Meredith Hestand

Meredith Hestand is the Chief Nurse Executive Officer for Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, a position she’s held since 2020. Her leadership ensures consistent and high-quality standards of patient-centered nursing care: managing all nursing resources, developing nursing policies and programs to comply with established standards, and implementing long-term strategic goals and objectives for the organization. Meredith has been a Registered Nurse for 23 years, the last 18 with Dignity Health. She joined Chandler Regional Medical Center as a staff nurse in labor and delivery, was promoted to clinical supervisor, and left the East Valley for two years to manage St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center’s labor care areas. She returned to Chandler Regional as Director of Maternal Child Health, and then she assumed the role of Senior Director of Maternal Children Health for both Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert. Meredith has master’s degrees in nursing and business administration and is working on her doctorate in nursing practice. She also has a nurse executive board certification through American Nurses Credentialing Center and a graduate certificate in clinical ethics from the Alden March Bioethics Institute. She’s been twice nominated for the Arizona March of Dimes Nurse of the Year and was recognized with Dignity Health’s Acts of Humankindness Awards in 2016 and 2017. Meredith has been married to her husband, Brandon, for 20 years, and they have two children, Ravyn (18, ASU College of Nursing) and Carter (14). In her free time, Meredith enjoys downtime with her family and playing the piano, as she has since she was six years old. ---------- Guiding Growth: Conversations with Community Leaders Join our hosts, Sarah Watts and Ben Kalkman, as we explore the human journey of leaders - their stories of humility, triumph, roadblocks, and lessons learned - as they reflect on how they became who they are today and share stories of inspiration and hope with listeners. We'll take away the title, just for a moment, and enjoy a connection with the soul. Be sure to subscribe to our show for more interviews with community leaders. This podcast is brought to you by the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce and Modern Moments. Learn more about our show at https://guidinggrowth.co. View our Privacy Policy at https://modernmoments.com/privacy