Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) has appointed José R. Sánchez, president and CEO of Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago, to the State Board of Health.
1. Mr. Sánchez has three decades of experience as a hospital administrator and healthcare executive.
2. As president and CEO of Norwegian American Hospital, Mr. Sánchez oversees the hospital's operation that covers 200 beds and more than 1,000 employees and physicians. In four years, he turned the hospital's net margin from a loss of $4.5 million to a profit of $1 million.
3. Prior to his role at NAH, Mr. Sánchez worked for Generations+/Northern Manhattan Health Network as its senior vice president. The company is one of the largest healthcare networks in the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
4. Mr. Sánchez earned his bachelor's degree from City College of New York in New York City and his master's degree in social work from Garden City, N.Y.-based Adelphi University. He lives in Chicago.