Leah Binder
Chief Executive Officer,
The Leapfrog Group

Leah Binder, MA, MGA, is Chief Executive Officer of The Leapfrog Group, an organization of major employers and other buyers of health care working to make great leaps forward in the quality and value of health care.

Prior to joining Leapfrog, Ms. Binder was Vice President of the Franklin Community Health Network (FCHN) based in Farmington, Maine where she oversaw operations for the system involving marketing, planning and public health outreach. She also served there as Executive Director of the Healthy Community Coalition (HCC) and Franklin Health Access. Before arriving in Farmington, Leah served as senior policy advisor to New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani where she developed programs to improve care of the uninsured, among others. She began her career in health policy with the National League for Nursing where she served as public policy director. Ms. Binder also has served on many local and state boards, civic and professional boards, including campaign co-chair for the United Way of Tri-Valley, president of the Maine Public Health Association and chair of Maine’s public health institute, the Maine Center for Public Health.