Catherine Jacobson

President & CEO, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin

Catherine Jacobson serves as president and CEO of Froedtert Health, a regional health care system based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jacobson joined Froedtert Health in 2010 as executive vice president of finance and strategy, chief financial officer and chief strategy officer. She was promoted in 2011, becoming president and in 2012, she assumed the CEO role. Prior to joining Froedtert Health, Jacobson spent 22 years at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago in various leadership roles.

Jacobson served as the voluntary national Chair of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) during the 2009–10 term. A member of HFMA since 1989, her involvement with HFMA includes serving on the national Board of Directors from 2004–10 and the Principles & Practices Board from 1995-2001 serving as chair during 2000–01.