In her role as System Vice President, Equity and Inclusion, Gaye is responsible for designing, deploying and maintaining integrated diversity and health equity solutions to align with Common Spirit Health's mission, values and core business priorities to increase organizational, programmatic and patient outcomes. She leads health equity planning and implementation to focus on strategies to reduce the incidence of disease and improve health outcomes, and
reduce health disparities for diverse populations and employees across 24 states. Previously, Gaye was the System Executive Leader of Community Benefit at SCL Health (now Intermountain Health), where she provided oversight and leadership of population health strategies to address community health improvement for vulnerable populations across three health markets – Montana, Kansas, and Colorado. Her responsibilities included managing a portfolio of innovative programs and evidence-based initiatives to expand community partnerships, address social determinants of health, and ensure compliance reporting for federal, state and local levels. Her early career includes roles in operations, management consulting and research with companies such as University of Colorado Anschutz Medical, Interpublic Group and OSA Partners. As an entrepreneur, she led a national consulting firm focused on diversity recruitment, executive search and organizational development. Throughout her career, she has been recognized by the Clinton Foundation, American Public Health Association, Institute for
Healthcare Improvement, and the National Institutes of Health. She received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management-Northwestern University and BA degree from Texas Tech University. She serves the community through board service with Community First Foundation, Catholic Health Association’s Advocacy & Public Policy
committee, National Association of Healthcare Service Executives, Delta Dental of Colorado and the Denver Chapter of The Links, Incorporated. She is a mom, wife, avid golfer and music lover whose six-word mantra is “Small town Girl, Created for Good”