Michael “Mike” Riordan is the president & CEO of Premier Health, based in Dayton, Ohio. Joining the health system in 2022, he brings an array of experience with proven success in previous leadership positions.

Premier Health, with a mission to build heathier communities, is one of the largest health systems in Southwest Ohio and offers a wide range of healthcare services. The system offers five hospital locations, primary and specialty care, home health care, urgent care, and behavioral health services.

During Mike’s career, he has served in CEO positions for nearly 20 years with prominent health systems across the nation, including Greenville Health System/Prisma Health in South Carolina and the University of Chicago Medical Center. He served as an Independent Director with Owens & Minor from December 2019 to January 2022.

Mike earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts/English and a master’s degree in education/psychology from Columbia University in New York, as well as a master’s degree in health systems from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Additionally, he served three years as a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps.

He has been an active leader on a number of professional and community boards in the past and is currently on the Ohio Business Roundtable, Dayton Business Committee, Dayton Development Coalition Board, and he also serves on the Vet Voice Foundation Board.

Mike and his wife, Susan, take great pride in their five grown children and one grandchild.

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Sharlet Briggs is a senior healthcare executive with multiple years of consulting, mentoring, and coaching. In addition, Sharlet is the author of numerous books. In 2020, she launched SharletBriggs.com, a blog site for leader well-being and thought platform with the mission of bridging the information gap and changing how new leaders feel about success in the workplace.

She is known in the healthcare industry for turning hospitals with failing operations, quality, and finance into thriving organizations with long awards lists and top-tier performance. Sharlet has been awarded Leapfrog Top Hospital and is on the committee to design a Fellows Program for CAPE. She is known for turning competitors into colleagues while aggressively competing for business. Sharlet is often called to be a keynote speaker and sits on multiple boards. She is currently writing a book for young leaders. She is a member of Chief, a membership network focused on connecting and supporting women executive leaders.

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