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Julie A. Schmidt

CEO, Woodwinds Health Campus, Woodbury, MN

With a passion for patients and an unrivaled commitment to customer service, Julie Schmidt leads a dynamic team of hospital administrators in her role as CEO of Woodwinds Health Campus, a collaboration between HealthEast Care System and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics.  Schmidt embarked this once in a lifetime opportunity in 1997, when she accepted the challenge of helping to transform the patient care experience by creating an innovative and unique hospital designed around the needs of patients and families.  Since opening in August 2000, the 86-bed acute care facility in Woodbury, Minnesota  has earned national and international accolades for its healing environment design, compassionate service philosophy and holistic model of care.

As CEO of this new health care campus, Julie has been involved in a broad range of activities associated with the project from visioning to construction to on-going operations.  She currently has overall responsibility for the leadership of implementing the hospital’s ambitious vision, to be the innovative, unique and preferred resource for health by fundamentally creating the health care experience in a way that has not been done before.

Prior to her work with Woodwinds, Schmidt held the position of Vice President, Regional Services for Allina Health System, providing operational leadership to Allina’s 14 non-metro hospitals.  Julie was also responsible for implementing the ASK-A-NURSE program, now merged with Medformation.  Before joining Allina in 1989, Julie was on the administrative team at Children’s Hospital of St. Paul for eight years in a variety of positions.

Julie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the State of New York, Albany and a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.  She is a Diplomate with the American College of HealthCare Executives, member of the Washington County Public Health Advisory Committee, Board member for the SouthEast Area YMCA, Member, Lion’s International, and a member of the Women’s Health Leadership Trust.

Awards & Recognition:

• Vista Award Winner - American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association – 2001-2002
• Regent’s Award – American College of HealthCare Executives – 1999
• Vision Award – MHA
• Most Innovative Women – City Business – 2000
• Past chair, Go Red for Women 2007-  American Heart Association