external affairs and chief strategy officer. He has a passion for innovation, leading transformational change and driving results. Paul G. Tait. Chief Strategic Planning Officer at University Hospitals (Cleveland). Mr. Tait has held this position for the UH system since 1996. He oversees strategic planning and business development as well as manages the affiliation agreements with independent hospitals in the region. He faciliated and led the development of a five-year initative that raised $1.2 billion in capital. Sunita Vadakath, MD. Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at MyMichigan Health (Midland). Dr. Vadakath became senior vice president and chief strategy officer at MyMichigan Health in January. She oversees the health system's service lines, business development, strategy and marketing. Dr. Vadakath joined MyMichigan in 2014 as cardiovascular service line director and established systemwide clinical practices and coverage. She became vice president of service lines in 2019 and has experience establishing the system's structural heart program, hybrid OR and heart and vascular center. David Whitehead. Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare. Mr. Whitehead is responsible for strategic planning, communications, marketing and business development for Hartford HealthCare, a health system with 400 locations including two tertiary-level teaching hospitals. He joined the system in 2013 as senior vice president and president of the east region. Mr. Whitehead was president and CEO of Backus Hospital before joining Hartford. Ashley Wilson. Chief Strategy Officer of Ascension Texas Foundations (Austin, Texas). Ms. Wilson oversees strategic planning and execution for Ascension Texas Foundations, which supports 14 hospital campuses in Central Texas. She has previous experience as director of strategic initiatives at Seton Foundations and vice president of marketing and communications at e Livestrong Foundation. n

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