Linda Andrews is an accomplished executive-level patient care operations and nursing care leader with over 25 years of strategic experience in hospital operations. She has excelled in various leadership roles and managed high-performing nursing departments with exceptional quality and service standards for the past 9+ years. Linda serves as the Director of Medical Surgical Nursing at Advocate Condell Medical Center where she supervises 5 medical surgical units and administers $209M+ in revenues and $28M+ in expenses. As an industry thought leader, she executes premium quality nursing operations in a fiscally responsible manner through direction, support, and development of leaders and staff.

Linda is a master's degree holder in Nursing (Health Systems Management) and leverages new healthcare-focused technologies to maximize patient satisfaction. She facilitates shared governance practices and proactively leads efforts to secure Magnet designation status. Her track record includes driving strategic initiatives, improving hospital processes, and administering quality controls across all levels of hospital services, thus maximizing patient satisfaction. Linda is also sensitive to the culturally diverse needs of patients & employees and applies new industry practices/rules of engagement to ensure premium hospital and nursing care operations.

Linda has earned a Bachelor of Science (BSN) in Nursing from Saint Olaf College and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Health Systems Management, Honors from Loyola University of Chicago. Besides, she participated in 23 committees and chaired 7 committees, including nursing committees.