Carter Dredge

Carter Dredge is a global healthcare thought leader and transformationalist, and currently serves as the executive director of the Intermountain Health Institute, where he partners with some of the world’s top thinkers and doers to create novel solutions to complex problems and develop trusted and effective leaders.

Prior to his current role as a senior executive at Intermountain Health, Dr. Dredge served at SSM Health as senior vice president and lead futurist and as chief strategy & transformation officer, overseeing strategy, innovation, mergers & acquisitions, research and development, analytics, and business development.

Dr. Dredge has been recognized by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the “Top 25 Innovators” in the United States and was the first American ever accepted into the business doctorate program at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom—a program specifically designed for executives who had built or who currently lead major corporations.

Dr. Dredge has served and continues to serve on numerous boards of healthcare services organizations, insurance companies, and start-ups (several of which he co-founded)—and he loves the challenge of creating new businesses—particularly those focused on serving those most in need.

He is deeply committed to venture-philanthropic innovation, education, and leadership development, and is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management/corporate finance from Brigham Young University, a Master of Healthcare Administration from Cornell University, and a Business Doctorate from the University of Cambridge where he also is a Fellow at Judge Business School.