Michele Bava returned to Doctors Medical Center in October 2011 as its Chief Human Resources Officer and was named the Group Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for Tenet Healthcare’s Northern California Group in 2017.

As Group CHRO, Michele is responsible for recruitment and retention, labor and employee relations, employee engagement, workforce strategy, talent management, regulatory compliance, employee and occupational health and HR department operations. During her 12 years at Doctors Medical Center, she has played a pivotal role in employee engagement, retention and building the workforce to meet the volume growth and needs of the hospital.

Michele has more than 30 years of healthcare human resources experience. Previously Michele served as CHRO at Doctors Hospital of Manteca.

Michele earned her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management from California State University, Fresno and her Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.