Terika Richardson, MPH, FACHE

Terika brings over 20 years of experience to her role as CommonSpirit Health’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, a position she has held since 2023. In her role, Terika provides strategic and operations-related leadership, ensuring optimal operating effectiveness for the organization and its operating regions. Terika’s extensive executive operations experience combined with her rare blend of nonprofit, for-profit and faith-based health care uniquely position her to effectively drive opportunities to innovate the system and develop a retail-driven ambulatory care strategy and other emerging business and care models. Terika also leads the organization’s efforts to achieve its growth targets related to revenue and market share, identify opportunities for growth in our operating regions, support regional executives and local leaders in pursuit of their goals and objectives, and help identify and implement physician alignment strategies to reach our quality and patient safety goals. Previously, Terika served in leadership roles at Ardent Health Services, HCA and Advocate Health Care’s Chicagoland market. She holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan. She has twice been acknowledged as one of Modern Healthcare’s “Top 25 Minority Executives” and has been awarded the “Young Healthcare Executive Award by the American College of Healthcare Executives” (Chicago Chapter). Terika currently serves on the board of trustees for the American Hospital Association (AHA) and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. She has served on other AHA committees and as a regent-at-large for the American College of Healthcare Executives.