Executive Leadership Team
Gay Landstrom, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Gay Landstrom is responsible for moving forward our goals of top ten quality, zero harm, and exceptional experience across the care continuum.
Landstrom began her work at Trinity Health when she served as CNO prior to the merger with Catholic Health East, then becoming CNO for the West/Midwest Division. Landstrom’s other experience includes: executive vice president and CNO for Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System in New Hampshire and interim CEO for one of its five hospitals, as well as several market CNO positions with Ascension.
Dr. Landstrom has acted as an appraiser for the Magnet Program Office of the American Nurses Credentialing Center since 2006. She currently serves as an Advisory Council Member of Hallmark Health Care Solutions and was named an inaugural Fellow of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership.
Her memberships in national and international organizations include: American Academy of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International, American College of Healthcare Executives, International Coaching Federation, Association for Leadership Science in Nursing, and the Michigan Organization of Nurse Leaders, where she has served as president. In 2023, she was inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Landstrom holds a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Michigan, as well as a master's in nursing administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a bachelor’s from Rush University.