Lloyd H. Dean

Early life

Born in Alabama in 1950, Lloyd H. Dean was raised by a father who was a foundry worker and a mother who was a homemaker. After graduating from high school, he attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and earned a bachelor of sciences degree in sociology, as well as a master’s degree in education. 

Lloyd H. Dean entered the workforce in 1972, first as a paralegal assistant and then as a junior high school teacher. Later, he would become a professor, teaching communications courses at Western Michigan University. For a time, he was also a local news anchor on WOTV in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Career

In 1978, Lloyd H. Dean was recruited to work at the pharmaceutical firm Upjohn Company, where he excelled. During the twelve years that followed, he climbed through Upjohn’s ranks, rising from assistant regional manager in the health care services division to executive vice-president of marketing and operations. 

In 1990, he moved to Illinois, spending the ensuing decade working for a series of companies in the healthcare industry, including Consumer Health Service, EHS Healthcare, and Advocate Healthcare. 

Lloyd H. Dean accepted an offer to serve as president and chief executive officer of Catholic Healthcare West—which later changed its name to Dignity Health—in the year 2000, a position he would hold for nearly two decades. Under his leadership, the organization prospered, eventually incorporating over 40 hospitals and 400 care centers in its network. Toward the end of Dean’s tenure at Dignity Health, the organization combined with Catholic Health Initiative to form a new entity called CommonSpirit Health, a process that Dean was instrumental in overseeing.

After the 2019 merger was successfully completed, Dean accepted the role of founding CEO of CommonSpirit Health, putting him at the head of a newly-formed organization worth $29 billion that serviced more than 139 hospitals, 1000 care sites, and 150,000 healthcare workers across 21 states. He would remain in that position until 2022 when he stepped back from daily duties and became the organization’s CEO Emeritus.

In the past, Lloyd H. Dean has served on the boards for companies such as McDonald’s Corp., Wells Fargo & Company, Progyny, Cytori Therapeutics Inc., and Navigant Consulting Inc. He has also served on the boards of many nonprofit entities, including as chair of the board of trustees of the Catholic Health Association of the United States; board chair of the Bay Area Council; board chair of the Committee for JOBS, an organization dedicated to finding new sources of employment for people living the San Francisco Bay Area; and board member for Mercy Housing California, a charitable organization that develops, finances, and operates affordable housing. 

A dynamic and engaging lecturer, Lloyd H. Dean has accepted invitations to speak at the World Economic Forum, the CleanMed Conference, the Aspen Institute, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference, among many others. He has also appeared on the Bloomberg television network.

Net Worth

Unknown.