Richard H. Carmona, M.D.

Dr. Carmona has served as chief of health innovations of Canyon Ranch, Inc., a life-enhancement company, since 2017. He has also served in several other executive roles since joining Canyon Ranch in 2006, including vice chairman, chief executive officer of the Canyon Ranch health division and president of the nonprofit Canyon Ranch Institute. Prior to Canyon Ranch, Dr. Carmona served as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States from 2002 through 2006, achieving the rank of Vice Admiral. Prior to serving as the Surgeon General, he was chairman of the State of Arizona Southern Regional Emergency Medical System and chief executive officer of the County Hospital and Healthcare System. Dr. Carmona is a Laureate Professor of Public Health Policy and Administration at the University of Arizona. Dr. Carmona also was a professor of surgery, public health, and family and community medicine at the University of Arizona, and surgeon and deputy sheriff of the Pima County, Arizona Sheriff’s Department. He served in the United States Army and the Army’s Special Forces and is a combat-decorated veteran. Dr. Carmona is a director of Herbalife Nutrition Ltd., and he previously served as a director of The Clorox Company and Axon Enterprises, Inc.