2020
CRISTINA
CONTRERAS
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/JACOBI & NORTH
CENTRAL BRONX
Cristina Contreras has been serving as Chief Strategy Officer for NYC Health + Hospitals/
Jacobi & North Central Bronx. She was born in the Dominican Republic and arrived in the US
with the intent of realizing the American Dream and helping her fellows.
She earned her BA in Social Work from Herbert H. Lehman College in 1995. Contreras
then began her career within NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island as a Caseworker. She
successfully assumed positions of progressive leadership and responsibility, leading to her
present senior executive role of both Chief Strategy Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi/
North Central Bronx and Executive Director of NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx.
In her 25 year long tenure in public health, Contreras expanded the hospital’s presence in the
community to help engage patients in their own health, she embraced diversity by engaging
and working together with different community leaders and elected officials in order to provide
the public with opportunities for health education to improve health outcomes. In recognition
for her astounding leadership, Contreras has received numerous awards.
As she worked to better herself in order to better help others, Contreras earned her Master’s
Degree in Social Work from Fordham University in 2001 and a second Master’s Degree in
Public Administration from Baruch College in 2008. She has been a sitting member of Bronx
Community Board 7, the Dominican Day Parade Board, the American College of Healthcare
Executives, the Association of Hispanic Health Executives (AHHE), and other professional and
community organizations. Contreras is married and a dedicated mother of four residing in the
Bronx.
POWER WOMEN BRONX