Barclay E. Berdan

Barclay E. Berdan has been a director of Premier since December 2015, and has been the Chief Executive Officer of Texas Health Resources since 2014. Prior to his current position, Berdan served in various executive roles within Texas Health Resources since 1986, including Chief Operating Officer, Senior Executive Vice President, President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth and Vice President of Harris Methodist Southwest Hospital Fort Worth. He previously held leadership and administrative positions with American Medical International Inc., Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Jackson Park Hospital. 

Berdan is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and received the Texas Hospital Association’s Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Healthcare Administrator in 2013. He serves on the executive committee of the Healthcare Leadership Council and as chair of the American Excess Insurance Exchange Risk Retention Group. He served as chair of the 2016-17 United Way Campaign of Tarrant County, Texas, and as a past chair of the Texas Association of Volunteer Hospitals, the American Heart Association of Tarrant County and the Texas Hospital Association. Berdan received a bachelor’s degree from Texas Christian University and a MBA with a specialization in hospital administration from the University of Chicago.