President & CEO, Banner Health

Inspired by Banner’s mission to “make healthcare easier so life can be better,” Amy Perry joined Banner Health on Nov. 1, 2021. A champion for quality-based care, Perry is driving premium reimbursement and health plan expansion, physician practice alignment, chronic disease management, expanded points of access and technology advancements to improve health outcomes. Throughout her more than 30-year healthcare career, Perry has elevated academic priorities in both education and research. Dedicated to helping the State of Arizona care for its growing population, Perry worked to expand Banner’s outstanding graduate medical education programs to more than 1,300 residents and fellows. Perry is working with Banner’s partners at the University of Arizona and other colleges to grow vital clinical talent pipelines and novel treatment options. Looking forward to Banner’s ten-year vision to be the most trusted health partner, Perry is leaning into the growth and development of Banner’s clinically integrated network and health plan coverage. Supporting Banner’s One Team culture as the key to success, Perry believes in a people-first caring approach and building lifelong relationships.

Prior to this, she served as Atlantic Health System’s executive vice president and CEO of the Hospital Division from February of 2017. During her tenure, Atlantic Health experienced record setting quality and financial results achieving the highest US News rankings in the state. She championed the development and implementation of a five-year strategic plan for the system that created a path to success under growing value reimbursement. Mission driven, she supported the expansion of medical education with a longitudinal integrated clerkship and research revenue growth of 36 percent. She promoted affordability and access by integrating care across the system and leading the development of an enterprise data platform to drive clinical excellence and operational performance focusing on consumer-facing digital solutions to create frictionless experiences.​​​​
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Perry has been named to Modern Healthcare’s lists of the Top 25 Women Leaders and Top 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. She was recognized as NJBiz Innovator of the Year in 2019 and the Daily Record Maryland Innovator of the Year in 2016.​​​
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Prior to joining Atlantic Health System, Perry was the executive vice president at LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to LifeBridge, she had a twenty-year career at Mount Sinai Health System in Miami, Florida.​​​​