The AHA's new chairman-elect designate: Gail Warden. Interview by Mary Grayson

Gail L. Warden, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, has been named chairman-elect designate of the American Hospital Association. He will become chairman of the board of trustees in January 1995. In many ways, Warden is the right man at the right time to head the AHA. His integrated system is described by many as light-years ahead of others in health care. This, plus his background as president and CEO of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, makes him one of the field's leading experts on managed care. And at a time when the association itself is revisiting its mission and goals, he is uniquely qualified to offer guidance. A former executive vice president of the AHA, he is now a member of the board of trustees and has served on numerous councils and committees, most recently the Special Committee on New Directions Evaluation.