Nancy Schlichting is president and chief executive officer of the Henry Ford Health System. Schlichting previously served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for the system and was responsible for its hospitals, community care services, hospital joint ventures, physician practice development, and integrated support services. In addition, she served as the president and chief executive officer of Henry Ford Hospital and was responsible for the operation of the Detroit Campus, which includes the hospital and the ambulatory services. Prior to joining Henry Ford Health System in 1998, Schlichting was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio. She has also served as president of the Eastern Region of Catholic Health Initiatives, president and chief executive officer of Riverside Methodist Hospitals, and executive vice president and chief operating officer of Akron City Hospital. Nancy Schlichting earned her bachelor's degree in public policy studies from Duke University where she graduated magna cum laude. She received her Masters in Business Administration in Hospital Administration and Accounting from Cornell University. Schlichting served her Administrative Residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and her Administrative Fellowship at the American Hospital Association/Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
You know the development of entrepreneurship requires sensitivity and touch and they are attributes that I have always seen at Cornell University. In fact, my journey to Cornell was based on two very important factors; one was a friend actually that I had traveled to Europe with when I was in my un...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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