Mary Stutts is CEO of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, a global leadership accelerator, talent pipeline developer and business growth partner for the health ecosystem. The HBA is in 80 global locations with over 150 corporate partners representing workforces of approximately five million employees. Since becoming the HBA CEO, Stutts has led the organization’s strategic expansion across the health ecosystem to include closing health gaps, preparing the healthcare workforce of the future global pipeline and expanding globally to accelerate HBA’s programs beyond the US and Europe to the Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Stutts’ cross functional acumen has provided global leadership to companies including Genentech, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, UnitedHealth Group, Kaiser Permanente, Stanford Health Care and Comcast NBCUniversal. She excels in leading strategic growth transformations in the face of rapid technology and market changes while executing multi-faceted campaigns in dynamic, high stakes competitive environments. She has advised and consulted for public, private and academic organizations and is a sought-after speaker and thought leader. Stutts is an accomplished author whose newest book, Power Connections: The Executive’s Guide to Influential Leadership guides leaders to achieving business and workforce transformation through acumen, innovation and influence.