Leadership

David J. McIntyre, Jr.
President & Chief Executive Officer

David J. McIntyre, Jr. is President and CEO of TriWest Healthcare Alliance. Mr. McIntyre was the chief architect of the strategic vision behind TriWest Healthcare Alliance and has led the company since its inception. The privately held company, which is based in Phoenix, Arizona, is owned by a holding company, TriWest Alliance, comprised of 15 not-for-profit health care organizations and university hospital systems based throughout our region and is the largest Defense contractor based in Arizona. Its primary line of business is serving the health care needs of 2.7 million members of our nation's military family through a Department of Defense Health Services and Support contract covering the 21-state TRICARE West Region.

Mr. McIntyre has more than 20 years of experience, success and accomplishments in national health care policy development, business development and leadership. He served for nearly nine years in the offices of the U.S. Senate, where he was responsible for health policy issues, for Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA), Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and contributed to the work of the Senate Armed Services Committee. As a Vice President of a not-for-profit health care organization in Arizona, Mr. McIntyre assisted with the management of the corporation's strategic planning process and had direct responsibility for legislative matters, media relations and managed several strategic projects including the development of TriWest and its initial contract proposal in the mid-1990's.

Mr. McIntyre has a bachelor's degree in political science from Seattle Pacific University, a master's degree in administrative sciences (with an emphasis in management and health policy/administration) from Johns Hopkins University and he participated in the Executive Education Program for Senior Government Managers at Harvard University. In 2000, he was named one of 12 "Up and Comers" in health care by Modern Healthcare magazine, in 2004 was named as one of "12 to Watch" by Arizona Business magazine, and in 2004 was selected as CEO of the Year by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and the Arizona Business Journal. In addition to leading TriWest, he serves on the USO Worldwide Board, the Board of the Fisher House Foundation, the Board of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, the Board of Trustees of his alma mater (Seattle Pacific University), the Board of Arizona State University's Center for Customer Service Leadership, the National Guard Youth Foundation Board and is a member of the Greater Phoenix Leadership (a CEO roundtable comprised of Arizona's top business and community leaders).