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2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Roberta Tinch

Senior Vice President, President of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital and Administrator of Inova Musculoskeletal Services, Inova Health System, Alexandria

Kira Jenkins //January 30, 2025//

2025 Virginia Black Business Leaders Awards: Roberta Tinch

Senior Vice President, President of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital and Administrator of Inova Musculoskeletal Services, Inova Health System, Alexandria

Kira Jenkins //January 30, 2025//

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Tinch has been a hospital leader for more than 15 years, including at HCA Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond and HCA Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center, and has been recognized for her volunteer work by the March of Dimes. In 2023, Tinch was named one of Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Emerging Leaders. She joined Inova in 2019.

FIRST JOB: I was an usher for the entertainment department at Kings Dominion.

WHOSE FOOTSTEPS I’M FOLLOWING: My mother has worked in the health care industry as a nurse for over 40 years. Her daily stories about patients and co-workers intrigued me, and I fell in love with the hospital as a child.

HOW I GIVE BACK: I serve on several community and statewide boards to advance and advise the work of their organizations. I love to volunteer at community food banks. Another passion is to mentor students and early career administrators with my graduate program, as well as my professional organization. I set aside time to do career planning, resume review and interview preparation.

PROUDEST PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT: On the evening of the Aurora, Colorado, theater shooting mass casualty event, I was the incident commander. I led my organization through the emergency scenario while maintaining normal operations. We received multiple patients and had zero mortalities. This was a defining moment as it taught me the importance of staying calm under pressure and when to empower others to lead.

HOBBIES: I learned Western style horseback riding in 2012, and I find it to be relaxing.

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