Introducing The Daily Record’s 2024 Health Care Power List

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The health care industry underwent overwhelming changes in the past few years. Partly because of the global pandemic, but also in response to changing health care trends, treatment options and more.

The pressures on the health care profession have left many institutions struggling to regain a full workforce, and the divisive debate over pandemic public policies often have put these professional in a difficult position.

The men and women leading our health care institutions, as well as key policymakers and advocates, work every day to meet this challenge. They are the 30 individuals you will meet in this special publication, The Daily Record’s 2024 Health Care Power List.

This list was chosen by our editorial leadership team. We reached out to readers and others for input and perspective. Many of these individuals are familiar from last year’s list, but you’ll find some new men and women who have made their mark in the industry in the last year.

In this list we explore how leaders view the health care landscape and their own jobs. And, just as importantly, we’ve tried to offer a glimpse into the kind of people they are and what drives them to excel.

This list is part of a series of Daily Record Power Lists throughout 2024 that will showcase the most powerful figures in law, politics, higher education, banking and other fields. You can find this and all our Power Lists on our website, TheDailyRecord.com.

If you know of someone you think is a strong candidate for inclusion on our Power Lists, we’d love to hear from you. Just go to thedailyrecord.com/power-list-recommendation-form/ and tell us about the individual.

We hope you enjoy this Power List, and we welcome your feedback and suggestions.

Patrick Brannan
Managing Editor

See the Health Care Power List digital edition here.

John Chessare
CEO,
GBMC

Theodore DeWeese
CEO,
Johns Hopkins Health System

Michele Eberle
Executive Director,
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange

Terry Forde
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer,
Adventist HealthCare

Bernard Gyebi-Foster
CEO,
Tuerk House

Mark T. Gladwin
Dean, Vice President Medical Affairs,
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Melony G. Griffith
President & CEO,
Maryland Hospital Association

Lou Grimmel Sr.
CEO,
Lorien Health Services

Catherine Hamel
President Gilchrist and Executive Vice President of Continuing Care,
GBMC HealthCare

Laura Herra Scott
Secretary,
Maryland Department of Health

Thomas Kleinhanzl
President, CEO,
Frederick Health

Beau Higginbotham
President & CEO,
Ascension St. Agnes Hospital

David N. Maine
President, CEO,
Mercy Health Services

Michele Martz
President,
UPMC Western Maryland

Aileen McShea Tinney
CEO,
Keswick

Neil Meltzer
President, CEO,
LifeBridge Health

Redonda Miller
President,
Johns Hopkins Hospital

Jennifer Nickoles
President,
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Sherry Perkins
President,
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center

Brian Pieninck
President,
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Nathaniel Richardson
President, CEO,
UM Capital

Kenneth Samet
CEO,
MedStar Health

Bradley Schlaggar
President, CEO,
Kennedy Krieger Institute

Amy Shlossman
President, COO,
LifeBridge Health – Sinai Hospital

Kevin Sowers
President,
Johns Hopkins Health System

Mohan Suntha
President,
University of Maryland Medical System

Shirley Sutton
CEO,
Baltimore Medical System

Harsh Trivedi
President & CEO,
Sheppard Pratt

Israel Rocha
Mid-Atlantic Regional President,
Kaiser Permanente

Elizabeth Wise
President & CEO,
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health

Do you know a person who you feel should appear on one of The Daily Record’s future Power Lists? Take a few minutes and tell us why in this form.