Leah Binder

COUNTRY OF BIRTH

United States

INDUSTRY

Medical

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS

Leah Binder is the president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, a non-profit organisation that represents companies and individuals who purchase health benefits. Leapfrog aims at advancing safety and quality in hospitals across the United States. Leah is the leading champion of the cause of transparency in the health care industry.

Early Career

Leah Binder launched her career in healthcare when she worked at the National League for Nursing. There she handled communications and policy for over six years. Leah then joined the New York government where she worked as the senior policy advisor for the Mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani. She then spent eight years as the vice president of a Farmington Franklin Community Health Network.

Joining Leapfrog Group

In 2008 Leah Binder joined the Leapfrog Group as President and CEO. During the first five years of Leah working there, Leapfrog launched initiatives aimed at addressing key health policy concerns like infections in hospitals and early elective deliveries.

About the Leapfrog Group

Leapfrog is a patient safety organisation that works with several other organisations around the world to maintain high levels of safety. Leapfrog launched initiatives called the Leapfrog Hospital Survey and the Hospital Safety Score in which an A, B, C, D or F score is allocated to a hospital after analysing medication and medical errors, and infections and injuries resulting from errors made.

Leah Binder’s Achievements

Besides her work at the Leapfrog Group Leah is also a regular contributor to WallStreetJournal.com, The Huffington Post and Forbes.com and the chairperson of several councils and boards. She was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential People, and as one of the top 25 Women in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare. Leah was also named as one of the 50 Most Powerful People in Healthcare by Becker’s in 2014

ADDITIONAL FACTS

• Leah Binder achieved an undergraduate degree from Brandeis
• Achieved two masters degrees from the University of Pennsylvania
• Leah’s professional and personal goal is to vastly improve the safety and quality of hospital care in the United States.