Catherine Jacobson

Ms. Jacobson became a member of our board of directors in February 2020.

She is the president and CEO of Froedtert Health, a regional health care system based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Before joining Froedtert Health, Ms. Jacobson spent 22 years at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago in various executive leadership roles, leaving the corporation as chief financial officer, treasurer and SVP of finance and strategic planning, marketing and communication.

A former board member and national chair of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Ms. Jacobson is also an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Healthcare Institute, and previously served as chair of the board of the Wisconsin Hospital Association.

In 2019, Modern Healthcare recognized her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare, while Junior Achievement of Wisconsin named her one of its 2018 Distinguished Executive of the Year, inducting her into the Wisconsin Business Hall of Fame. A graduate of Bradley University, Ms. Jacobson was recently awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Healthcare Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.