Presidential Lecture Series
Please Join Us For a Presidential Leadership Lecuture featuring Richard P. Miller, CEO of Virtua
November 16, 2011, 6-8 p.m.
Union League of Philadelphia
140 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102-3003
Mount St. Mary’s University
Richard J. Bolte, Sr. School of Business
BB&T Center for the Study of the Moral Foundations of Capitalism
Business attire.
Dinner will be served. Please let us know of any dietary restrictions.
Parking available at the Midtown Garage (1415 Sansom Street).
Seating is limited. RVSP by November 4, 2011 to Jeanne Hurley,
Office of Advancement or call 301-447-6872
Richard P. Miller has served as CEO of Virtua since its formation in 1998 with the merger
of West Jersey Health System and Memorial Health Alliance. He joined West Jersey in 1986 as Vice
President/Finance and was named its President/CEO in 1995. Miller guided Virtua in innovative
directions, creating a values-based culture and transforming community-based hospitals into an advanced regional medical center. Under Miller’s leadership, Virtua has become an international model for efficient healthcare management with the early adoption of Six Sigma and Lean process improvement tools.
An industry leader, Miller’s efforts were recognized nationally with appointments to the Leadership Advisory Council/Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare and to the governing council of healthcare executives/American Hospital Association. He served in several officer positions on the Board of Trustees/New Jersey Hospital Association culminating as chairman in 2008. Miller was named among The 100 Most Powerful People in New Jersey Business by NJ BIZ.
Miller has been recognized for leadership and service to the community. He was named Voorhees Business Person of the Year by the Voorhees Breakfast Rotary Club for accomplishments within the Voorhees business community and received the 2010 New Jersey Business Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award. He received the “Distinguished Citizen of the Year Award” from Boy Scouts of America and was named a “Person to Watch” by Philadelphia Magazine. Miller also received national recognition as Lean Six Sigma “CEO of the Year.” He served on the Governor’s Committee on Benchmarking for Quality and Efficiency, and on the NJ Healthcare Access Study Commission.
Miller is a Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives and serves as a trustee, National Quality Forum. A graduate of Mount St. Mary’s College in 1974, he then earned his MBA from Southern Illinois University.
Virtua is a comprehensive healthcare provider whose mission is to deliver an outstanding patient experience through programs of excellence in women’s health, pediatrics, cancer, cardiology, orthopaedics, neuroscience, and surgery. Virtua opened a $463- million digital replacement hospital in Voorhees, NJ, in May 2011. Virtua’s hospitals in Berlin, Marlton and Mount Holly and outpatient centers in Camden and Washington Township, with a third planned in Moorestown, continue to expand access to needed services. Virtua employs 8,400 personnel, and approximately 1,800 physicians serve as medical staff members.
