Lloyd H. Dean

Lloyd H. Dean is a nationally recognized leader within and beyond the field of health care. He is President/CEO of Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems with 10,000 physicians and 60,000 employees. Dignity Health is home to more than 400 care centers including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging centers, home health, and primary care clinics.

Dignity Health provides integrated, patient-centered care to approximately seven million people annually, with state of the art and comprehensive service offerings to support communities primarily in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

As President/CEO, Mr. Dean is responsible for management, strategic direction and governance of Dignity Health, including $17 billion in assets. During his 18 year tenure with the organization, he has overseen its transformation into one of the largest health care systems in the nation, recognized for excellence in high quality, compassionate care, and operational excellence.

Currently, Mr. Dean serves on the Board of the McDonald’s Corporation and has been appointed to its Board Audit and Finance Committee and Board Compensation Committee.

He is Co-Chair of the California Future Health Workforce Commission, an organization composed of senior leaders from California’s leading health philanthropies focused on deploying a workforce addressing the health care delivery system of tomorrow.

As Dignity Health is based in San Francisco, Mr. Dean is Board Chair of the Board of Directors for the Committee on Jobs, an organization that brings employment to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Previously, Mr. Dean has served on the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo & Company;
Board of Navigant Consulting, Inc.; as Board Chair of the Bay Area Council; as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Health Association of the United States; Board Member for Mercy Housing California, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing, operating and financing affordable housing, and Board Chair of Cytori Therapeutics, an international leader in regenerative medicine and adult stem cell research.

A passionate advocate for health care reform, Mr. Dean was actively engaged with the White House Cabinet on health care issues during the Obama administration and directly participated in health care reform discussions with the former president during the formation of the Affordable Care Act. In California, Mr. Dean has been appointed to the State Health Care Cost Containment Commission charged with developing practical state policies to contain health care costs in the nation.

Mr. Dean holds degrees in sociology and education from Western Michigan University and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of San Francisco. In 2017 he was ranked number 21 in Modern Healthcare’s “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and is consistently named to Modern Healthcare’s “Top 25 Minority Leaders in Healthcare.”