When longtime Sutter Health CEO Patrick Fry announced his retirement in 2015, the health system promoted its chief operating officer, Sarah Krevans, to be his replacement. The previous year, Bon Secours Richmond Health System handed over its reins to Toni Ardabell. In doing so, Krevans and Ardabell became two of just 18% of U.S. hospital CEOs who are female.

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