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Sandra Bennett Bruce is the President and CEO of Saint Alphonsus, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Saint Alphonsus is a 365-bed regional referral and trauma center and integrated delivery system serving approximately 500,000 people in Southwestern Idaho, Eastern Oregon, and Northern Nevada. Saint Alphonsus provides management services to two other hospitals in Idaho through its Health Management Services division. Saint Alphonsus has created the largest primary care network in Idaho; is part of numerous physician joint ventures including Imaging, Cardiology, and a PHO; operates an MSO for primary care physicians in Idaho; and is a member of Trinity Health, the third largest Catholic healthcare system in the nation, with corporate offices in Novi, Michigan.
Bruce is the former President and CEO of Mercy General Health Partners in Muskegon, Michigan, a combined Healthcare System formed through a Joint Operating Agreement between the Muskegon Mercy Community Healthcare System and Muskegon General Hospital. Mercy General Health Partners is now a member of Trinity Health.
Bruce currently serves as Chair Elect of the Catholic Health Association Board; is the current President of the Southwest Conference of the Idaho Hospital Association; serves on the State of Idaho Governor's Health Quality Planning Commission. Bruce is a past chair of the Michigan Health and Hospital Association. She is a member of the American Hospital Association Region VIII Policy Board, and is a past member of the Region V Board. Ms. Bruce was one of five hospital CEO members of the American Hospital Association's 25-member Commission on Workforce, and chaired the AHA Section for Aging and Long Term Care Services.
Bruce serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Cross of Idaho, and is a past chair of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Boise Public School Education Foundation, where she spear-headed a series of successful fundraising drives.
Bruce has held chief executive officer positions for more than twenty-five years, including her current ten years' tenure at Saint Alphonsus. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American College of Healthcare Administrators, and the American Society for Aging. She holds a Master's of Science in Health Administration from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor's degree in English from Western Michigan University. | 