Children’s Nebraska President and CEO, Chanda Chacón, elected to Children’s Hospital Association 2024 Board of Trustees

OMAHA, Neb. – Chanda Chacón, MPH, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Nebraska, has been elected to serve a three-year term on the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) Board of Trustees. As the national voice of more than 220 children’s hospitals, CHA brings children’s hospitals and health systems together to champion policies, practices and performance improvements that enable children’s hospitals to better serve children and families.

Chacón has dedicated her career to pediatric health care, serving in executive leadership roles at hospitals across the country, including Children’s Nebraska, Arkansas Children’s and Texas Children’s Hospital. Additionally, she joined the CHA Finance Committee in 2024 and was previously an active member of the CHA Learning & Engagement Committee.

“It’s a privilege to work alongside other children’s hospitals to champion children’s health,” Chacón says. “I’m pleased to deepen my involvement with CHA and the meaningful work they’re doing to advance child health through innovation in the quality advocacy and delivery of care in pediatric hospitals and health systems nationwide.”

In her role at Children’s Nebraska, Chacón is instrumental in advocating for child health for and shaping Children’s to be a national leader and model of patient and family-centered care and population health management.

To learn more about Children’s Nebraska, visit ChildrensNebraska.org. For more information on CHA, visit childrenshospitals.org.