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Donna M. Padilla

Executive Partner and Market Leader, Healthcare

Chicago IL USA

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Since joining WittKieffer in 1999, Donna Padilla has participated in over 700 search assignments for senior healthcare executives including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and CNOs. As Healthcare Market Leader, Donna drives excellence and expert client service among WittKieffer’s 100-plus member Healthcare team while cultivating the next generation of its subject matter experts for a new era of healthcare service delivery.

Donna is a trusted advisor to healthcare organizations across the industry regarding their most pressing leadership challenges. Routinely working closely with governing body members and senior leadership teams, she has achieved market prominence serving faith-based providers, complex health systems, academic medical centers, medical groups, related professional associations, and other not-for-profit organizations. She writes and speaks frequently to health system trustees, CEOs, and professional organizations on values-based leadership and career management topics, and is regularly featured in leading healthcare publications.

In her time at WittKieffer, Donna has received nine of the firm’s annual quality awards, rewarded for outstanding performance and based on client satisfaction ratings, candidate satisfaction ratings, team play, and firm knowledge contribution. She previously served on WittKieffer’s board of directors and currently serves on the board of NALHE (National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives). Prior to joining WittKieffer, Donna served in a national marketing role with a large, Minnesota-based managed care corporation.

Distinctions

WittKieffer Quality Award Winner

Education

M.L.I.S., Dominican University, River Forest, IL

B.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Expertise

Presidents/CEOs

Faith-Based

Human Resources

Nursing

Publications

Markets

Healthcare

Solutions

Executive Search

Specializations

C-Suite & Board

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