Pearl S. Darling MBA

Pearl Darling is the executive director for the Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program at The Joint Commission. In this role, she directs business development, strategic direction and overall product line management for Ambulatory Care Services. This program now covers over 2,100 accredited ambulatory organizations across 8,900 sites of care nationwide. Previously, Ms. Darling served as Associate Director for Ambulatory Care, where she focused on the development of system accreditation customers, government-supported organizations, and partnered with key national and regional ambulatory surgery management firms. She has been instrumental in the significant growth in uber-large ambulatory care system accreditation opportunities for the past three years.
Ms. Darling has been with The Joint Commission for over 17 years. Prior to joining The Joint Commission, she was a project manager with a Chicago-based management consulting firm and was responsible for implementations of various capital development projects and compliance reviews. Ms. Darling holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, and has earned a Master’s in Business Administration with Distinction from the Keller Graduate School of Management, Naperville, Illinois. She is also a Certified Green Belt in Lean and Six Sigma as part of The Joint Commission’s Robust Process Improvement® (RPI) corporate initiative in process improvement.