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Alumni Profile: Jim Skogsbergh prepares for AHA leadership role

Published on December 30, 2014

Jim Skogsbergh, CEO of Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, will be the next chair-elect of the American Hospital Association. He earned his MA from Health Management and Policy in 1982.
Jim Skogsbergh, CEO of Advocate Health Care

Jim Skogsbergh (MA ’82) has been at the helm of Advocate Health Care since April 2002. During that time, the 12-hospital system, the largest in Illinois, has experienced or been at the forefront of nearly every trend now influencing providers, insurers, employers and patients nationwide. Hospitals and Health Networks profiles Skogsbergh as he prepares to step into his role as 2015 chair-elect of the American Hospital Association board.