Dana Hawes

Dana Hawes is the vice president of growth for Comagine Health. She leads the business development and marketing and communications teams, steering efforts to secure new business opportunities and ensure effective marketing and communications strategies across the organization.

Ms. Hawes is a trusted leader with over 22 years of experience leading and directing marketing and communications teams, managing team operations and corporate programs, implementing communications strategies, and providing oversight and strategic support to initiatives dedicated to improving health and health care in our communities.

As vice president of growth, Ms. Hawes is responsible for growth operations, laying the groundwork for new business and driving organizational strategy to achieve revenue targets and achieve sustainability. Her expertise in strategic planning, team operations, communications and public relations is integral to the organization’s success.

As the former marketing and communications senior director for Comagine Health, Ms. Hawes led a team through organizational mergers and rebranding while delivering daily marketing and communications support for federal and state contracts. She developed outreach strategies for key initiatives focused on improving health care quality and safety.

She is the past chair of the American Health Quality Association Communications Network and a past member of the Utah Society for Healthcare Communications and Marketing and the Public Relations Society of America.

Ms. Hawes earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Utah and holds a certification in total quality improvement from Intermountain Healthcare’s Healthcare Delivery Institute.