John C. Lincoln Health Network
Rhonda Forsyth, President & Chief Executive Officer
John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital
John Harrington Jr., FACHE, Chief Executive Officer
Maggi Griffin, RN, MS, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
David Price, MHA, MBA, Vice President, Clinical and Support Services
John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital
Bruce Pearson, FACHE, Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer
Maggi Griffin, RN, MS, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
Desert Mission
Cindy Hallman, Executive Director, Desert Mission
John C. Lincoln Health Foundation
Marcia Mintz, Chief Executive Officer, Health Foundation
John C. Lincoln Physician Network Development
Nathan L. Anspach, MA, FACHE, Senior Vice President
Rhonda Forsyth
President and CEO
John C. Lincoln Health Network
Driven by her compassion for people, Rhonda Forsyth has devoted her career to improving the quality of health care, human services and business practices provided by John C. Lincoln's hospitals, health services, physician practices and community outreach programs.
As president and chief executive officer, Ms. Forsyth brings more than two decades of health care experience to the John C. Lincoln Health Network. She joined John C. Lincoln in 1987 and was responsible for leading managed care and revenue cycle operations. She saw the Network through expansions at both hospitals and served as CEO of both John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital and John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital prior to becoming the executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Network. In 2009, she was named president and CEO of the Network.
She was named the Valley's 2009 Business Woman of the Year by the Phoenix Business Journal. In 2010, Ms. Forsyth became a member of the American Hospital Association's Health Care Systems Governing Council and of the Premier Inc. Quality Improvement Council. She is also a member of Greater Phoenix Leadership, Charter 100 and Arizona Women's Forum.
Under her leadership, the John C. Lincoln Network has achieved a number of accomplishments:
- John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital and John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital are the first hospitals in Arizona to earn full accreditation as Heart Failure Centers from the national Society of Chest Pain Centers.
- John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital is the first area hospital to be redesignated as a Magnet by the American Nurses Association, an honor accorded only the top 2 percent of the nation's hospitals for excellence in nursing care. John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital is the only Arizona hospital to have two nursing units with Beacon Awards.
- John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital was honored with the Arizona State Quality Alliance's Pioneer Award for high performance excellence throughout the hospital, marking the first time a hospital received this recognition.
- The Network has been named a Best Place to Work in the Valley of the Sun six times, most recently ranking in the "Extra-Large Companies" category.
- AZ magazine, a publication of The Arizona Republic, named John C. Lincoln Health Network as one of the 2011 Top 25 Workplaces for Women in Arizona.
Ms. Forsyth earned a Master of Science in business administration from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts from Pitzer College.
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John Harrington Jr., FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital
John Harrington Jr., FACHE, joined the John C. Lincoln Health Network in May 2012 as the CEO of John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital.
He started his career in health care 33 years ago as the assistant vice president of operations at the former Phoenix General Hospital.
Harrington was CEO of Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City from 2009 until joining John C. Lincoln. His previous leadership experience includes serving as the CEO at Banner Heart Hospital, Paradise Valley Hospital and the Arizona Heart Hospital.
He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). In March 2012, he was one of four hospital executives in the United States named to serve a three-year term on its Board of Governors. He will serve a three-year term on the authority that oversees the 46,000-member international organization. He is the only one of the 15-member board from Arizona.
Prior to being named to the board, he served on committees and has been active in the ACHE since 1990. He also spent 10 years on the board of directors of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, including chairman and past chairman.
He and his wife Coleen have three adult children and one granddaughter. He is an avid hiker who hikes the Grand Canyon rim to rim every other year. He also enjoys golf and skiing.
He earned a BS in microbiology with a minor in business from the University of Pittsburgh. He earned a master's in public health with a specialty in hospital administration in 1980.
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Bruce Pearson, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital
Bruce Pearson joined John C. Lincoln in 2008 and serves as the CEO for John C. Lincoln North Mountain Hospital. Mr. Pearson has had extensive leadership experience, with executive skills in the areas of strategic growth and specialty program development, operational and clinical improvements, physician collaboration and partnerships, planning and healthcare facilities development.
Before joining John C. Lincoln Health Network, he served in senior leadership positions within Banner Health, including Good Samaritan Medical Center, the former Maryvale Samaritan Hospital, and more than 10 years as the CEO of Banner Desert Medical Center and Cardon Children's Medical Center in the East Valley.
Mr. Pearson holds a master's degree in health services administration and a master's degree in business administration. He has served in various positions of leadership in community-based organizations, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association. He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He is most proud of his family, which includes 14 grandchildren.
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Maggi Griffin, RN, MS
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer
John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital and North Mountain Hospital
Maggi Griffin, RN, MS, joined the John C. Lincoln Health Network in 2010 as its vice president, Patient Care Services, for John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital.
