Elizabeth (Craig) Connelly, DNP, RN, FACHE

Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer

Elizabeth (Craig) Connelly serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer for Main Line Health. Elizabeth, who brings numerous levels of progressive leadership throughout an impressive career, joined the System in August 2022. Elizabeth spent 12 years at Main Line Health earlier in her career, working at Lankenau Medical Center from 1999 to 2011.

As Chief Nursing Officer, Elizabeth leads and oversees nearly 3,000 nurses while cultivating the nursing education, nursing leadership and nursing research within the organization. Elizabeth also has shared responsibility for safety, quality, equity and affordability across the System while ensuring consistent standards of practice across the clinical setting. As a member of the Main Line Health executive team, Elizabeth supports and facilitates a collaborative, interdisciplinary team approach to care delivery.

Before joining Main Line Health, Elizabeth served as the Chief Nursing Officer at Pennsylvania Hospital, part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. During her tenure with Pennsylvania Hospital, Elizabeth supported the organization through its Magnet redesignation in 2019, co-led the COVID-19 Response Team, oversaw organizational initiatives, achieved operational and workforce efficiency, improved patient experience, actively engaged in shared decision-making and developed a Nurse Scientist role. Elizabeth also served as Senior Vice President, Patient Services at Temple University Hospital from 2011 to 2019, where she successfully led Temple to its first Magnet Designation.

Elizabeth earned a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Thomas Jefferson University, a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Villanova University.