Catherine Robinson-Walker

Catherine Robinson-Walker is highly-regarded as an expert, consultant, executive coach, author, speaker and passionate advocate for leadership development in healthcare.

Catherine's recently published book, "Leading Valiantly in Healthcare", provides a successful approach for healthcare leaders at all levels to grow into successful, resilient leaders. Her previous book, "Women and Leadership in Health Care: The Journey to Authenticity and Power" is a Jossey-Bass health series bestseller. She is also the author of numerous continuing education courses and articles, including "The Coaching Forum," a featured column published in Nurse Leader, the official journal of the American Organization of Nurse Executives/American Hospital Association.

As president of The Leadership Studio, Catherine brings more than 25 years of executive leadership experience to her work with complex health organizations, national commissions, and academic consortia. In this capacity, she has served physician and nurse leaders, chief executives, management teams, and other senior healthcare staff, as well as national, regional, and local organizations.

Catherine has worked in multiple capacities with leaders and teams from a variety of healthcare organizations such as those listed here:

The American Nurses Association

SSM Health Care

Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing

John Muir Health

The American Organization of Nurse Executives

The National Cancer Institute

Sutter Health

The Association of California Nurse Leaders

The Permanente Medical Group

Catherine was recognized as a Master Certified Coach (MCC) through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) in 2005. She has served as a member of the Leadership Team of the renowned Hudson Institute of Coaching since 2001. She is also one of a small number of executive coaches for the National Center for Healthcare Leadership.