The Rudish Team

Our team is the best of the best.

Ninfa Saunders

Exchange Senior Advisor

  • CEO at Navicent Health, a regional health network serving southern Georgia, from 2012 to 2020
  •  Senior leadership roles as President & EVP at Virtua Health (Marlton NJ) and COO at Emory DeKalb Medical (Decatur GA)
  • Extensive board experience including Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Quorum Health, healthPrecision (Board Vice Chairman), and BioPorto Diagnostics A/S
  •  Leadership recognition includes Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Women Leaders in Healthcare and Top 25 Minority Leaders in Healthcare and the American Hospital Association’s Board of Trustees Award for her work as past chair of its Institute for Diversity
  •  Included in the Becker’s Hospital Review “130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know” for five consecutive years and honored by the Georgia Diversity Council as one of Georgia’s Most Powerful & Influential Women
  • Clinical leadership experience includes serving as director of nursing resources for Emory University Hospital (Atlanta GA) and various roles at St. Barnabas (Livingston, NJ)
  •  Staff nurse in the intensive care unit of Riley Memorial Hospital (Meridian MS)