Jennifer DeCubellis

DeCubellis is the current president and CEO of America’s Essential Hospitals. An innovation leader at the national and state levels, she has more than 30 years in public program administration working across all areas of health and human services. DeCubellis’ work has focused on public policy, program redesign, system transformations, and quality improvements to ensure positive patient outcomes alongside prudent financial management.

She was most recently the CEO of Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS). Hennepin Healthcare is an integrated system of care that includes a nationally recognized level I adult and pediatric trauma center, a 484-bed academic acute-care hospital, and a clinic and specialty care system located in Minneapolis and across Hennepin County. Hennepin Healthcare has two subsidiaries: Hennepin Research Institute and Hennepin Healthcare Foundation. Hennepin Healthcare System Inc., a subsidiary corporation of Hennepin County, is a $1.6 billion operation with over 7,000 team members.

Prior to that, DeCubellis was the deputy county administrator at Hennepin County, the largest County in Minnesota, representing over 24% of the state’s residents. She oversaw the Health and Human Services line of business, including the county’s health plan (Hennepin Health, a managed care organization), public health, federally qualified health clinics, the medical examiner’s office, housing, addiction services, mental health services, disability services,  education and employment, income assistance, and child/adult protection.

DeCubellis holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from the Illinois School of Clinical Psychology and a bachelor’s degree in special education (emotional and behavioral disorders) from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.