Lisa Harris leads Eskenazi Health, one of the nation’s essential health care systems that also serves as a training ground for the Indiana University School of Medicine. The Lown Institute Hospitals Index has ranked Eskenazi Health as one of the nation’s top 100 health systems for social responsibility, and Becker’s Hospital Review has ranked Eskenazi Health as one of its 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare. Harris serves on the boards of the American Red Cross of Greater Indianapolis, Martin University, Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana, United Way of Central Indiana, the Regenstrief Institute, and the Phoenix Theatre.
Job swap: “Having spent the majority of my career addressing the impact of long-standing inequities in the opportunities for good health and having had the opportunity to work with a number of lawyers who are doing effective and meaningful work focused on social justice, I can imagine that work being very rewarding.”
Indiana change: “I wish we were more generally inclusive and tolerant. I wish we better understood that diminishing some diminishes all.”
Kent Hawryluk co-founded MBX Biosciences in 2019 with his longtime partner, Indiana University chemistry researcher and serial entrepreneur Richard DiMarchi. Last year, MBX, a Carmel startup that has raised $150 million in venture funding, received clearance from U.S. Food and Drug Administration to move an experimental drug for post-bariatric hypoglycemia, a rare disease and a serious complication of bariatric surgery, into human testing. Hawryluk and DiMarchi worked together on two previous Indiana startups, Marcadia Biotech and MB2, which developed technology for metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. Major backers of MBX include Frazier Life Sciences, New England Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, OrbiMed, RA Capital Management and Wellington Management.
Rick Henvey joined Parkview Health in 2006, serving in a variety of roles before being tapped to replace longtime co-worker Mike Packnett as CEO in January 2023. Henvey began his career in health care in Dallas and went on to work for large health care systems in Denver; San Antonio, Texas; and Oklahoma City before joining Parkview. In his current role, he oversees a not-for-profit health care system that employs more than 16,000 people, making it the largest employer in northeastern Indiana. As CEO, he is working to advance growth within physician leadership by sharing leadership roles between physicians and a non-physician administrative leader. Henvey also serves on the boards of Trine University and the Northeast Indiana Boys and Girls Club.
Patrik Jonsson serves multiple roles at Eli Lilly and Co.: executive vice President, president of Lilly Diabetes and Obesity, and president of Lilly USA. He joined Lilly in 1990 as a sales representative in Sweden and has since held a variety of ascending roles internationally in sales, marketing and general management. He was serving as president of Lilly USA, when in January he took on the additional duty of leading the diabetes and obesity unit overseeing Lilly’s launched products and late-stage development of diabetes and obesity treatments, including the blockbuster drug Mounjaro.
Job swap: teacher
Something surprising: “I used to be a good pretty good baritone when I was younger and sang regularly.”
Walk-up song: “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen
T. Scott Law has long been determined to make a difference in health care by improving the way it works. In 1998, he founded Zotec and over the last 25 years has grown the company from a four-person software startup to the country’s largest privately held revenue cycle management company. The company, a medical-billing service, works with more than 21,000 health care providers across the nation to create more efficient financial experiences for providers and patients. Before founding Zotec Partners, he worked as a CPA.
Job swap: professional golfer
Favorite thing about being a leader: “By far, the best part of leadership is making a difference in the lives of the people who have put their trust in you, including employees, clients, vendors, partners and all the family that surrounds and supports these people.”
Admires most: “Every mom (single or married) that balances raising children, building a career, supporting a spouse—they are unbelievably strong!”
Philip Low is the presidential scholar for drug discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University. He’s also founded several companies, including Endocyte Inc., OnTarget Laboratories Inc. and Novosteo Inc. He’s spent more than 45 years designing targeted imaging and therapeutic agents for the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, including cancer. Pluvicto, for example, is the world’s leading drug treatment for prostate cancer and was discovered in Low’s lab at Purdue. Other drug discoveries include Locametz and Cytalux. He also holds more than 700 U.S. patents, including those that are pending.
Job swap: professional golfer
Something surprising: I grew up in West Lafayette where my father was also a professor at Purdue University. In fact, we overlapped on the faculty for several years. I also played basketball on the BYU basketball team.”
Shawn McCoy, who was named CEO of Deaconess Health System—an independent not-for-profit health system headquartered in Evansville—in 2017, began his career there more than 30 years ago. He has served in various administrative roles since 2001, including vice president of facilities and ancillary services and chief operating officer. Under his leadership, Deaconess has grown from five hospitals five years ago to 14 and now provides services in three states. He is a member of the board of managers for The Women’s Hospital, The Evansville Surgery Center, Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center, Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville, and the Indiana Health Care Collaborative.
Lessons learned: “Mentoring and investing resources in the growth and development of others is so important for any organization. By fostering a culture of continuous learning, quality improvement and development, leaders help ensure long-term sustainability for their organizations.”
Advice for young workers: “Take advantage of leadership and educational opportunities in your career and the opportunity to learn from others. Embrace lifelong learning.”
As president and CEO of Community Health Network, Mills likens his job to coach of a team of 17,000 people. He has been with Community Health for 39 years, first as a controller for Community Hospital North and rising through ranks to his current position in 2009. His organization stretches across six hospitals and scores of clinics and physicians’ offices. Mills’ workforce (or “team”) tends to roughly 15,000 patients every day. Community Health is now at work with its latest big project: a $335 million hospital in Westfield with a 100-bed patient tower.
Toughest challenge: “Guiding our organization through the COVID pandemic. I spent time in a variety of places where we deliver care, including the emergency room.”
Lessons about leading: “The most important thing about being a lead is being a good listener, coach and mentor. In addition, be real, be available, be visible and be vulnerable. You’re a member of the team.”
Dream sabbatical: Volunteer at a Boys and Girls Club. “In my youth, I was a ‘club kid’ and I learned a lot in those clubs.”
As president and CEO of Roche Diagnostics Corp., Moore is the head of North America commercial operations for the Diagnostics Division of Roche. He succeeded Matt Sause, who was appointed CEO Roche Diagnostics globally in 2022. Born and raised in Galion, Ohio, Moore earned a bachelor’s degree in international business from Ohio Wesleyan University and then started a 30-year career in life sciences. He joined Roche in 2016 as the head of Diabetes Care North America and eventually oversaw European diabetes care operations, as well. He moved to the broader diagnostics business in 2020 as senior vice president of Core Lab and Point of Care before taking up his current position.
First job: “Bank teller. It taught me a lot about accountability.”
Something surprising: “I am a co-inventor on three U.S. patents for spinal implants and instruments.”
Job swap: author of history books
Dennis Murphy is president and CEO of Indiana University Health, the largest integrated health care system in Indiana and one of the largest in the country, with more than 38,000 employees. He is overseeing the planning and construction of a $4 billion downtown hospital complex. He joined the health system in 2013 as chief operating officer, overseeing the operation of IU Health entities throughout the system. His previous leadership positions include serving as executive vice president at Northwestern Medicine, vice president of ambulatory services and financial planning at University of Chicago Medicine, and department of medicine administrator at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Something surprising: “I left home at the age of 14 to enroll in a Catholic seminary to become a priest.”
Favorite device or gadget: “Not sure cars are devices or gadgets, but I love the mechanical simplicity of older cars, the mechanical complexity of new cars and the freedom that comes from being able to travel when and where you want. I also probably drive too fast, too often.”
