Julie Kennedy Oehlert

Julie Kennedy Oehlert, DNP RN, has over three decades worth of expertise and wisdom gathered from a life of working in health care. She started her career as a nurse aide at the age of 14 and since then has served in a variety of clinical, operational, consultative, and strategic roles across the health care continuum. Her clinical practice is Emergency Trauma nursing, and she achieved her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership from University of Minnesota. She is a perpetual student of design thinking and culture disruption and currently serves as the Chief Experience Officer for Vidant Health. In her role, Dr. Oehlert, in partnership with other executives, strategically drives the experience and culture at Vidant Health. This includes all things patient experience and team member experience, as well as orientation and on-boarding of new Vidant Health team members. She also serves as Chief of Marketing and Communications. Dr. Oehlert has operational responsibility for Environmental Services, Food Services, Language Access Services, Hospitality Associates, and Patient and Family Advisors across the Vidant Health system.