CEO
Sutter Health in Northern California
Rachael McKinney, MHA, FACHE, serves as President of Sutter Health’s Greater Sacramento Market in Northern California providing operational and strategic leadership for the 9-county market.
McKinney’s Sutter Health career began as an administrative fellow in 2004. She has since held operational and service line leadership positions including her role as the Chief Operating Officer for VEP Healthcare where she helped grow the 1,000-physician company across the eight states it served. She returned to Sutter Health in 2017 to serve as CEO of Sutter Davis Hospital and was one of the first leaders named to help guide Sutter’s new market-based structure beginning in June 2023.
In 2023, McKinney was named one of Becker’s Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know, a Top 100 Under 50 Executives and Emerging Leaders by Diversity MBA and chaired the Go Red for Women Campaign. She is a recipient of the Sacramento Business Journal’s “Women Who Mean Business” award, serves as the board chair for the Child Abuse Prevention Center and is a member of the College of St. Scholastica MHA Industry Advisory Board.
McKinney earned a bachelor’s degree from Gustavus Adolphus College, and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from the University of Minnesota.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CT