As COO for Hospital Sisters Health System, Ms. Donovan oversees operations across 13 hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin, driving excellence in clinical care, financial performance and operational efficiency. Since joining the system in 2023, she has launched initiatives like a standardized operating model, which improved surgical outcomes and reduced costs, and a systemwide labor strategy that cut agency expenses in half. Recently appointed to oversee nursing operations across the system, Ms. Donovan leverages her deep experience as a nurse and former chief nursing officer to enhance professional practice and clinical education, including leading the historic St. John’s College of Nursing. A seasoned executive with over three decades in healthcare leadership, she has been charged with guiding hospitals through complex challenges, including serving as incident commander during the 2017 Las Vegas mass casualty shooting. She first began her career in nursing at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and most recently held the title of group COO for Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s Detroit market.
