Airica Steed
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Sinai Health System
Dr. Airica Steed, Ed.D, MBA, RN, CSSMBB, FACHE – Diversity MBA Magazine Top 100 Executive Leaders Under 50 and Modern Healthcare awarded “Up & Comer”, serving as the “first appointed” Enterprise Chief Experience Officer (CXO) for the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System. She is charged with spearheading an enterprise-wide cultural and organizational transformation to create a world-class experience for patients, families, employees, and providers as the “Provider and Employer of Choice” and leading large-scale strategy initiatives to drive high quality care, profitable growth, customer satisfaction/loyalty, workforce engagement, efficiency, and value optimization. Prior to her current role, she served as a Vice President for Advocate Healthcare system and as a Senior Management Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers Healthcare Advisory Practice.
Dr. Steed is an accomplished transformational change leader and expert spanning multiple market verticals leveraging Lean Six Sigma, Malcolm Baldrige framework, “Big 4 Consulting”, organizational development, service excellence and change leadership. She has published numerous, peer reviewed articles and book chapters and has been an active speaker in the industry. She holds a Bachelors degree in Nursing, a Masters of Business Administration, and a Doctorate in Leadership, in addition to numerous credentials and certifications, including a Master Black Belt and International Certification in Lean Six Sigma and has served multiple terms on the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Performance Excellence Award.