Cato Johnson Receives Top 2024 Health Care Heroes Honor 

August 16, 2024 — Cato Johnson, founding member and current chairman of the University of Memphis Board of Trustees, received the 2024 Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement honor from the Memphis Business Journal.  

A UofM alum, Johnson earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from then-Memphis State University. He is previous president of the University of Memphis Alumni Association, receiving the association’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2019.  

Johnson serves as Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.