Diana Richardson

Diana Richardson is COO/incident commander of Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children, Boston.

Before joining Tufts, Richardson served as vice president of operations, UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., a 1,100-bed adult and pediatric academic medical center. Previously, she worked as system vice president of facility, support and professional Services at MelroseWakefield Healthcare and led support and business services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Richardson is a graduate of Boston University and holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Bentley University. She also served as chair of the Healthcare and Biotech Council for the Greater Gainesville (Fla.) Chamber of Commerce.