Leadership | CommonSpirit Health

Leadership | CommonSpirit Health
Guiding the future of health care
Wright Lassiter III, MHA
President & CEO, CommonSpirit Health, CommonSpirit Health Foundation
As CommonSpirit's President & CEO, Wright leads one of the country's largest and most diverse health care organizations, with an expansive network of over 2,200 care sites across 24 states. Prior to CommonSpirit, Wright held CEO positions at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, and Alameda Health System in Oakland, California. As the immediate past chair of the American Hospital Association and a former chair of America's Essential Hospitals, Wright continues to actively advance the priorities of hospitals across the country, helping ensure their needs are represented and addressed effectively.
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Meet our executive leadership team
Committed to excellent standards of care, each member of our executive leadership team brings a wealth of experience and passion to their roles, ensuring the highest standards of patient care and organizational success. Get to know the faces that inspire our work every day.
Lilicia Bailey, PhD, MBA
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief People Officer
Meet Lilicia
Daniel Barchi, MEM
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer
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Michael P. Browning, CPA
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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Michelle Johnson Tidjani, JD, MBA
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
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Thomas Kopfensteiner, STD
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Mission Officer
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Thomas McGinn, MD, MPH
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Physician Executive Officer
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Mitch Melfi, Esq, JD
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
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Terika Richardson, MPH, FACHE
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
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Kathleen Sanford, DBA, RN, FAAN
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Meet Kathleen
Sheri Shapiro, MBA
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
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Articles & news about our leaders
Wright Lassiter III Named 100 Most Influential Healthcare People
CommonSpirit Health’s CEO was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for 2023.
Read more about Wright
Did COVID Contribute to the Re-emergence of Polio?
With COVID rates flattening, physicians are seeing another crisis emerge with avoided routine vaccinations and missed cancer screenings and annual check-ups.
Learn more about polio
CommonSpirit Health Launches the Lloyd H. Dean Institute
Learn more about the Lloyd H. Dean Institute, a convener and catalyst for evidence-based humankindness and health justice initiatives across CommonSpirit Health.
See how the Lloyd Dean Institute is changing lives
Outcome-Based Healthcare in Underserved Communities Nationwide
CommonSpirit Health partnered with Pathways Community HUB Institute in 2022 to launch a community-centric care navigation model in multiple communities.
See how the HUB Institute is helping
Board of Stewardship trustees
Angela Archon
Sister Ellen Dauwer, SC, PhD
Peter Hanelt
Antoinette Hardy-Waller, MJ, BSN, RN
Rebecca Ann Gemma, OP
Gary Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE, FACPE
Wright Lassiter III
Linda Medler
Gary Yates, MD
Michelle McKenna
Carolina Reyes, MD
Patrick Steele
Phoebe Yang
Paul Black