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James Blazar

EVP, Chief Strategy Officer · Hackensack Meridian Health INC

EVP, Chief Strategy Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$2.4M

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✓ Verified from filings
Reported as EVP, Chief Strategy Officer of Hackensack Meridian Health INC, based in Edison, NJ.
Received $2.4M in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as EVP, Chief Strategy Officer of Hackensack Meridian Health INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

James Blazar is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, responsible for strategic network growth and service line planning. He has held senior leadership positions at Hartford Healthcare and Cleveland Clinic, including President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic Canada.

He was recognized by Becker's Hospital Review as one of 65 Health System Chief Strategy Officers to Know and was named a 2023 NJBIZ Icon.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

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Tenure here
Chief Strategy Officer at Hackensack Meridian Health, with prior roles at Hartford Healthcare (SVP) and Cleveland Clinic (CMO, then President of Cleveland Clinic Canada)

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Transformative Leadership (co-author)

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Affiliations

Organizations

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Hackensack Meridian Health INC EVP, Chief Strategy Officer · $8.8B revenue · Edison, NJTHE ORGANIZATIONS ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF LIFE-ENHANCING CARE AND SERVICES TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN HEALTHY, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.pay $1.8M → $2.4MFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$2.4Mreported comp
Hackensack Meridian Health INC EVP, Chief Strategy Officer · $271.3M revenue · Iselin, NJTHE ORGANIZATION IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF LIFE-ENHANCING CARE AND SERVICES TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN HEALTHY, VIBRANT COMMUNITIES.Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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CEO/Trustee · FY2024
$10.8M
R
CEO/Trustee · FY2020
$6.5M
M
Trustee/Chairperson/COO · FY2024
$5.3M
R
Pres, Fin & It Svcs Div, CFO/Trustee, Secretary/Treasurer · FY2024
$4.5M
P
Pres, Population Health · FY2024
$3.7M
D
Pres, Chief Physician Executive · FY2024
$3.1M
I
Pres, Academics, Rsch, & Innov · FY2024
$3.1M
A
EVP, Co-Chief Legal Officer · FY2024
$2.9M
N
EVP Chf Exp T 4/2021 · FY2021
$2.6M
A
EVP, Co-Chief Legal Officer · FY2024
$2.5M
M
Trustee/Pres, N Reg & Pres, Che, Humc · FY2024
$2.5M
K
Pres, South Reg · FY2024
$2.3M

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