Cynthia Emiry Roy
Cynthia Emiry Roy (MET’94) of Danbury, Conn., is the CEO and president of Regional Hospice and Palliative Care. She received the gold Stevie Award in the Female Executive of the Year category at the 14th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Cynthia has been a recognized expert in end-of-life care and palliative care for the last 20 years. She became CEO in 2007 and has since grown Regional Hospice and Palliative Care to a $16 million corporation. In 2010, Cynthia began lobbying state and federal representatives about reinventing Connecticut’s antiquated hospice care for inpatient hospice. After several years of tough negotiations, she succeeded in changing the hospice industry in Connecticut. The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run.
From the Summer 2018 issue.