Laura Grill, CEO of East Alabama Health (EAH), has been included on the 2025 “Women Hospital Presidents and CEOs to Know” list from Becker’s Hospital Review.

Under Grill, EAH has opened the Spencer Cancer Center and Auburn Medical Pavilion, launched construction on a new center for mental health, began a $43 million critical care expansion at East Alabama Medical Center, and earned national recognition for clinical excellence in stroke, robotic surgery and diabetes care.

Grill was also appointed by Gov. Ivey to the board of the new Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, and she completed a one-year term as chair of the Alabama Hospital Association.

Grill is one of only three CEOs from Alabama to appear on the list.