10 Banner Health regional operations leaders
Western Region President, Region President and Chief Medical Officer, Western Division are among the current titles held by these Banner Health regional operations leaders. A reader can learn how regional operations leaders run their areas at Banner Health from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Alan Qualls, FACHE
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer - Northern Colorado · Banner Healthcare
Alan Qualls has been Chief Executive Officer - Northern Colorado at Banner Healthcare since February 2022, a role the profile describes as CEO for Banner acute care facilities in the Northern Colorado market. Alan Qualls was Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare from 2020 to 2022 and Division Vice President at HCA Healthcare in 2014.
Alison Flynn Gaffney, FACHE
LinkedInExperience: CEO - Banner University Medicine Tucson · Banner Health
Alison Flynn Gaffney has been CEO - Banner University Medicine Tucson at Banner Health since December 2024 and lists the title Chief Executive Officer, Banner - University Medical Center Tucson and Banner - University Medical Center South. Alison Flynn Gaffney was President, Healthcare Division - National at JLL from 2022 to 2024 and Chief Operating Officer (i) at University of Utah Health from 2021 to 2022.
Dan Stimpson
LinkedInExperience: AVP, Division CFO Community Delivery · Banner Health
Dan Stimpson has been AVP, Division CFO Community Delivery at Banner Health since August 2024, based in Phoenix, Arizona. Dan Stimpson was CFO for Banner Desert Medical Center, Banner Children's at Desert and Banner Ocotillo Medical Center from 2020 to 2024 and CFO for Del E. Webb Medical Center and Boswell Medical Center from 2014 to 2020.
Daniel Post
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Banner University Medical Division, Phoenix
Daniel Post has been Chief Executive Officer of Banner University Medical Division, Phoenix since January 2020, working in Phoenix, Arizona, and the profile lists the role in General Management at the C-Level. Daniel Post was Regional Executive Vice President at Loyola University Health System, Trinity Health until 2019.
J. Scott Anderson MD MBA FACS
LinkedInExperience: Chief Medical Officer, Western Division · Banner Health
J. Scott Anderson has been Chief Medical Officer, Western Division at Banner Health since April 2022, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. J. Scott Anderson was Chief Medical Officer, Boswell Medical Center / Del E Webb Medical Center from 2016 to 2022 and Regional Medical Director, Specialty Services from 2013 to 2014, both at Banner Health.
Kathy Bollinger
LinkedInExperience: Region President · Banner Health
Kathy Bollinger has been Region President at Banner Health since January 2010, based in Tempe, Arizona, with a profile headline that reads CEO at Banner Health. Kathy Bollinger held the title President, AZ West Region at Banner Health from 2009 to 2010 and was CEO, Banner Estrella Medical Center from 2007 to 2009.
Lamont M. Yoder
LinkedInExperience: Former Division President · Banner Health
Lamont M. Yoder was Division President at Banner Health from September 2022 to May 2024, a role held in Phoenix, Arizona that the profile says covered operational and care strategies across hospitals. Lamont M. Yoder was CEO at Banner Health from 2015 to 2022 and is now President, Corewell Health East at Corewell Health.
Margo Karsten
LinkedInExperience: Western Region President · Banner Health
Margo Karsten has been Western Region President at Banner Health since March 2020, based in Windsor, Colorado, and also lists the title President Western Region and CEO Northern Colorado there from 2018. Margo Karsten was CEO at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center from 2014 to 2016 and CEO at Creative Health Care Management from 2011 to 2014.
Troy Stoehr
LinkedInExperience: Western Division CFO · Banner Health
Troy Stoehr has been Western Division CFO at Banner Health since June 2026, based in the Denver area. Troy Stoehr was Vice President Finance (Hospital CFO) at Intermountain Health from 2023 to 2024, Vice President Finance (Hospital CFO) at SCL Healthcare from 2019 to 2022 and Managing Consultant at Korn Ferry from 2025 to 2026.
Wendy Sparks
LinkedInExperience: Regional Chief Operating Officer · Banner Health
Wendy Sparks has been Regional Chief Operating Officer at Banner Health since October 2013, based in Greeley, Colorado. Wendy Sparks was Associate Administrator at Banner Health from 2012 to 2013 and Western Region Sr Director, Supply Chain Management from 1999 to 2012, and describes a focus on reducing expense structure in a highly competitive market.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set priorities across the hospitals in your region when they compete for the same resources?
- 02What does a typical week look like for a regional or divisional leader in your role?
- 03What did you learn from the first big operational problem you handled across several sites?
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