Jean Hammelev

Vice President, Operational Excellence Sonora Quest Laboratories

Jean Hammelev is Vice President, Operational Excellence, for Sonora Quest Laboratories LLC (SQL), a joint venture between Quest Diagnostics (a Fortune 500 company) and Banner Health (the largest non-secular health delivery system in the US) and for Laboratory Sciences of Arizona LLC (LSA). LSA provides oversight and strategic direction for more than 30 hospital, rapid response, and commercial laboratories that support Banner Health Hospitals, Academic Medical Centers and Cancer Centers across the state of Arizona and five western states (California, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada, and Wyoming).

In March 2000, Hammelev was named Executive Director of Quality and became a member of LSA’s Senior Leadership Team. She is currently responsible for organizational Total Quality Management (Regulatory and Performance Excellence), Enterprise Project Management Office, and Operational Analytics. Hammelev has led SQL/LSA’s strategic planning process and was promoted to Vice President in 2015. Hammelev led the application process for the 2003 and 2005 Arizona State Performance Excellence Awards Program. In 2013, Hammelev was recognized by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of the “Top 25 Dynamic Women in Business.”