Trover Health Systems competitors

Kate Walsh is president and CEO of the Boston Medical Center (BMC) health system, with annual operating revenue of $4 billion. BMC is a private, not-for-profit, 514-bed, academic medical center with a community-based focus. The primary teaching affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center has approximately 5,700 employees and 760 physicians. The BMC health system also includes the BMC HealthNet Plan, a Medicaid Managed Care Organization with more than 450,000 members and Boston HealthNet, a network affiliation of 14 community health centers throughout Boston. Prior to her appointment at Boston Medical Center, Ms. Walsh served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Brigham and Women's Hospital. She served previously as the chief operating officer for Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research and at Massachusetts General Hospital in positions including senior vice president of medical services and the MGH Cancer Center. Prior to her tenure at Mass General, she held positions in a number of New York City hospitals including Montefiore, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Saint Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. Ms. Walsh received her bachelor’s of arts degree and a master’s degree in public health from Yale University. She is a member of the Boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Boston Public Health Commission, the Massachusetts Hospital Association, the AAMC Council of Teaching Hospitals, Pine Street Inn, Dean’s Council of the Yale University School of Medicine, and the Greater Boston YMCA Board of Overseers.

Experienced CEO/ President with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit organization management industry. Skilled in Business Planning, Healthcare, Operations Management, Emergency Medicine, Management, and Healthcare Management. Strong operations professional with a FNP focused in Nurse Practitoner from University of California, Davis.

As president and chief executive officer, Bill Gassen is leading efforts to tackle some of medicine’s most challenging issues, including the state of global health, breast cancer, pediatric rare diseases and type 1 diabetes. At the same time, the organization is also advancing health care through its innovative integration of genomics into primary care, the creation of an expansive biobank and the exploration of the healing powers of immunotherapy and adipose stem cells. Gassen began his career at Sanford Health in 2012 as corporate counsel and transitioned to the human resources department two years later as vice president of human resource integration and eventually became the chief human resources officer. In 2019, he was promoted to chief administrative officer with oversight of human resources, technology solutions, legal, facilities, business development and the Sanford Sports Complex. Prior to joining Sanford Health, Gassen spent several years in private legal practice. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a law degree, both from the University of South Dakota. Gassen and his wife, Jill, have five children.

Richard Lofgren works at UC Health and a Chief Executive Officer at UC Health, Professor at University of Kentucky, and President/CEO at University of Cincinnati Acade and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked as VP:Health Care Ops/Chief Clinical at University of Kentucky. Richard works or has worked as FELLOW at Organization of Chinese-Americans Inc. He studied at University of Minnesota School of Public Health and University of Michigan.

Eric Dickson is a Faculty Member at Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Senior Associate Dean at University of Massachusetts Medical School, and President/CEO at Umass Memorial Health Care Inc. He has worked as Emergency Room Physician at Umass Memorial Health Care Inc; Dir:Emergency Medicine Research at University of Massachusetts, Lowell; and Interim COO at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Eric works or has worked as TRUSTEE at Worcester County Food Bank and TRUSTEE at Clinton Hospital. He studied at University of Massachusetts Medical School, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and Merrimack College.