Mary Jo André BS, MS, PhD

Mary Jo is a dynamic and innovative leader with a proven record of building teams, leading significant change, managing in diverse and complex areas and creating and maintaining efficient operations that consistently demonstrate outstanding clinical outcomes. She excels in fostering strong and cooperative working relationships between physicians, administration, and departments throughout a large integrated delivery system. She is a champion of nursing and nursing practice with superior performance and has demonstrated strong nursing engagement with innovative retention and recruitment strategies. Mary Jo expertise includes strategic planning and goal setting, facilitation of quality improvement initiatives, development of new programs and facilities, management of operations, cost containment and, most importantly, improving patient outcomes. In addition, she is recognized as a leader who is committed to, and successful at, developing strong leaders.