Dean M. Harrison

President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Dean M. Harrison is president and chief executive officer of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. He is responsible for the hospital and its subsidiaries, as well as the development of the newly opened Prentice Women's Hospital of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Harrison joined Northwestern Memorial in July 1998 as senior vice president. Previously he had been President and Chief Operating Officer of the University of Chicago Health System.

Mr. Harrison is the immediate past chair of the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Board of Directors and currently serves on the Member Board of Directors of the University HealthSystem Consortium, the Board of Directors of the Illinois Hospital Association, and the Board of Directors of the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago.

He is a member of The Economic Club, The Commercial Club, World President's Organization, and the Business Leadership Group for Workforce Chicago 2.0.  He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration from St. Francis College.

Peter J. McCanna

Executive Vice President Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Peter J. McCanna is Executive Vice President Administration and CFO of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, and its principal subsidiary, Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

 Mr. McCanna joined Northwestern Memorial in 2002 as Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer. Previously he had been the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque, New Mexico, since 1998. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President and CFO of the University of Colorado Hospital.

 Mr. McCanna currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Chicago. He is a member of the Health Management Academy and The Economic Club of Chicago. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the University of Michigan, and earned his Master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Dennis M. Murphy

Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

Dennis Murphy is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. He is responsible for hospital clinical and support operations, Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group, and planning for clinical program development in Northwestern’s new strategic plan. He oversaw the development and opening of the new replacement Prentice Women’s Hospital, which opened in 2007 and is leading the service excellence program.

Before joining Northwestern Memorial in 2000, Mr. Murphy was the Vice President of Ambulatory Services and Business Development at the University of Chicago Hospitals. Prior to this experience, he spent 10 years at John Hopkins Hospital in a variety of roles from Administrative Fellow to Medicine Department Administrator.

Mr. Murphy earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1986 from University of Notre Dame and a Master of Healthcare Administration from Duke University in 1989.