Mary Jo Gregory, R.N.
Executive Board Chair
Founding Director
Mary Jo Gregory serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of The NARBHA Institute, bringing the contemporary expertise of a nationally recognized healthcare executive in the areas of acute hospital system leadership and health transformation. She also serves as the Executive Chairman and founding member of The NARBHA Institute Board as well as co-chair of the Advisory Council for Health Choice Arizona; a Fellow at The National Association of Corporate Directors; and a Board Member of North Country Healthcare. During her tenure as CEO of Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA), she led the evolution from regulating behavioral services to an integrated healthcare system by forming the joint venture partnership of Health Choice Integrated Care. Prior to joining NARBHA in 2012, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for a 12-hospital health system where she leveraged her operational expertise in nurturing organizational cultures to achieve and sustain exceptional results in quality and patient safety. Previous experience included hospital and system CEO positions with Tenet Healthcare that spanned 20 years in leading facilities in Massachusetts, California, Florida and Arizona.