She has more than 30 years' experience as a senior nursing officer, consultant, president/ CEO and a staff nurse in Illinois, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Mexico and Ohio, in Beijing, China, and in England. She most recently was the CNO/vice president of patient care services at Condell Medical Center in Illinois, where she also spent part of her tenure as acting president.
Mrs. Griffin started her career as a staff nurse, and the last position she held in England was as the senior nursing officer at University College Hospital, a 1,600-bed teaching hospital. In 1982, she was licensed as a registered nurse in the United States and quickly progressed from a staff nurse to management positions. She received her master's of science degree in nursing administration from Northeastern University in Boston in 1993 while working as a manager of the medical intensive care unit at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence.
As president/CEO of the Beijing International Heart Hospital, Mrs. Griffin spent 4 ½ years in Beijing overseeing construction and trying to establish the first privately owned cardiovascular hospital there. During her tenure, she taught classes and presented at several seminars and conferences and consulted to improve cardiovascular care in China.
Her latest accomplishments at Condell Medical Center in Illinois include improving compliance with best-evidence practice by increasing compliance in all core measures to between 96 and 100 percent in less than a year. She also was instrumental in establishing a culture of safety at Condell and in reducing the expenses significantly in a declining market.
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David Price, MHA, MBA
Vice President, Clinical and Support Services
John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital
David Price, MHA, MBA, joined John C. Lincoln Health Network in June 2011 as its vice president, Clinical & Support Services at John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital. He brought with him more than 10 years of experience working in health systems in Minneapolis and in San Diego before joining Banner Health in 2000, first as director of planning.
He most recently was an associate administrator at Banner Desert Medical Center and Cardon Children's Medical Center, a 649-bed hospital campus in Mesa, Arizona. In his work in operations, he oversaw expansion, increased patient volume, added successful service lines, enhanced the patient experience, improved the productivity of his departments and increased revenues.
He holds a master's degree in Healthcare Administration, Managed Care, and an MBA, Finance, both from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and he serves as a volunteer and an advisory leader for the American Cancer Society, Phoenix Metropolitan Division, and as a volunteer for Junior Achievement.
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Cindy Hallman
Vice President, John C. Lincoln Health Network
Executive Director, Desert Mission
Cindy Hallman is Vice President of the John C. Lincoln Health Network and Executive Director of Desert Mission. In her role, she is responsible for the oversight of community service programs including a food bank, children's learning center, children's dental clinic, community health center, behavioral health clinic, adult day health care, neighborhood renewal, community development and volunteers for the entire health network. She received a bachelor's degree in Business Management-Administration from Kaplan University.
Cindy enjoys working for the betterment of the Sunnyslope community. In 1992, she founded the Northside Employment & Training Center, assisting local residents with job training and employment opportunities. In 1998, she joined the John C. Lincoln team, working to promote the positive development of neighborhoods surrounding the hospital's North Mountain campus, and to bring affordable homes to Sunnyslope.
Through the Desert Mission, Cindy helps more than 30,000 community members annually. By leveraging the resources of Desert Mission and the health network with partnerships with private, public and faith-based providers, Cindy helps to promote family self-sufficiency. She is committed to helping individuals improve their quality of life through skill development and asset building. Her vision is to provide an integrated delivery-of-services where one door opens ALL doors to the Desert Mission/John C. Lincoln family of programs to community members.
In addition to her roles at JCLHN and Desert Mission, Cindy also serves on various city and community task forces and committees including the Assistance League of Phoenix Advisory Council, First Things First, VALLEYLIFE, and the Chase Bank Community Advisory Board.
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Marcia Mintz
Chief Executive Officer
John C. Lincoln Health Foundation
Marcia Mintz joined John C. Lincoln Health Network in fall 2009 as chief executive officer of the Foundation.
She brought with her 18 years of international and regional nonprofit and corporate work in development and philanthropy. Most recently, she was chief development officer of Valley of the Sun United Way in Phoenix.
Ms. Mintz holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from New York University and has studied at the graduate level in special education at Hunter College. She attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business' executive program focused on strategies for nonprofit organizations.
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Nathan L. Anspach, MA, FACHE
Senior Vice President
John C. Lincoln Physician Network Development
Nathan L. Anspach was appointed senior vice president in February 2010. His responsibilities involve leading the physician efforts, including managing and expanding existing primary care, urgent care and subspecialty physician practices.
Mr. Anspach brings more than 30 years' experience as a senior executive of health care management experience, particularly in physician-hospital affiliations, physician practice and ambulatory health care acquisitions and management, and managed care contracting.
Mr. Anspach is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a certified member of the American College of Medical Practice Executives and holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North Florida. He is a member of the Medical Group Management Association.
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