Kathleen S. Jose

Kathleen Jose, Regis class of 1987 and 1994, is former chief nursing officer and senior vice president of Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA. As a senior leader at Lahey, Ms. Jose oversaw the highest quality of patient care and created operational programs that ensured quality and improved patient satisfaction and managed an 80 million dollar budget with approximately 1,200 full-time positions. Ms. Jose led the cross functional team that successfully took Lahey to Magnet Status in 2009, an award given by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (ANCC) to hospitals that satisfy a set of criteria designed to measure the strength and quality of their nursing. Ms. Jose is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.