Melinda L. Estes is president and CEO of Saint Luke's Health System, based in the bi-state Kansas City-metro area.
She received a Master of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management in 1995.
[8] In October 2000, Estes returned to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation as executive director of business development.
[8] Estes moved to Burlington, Vermont in 2003 to assume the role of president and CEO of Fletcher Allen Health Care.
[11] A member of the board since 2015, Estes previously served on its executive committee, where she led an effort to strengthen physician engagement in the association and serves on an advisory group focused on how the association engages its members.