50 Most Influential Clinical Executives - 2023

The December 2022 merger of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health created the 67-hospital Advocate Health, with operations spanning the Midwest and Southeast. Kingston, who served as chief nursing officer at Advocate Aurora, took the top nursing job at the newly formed organization. A past president of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, she is a trustee of the American Hospital Association. Earlier in her career, she worked as chief nurse executive of the Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network.