TEXAS HOSPITAL - Key Persons
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- Division President
- Trustee
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- Senior Director of Strategic Program Management
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- Trustee
- President & CEO / Ascension Texas
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- CAE, CMP
- Director, Education
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- Trustee
- CEO / Cedar Park Regional Medical Center / Cedar Park
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- Chief Communications Officer
- THA Senior Staff Member
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- Trustee
- Regional VP S Texas - Acute Care / Division
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- Trustee
- President, Hospital Operations
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- Member of the Board
- Trustee
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- Trustee
- CEO / the Children 's Hospital of San Antonio / San Antonio
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- Trustee
- CEO / Regional SVP / Houston Methodist Hospital
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- Regional President
- Trustee
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- CEO
- President
- THA Senior Staff Member
- President, Texas Hospital Association Foundation / Chief Strategy Officer / Chief Digital Officer
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- Trustee
- Senior Vice President & CEO / Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center / Houston
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- Trustee
- CEO / Childress Regional Medical Center
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Vice President
- THA Senior Staff Member
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- Trustee
- CEO / University Medical Center of El Paso / El Paso
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- Trustee
- CEO / Columbus Community Hospital / Columbus
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- Senior Vice President
- THA Senior Staff Member
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- Trustee
- CEO / Community Hospital Corporation / Plano
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- Trustee
- Texas Healthcare Trustees Chair
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- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- THA Senior Staff Member
- President / CEO / Texas Hospital Association / Austin
John M. Hawkins took the helm as president and chief executive officer of the Texas Hospital Association on Jan. 1, 2022. He is the organization's sixth CEO since its inception in 1930. A longtime advocacy veteran, Hawkins has more than 35 years of experience in legislative, leadership and policy circles and has deep knowledge of health care and hospital funding issues. As CEO, he represents the Texas hospital industry locally and nationally and helps ensure hospitals have the resources they need to deliver the highest quality health care to all Texans.
Over the years, Hawkins has fostered critical relationships among business, consumer and medical communities and continues to position THA as a thought leader and single, powerful voice for Texas hospitals.
Prior to being named CEO, Hawkins served as THA's senior vice president of advocacy and public policy since 2004. With a long tenure at the association, his team consistently secured important resources for Texas health care, including hospital Medicaid rates, funding for trauma and behavioral health services, funding for workforce training and protections for the state's critical safety net Medicaid supplemental payment programs. Hawkins' team also was an integral force during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping to secure staffing, supplies, vaccines and flexibilities for hospitals to keep patients safe.
Before to joining THA, Hawkins had a key role in streamlining state agencies at the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, where he managed teams of analysts and testified on issues for the commission. He also gained early experience as a legislative staffer in the Texas House of Representatives and as a legislative liaison at the Texas Department of Information Resources.
In 2020, Hawkins completed a six-month immersive hospital residency program at Baylor Scott & White Hillcrest, where he gained hands-on hospital operations experience, shadowing leadership, interacting with staff and participating in governing board activities.
Hawkins graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in government. He is married to Cami Hawkins, CEO of Marathon Kids, and they have two children, Madi and Jack.
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- Trustee
- Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs / the University of Texas System / Austin
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- Key Support Staff Member
- Executive Assistant to John Hawkins and Ignacio Zamarron / Executive Administration
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- Senior Director, Education and Governance Programs
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- Trustee
- Group President - Central Group
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Senior Vice President
- THA Senior Staff Member
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- Trustee
- President / COO / Methodist Health System / Dallas
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Trustee
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- Chief Clinical Officer
- Executive Vice President
- Trustee
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- Key Support Staff Member
- Senior Director, Governance & Executive Administration
- Senior Director, Governance & Executive Administration, 512 / 465 - 1030
Sharon Beasley, senior director, governance & executive administration, 512/465-1030
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- General Counsel
- Senior Vice President
- THA Senior Staff Member
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- Trustee
- CEO / Titus Regional
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- THA Senior Staff Member
- President / CEO, Texas Hospital Insurance Exchange
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- Director, Business Services