Nancy Averwater
Chief Executive Officer Baptist Memorial Health Care
Nancy Averwater currently serves as the Senior Vice-President and Chief Human Resource Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the largest not for profit health care systems in the nation. A Registered Nurse, Nancy started her career at Baptist working per-diem in the Intensive Care Unit. Since that time, Nancy has served in a variety of leadership roles within the company to include serving as CEO of various Baptist entities prior to her current position.
Nancy earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Harding University and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Memphis. Nancy was awarded the Health Care Heroes Award for Administrative Excellence by the Memphis Business Journal for her work in advancing end of life care in the community, and for establishing the area’s first residential hospice and comprehensive grief center, the Baptist Reynolds Hospice House and the Kemmons Wilson Family Center for Good Grief. Nancy has also been recognized as a Top 40 Under 40 leader by the Memphis Business Journal, and was previously named a Super Woman in Business by the same publication. Additionally, Nancy has been recognized by the University of Memphis Lowenberg College of Nursing as one of 50 leaders in 50 years for innovation in health care.
Nancy has previously served on the board of directors for Leadership Memphis and Bridges USA. She currently serves on the BSN advisory council for the Baptist Health Sciences University and as a board member for the New Memphis Institute.
Seminars
- How to think differently and move away from traditional ‘check box’ wellbeing programs
- How to transform participation rates in wellbeing programs to enable you to support a healthier, more engaged workforce while also curtailing costs
- How Baptist Memorial Health Care’s BestHealth program has prioritized the wellbeing of 23,000 employees, reduced hospital admissions, avoided new onset of chronic conditions, and reduced overall costs of their self-insured health plan
Join Nicole, Nancy and Lia for a dynamic Q&A exploring how two large scale health systems are embedding new ways of thinking into how they support their workforces. This is your opportunity to ask questions, unpack key lessons, and gain practical insights into the case studies they’ve just shared.
