Past Chairs 1981- Present*

1981 Gordon D. Howe Executive Director, Denver General Hospital
1982 Paul J. Drozd Executive Director, LAC/USC Medical Center
1983 Elliott C. Roberts Senior Executive Director, Cook County Hospital
1984 Madeline Bohman Executive Director, Bellevue Hospital Center
1985 Ray A. Newman COO, Parkland Memorial Hospital
1986 Robert B. Johnson President, St. Louis Regional Health Care Corporation
1987 Robert Sillen Executive Director, Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System
1988 Lorraine Tregde Executive Director, Queens Hospital Center
1989 Daniel M. Couch Deputy Executive Director, truman Medical Centers
1990 Edward J. Foley Administrator, LAC + Harbor/UCLA Medical Center
1991 Bernard M. Weinstein Commissioner, Westchester County Medical Center
1992 Ron J. Anderson, MD CEO, Parkland Health & Hospital System
1993 George H. McCoy CEO, Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center
1994 Mark Finucane Director, Contra Costa Health Services
1995 James W. Wright, Jr. President & CEO, North Oakland Medical Centers
1995 Howard C. Cohen Executive Director, Coney Island Hospital
1996 Richard D. Cordova Administrator, San Francisco General Hospital
1997 Douglas Bagley Executive Director, LAC Department of Health Services, North/East Network
1998 Patricia A. Gabow, MD CEO & Medical Director, Denver Health
1999 Dan McLaughlin Director of Health Strategy & Policy, Hennepin County
2000 Ed Renford President & CEO, Grady Health System
2001 John O’Brien CEO, Cambridge Health Alliance
2002 Frank Puglisi, Jr. Executive Director, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center
2003 LaRay Brown Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning, Community Health & Intergovernmental Relations, NYCHHC
2004 Margo Hilliard Alford, MD Administrator, Harris County Hospital District, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
2005 John A. Benz Chief Strategic Officer, Memorial Healthcare System
2006 Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH CEO & Medical Director, Cooper Green Hospital
2007 Gene Marie O’Connell CEO, San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center
2008 John W. Bluford III President & CEO, Truman Medical Centers
2009 Lisa E Harris, MD CEO & Medical Director, Wishard Health Services
2010 Kirk Calhoun, MD President & CEO, The University of Texas Health Science Center At Tyler
*Institutional affiliation shown is that which was current at the time of the individual’s tenure.

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