Ms. Saunaitis oversees the full team member lifecycle across the University of Maryland Medical System, including recruiting and onboarding, total rewards, organizational learning and development, engagement and wellbeing, career growth, and the human resources systems and analytics that enable data-driven workforce decisions. In just a few years, she has strengthened the system’s competitive position by modernizing workforce management and talent acquisition strategy. Her recruitment marketing initiatives drove a 116% increase in career-site visitors during her first two years and a 40% rise in candidate engagement, while targeted nursing graduate recruitment increased hires by 10% in critical roles. She improved talent acquisition efficiency by reducing days-to-fill by seven days, and is leading the launch of a new talent acquisition platform with Phenom to further streamline hiring workflows and enhance the candidate experience. Ms. Saunaitis is also directing an organizational architecture transformation to integrate the system’s 30,000 team members into a more unified enterprise model aimed at improving patient safety, operational efficiency and financial performance. She has advanced benefits, training and performance management initiatives and is launching a new wellness program designed to expand access to resources for all team members, including frontline employees regardless of health plan enrollment. Ms. Saunaitis leads the human resources executive council and serves as a trusted advisor to the CEO on enterprise workforce reforms.
