President and CEO
Tennessee Hospital Association
Nashville

Craig Becker has been president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Hospital Association and its subsidiaries, THA Solutions Group, Inc., and the Tennessee Hospital and Education Research Foundation, since August 1993.
           
THA primarily serves as an advocate for hospitals, health systems and home health agencies and the patients they serve. It also informs the public about hospitals and healthcare issues at the state and national levels. In addition, the association provides education and information for its members, along with group purchasing, insurance and other shared services.
           
Prior to joining THA, Becker was president of the Maine Hospital Association, serving in that position from 1989 to August 1993. He served as vice president of government relations at the New Jersey Hospital Association from 1985 to 1989.
           
Becker has served as chief development officer at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, a 384-bed teaching hospital and a Foster McGaw Award winner located in Camden, NJ. He also has worked as a legislative aide to the New Jersey Assembly minority leader, an editor for Dow Jones & Company, the parent company of the Wall Street Journal, and with the American Stock Exchange.
           
Becker is an advisor to Venture Crew #1 at Brentwood United Methodist Church, and has been awarded Middle Tennessee Council’s Boy Scouts of America’s highest award for work with scouting youth.    
           
He received a master's degree in administration and a bachelor's degree in journalism at Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ.

He is married to Angela, a certified family nurse practitioner, and has two sons, Andrew and Jack.