Dr. Marna Borgstrom began her career at Yale-New Haven Hospital more than 40 years ago. Her varied roles have taken her from a post-graduate fellowship to various staff and management roles, to her promotion in 1994 to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Yale-New Haven Hospital. In 2005, she assumed the position of CEO of Yale-New Haven Hospital and President & CEO of Yale-New Haven Health and now serves as the CEO of both organizations. Ms. Borgstrom chairs the boards of the Healthcare Institute and the Coalition to Protect America’s Healthcare and is the past chair of Vizient, a Dallas, Texas-based health care company.
She serves on several other boards including the Connecticut Hospital Association and New Haven Promise. Ms. Borgstrom has been the recipient of several awards recognizing her advocacy and community involvement including the AHA Grassroots Champion Award, the Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award, The Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Award, and Business New Haven Business Person of the Year. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Quinnipiac University and Sacred Heart University and a Doctor of Business Administration by the University of New Haven. Ms. Borgstrom received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and was awarded a Master’s of Public Health by Yale School of Public Health. She and her husband, Eric, have two grown sons.
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