Leanne Heppell is the vice president of patient experience, acute care and chief of professional practice and nursing at Providence Health Care. Leanne brings to her role over 20 years of senior leadership experience, including with Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health and the BC Ambulance Service. Heppell’s achievements include developing strategic, quality improvement and patient safety plans and leading large system cultural transformation with a focus on putting patients and families first.
Experience
For more than 10 years, Heppell has been an academic supervisor of leadership studies at Royal Roads University.
Education
2016
Doctorate of Business Administration
Walden University
2003
Master of Arts in Leadership and Training
Royal Roads University
1998
Master of Science in Nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist
University of British Columbia
1982
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Victoria