Administration

Lisa DeKezel, RN, BSN, MJ - President

Lisa DeKezel, MJ, BSN, RN is the president of OSF HealthCare Holy Family Medical Center in Monmouth and OSF HealthCare St. Mary Medical Center in Galesburg.

Lisa is responsible for all internal operations and the coordination of short-term tactics within long-term strategies to ensure access to affordable, high quality health care for communities served by OSF HealthCare.

Lisa is very familiar with the community as well as rural health care. Previously, Lisa served as vice president of Physician and Outpatient Services and as compliance officer at Hammond-Henry Hospital in Geneseo, Illinois. Her role included responsibility for providing direct leadership of physician services, as well as the organizations’ specialty, family practice, and rural health clinics, which included the regional expansion of physician clinics.

Lisa received her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. She went on to earn her Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law and Policy from Loyola University in Chicago. In addition to her health care leadership at Hammond-Henry Hospital, she also served as a consultant to several health care systems across multiple states.

More about Lisa DeKezel:

Lisa and her husband, Damian, have a blended family of eight children and 12 grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, working outdoors, and remains actively involved with her church and community, as well as with youth mission work both locally and abroad.