Verneda Bachus has served as CEO of Friend Health, a federally qualified health center providing health care services to underserved and vulnerable populations on Chicago’s Southside, since July 2013. During this time, Verneda has led...
Dr. Thompson is the Lauren D. Holinger Professor and Chair of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She received undergraduate and...
Cheryl Lulias serves as the President & Executive Director of Medical Home Network (MHN), a not-for-profit collaborative that has reshaped how care is delivered and practiced in the safety net. In 2009, the Comer Family...
As President of an agency that helps hopeful people become parents who require the assistance of surrogates and egg donors, Cathy leads marketing, finance and operations and, since 2020, Cathy has doubled the size of...
Karen Teitelbaum is the President/Chief Executive Officer at Sinai Health System, an urban, teaching healthcare system comprised of four hospitals, an epidemiological research institute focusing on healthcare disparities, a community institute with over 25 distinct...
Dr. Michelle Stephenson is the Chief Patient Care Services Officer & Chief Nurse Executive for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, a 288 bed, free standing children’s hospital located in the Streeterville...
Jill Schaaf is president of Baxter’s renal business. In this role, she leads the company’s global commercial organization serving renal patients and clinicians around the world. Most recently she was global franchise head for Baxter’s...
Azita Saleki-Gerhardt is President, AbbVie Operations, leading a team of scientific, engineering, business, quality, supply chain, security, purchasing and manufacturing professionals responsible for supply and distribution of all AbbVie products, as well as a number...
Sharon O’Keefe is the Former President of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Ms. O’Keefe has more than 30 years of healthcare and executive experience. As an advocate for quality, efficiency and innovation she has...
