Sandy Thurmond

Sandy Thurmond is Vice President of Primary Care Services for Children’s of Alabama. She is responsible for the operations and development of Pediatric Practice Solutions (PPS), Children’s primary care network, as well as for maintaining and improving relationships with pediatricians around the state of Alabama.

Thurmond is an honors graduate of both Birmingham Southern College (Bachelor of Science in Biology) and UAB (Master of Science in Health Administration).

After completing her Administrative Residency at Children’s in 1988, she held administrative positions in both operations and facilities and worked with strategic planning. In 1995, she began working with PPS at its conception and has helped it expand to 13 statewide offices, and most significantly in the Birmingham area.

Thurmond is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a certified member of the Medical Group Management Association. She serves on the board of Birmingham-Southern College and received its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award. She is the President of the Board of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama, and the Board Chair-Elect of Omicron Delta Kappa Society and Educational Foundation. She also serves on the United Way of Central Alabama’s (UWCA) Women United Advisory Group, and is a Class Ten graduate of Momentum Women’s Leadership Program. Thurmond is a member of the UAB Department of Health Service Administration Women in Healthcare Leadership Initiative. She received the UAB Commission on the Status of Women, Outstanding Woman in the Community Award in 2019.

She is a past-president of the Alabama Healthcare Executives Forum and served three years on the National Chapters Committee of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She has served on boards of the Kiwanis Club of Metropolitan Birmingham, VSA Alabama, and Alabama Healthcare Executives Forum. Thurmond is also a past-president of the Alumni Association of the Graduate Programs in Health Administration at UAB and the recipient of its 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award.