July 2024
JACKSON, MS-
Colleen Swanson is an accomplished operations executive with an impressive background spanning over 15 years. Throughout her career, she has successfully led high-performance teams, playing a key role in formulating and achieving corporate objectives. With a unique blend of business, financial, and strategic acumen, Colleen excels at optimizing cost savings while preserving and enhancing productivity. Her commitment to recruiting, training, mentoring, and empowering individuals has consistently delivered top-performance and helped her team members achieve their professional goals. Colleen’s collaborative nature shines through in her ability to work with cross-functional teams, especially in healthcare operations, where she has made significant strides in improving patient outcomes. Her passion lies in translating her extensive experience into nonprofit, healthcare, or corporate environments. Colleen’s track record speaks for itself, having successfully managed multi-million-dollar budgets and leading large teams of up to 16 direct reports and over 50 indirect staff.
She possesses a proven track record of driving operational excellence and strategic growth. With a career spanning over a decade, she has held key leadership positions in prominent healthcare organizations, consistently delivering exceptional results. She held her most recent position as the Regional Director of Operations at Planned Parenthood since 2020. Colleen was responsible for orchestrating and aligning the center’s objectives, staffing, and daily operations. Colleen brought a visionary leadership style to her role, prioritizing staff training and development to ensure flawless execution of strategic initiatives. She successfully revamped schedules, achieved team meeting budgets for the first time in 8 years, leading to significant financial growth. Colleen’s adeptness in regulatory challenges and driving growth is evident in her collaboration with C-suite executives to navigate industry laws effectively, resulting in a remarkable 70% surge in patient visits.
Colleen’s commitment to patient-centered care is demonstrated through her pioneering of the Development of the Management Advancement series, fostering best practices, individual growth, and patient-centered care. Under her leadership, Planned Parenthood was recognized among the top 5% in the federation for Q2 and Q3 2022, and Q2 2023. She has also championed the modernization of telehealth for clinicians, seamlessly integrating with in-person visits and enhancing patient care and access to services through innovative technology solutions.
Prior to her role at Planned Parenthood, Colleen served as the Senior Vice President of Operations at Generations Healthcare Network from 2019 to 2020. In this role, she oversaw a team of over 200+ direct and indirect reports, exhibiting exceptional managerial skills. Colleen managed a diverse range of healthcare services across a portfolio of 600+ beds in Illinois and Indiana, ensuring exceptional quality and patient outcomes.
Before her role at Generations Healthcare Network, Colleen served as the Regional Director of Operations at Infinity Healthcare Network. In this position, she led a diverse portfolio of behavioral facilities and skilled nursing homes, overseeing 1000+ beds across a wide 400+ mile radius.
Converge is excited to have her expertise and leadership join the team as we continue to grow and flourish throughout Mississippi and Tennessee.