Alison Flynn Gaffney, FACHE
Alison Flynn Gaffney is the chief executive officer of Banner – University Medical Center Tucson with responsibility for all operations in southern Arizona, including three large campuses, 28 clinic locations and 8,200 Banner University Medicine team members.
With over 30 years of executive-level business experience in the field of healthcare, Alison has unique insight as to how healthcare organizations can balance innovation with efficiency, while adhering to strict compliance regulations to improve the patient and care team experience. Alison is a seasoned leader and strategist who drives innovation, excellence, and growth. She is board-certified in healthcare management, and highly skilled in system integration, strategy and execution, supply chain, and corporate reputation management. A strong believer the power of organizational culture and its ability to catalyze success, and since arriving at Banner – University Medicine, Ms. Flynn Gaffney has begun transforming the organization’s leadership practices to increase visibility, communication, and trust, resulting in a double-digit increase in employee sentiment about leaders’ level of care for staff.