Ginger Raya
Associate Professor Non-Tenure Instruction
Management, Policy & Community Health
915/975-8520
5130 Gateway Boulevard East, El Paso, TX 79905-1608
About
Dr. Ginger Raya is a nationally recognized healthcare executive, educator, and executive coach with more than 20 years of experience advancing healthcare leadership, organizational transformation, and executive development across academic institutions and health systems. She has led revenues of up to $67 million, managed budgets of $68 million, and developed teams of more than 250, consistently delivering measurable improvements in organizational performance and culture. Dr. Raya serves as Center Director of the George McMillan Fleming Center for Healthcare Management and Associate Professor at UTHealth Houston, where she designs executive leadership programs, builds statewide partnerships, and mentors healthcare leaders. She serves as an appointed member of the Texas Rural Hospital Officers Academy Advisory Committee through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), representing The University of Texas System. In this role, she collaborates with state agencies and rural hospital leaders to develop the 100-hour executive curriculum for the Texas Rural Hospital Officers Academy (RHOA), strengthening leadership capacity, financial sustainability, and operational performance across rural hospitals in Texas. In 2025, she launched the Executive Certificate in Healthcare Management & Leadership, a nationally accessible program preparing healthcare professionals to lead through strategy, finance, innovation, and organizational change. Previously, Dr. Raya held senior leadership roles with HCA Healthcare and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, leading operational transformation, physician practice management, patient experience, and revenue cycle initiatives adopted across multiple divisions. A Hunt–Aspen Institute Fellow, Dr. Raya serves as President of ACHE of the Southwest and is a keynote speaker on healthcare leadership, organizational strategy, and executive development.
Research Interests
- Border Health
- Clinical Trials
- Healthcare Management
- Population Health
- Public Health Leadership
- Women’s Health
Personal Links
- https://gingerraya.podbean.com/
- https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/fleming/
- https://sph.uth.edu/research/centers/fleming/texas-rural-hospital-officers-academy/
- https://uthealth.catalog.instructure.com/browse/sph/courses/healthcare-delivery-management-leadership-course
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/gingerraya/