Amanda Buckles-Barash

Amanda Buckles-Barash, MS, PMP, joined Valley Health as the vice president of Medical Group Finance in August 2021. Buckles-Barash has over 10 years of finance and healthcare management experience. Prior to joining Valley Health, she was director of finance for Indiana University Health West Central Region. While there, she served as director of finance for three hospitals and a multispecialty physician group. Buckles-Barash also led development of business plans and proposals to establish new clinical services, evaluated staffing needs, and maximized revenue opportunities for the region.

Buckles-Barash has expertise in analyzing and reporting on complex financial systems and developing financial and operational models and projections. She earned her Master of Science in Technology, Leadership & Innovation from Purdue University and has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Indiana Wesleyan University. She also earned a certificate of Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies from Harvard Business School.