Barclay E. Berdan, FACHE, is chief executive officer of Texas Health Resources, a faith-based, nonprofit health system that cares for more patients in North Texas than any other provider.

Berdan became CEO of Texas Health on Sept. 1, 2014, after serving as senior executive vice president and chief operating officer the previous two years. He is one of the longest serving CEOs of a major health care system in North Texas and is a nationally recognized and respected professional in the industry.

Under his leadership, Texas Health has engaged in collaborative partnerships to address emerging healthcare issues. He has been a champion of change, leading the transformation of Texas Health from a system focused on sick care to a health system focused on consumers and its mission of improving the health of the people in the communities it serves. He has put meeting the needs and preferences of consumers at the core of every aspect of the organization by offering affordable and personalized products and experiences.

With more than 26,000 employees, Texas Health is one of the largest employers in North Texas. Texas Health has created and nurtured a culture built on inclusivity, respect for its consumers, employees and physicians on the medical staffs. Texas Health has been repeatedly recognized through the years as one of the best workplaces in healthcare and the state, including in terms of diversity, women and generational workers.

Most recently, Texas Health ranked 37^th on the 2022 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list — the highest ranked health system in the nation and the 8th consecutive year that Texas Health has made the list. Texas Health has also been ranked No. 25 on People magazine’s 2021 Companies that Care list.

Berdan and his wife Marsha have two children and two grandsons.

Laura Irvine serves as senior executive vice president and chief experience officer, focused on fostering Texas Health’s overall consumer experience, developing new products and services, and facilitating a unified strategic road map and priorities.

Irvine oversees system efforts to partner with consumers for a lifetime of health and well-being while also driving growth to sustain the organization for generations to come. Texas Health’s Brand Experience, Product Development, Consumer Strategy and Market Insights, System Transformation, and Enterprise Data and Analytics teams report to Irvine.

A longtime leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth healthcare market, Irvine previously served as executive vice president and chief network strategy officer at Baylor Scott & White Health, where she led enterprise strategy and growth, business development, payor strategy, value based care and the BSW Quality Alliance. She also held the position of chief administrative officer for Medical City Healthcare’s North Texas Division.

Irvine grew her career at Methodist Health System in a variety of roles over two decades, from administrative resident to hospital president and on to executive vice president of integration and alignment.

A native of Waco, Irvine earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from Baylor University and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Trinity University.

Rick McWhorter is the senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for Texas Health Resources. In this role, he provides accounting, financial, risk and affordable health leadership and support. He also oversees investments and treasury services, insurance services, revenue cycle management, real estate services, IT services, as well as supply chain management.

Since joining Texas Health in 1990, McWhorter has provided financial oversight across the system while serving in numerous leadership roles. Most recently, he was the chief financial operating officer, where he implemented the system’s board-approved financial sustainability policy. He also played a significant role in the development of financial processes for the Joint Operating Company hospitals of Southwestern Health Resources, an integrated network that blends the strengths of UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health. Additionally, McWhorter represents the system as a member of the finance committee for Premier AEIX, a professional liability risk retention group with other health systems across the country.

McWhorter earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Texas Wesleyan University and is a licensed certified public accountant in the State of Texas. He is a certified health care financial professional and fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Outside of Texas Health, McWhorter has chaired the health care education committee for the Texas Society of CPAs, served a three-year term on the United Way of Tarrant County board, and is on the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, Circle 10 Council. He also recently joined the board and audit committee of his alma mater, Texas Wesleyan University.

Winjie Tang Miao serves as senior executive vice president and chief operating officer. In her role, Miao is charged with evolving Texas Health’s core services and developing an integrated, high-performance delivery network that is consumer-focused. She oversees Texas Health’s Hospital Channel, physicians group, ambulatory and virtual care services, along with clinical excellence and network navigation functions.

Prior to assuming the chief operating officer position, Miao served as Texas Health’s chief experience officer, leading the organization’s transformation to elevate the needs and preferences of consumers. With a focus on moving beyond episodic sick care to provide consumers a lifetime of health and well-being services, Miao expanded access to care by opening new channels to deliver care when, where and how patients prefer. She led the organization’s Connected Health strategy and implementation and was integral in developing capabilities around data and insights, virtual patient experiences and CRM competencies.

Miao joined Texas Health in 2000 as an administrative resident at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and served in a progression of leadership roles, including opening Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance as its inaugural president. She joined the system leadership team in 2015 as senior vice president of system integration and innovation and was instrumental in creating Reliable Care Blueprinting™, Texas Health’s approach to care design to deliver a safe, reliable and quality experience in every consumer encounter.

A biomedical engineering graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Miao also earned a master’s degree in healthcare administration, with a concentration in financial management and quality management, from the University of North Carolina.

