Stephanie Conners MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Stephanie D. Conners, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Jefferson Health, an integrated and complex academic-community health system serving the Philadelphia and southern New Jersey communities. Ms. Conners joined the Jefferson Health leadership team in September 2018 and leads its fourteen acute care hospitals, one long term care facility, and multiple ambulatory, diagnostic, and urgent care centres centers across both states. Jefferson is one of the most complex and fastest growing health systems in the country, employing more than 32,000 individuals and generating greater than $5 Billion in annual revenue. Ms. Conners is a well-respected senior Healthcare Executive with over 25 years of extensive healthcare experience and a proven track record of excellence in driving the highest safety, service, and quality while maintaining operational and fiscal rigor. Prior to joining Jefferson Health, Ms. Conners served as the Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and System Chief Nursing Officer at Cooper University Health Care/The Cooper Health System. During her career, she has held significant operational and nursing leadership positions at Robert Wood Johnson University and Hahnemann University Hospital/Tenet. Ms. Conners was named the youngest Chief Nursing Officer across the country when appointed Chief Nursing Officer for Hahnemann University where she served for more than a decade. Ms. Conners earned her MBA at Eastern University and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Villanova University. She completed a Johnson & Johnson/Wharton Fellowship in Management for Nurse Executives at the University of Pennsylvania and is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. Ms. Conners is a past recipient of Modern Healthcare’s “Up and Comer” award. Ms. Conners is passionate about healthcare and has dedicated her life to driving excellence in the organizations she leads and providing high quality care to her community.