Julie J. Sprengel

Julie J. Sprengel is the President and Chief Executive Officer for CommonSpirit Health’s California Region, providing executive leadership to health care delivery systems spanning 650 miles from as far north as Mt. Shasta to as far south as San Bernardino. Julie brings more than 20 years of valuable, results-driven experience and has coupled it with a commitment to ensuring the health and well-being for nearly ten million Californians.

Julie has successfully led innovative and strategic planning processes focused on workforce recovery, investment in graduate medical education and nurse residency programs, enhancing quality and safety, the patient experience, employee engagement and the implementation of sustainable growth initiatives. Julie oversees nearly 45,000 dedicated employees and 15,000 physicians, encompassing 29 acute-care hospitals and more than 250 ambulatory care sites, including physician clinics, urgent care centers, surgery centers, imaging centers, post-acute and home health agencies.

Julie helped pave the way for historic partnerships between Dignity Health hospitals and Charles R. Drew University School of Medicine and Science, and separately, the Morehouse School of Medicine, to expand nurse residency opportunities and graduate medical education (GME) training for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). Additionally, Julie serves as the Chair of the Executive Board of Trustees for the California Hospital Association (CHA) and speaks frequently as an advocate for the benefits of a population health framework and diversification of providers to improve clinical outcomes and overall health.