Carla Dawson is chief people officer for Texas Health Resources. She is a long-term Texas Health veteran with 15 years of experience growing her career with us. She brings a passion for making Texas Health a great place to work. As chief people officer, she is responsible for all Human Resources functions along with advancing our great culture and preparing our workforce for the future. Carla has demonstrated the impact an individual can make at Texas Health while incorporating diversity of thoughts and ideas along the way.

In her previous role as vice president of Total Health and Total Rewards, Carla Dawson led all aspects of benefits, compensation, leaves of absence, and employee health & safety. She also oversaw HR operations for Texas Health Physicians Group. In addition, she has been instrumental in advancing adoption of our Be Healthy program.

Carla has made many contributions during her tenure at Texas Health including designing and managing competitive compensation rewards and benefits. She also has spearheaded our efforts to improve workplace safety, including creating new policies to protect our care team and designing procedures to improve workplace safety. In addition, under her leadership the employee health programs have been standardized across the system, creating an experience that is more uniform regardless of where you work.

Prior to joining Texas Health in 2005, Carla was a consultant at Hewitt Associates for seven years with Texas Health as one of her clients.

Carla earned a bachelor of arts degree in advertising with honors from Texas Tech University. She holds CBP (Certified Benefit Professional) and CCP (Certified Compensation Professional) certifications from WorldAtWork.

David Tesmer, chief community and public policy officer, has more than 35 years of experience in public policy and community affairs. He is responsible for leading Texas Health’s strategic direction in public policy and advocacy, stakeholder relations, faith and spirituality integration, community health improvement and North Texas Healthy Communities (Blue Zones Project Fort Worth).

He has held multiple industry and community leadership positions at the national, state and local levels including past chair of the North Texas Commission, the Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Hospital Association (THA) Political Action Committee (PAC) and the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council’s Community Health Collaborative.

Tesmer currently serves as chair of the Government Affairs Committee of Premier Inc. (Washington D.C), chair of the Texas Association of Voluntary Hospitals and vice chair of the Trauma Center Association of America’s Advocacy Committee, as well as a member of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Policy Committee and Texas 2036 Health Policy Workgroup.

He has been recognized by Premier, AHA and THA for his outstanding advocacy efforts by receiving the Excellence in Advocacy Award, Most Valuable PAC Player and HOSPAC Star Award. In addition, Tesmer was awarded the United Nations Global Leadership Award for Sustainable Development in Good Health and Wellbeing.

During his tenure, Texas Health has been recognized for its work to improve the health status of individuals and communities by receiving the THA Excellence in Community Service Award as well as the AHA Dick Davidson NOVA Award for Healthy Communities and the Foster McGaw Prize for Improving Community Health and Wellbeing.

Tesmer serves as a guest lecturer at TCU’s Neeley School of Business and the University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management. He also provides his insight on community engagement as a member of the Academic Community Partnerships Advisory Committee at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.

He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Master of Public Administration from Texas Tech University.

Kenneth J. Kramer is the executive vice president and general counsel for Texas Health Resources. In this role, he is responsible for all legal services of Texas Health and its many provider entities.

Prior to joining Texas Health in 1993, Kramer was senior division legal counsel for Charter Medical Corporation in Macon, Georgia and held the positions of director of Medical Law and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate for the United States Air Force. He retired as a judge advocate (Lieutenant Colonel) with the United States Air Force Reserves in 2003.

Kramer was an honor graduate of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He received his master's in psychology from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, and his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He also completed the General Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

He has co-authored “AIDS Issues in the Military,” published in the Air Force Law Review and a two-part article, “Clinical Privileging Actions in the U.S. Air Force Medical Service,” which was published in the June and September 1996 editions of The Reporter, a JAG legal review. In addition, Kramer lectures on many health care topics including mental health and managed care issues.

Sheila Chhutani, M.D., M.B.A., is chair of the Physician Leadership Council for Texas Health Resources. In this role, she leads physicians on the medical staffs of Texas Health hospitals through the challenges and opportunities of the health care environment. She is also a representative on the Physician Leadership Policy Council.

The PLC is composed of physicians on the medical staffs of Texas Health hospitals as well as other clinical leaders. The group represents their colleagues at the system level and works together to help shape the future of healthcare delivery in North Texas.

Chhutani is an obstetrician/gynecologist on the medical staff at Texas Health Dallas and Texas Health Plano. She also holds a master's in business administration from the University of Texas, Dallas. In addition, she participated in the first cohort for Physicians Lead! when it started at Texas Health.

In January 2020, Chhutani took on her first leadership role, becoming the president of the medical staff at Texas Health Dallas. Soon after, the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

A Chicago native, Chhutani has been married to her husband, Jesse Jackson, for nine years and has two stepchildren. Her 17-year-old stepson attends high school in Frisco and plays football and her 25-year-old stepdaughter lives in North Carolina and is working on a master's in psychology.

