Heather Crawford

Heather Crawford

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

Heather Crawford is the senior vice president and chief nurse executive for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Crawford leads systemwide nursing operations and initiatives to enhance patient- and family-centered care across five adult hospitals and hundreds of clinic locations. She provides strategic leadership and supports a progressive clinical environment that promotes excellence in patient care and nursing practice.

Crawford’s extensive background includes leadership roles at renowned healthcare institutions such as Sutter Health, ScionHealth and UCI Health. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a commitment to improving quality metrics, standardizing clinical practices and fostering professional growth within nursing teams. This innovative approach to healthcare management has resulted in significant improvements to patient care and operational efficiency.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing from a Northern California university, Crawford embarked on a 14-year tenure at Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center, where she quickly advanced from a staff nurse in critical care to leadership roles, including associate vice president of nursing. Following her tenure at Sutter Health, she served as regional vice president and then senior vice president of Clinical Operations at ScionHealth and most recently held the position of chief nursing officer at UCI Health’s Los Alamitos.

Crawford holds a master’s degree in Business Administration and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification, and she recently completed her Doctor of Business Administration in Leadership.