Barbara Spurrier, M.H.A.
Executive Director, Well Living Lab &
Executive Vice President, Delos
“The Well Living Lab epitomizes innovation, from the spirit of our parent companies, Delos and Mayo Clinic, to our amazing multidisciplinary team, to our alliance ecosystem and expert scientific advisory council, to our passion to translate and apply our discoveries to positively impact human health and well-being. I am so honored to help lead the movement.”
As executive director of the Well Living Lab, Barbara Spurrier provides leadership and strategic direction to the endeavor. In addition, she is executive vice president, at Delos. From 2008 to January 2016, Spurrier served as administrative director of Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation (CFI), responsible for building CFI from the ground up, with a mission to transform the delivery and experience of health and health care and advance a competency of innovation across Mayo Clinic.
Spurrier has held professional appointments as vice chair, Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine, chief of Ambulatory Care at Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) and senior administrator at HealthPartners in Minneapolis. She has been active with the University of Minnesota, serving as a preceptor for students, a member of the MHA Alumni Board and participating as a guest lecturer in the business school. Spurrier has a Leadership Quality Blackbelt Certification from the Juran Institute, is past president of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Academic Practice Assembly, served on the MGMA Board of Directors and is a certified medical practice executive (CMPE). She is co-author of the 2015 book Think Big, Start Small, Move Fast : A Blueprint for Transformation from the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation.
Spurrier received a B.A. degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Health Care Administration (MHA) from the University of Minnesota. She held various training positions at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, Minnesota Department of Health and Minneapolis Veteran’s Administration Medical Center and the Aga Khan Hospital in east Africa.