Ms. Allen leads enterprisewide workforce strategy, culture and people operations for Children’s Nebraska, overseeing human resources, talent acquisition, total rewards, organizational development, workforce planning and employee engagement, along with marketing and communications. She serves as a strategic advisor to the CEO, executive team and board, aligning workforce priorities with goals related to quality, safety, patient experience and financial sustainability. Ms. Allen spearheaded the organization’s employee value proposition, the “People First Promise,” embedding it across the full employee lifecycle and into leadership competencies and governance practices. Since 2021, Children’s Nebraska has reduced turnover by 35% while growing its workforce by more than 40%, increased employee engagement by nearly 37 points, improved culture of safety scores by 36% and achieved year-over-year gains in patient experience. During this period, the organization more than doubled in scale from approximately $500 million to more than $1 billion in annual operations. Ms. Allen now leads the “Workforce of the Future” strategy, preparing teams for technology- and AI-enabled care models while advancing data-driven workforce planning to sustain long-term organizational resilience.
