Patrick T. Ryan, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Press Ganey Associates, LLC, is a healthcare executive with more than four decades of experience driving innovation across the industry. A lifelong entrepreneur who founded his first company at age 26, Pat has built and led seven companies, including The Broadlane Group, a leading cost management and supply chain organization, and PolyMedica Corporation, where he grew Liberty Medical Supply into the nation’s largest direct-to consumer provider of diabetes testing supplies and related services.
During his 14-year tenure leading Press Ganey, Pat guided the organization through a transformational evolution, recognized as a leading provider of experience measurement, data analytics, and insights for healthcare and other complex industries.
A sought-after advisor for companies at the intersection of healthcare, finance, and technology, Pat has sat on more than a dozen private and public boards, lending his experience in product strategy, organizational excellence, and finance to advise on growth. His health system board experience includes Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lahey Health, and Atrius Health. Pat has also served on the boards of Affiliated Managers Group, Image America, Renal Treatment Centers, US Oncology, PolyMedica, Hill Rom, MedAssets, and American Renal Associates.
He has also been a member of the Massachusetts Hospital Association’s Committee on Governance and the Nashville Healthcare Council.
At Press Ganey, Pat established ongoing charitable programs and corporate sponsorships, including a fellowship to support Boston College Connell School of Nursing graduate students pursuing advanced practice nursing, and the Pat Tillman Foundation, which awards scholarships to service members, returning veterans, and their families. Pat worked with Sean Healey upon learning of his diagnosis to establish the Healey AMG ALS Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Pat currently serves as a senior advisor for the TowerBrook Healthcare Institute, is Chairman of the Board of Hallmark, and a member of the board of Cleveland Clinic Florida Regional Hospital.
Pat grew up in Upstate New York, where his first job was as a kennel boy for his veterinarian father.
