Welcome to our new Vice President of Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Executive

Welcome to NSHN

Connie Gordon R.N, BScN, MPH(N)

Vice President of Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Executive (CNE)

Starting on January 8, 2024

The North Shore Health Network (NSHN) is pleased to welcome Connie Gordon R.N, BScN, MPH(N) as Vice President of Clinical Services and Chief Nursing Executive (CNE) after an extensive search, starting on January 8, 2024.

Connie is a dynamic collaborative leader with the right mix of skills and experience, with 15 years of senior health sector leadership. She is a highly developed executive nursing leader with demonstrated abilities in senior leadership across a broad range of sectors and portfolios (acute and long-term care, public health, mental health and addictions) and extensive experience and expertise in strategic and service planning, human resource and budget management, health policy development, and infection control.

“We are excited to welcome Connie to our team,” said Tim Vine, President and Chief Executive Officer at NSHN. “With her proven track record in a complex health care environment, she will be a great asset to our organization and the communities we serve.”

"I am immensely grateful for this leadership opportunity and very excited about the future of health care at NSHN" says Gordon. "I look forward to leading and working with our staff and management team to maintain the highest level of excellence in care for our patients and their families".

Thank you to Mary Ellen Luukkonen for her steady hand as interim VP/CNE over the last nearly two years, and for supporting the organization with Connie’s transition to NSHN.

Gordon previously served as the Chief Nursing Executive for St. Joseph’s Hospital Elliot Lake and Algoma Public Health, responsible for human resource planning, quality nursing and allied health practice, and enhancing nursing and allied health contributions to organizational effectiveness.