Laura Irvine

Healthcare veteran Laura Irvine serves the system as Chief Experience Officer, joining Texas Health in April 2022.

A longtime leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth healthcare market, Irvine grew her career at Methodist Health System in a variety of roles from administrative resident to hospital president and then on to executive vice president of integration and alignment. She’s also worked as chief administrative officer for Medical City Healthcare’s North Texas Division and most recently served as executive vice president and chief network strategy officer at Baylor Scott & White.

In addition to leading strategy for those three health systems, she has deep operational experience including developing strategic plans and value-based purchasing arrangements, in addition to working with physicians.

As a senior executive vice president, Irvine works closely in a dyad model with Winjie Miao, the system's chief operating officer. Both report to CEO Barclay Berdan.

Irvine oversees system efforts to partner with consumers for a lifetime of health and well-being, and to enhance the overall consumer experience, develop new products and services, and facilitate a unified strategic roadmap and related priorities across the entire Texas Health ecosystem. Brand Experience, Product Development, Consumer Strategy and Market Insights, System Transformation, and Enterprise Data and Analytics are all included in her portfolio.

Irvine is a Waco native and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Baylor University, where her dad was a professor. She also holds a Master of Science degree in healthcare administration from Trinity University.