Katy Welkie Appointed to Children’s Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Katy Welkie, CEO of Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Hospital of Association (CHA). She began her term on January 1, 2016.

Katy spent many years as a nurse in the Pediatric ICU, eventually becoming a charge nurse, then CNO, then COO, and finally CEO in 2012. Her leadership experience at Primary Children’s and collaboration with children’s hospitals across the nation makes her an ideal person to contribute to the CHA Board at a time when children’s hospitals are working together to improve the health care delivery system and advance quality measures for children.

“Serving on the Children’s Hospital Association Board of Trustees is a great opportunity to work toward solutions to the challenges all children’s hospitals face in providing the highest quality and safest care, and improving care coordination while reducing health care expenses for all our patients,” said Katy.

“I welcome Katy Welkie to our board as a leader in children’s health care.” said Steve Allen, MD, incoming chair, CHA Board of Trustees and CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH.

“I look forward to her perspectives and contributions as we continue our work collaboratively as an industry to improve care, enhance the patient and family experience, and lower the cost of care for children.”

The Children’s Hospital Association is the national voice of more than 200 children’s hospitals, advancing child health through innovation in the quality, cost, and delivery of care. The Board of Trustees is made up of 13 leaders from children’s hospital’s throughout the U.S.

Earlier this year, Katy was also named to the first-ever Board of Directors for Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety group whose goal is to help guide the national effort to eliminate serious harm in all children’s hospitals.