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HEALTH CARE
Mark Mumford
Nemours Children’s Health
Nemours Children’s Health is the premiere children’s hospital and health care system and among the largest in the world with 8,600 associates and
72 care sites that span four states.
As chief executive of Delaware Valley Operations, Mark Mumford oversees the entire continuum of care across the system, including primary, specialty, ambulatory surgery, partnerships and community stakeholders. He came
to Nemours in August 2020 after a nationwide search for the health care system’s top job in the First State; he was selected due to his multifaceted approach to leadership. His resume also includes executive roles at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where he improved margins more than $250 million per year, and P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and PetSmart.
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Terry Murphy
Bayhealth
With decades of executive leadership, Terry Murphy has led Bayhealth not only through a response of COVID-19 but has worked on expanding the Dover- based health care system outside its traditional borders. In the last five years, Bayhealth has been leading the way
in the southern Delaware health care arms race by building a new hybrid emergency department in Harbeson
as well as a new multi-million hospital campus in Milford, striking partnerships with Post Acute Medical Care and Nemours Children’s Health to better serve residents. Bayhealth, a health care system with a net worth of $760 million, continues to look to improve quality
of service and has launched several medical residency programs to retain talent in the First State. Before his tenure as chief executive, Murphy served as vice president and chief operating officer of Bayhealth Medical Center and vice president of the southern region of Bayhealth Medical Center.
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Dr. Janice Nevin
ChristianaCare
In 2014, Dr. Janice Nevin became the first female CEO for ChristianaCare, Delaware’s largest health care system and nonprofit employer. She served as a faculty member and the residency director for family and community medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia up until ChristianaCare literally came calling in 2002. As the leader of ChristianaCare, Nevin has helped foster growth with the health care system, acquiring two hospitals
in Maryland and Pennsylvania as well as opening several new practices in southern Delaware and Pennsylvania. Under her watch, ChristianaCare has innovated in new spaces with the Gene Editing Institute, launching the spin-off company CorriXR Therapeutics and breaking ground with its center for virtual health.
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Chris Otto
Delaware Nurses Association
Delaware Nurses Association Executive Director Chris Otto first felt called to the nursing profession when he worked as an escort at Wilmington Hospital. He has been a registered nurse in Delaware for more than a decade with experience in progressive and critical care, open heart surgery and neurology. Otto was selected as the next leader of the 100-year-old organization in 2021. In addition to improving standards
of care, Otto helped launch a special task force to design and implement programs and policies that promote health equity. He has also served on several state and national nursing committees as well as writing columns on issues like critical care nursing.
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