Mr. Mutterer has served as president and CEO of 348-bed Silver Cross Hospital since June 2024, having first stepped in as interim president and CEO in October 2023. He oversees a $600 million budget, 3,200 employees and 1,000 medical staff members across the hospital and nearly two dozen ambulatory sites. Mr. Mutterer joined Silver Cross in April 2020 as vice president of patient care services and CNO during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and was promoted to senior vice president in 2023. Under his leadership, the hospital launched Will County’s first and only level 3 neonatal ICU in August 2022, which has since cared for more than 1,000 babies, and opened a 16-bed observation unit and 16-bed cardiovascular unit in 2021. He also expanded the hospital’s ambulatory network to more than 100 providers across 22 locations while keeping Silver Cross independent amid industry consolidation. Silver Cross has earned 22 consecutive Leapfrog “A” grades for safety, a Leapfrog “Top Hospital Award” and Healthgrades’ No. 1 ranking in surgical care in Illinois for 2024-2025, along with recognition on U.S. News & World Report and Newsweek‘s “World’s Best Hospitals” lists.
