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Kathleen Silard, MSN, RN

President and CEO

Stamford Health

Stamford, CT

Ms. Silard is the president and CEO of Stamford Health, where she oversees the 305-bed acute care hospital, a large ambulatory network and the Foundation for Stamford Health. She is tasked with high-level strategy creation and execution, operational decision making, financial management and human resources. In recent years, she has overseen the complete renovation and reimagining of Stamford Health’s Whittingham Pavilion, where services for women and children are centralized, as well as the creation of a new strategic plan for behavioral health services. Before assuming the system president and CEO position, she was the executive vice president and COO for Stamford Hospital since 2003.

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