Tina Bennett, MPA, is the Chief Experience Officer for Yale New Haven Health, where she serves as an enterprise healthcare executive leading enterprise strategy for patient experience, care delivery, and organizational culture across one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems, including Yale Medicine. She provides strategic leadership for enterprise-wide initiatives spanning five delivery networks, hospitals, ambulatory practices, Yale Medicine, and shared services, partnering with clinical, operational, and academic leaders to improve outcomes and create a more connected experience for patients, families, caregivers, and communities.
With more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience, Tina is recognized for advancing enterprise strategy and aligning patient experience with quality, safety, workforce engagement, and operational excellence. Under her leadership, Yale New Haven Health has achieved significant milestones, including four of the system’s five hospitals earning Leapfrog “A” Hospital Safety Grades and the system’s flagship hospital achieving a CMS 5-Star Overall Hospital Quality Rating for the first time in its history.
In 2026, Tina was named to Becker’s Healthcare’s “CXOs to Know” list and invited to serve on Becker’s inaugural CXO Advisory Council. She also serves on the Press Ganey CXO Council and the University of New Haven Master of Health Administration Advisory Board.
Passionate about developing future healthcare leaders, Tina serves as an adjunct professor at Southern Connecticut State University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Southern Connecticut State University and a Master of Public Administration in Health Care Management from the University of New Haven.
