Della C. Payne, BSN, RN, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Della C. Payne serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Main Line Health. Della, an experienced healthcare legal leader, joined the System in 1999.

As the Chief Legal Officer for Main Line Health, Della leads the Legal Department that consists of eight attorneys and support staff, serves as the corporate secretary for Main Line Health and its subsidiaries, and has oversight responsibility for the Claims Management and Workers’ Compensation departments.

Over Della’s nearly three decades with the System, she has held a number of progressive leadership positions before her promotion in 2024, first joining Main Line Health as Assistant General Counsel.

Prior to joining the System, Della was a professional liability defense litigator in Philadelphia representing the interests of healthcare providers, hospitals and health systems. Prior to her legal career, she worked as a registered nurse practicing in critical care and nursing management.

Della received her Juris Doctor degree from Temple University School of Law, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Eastern College, and a Diploma in Nursing from the Bryn Mawr Hospital School of Nursing.

She is a member of the American Health Law Association, the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel. She is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and nursing in Pennsylvania.