Chhutani is also enrolled at Texas A&M University, working on a master's in jurisprudence.

Shawn Parsley, D.O., serves as president and chief operations officer of Texas Health Physicians Group (THPG). He brings over 25 years of experience as a successful family physician and healthcare business leader to THPG.

Since joining Texas Health in 2011, Dr. Parsley has worked closely with system and hospital leadership to develop and implement the organization’s employed physician and advanced practice provider strategy. In addition, he works jointly with Southwestern Health Resources, a regional health network integrating the UT Southwestern Medical Center and Texas Health systems, to deploy value-based care initiatives.

Parsley was a U.S. Army Health Professions Scholarship winner in medical school and began his career as a captain in the U.S. Army, where he was quickly elevated to chief of clinics for the largest outlying health clinic in the European Regional Medical Command. Before joining THPG, he served in leadership roles with Medical Edge Healthcare Group and successfully syndicated multiple physician-owned enterprises. He has also served on numerous boards and committees, both within Texas Health and in private business.

Parsley received his undergraduate degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, before graduating medical school from the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. He completed his residency at the Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas in Fort Worth.

Kathi Cox is the chief operating officer of the Ambulatory and Virtual Channel at Texas Health. In her role, she is charged with thinking beyond traditional healthcare offerings and forging innovative models of care for North Texans, while expanding Texas Health’s reach.

Cox started her career with Texas Health almost 30 years ago and advanced through positions of increasing responsibility. Her work now includes building and supporting new models of care to better meet consumers’ needs, using both physical and virtual interactions. These models include urgent care, virtual visits, behavioral health and home healthcare. Cox brings to her role a passion for the consumer experience and the use of technology to streamline operations.

Prior to serving in her current role, she worked in hospital operations, information technology, and patient and family experience within Texas Health. This diverse background has provided her with a wealth of knowledge across the continuum of care that has been vital in her work to establish a seamless experience for consumers.

Cox is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and holds an M.B.A. from Western Governors University.

Kirk King, FACHE, serves as chief operating officer for the Hospital Channel of Texas Health Resources. King is responsible for distinguishing Texas Health from its competitors based on the consumer-focused clinical care provided in the system’s hospitals.

A career healthcare executive, King leads the strategic, operational, financial and quality oversight of 14 wholly owned hospitals and six physician-owned joint venture hospitals at Texas Health. His 40 years of experience help him guide the hospitals in delivering exceptional consumer experiences and consistent clinical outcomes.

During his 25-year career with the system, King has served as chief operating officer for the system’s southwest zone and president of several hospitals, including Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman.

An Alabama native, King earned his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

Andrew Masica, M.D., M.S.C.I., SFHM, serves as the chief medical officer for Texas Health Resources. Masica has extensive experience leading system-level clinical quality, safety and care delivery innovation initiatives.

As the senior physician executive for Texas Health, Masica's operational responsibilities focus on deployment of evidence-based practices into daily patient care and reduction of non-beneficial clinical variability as a driver of quality and safety across the continuum. He also has system-level oversight of Texas Health’s clinical service line programs, medical staff affairs, research initiatives, a growing Graduate Medical Education platform, and academic collaborations, including a broad academic affiliation agreement with UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Prior to joining Texas Health, Masica held positions with Ascension and Baylor Scott & White Health. He has served as a member of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Advisory Council and as a section editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine. He has been designated as a Senior Fellow by the Society of Hospital Medicine and recognized as Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. In addition, he maintained an active practice in hospital-based internal medicine for 18 years.

Masica earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard University and his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, followed by a clinical pharmacology research fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine.

Mary Robinson, Ph.D., R.N., NEA-BC, serves as Texas Health’s chief nursing executive. In partnership with the chief medical officer, she is responsible for improving patient outcomes across the system by leading efforts to drive clinical excellence, from decision-making to product fulfillment.

A dedicated healthcare executive with decades of acute care experience, Robinson leads innovative nursing work, sustains consumer-focused clinical care and designs and deploys solutions that provide Reliable Health in all care settings. She oversees the System Clinical Excellence team and has led efforts to achieve Magnet and Pathways to Excellence status for Texas Health entities, as well as other important designations. Her ability to standardize best practices helps ensure delivery of strong outcomes in an efficient manner for Texas Health consumers.

She began her career in healthcare over 40 years ago as a staff nurse at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth and has been with the system ever since. Throughout her tenure, Robinson has advanced through roles that helped her develop as a highly successful, service-oriented nursing leader. She has been recognized as one of Modern Healthcare magazine’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives in the United States.

Robinson has been a registered nurse since 1982, is a graduate of The University of Texas at Arlington and holds master’s and doctoral degrees from Texas Woman’s University.