Senior Vice President, System Strategy
RWJBarnabas Health
Dr. Annie Steelman, FACHE is Senior Vice President, System Strategy at RWJBarnabas Health, a 12-hospital academic health care system affiliated with Rutgers Health. She is a skilled strategic planner with more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry, including work with community hospitals, children’s hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers and medical groups. Before joining RWJBarnabas Health in 2014, Annie was a consultant with Health Strategies & Solutions, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Annie holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Drexel University. Her dissertation focused on organizational behavior and examined the role of empowering leadership in strategy implementation. She received her Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Healthcare Management/Healthcare Financial Management from Temple University and her Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Joseph’s University in Interdisciplinary Health Services. Annie is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a member and past-president of the Healthcare Planning and Marketing Society of New Jersey (a SHSMD chapter), and a fellow of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
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