10 chief nursing officers
Chief nursing officers from ten organizations are here, from NYC Health + Hospitals and Grady Health System to Kaiser Permanente and Sanford Health, and Michelle Wallace, Katherine Santos and Beth Draves hold the CNO title at the organization where all their earlier titles were held. Their records speak to a hospital deciding how to structure nursing leadership, plan nurse staffing, or connect nursing with informatics, risk management and clinical education.
Professionals to explore
Beth Draves, MBA, BSN, RN
LinkedInExperience: Chief Nursing Officer · Banner Health
Beth Draves, MBA, BSN, RN has been Chief Nursing Officer at Banner Health since 2025, for Banner University Medicine Tucson, responsible for day-to-day direct patient care operations and clinical education across the Tucson market. Earlier Banner Health titles include Senior RN Manager (2018–2020), Director of Nursing (2020–2021, 2021–2023) and Interim Chief Nursing Officer (2023–2025), and Draves cites 19 years as a registered nurse.
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Courtney Vose DNP, MBA, RN, APRN, NEA-BC, FAAN
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Nurse Executive, YNHHS and Chief Nursing Officer, YNHH · Yale New Haven Health
Courtney Vose became Chief Nurse Executive, YNHHS and Chief Nursing Officer, YNHH at Yale New Haven Health in 2026 and was Chief Nursing Officer at Yale New Haven Hospital (2025–2026). Other titles include Associate Clinical Professor and Senior Advisor to the Dean for Clinical Partnerships at Yale School of Nursing (since 2025), Associate Professor in the Division of Advanced Practice Nursing at Rutgers School of Nursing (2022–2025) and Board Of Directors at Capital Blue Cross (2018–2025).
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Dr. Irene Ondieki DNP RN-BC NEA-BC
LinkedInExperience: Chief Nursing Officer · NYC Health + Hospitals
Dr. Irene Ondieki DNP RN-BC NEA-BC has been Chief Nursing Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals since 2025 and Vice President Nursing Services at Stamford Health since 2023. Earlier titles include Clinical Director Nursing Services at Montefiore Health System (2021–2023), Director Of Nursing at RWJBarnabas Health (2013–2021) and Staff Registered Nurse at Saint Peter's Healthcare System (2009–2014).
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Erica DeBoer
LinkedInExperience: Chief Nursing Officer · Sanford Health
Erica DeBoer, Chief Nursing Officer at Sanford Health since 2020, was Senior Executive Director of Clinical Informatics there (2019–2020). Earlier titles include Clinical Nurse Educator (2004–2008) and Clinical Nurse Leader (2008–2019) at Sanford Health and Enterprise Client Executive Dedicated to Sanford at Vizient (2016–2019), relevant to clinical informatics questions.
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Katherine Santos
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Nursing Officer · Kaiser Permanente
Since 2022, Katherine Santos has been Chief Nursing Officer at Kaiser Permanente, after Kaiser Permanente titles of Registered Nurse (2011–2013), Manager (2013–2018, 2018–2020) and Director of Risk Management (2020–2022). The risk management title makes Santos a fit for questions on risk management in nursing operations.
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Michele Lebron, DNP, MBA-HM, RN, CCRN
LinkedInExperience: Chief Nursing Officer · AdventHealth Lake Nona
AdventHealth Lake Nona's Chief Nursing Officer since 2026 is Michele Lebron, DNP, MBA-HM, RN, CCRN, who was Chief Nursing Officer at AdventHealth (2020–2026). Earlier titles include Critical Care Registered Nurse at Florida Hospital (2003–2014), Nurse Manager at AdventHealth Central Florida (2014–2017) and Director Of Critical Care at AdventHealth (2017–2020), a fit for critical care nursing questions.
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Michelle Wallace,DNP,RN,TCRN,NEA-BC,FACHE
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer · Grady Health System
Michelle Wallace's Grady Health System titles span Vice President Clinical Operations (2014–2017), Senior Vice President Clinical Operations (2017–2019), SVP, Chief of Clinical Operations (2019–2020), EVP, Chief Clinical Officer (2020–2021) and, since 2021, Executive Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer. That record fits questions on how nursing and clinical operations are tied together at the executive level.
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Natalie Nicholson
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Nursing Officer · Denver Health
Natalie Nicholson became Chief Nursing Officer at Denver Health in 2025, describing a people-first approach to the nursing division, and was Associate Chief Nursing Officer there (2021–2025). Earlier titles at Renown Health were Director of Nursing for Women Services (2015–2020), Interim Director Renown South Meadows (2017) and Director Of Nursing Medical Surgical (2020–2021).
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Sheri Hawkins RN, MS, MBA, NEA-BC
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer · Kettering Health
Sheri Hawkins RN, MS, MBA, NEA-BC has been Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Nursing Officer at Kettering Health since 2021 and cites more than 25 years of executive experience. Earlier titles include Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at AdventHealth Kansas City (1999–2020) and Nursing Leadership Roles at Loma Linda University Medical Center (1982–1998), a fit for questions on pairing patient services with the CNO role.
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Tiffany Murdock
LinkedInExperience: System Vice President Chief Nursing Officer · Ochsner Health
Tiffany Murdock holds two current Ochsner Health titles, System Vice President Chief Nursing Officer since 2023 and Senior Vice President Chief Nursing and Clinical Excellence Offixer since 2026. Earlier titles at Singing River Health System were Hospital Administrator (2020–2022), Interim Chief Executive Officer (2022–2023) and Chief Executive Officer (2022–2023), a mix of CEO and CNO titles suited to questions on nursing's place in hospital leadership.
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Choose the right perspective
For system-level nursing structure, Courtney Vose (Chief Nurse Executive at Yale New Haven Health), Tiffany Murdock (system CNO at Ochsner Health) and Michelle Wallace, whose Grady titles include clinical operations and Chief Clinical Officer, are the closest fits. For a CNO role tied to one named site or market, Beth Draves (Banner University Medicine Tucson) and Michele Lebron (AdventHealth Lake Nona) fit, Sheri Hawkins pairs the CNO title with patient services at Kettering Health, and Erica DeBoer brings clinical informatics, Santos risk management and Murdock chief executive titles.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should responsibilities be split between a system chief nurse executive and the CNOs at each hospital?
- 02Which staffing changes reduce first-year nurse turnover most, and how soon do they show up in the numbers?
- 03What should nursing own when a hospital rolls out a new clinical documentation system?
About this directory
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