Neeysa Biddle

Neeysa Biddle is the Senior Vice President of Ascension Health and Birmingham Market Executive, where she has leadership responsibility for St. Vincent’s Health System (STVHS). She previously held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2005-2011. Before rejoining STVHS, she served as the national Director for the Ascension Leadership Academy, a subsidiary of Ascension.

A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Biddle has more than 25 years of healthcare administrative and executive experience. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

Prior to joining STVHS in 2005, she was Chief Operating Officer of Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, part of Tenet Healthcare.

Among her numerous community and professional leadership roles and recognitions, she has served on the Alabama Hospital Association’s Board of Directors and as an adjunct faculty member at UAB’s School of Health Professions, where she was selected as the 2001 Alumnus of the Year. She has been named one of the Top 40 Graduates of the UAB Health Administration program and North Alabama Girl Scouts’ 2012 Woman of the Year.

Neeysa is a panelist on Perspectives from Women CEOs