James Rhodes

Senior Vice President, Strategic Development

James Rhodes serves as Senior Vice President, Strategic Development for the Children’s Health℠ and UT Southwestern Joint Pediatric Enterprise (JPE). In his role, James is responsible for leading business development, integration and growth efforts for the JPE. He works with leaders across Children’s Health and UT Southwestern to develop and execute strategies, partnerships and operational initiatives across our network that improve health care delivery and access for our growing North Texas pediatric population.

Prior to joining Children’s Health in 2015, James worked for several years in the health care strategy practice at Monitor Deloitte, where he focused on serving academic medical centers and large health systems on projects ranging from corporate strategy development to mergers & acquisitions and health care reform.

James graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. James earned a Master of Business Administration in Health Care Management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.