Mr. Dowling is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwell Health, a clinical, academic and research enterprise with a workforce of about 90,000 and annual revenue of nearly $20 billion. Northwell is New York State's largest health care provider and private employer, caring for more than two million people annually through a vast network of 21 hospitals, 950 outpatient locations, including 75 urgent care centers, as well as home care, rehabilitation and end-of-life programs. Prior to becoming the Chief Executive Officer in 2002, Mr. Dowling was the health system's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Before joining Northwell in 1995, Mr. Dowling was a Senior Vice President at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Previously, he served in New York State government for 12 years under former Governor Mario M. Cuomo, including seven years as Director of Health, Education and Human Services and Deputy Secretary to the Governor. He was also Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services. Before entering public service, Mr. Dowling was a professor of Social Policy and Assistant Dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services, and Director of the Fordham Campus in Westchester County. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science, the Foreign Policy Association, the Smurfit School of Business at University College in Dublin, Ireland, the National Center for Healthcare Leadership, the Greater New York Hospital Association and the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS). He is a past chair and current member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and The Healthcare Institute. Mr. Dowling has been honored with many awards and recognitions over the years, and has co-authored four books. He earned his BA degree from University College Cork, Ireland, and his master’s from Fordham. He has also earned numerous honorary doctorate degrees, including from Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, Fordham University, University College Dublin and Hofstra University.