Portia Chinnery

Portia Chinnery serves as the Regional Director of Quality at Atlantic Health System since March 2023, bringing extensive experience from various roles at Hackensack Meridian Health, where tenure began in January 1995 as a Nursing Supervisor and included positions as an RN-Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Specialist and Charge Nurse. Notable contributions include leading Quality Improvement initiatives in both adult and pediatric emergency departments, overseeing geriatric ED accreditation, and implementing patient safety protocols. Chinnery has also held the position of Director of Quality & Regulatory Standards at Christian Health from February 2022 to March 2023 and worked as a Staff Registered Nurse at Jersey City Medical Center. Chinnery holds an MBA from The University of Arizona Global Campus and a BS in Nursing from Fairleigh Dickinson University.