Dr. Kohler serves as executive vice president of human resources and CHRO at Ascension, where she leads efforts to create a meaningful associate experience in alignment with Ascension’s mission and enhance organizational effectiveness. She oversees strategic human resources initiatives that drive leadership, cultural and organizational development, talent acquisition, associate engagement, compensation and benefits, labor and associate relations and internal communications. From 2021 to 2024, Dr. Kohler was senior vice president of human resources, delivering forward-thinking, operationally aligned solutions that strengthened Ascension’s culture, leadership and workforce capabilities. She also led executive recruiting, internal communications and strategy optimization across the system office and ancillary teams. Before that, she provided human resources leadership for the Florida and Texas ministry markets, the strategy and innovation team, and The Resource Group, a subsidiary of Ascension.
