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.
