Robin Divine: From EMBA Graduate to CEO
September 30, 2024 - Megan Borders
Robin Divine, an Executive MBA graduate from the Class of 2000, is president and CEO of TriCore Reference Laboratories in Albuquerque. With 28 years of experience as a health care executive specializing in integrated health care systems, she has become an inspirational and passionate leader.
When she chose Anderson’s EMBA program in 1998, Robin was a working mother with a spouse in a postdoctoral fellowship. The program’s schedule flexibility was a key factor in her decision. It allowed her to balance work, family and studies while learning alongside fellow full-time working professionals and gain insights into the scope of Albuquerque’s business sectors.
Combining the class schedule with staff support for the program logistics, her experience in Anderson’s EMBA program was seamless. She credits her time at Anderson with helping her become the authentic and strategic CEO she is today. During the program, she honed critical thinking skills particularly in formulating insightful questions during leadership meetings.
More so, she craved to understand the big picture and see how all of the dots are connected in the health care industry. The curriculum, with its real-world applications and capstone projects, helped her connect those dots while learning to leverage organizational impacts and decision-making strategies.
Today, Robin continues to apply these skills in her daily duties as CEO to help her guide her leadership team toward effective solutions. Having led TriCore through the post-COVID pandemic challenges as interim CEO, she is now settled into the permanent CEO position. She describes her leadership style as a blend of strategic, big-picture thinking, a strong commitment to collaboration, and her ability to recognize the importance of interdependencies to meet the company’s business objectives.
At TriCore, she fosters a collaborative environment and empowers her executive leadership team and others to reach their full potential. As CEO, she values authenticity and strives to make decisions that align with the company’s mission and core values.
Recently, Robin joined Anderson’s Alumni Council in hopes of helping other students and alumni benefit from the same life-changing experience she had. She is excited to work with Anderson students as their drive, energy and motivation to help their community resonate with her. She advises students to absorb every opportunity, push themselves beyond their comfort zones, and embrace the lessons from navigating uncertainty, as this approach has fueled her own successful career.