WENDY O’BRIEN,
BSN, MBA
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF NURSING FINANCE
MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM
Wendy O’Brien is the Vice President and Chief of Nursing Finance for Mount Sinai Health System. In this role Ms.
O’Brien has collaborated with chief nursing and operating officers across the Health System as she has led Mount
Sinai Nursing in financial stewardship and value.
O’Brien has been an experienced nurse leader who brings excellence, integrity, and professionalism to her role
every day. Her priorities have included analyzing staffing practice across sites to optimize quality and value; serving
as a resource to Nursing leadership in identifying initiatives and opportunities to manage expenses; coordinating
systems of centralized temporary and agency hiring and usage; and partnering with the Office for Diversity and
Inclusion to ensure equitable policies and practices in work assignments and compensation.
At Mount Sinai West, O’Brien was responsible for developing an annual strategic plan in accordance with
organizational goals; maintaining an environment of safety in accordance with regulatory standards; representing
organizational interests on the Labor-Management Committee; and managing the operational budget for the Division
of Nursing.
O’Brien has spent an accomplished two decades in nursing leadership, serving as Chief Nursing Officer at Mount
Sinai West since 2018. Prior to that, she was Director of Patient Care Services at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, then
at Mount Sinai West, and Chief Nursing Officer/Vice President for Patient Care Services at Juan F. Luis Hospital and
Medical Center, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
She earned her MBA/Health Services Administration at NOVA Southeastern University, Davie, Florida. She attended
the Cornell-Healthcare Association of New York State Academy for Healthcare Leadership Advancement, and she has
been a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Nurses Association.
O’Brien is of Trinidadian and Tobagonian descent.