James Rhodes

James Rhodes serves as Senior Vice President, Strategic Development for the Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Joint Pediatric Enterprise (JPE). In his role, James’ responsibilities include leading business development, integration, and growth efforts for the JPE. He works with leaders across Children’s Health and UT Southwestern to develop and execute strategies, partnerships, and operational initiatives across the network that improve health care delivery and access for the growing North Texas pediatric population.

Prior to joining Children’s Health in 2015, James worked for several years in the health care strategy practice at Monitor Deloitte, where he focused on serving academic medical centers and large health systems on projects ranging from corporate strategy development to mergers & acquisitions and health care reform.

James graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Economics and a minor in Health Policy. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree with a major in Health Care Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.