Emily Burke

Healthcare operations and clinical strategy leader with 15+ years of progressive experience scaling multi-site programs, strengthening quality and compliance, leading cross-functional teams, and translating enterprise strategy into reliable care delivery. Owns an $8M operational budget and has directed programs across 65+ healthcare facilities. Experienced in workforce development, technology-enabled innovation, risk mitigation, accreditation readiness, and executive stakeholder engagement.

Associate Director, Clinical Nutrition - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

(2023-04)

• Direct large-scale, multi-site clinical nutrition programs aligned with strategic business goals, care delivery priorities, and regulatory and accreditation standards.
• Own an $8M operational budget, meeting operational and financial goals while allocating resources, managing risk, and improving cost efficiency across interdependent workstreams.
• Piloted a novel AI-enabled malnutrition screening system that increased patients diagnosed and treated for malnutrition by 39% and led to a $9M financial impact.
• Led clinical nutrition regulatory preparedness for the successful 2026 Joint Commission survey, resulting in no clinical nutrition findings.
• Lead program planning and execution spanning quality, innovation, workforce development, clinical operations, and service optimization.
• Partner with executive leaders across nursing, medicine, and administration to translate evidence-based practice into measurable operational and patient-care outcomes.
• Evaluate vendor performance and lead service optimization, contract alignment, and issue resolution with institutional partners.
• Advance technology-enabled clinical innovation, including applied AI research related to hospital malnutrition screening and enteral nutrition reliability.
• Used Tableau reporting and dashboards to monitor QAPI metrics, identify performance gaps, and drive data-informed improvements across clinical nutrition operations.

Director, Nutrition & Wellness — Healthcare Division - Compass Group of North America / Unidine Corporation

(2018-04 - 2023-03)

• Directed enterprise clinical and wellness programs across 65+ healthcare facilities, aligning operational, clinical, financial, and client objectives.
• Led multidisciplinary teams to deliver consistent, scalable services and maintain program standards across distributed sites.
• Monitored program risk, outcomes, service performance, and operating metrics; implemented data-driven improvements and accountability mechanisms.
• Led accreditation readiness, evidence-based standards, quality initiatives, and system-wide program improvements.
• Partnered with executive leadership on national strategy, innovation, market positioning, technology adoption, training, and communications.

Clinical Nutrition Manager II - Sodexo — Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center

(2016-10 - 2018-03)

• Directed clinical and food-service operations while leading a 30+ member interdisciplinary team.
• Advanced quality improvement, operational compliance, workforce development, and staff performance initiatives.

Clinical Nutrition Leadership & Practice Roles - Sodexo — Melrose Wakefield Hospital; Jewish Rehabilitation Center; New England Baptist Hospital

(2007 - 2016)

Progressed through clinical nutrition management and inpatient and rehabilitation practice roles, building expertise in care delivery, staff leadership, regulatory standards, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

B.S. - Human Nutrition - University of Massachusetts Amherst (2005)

Dietetic Internship - University of Massachusetts Amherst (2007)