Robin Barca has nearly 40 years of progressive clinical and administrative health care experience in organizations throughout the nation. She joined Baptist Health, a three-hospital system in Montgomery, AL, in 2002. Until January of this year, she served as Senior VP/Chief Operating Officer of the health system.
Ms. Barca’s vision and passion for quality and patient safety enabled Baptist Health to create and implement innovative approaches to care transformation and improvement through strategic partnerships. She led the effort to create the Institute for Patient Safety and Medical Simulation initially as a partnership between Baptist Health and Auburn University’s aviation program. The Institute’s mission is to improve the quality of healthcare through the reduction or mitigation of the likelihood of medical errors.
She is a past president of Leadership Montgomery, served on the board of the Blue Ridge Conference on Leadership (past chair), and chaired the Population Health Committee for VHA Southeast. She also served as the community chair for the Jeff Davis High School Health Science Career Academy Advisory Council, chair for the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Council and served on the Montgomery County Elder Justice Task Force.
Ms. Barca received her nursing degree from the University of NV at Las Vegas; a BA (business) from university of Hawaii - West Oahu College in Honolulu, HI; and a MS in Human Resource Development and Administration from Barry University in Miami Shores, HI. She also received a graduate certificate in Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
She has been married to Bob for nearly 45 years (a retired Air Force Officer) and they have three grown married sons (two graduated from UT!), three wonderful daughters-in-love (one a UT grad and one a Carson Newman grad), and the four most wonderful grandchildren any grandparents could hope for. Her greatest delights are spending time with her family and friends, traveling, and now pursuing new avenues for creative expression and serving others in retirement.