Diane Howard, MPH, PhD '05, MPH, FACHE
2024 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award
About
Diane Howard, PhD, FACHE, is a professor and chair in the Department of Health Systems Management (HSM) at RUSH University where she teaches professionalism and capstone courses. She serves on several committees including HSM career services, chairman’s council, research and faculty appointments and promotions.
Prior to her appointment at RUSH, Howard was Vice President of Medical Delivery at Aetna, Inc in Washington, DC and Vice President of Medicare, Medicaid and Individual Products at U.S. Healthcare in Philadelphia.
Howard earned her Ph.D. in 2005 from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. She also holds a B.A. from Hampton University and M.P.H from the University of Pittsburgh.
Her dissertation at the University of Illinois at Chicago examined the governance structure of for-profit and non-profit insurance companies and the impact ownership status had on their product offerings.
Howard is active in the healthcare community and has served on a number of hospital, alumni, association and church boards as a way to give back to the broader community.