GLW Previous Awardees 2024 2005 (1)

Previous Awardees: 2024 - Catherine Jacobson, former CEO, Froedtert ThedaCare Health 2023 - Melinda L. Estes, MD, President and CEO, Saint Luke’s Health System & Jim Skogsbergh, CEO, Advocate Health 2022 - Eugene A Woods, President and CEO, Atrium Health 2021 - Maureen Bisognano, President Emerita and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement 2020 - Beverly Malone, CEO, National League of Nursing 2019 - Rodney F. Hochman, President and CEO, Providence 2018 - Nancy Howell Agee, President and CEO, Carilion Clinic 2017 - Steven H. Lipstein, former President and CEO, BJC HealthCare 2016 - Christine K. Cassel, MD, former Planning Dean, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine 2015 - Richard J. Umbdenstock, former President& CEO, American Hospital Association 2014 - Nancy Schlichting, former CEO, Henry Ford HealthSystems & Glenn D. Steele, Jr., MD, PhD, former President& CEO, Geisinger HealthSystem 2013 - John W. Bluford Ill, President, Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute President Emeritus, Truman Medical Centers 2012 - Mitchell H. Katz, MD, CEO, NYC Health + Hospitals & Margaret E. O'Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance 2011 - Michael J. Dowling, President & CEO, Northwell Health 2010 - Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD, Distinguished Chair, Health Care Service, RAND, and Senior Principal Physician Policy Researcher, & Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School 2009 - Denis A. Cortese, MD, former President & CEO, Mayo Clinic 2008 - Patricia A. Gabow, MD, former CEO, Denver Health 2007 - Thomas M. Priselac, President & CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System 2006 - Richard J. Davidson, former President, American Hospital Association & Gary Mecklenburg, former President & CEO, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare 2005 - William H. Nelson, former President & CEO, lntermountain Healthcare The Legacy of Gail L. Warden About Gail L. Warden The National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) named the leadership award in honor of Gail L. Warden, founding chairman of NCHL, president emeritus of Henry Ford Health, and one of healthcare’s foremost leaders. This distinction recognizes his remarkable accomplishments as an innovator in healthcare delivery, community wellness, and health policy and as a mentor and inspiration to future generations. This enduring tribute is in recognition of Gail’s leadership legacy.