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Elizabeth A. Ryan, Esq.

Elizabeth A. Ryan, Esq. is president and CEO of the Princeton-based New Jersey Hospital Association, a not-for-profit trade association representing New Jersey's hospitals and other healthcare providers. As CEO Ryan oversees NJHA, Health Research and Educational Trust of New Jersey, a not-for-profit affiliate that promotes continuing patient safety, quality improvement education and research; the for-profit Healthcare Business Solutions, which provides group purchasing and other business solutions for healthcare providers; and the Healthcare Employees Federal Credit Union. Her responsibilities include oversight of NJHA's operations, in addition to fostering member advocacy and coordinating such efforts at both the state and federal levels.

Previously Ms. Ryan practiced law in Mount Holly and went on to serve as assistant counsel under former Gov. Jim Florio and Chief of Staff of the state Department of Health. She also was a senior vice president with the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. and a regional executive for the American Hospital Association and the Healthcare Association of New York State. She served as a member of New Jersey's Board of Medical Examiners, the Clinton-Gore Transition Team, the legal audit team for the Clinton National Health Care Reform Task Force, and both Governor Corzine's and Governor McGreevey's transition teams. Ms. Ryan received her law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law and a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University (Cook College). She resides in Florence, N.J., with her husband and son.