The Backstory

Anne Hancock Toomey

ourthinking@jarrardinc.com

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Booking Overview

This limited-series leadership interview podcast explores the personal journeys, values, and leadership philosophies of prominent healthcare and philanthropic executives, with recurring guests who lead major health systems or national organizations. PR agencies could credibly pitch healthcare CEOs, nonprofit and foundation executives, and mission-driven organizational leaders with substantial leadership achievements and compelling personal backstories; booking is very difficult because the show consistently features high-profile industry leaders.

Metrics

Episodes: 167

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 97 subscribers

Instagram: 6.1k followers

Contact Information

ourthinking@jarrardinc.com

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Host

Anne Hancock Toomey - President and Co-Founder of Jarrard Inc., a healthcare communications consulting firm, with nearly two decades of experience partnering with healthcare leaders and organizations.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
CEOs, presidents, and senior executives of major healthcare systems, foundations, nonprofits, or other mission-driven organizations, particularly leaders with substantial operational responsibility and a distinctive personal leadership journey.
Required Achievements:  
Leading large healthcare systems or national philanthropic organizations, Driving organizational transformation or major institutional initiatives, Advancing to chief executive leadership after a notable career progression, Building high-performing cultures centered on mission, humility, and service

Recent Guest Discussions

Cynthia Brandt, PhD - Authentic Leadership, Philanthropy, Career Development, Organizational Culture, Humility, And Lessons From Becoming A Ceo.

Patrick Frias, MD - Healthcare Leadership, Empathy, Mission-driven Management, Empowering Teams, Humility, And Leading Through Complexity.

Marty Bonick - Healthcare Administration, Executive Leadership, Mentorship, Career Advancement, Patient-centered Management, And Organizational Measurement.

Lisa Shannon - Leadership Development, Patient Safety, Cultural Change, Mentorship, Career Decisions, And Balancing Executive Responsibilities With Family.

Rob Allen - Servant Leadership, Healthcare Transformation, Transparency, Employee Engagement, Organizational Growth, Authenticity, And Purpose.

Recent Topics

Healthcare, Leadership, Philanthropy, Organizational Culture

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Backstory
:

210. From Local Newspaper Delivery to National Philanthropy Leader, with Cynthia Brandt, PhD

June 24, 2026

In the final episode of Season 2, Anne Hancock Toomey interviews Cynthia Brandt, PhD. Brandt is CEO of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health and a deeply respected leader in the world of philanthropy. Brandt reflects on growing up in the Midwest in a minister’s family, early lessons in authenticity from a difficult camping experience and the teacher who led the excursion, and how receiving scholarships didn’t just make higher education for her but also sparked her belief that ph...

209. From Pumping Gas to CEO of Leading Children’s Hospitals, with Dr. Patrick Frias

May 06, 2026

Dr. Patrick Frias is a truly unique leader with a truly unique story. Today, he is wrapping up his tenure as Co-President and Chief Executive Officer of Rady Children’s Health before heading back to his old stomping grounds in Georgia to lead Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. In episode 209 of the Backstory, Anne Hancock Toomey interviews Dr. Frias about how he became who he is today and the way he thinks about leadership. co-CEO of Rady Children’s Health, noting that after their recording ...

208. From Serving Frozen Yogurt to National Health System CEO, with Marty Bonick

March 25, 2026

Marty Bonick is about as well-known a name as you’ll find when it comes to the National – and Nashville – healthcare scene. Bonick is President and CEO of Ardent Health, which operates 30 hospitals and more than 280 care sites across mid-sized urban markets nationwide, while employing over 24,000 team members. In this conversation, Bonick and Anne Hancock Toomey talk about his time growing up on Chicago’s South Side with a construction-worker father and nurse mother, his shift from pre-med to...

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