Leah Binder MA, MGA

Leah Binder is President & CEO of The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit representing employers and other purchasers of health care calling for improved safety and quality in hospitals. Leapfrog publishes free ratings of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers on how safe they are for their patients, including the Hospital Safety Grade. She is a regular contributor to Forbes.com and consistently named among Modern Healthcare’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in healthcare.

Prior to her position at The Leapfrog Group, Leah spent eight years as vice president at Franklin Community Health Network, an award-winning rural hospital network in Farmington, Maine. Prior to that she served as senior policy advisor at the New York City Mayor’s Office.

Leah started her career at the National League for Nursing, where she handled policy and communications for more than 6 years, and she remains a lifelong advocate for nursing leadership in health policy. She wrote her graduate thesis on the image of nursing in media and its implications for health care reform.

She has served on numerous national boards and councils, including the National Quality Forum, Women of Impact, CMMI’s Accountable Care Action Collaborative, AARP’s Champions for Nursing Steering Committee, and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.

Leah has a bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and two master’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, one from the Annenberg School of Communication and the other from the Fels Institute of Government.