Dennis D. Keefe
Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge Health Alliance

Dennis Keefe has worked in academic teaching facilities and community hospitals for over 30 years with experience as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Health Alliance and the Commissioner of Public Health for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts since 2002.

From 1986 to 1988, Keefe worked at CHA as an Associate Administrator of Professional Services at CHA, and returned as Chief Operating Officer in February of 2000. During Keefe's most recent tenure as COO, he was a key leader, managing the day-to-day operations of what was then a $350 Million system. Under Keefe's leadership, CHA has grown to over a $1 billion system.

Keefe is a member of the HealthCare Financial Management Association, the American College of Healthcare Executives, serves on the executive committee of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, on the board of the National Public Health and Hospital Institute (NPHHI), and is an officer of the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA). He is a highest honors graduate of Northeastern University where he received the Dean's Citation Award as the top student in the Health Sciences Program. Keefe also earned a master's degree in business administration, with a focus in health care administration, from Northeastern University and
recently was honored as the 2005 Alumnus of the Year by Northeastern University.