As a student, Christopher Roker ’92 joined a SUNY Oswego fraternity to find interesting people and make great memories.
He found both—and discovered a lifelong affinity for giving back to the community, too.
Today, Roker is a member of the fraternity’s Beta Psi Sigma chapter. He’s still maintaining the core value of “Culture for Service, Service for Humanity” that was such an integral part of his undergraduate years.
Roker, who was introduced to the SUNY Oswego campus by his brother Al Roker ’76, in September joined NYC Health + Hospitals as its chief executive officer. He is a part of a network of 11 hospitals, trauma centers, neighborhood health centers, nursing homes and post-acute care centers. This new role is one in a fruitful career of high-level administrative health and hospital roles.
Roker spent more than three years at The MetroHealth System in Ohio, first serving as vice president of surgical care and perioperative services and then serving as senior vice president and chief hospitals administrative officer. He was responsible for overseeing inpatient hos­pital services and departments.
He previously held leadership positions at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan and The Parkway Hospital Queens.
But Roker’s road to success was not clearly carved when he left SUNY Oswego.
Perhaps his strongest “connection” from SUNY Oswego is his wife, Latice Hardy-Roker ’90, whom he met on campus and who he said has supported and encouraged him ever since they met.
Roker reflects on his days at Oswego with high praise.