It is so important to honor leaders in healthcare who are truly making a difference in Arizona for Arizonans. These individuals must be working to improve healthcare for Arizonans through innovation and forward-thinking efforts that will not only improve our health but may change healthcare overall.
We have selected the individuals and companies featured on the following pages as top healthcare leaders in our community. We believe this is important because it shows our business community that innovation in healthcare impacts Arizona’s economic picture through systems innovations, technology, services, access, research and wellness programs — making Arizonans healthier and the workplace a better place.
They each responded to our hard-hitting questions to help us present a picture of what we can expect at this time of flux on the subjects of innovations advanced by their organization, their effective management style and how their organization’s great future will impact us overall.
Their answers are intriguing, thoughtful and certainly inspiring as we move into this new world of healthcare in which we find ourselves.
Sherine Gabriel, M.D.
Executive Vice President
Arizona State University – ASU Health
Richard Gray, M.D.
CEO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona and VP of Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic
Michael Jones
President & CEO
Delta Dental of Arizona
Pam Kehaly
President & CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Todd LaPorte
Chief Executive Officer
HonorHealth
Jessyca Leach
Chief Executive Officer
Prisma Community Care
Stephen Macias
President & CEO
Optum – Arizona
Robert L. Meyer
President & CEO
Phoenix Children’s
Karen Hoffman Tepper, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Terros Health
Kevin Tulipana, D.O.
President & CEO
City of Hope Cancer Center Phoenix
Roderick Tung, M.D., FACC, FHRS
Tenured Professor and Division Chief, Cardiology, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Director, Banner – University Medical Heart Institute
Director, Cardiovascular Clinical Research, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix
