Bon Secours Charity Health System competitors

Richard J. Liekweg is president and chief executive officer of BJC HealthCare, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, integrated health care delivery organizations with over $6 billion in net revenues and more than 32,000 employees serving the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and mid-Missouri regions. BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefit in Missouri, providing more than $800.8 million in financial assistance, education of health professionals, safety net services and community outreach programs. BJC’s patients have access to the latest advances in medical science and technology through a formal affiliation between BJC and the renowned Washington University School of Medicine, which consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the country. Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital rank among the most highly regarded teaching hospitals in the nation. BJC’s community and rural hospitals are also regularly recognized for excellence. Liekweg joined BJC HealthCare in 2009 as president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and group president for BJC HealthCare. In 2015, Liekweg was promoted to executive vice president and subsequently president of BJC. He was named president and chief executive officer in January 2018. Before joining BJC, Liekweg served as chief executive officer and associate vice chancellor for the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center from 2003-2009. Liekweg also spent more than 16 years at Duke University Health System, including serving as chief executive officer of Duke’s Durham Regional Hospital. He currently serves on the boards of several professional and community organizations including Vizient, Washington University, Missouri Hospital Association, Cortex, St. Louis Regional Health Commission, Greater St. Louis, Inc., BioSTL and Forest Park Forever. Liekweg holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and master’s degrees in health services administration and business administration, both from the University of Michigan.

Barbara Joers is a Chief Executive Officer at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare. She has experience at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Chris Howard is a President/CEO at Sharp and Board Member at Sharp and is based in San Diego, California. He has worked as President at SSM Health St. Louis, Executive Director at Sharp, and Chief Operations Officer at SSM Health. Chris works or has worked at American Hospitality Assn. He attended University of Oklahoma between 1988 and 1993 and University of Oklahoma between 1982 and 1986.

Forty years of progressively responsible experience in the health care industry, fifteen with multi-billion dollar academic health care systems that represent some of the most complex, progressive and successful healthcare organizations in the United States, including the Johns Hopkins, MedStar and University of Maryland Health Systems in Baltimore, MD and the Jefferson Health System in Philadelphia, PA.

R. Bernica Gregory is an Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer at Harris County Medical Society (HCMS) and is based in United States.