Suzanne Waddill-Goad

Suzanne Waddill-Goad, DNP, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CHC, is President and Principal Consultant of Suzanne M. Waddill-Goad & Company, Inc.She began her journey in healthcare nearly 45 years ago and has spent her entire professional career working solely in the healthcare industry. Before she became self-employed, she held positions in various healthcare settings as a respiratory therapy technician, medical records clerk, transcriptionist, staff nurse, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, director of...See more

Suzanne Waddill-Goad, DNP, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CHC, is President and Principal Consultant of Suzanne M. Waddill-Goad & Company, Inc.She began her journey in healthcare nearly 45 years ago and has spent her entire professional career working solely in the healthcare industry. Before she became self-employed, she held positions in various healthcare settings as a respiratory therapy technician, medical records clerk, transcriptionist, staff nurse, charge nurse, nursing supervisor, director of quality improvement, clinical educator, operations improvement coordinator, and chief nursing officer/ assistant administrator.Waddill-Goad holds a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Colorado, a master of business administration from City University of Seattle, and a doctor of nursing practice in executive leadership from American Sentinel University. Her clinical practice spanned two decades in critical care and emergency nursing. Her graduate study was focused in the areas of manage- rial and executive leadership. In addition, she holds an executive education certificate as a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and retains clinical certification in emergency nursing.Waddill-Goad's consulting practice has specialized in operational improvement and leadership development. During the last 20 years, she has assisted clients in multiple states to achieve operational improvements in leadership, quality, safety, regulatory compliance, risk reduction, finance, and customer service via consulting and/or interim leadership assignments. She has demonstrated success in developing new programs and leading teams with innovative ideas to their intended targets.In 2014, she received an academic appointment as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee. She worked on nursing program development and taught in the collaborative Executive Education Healthcare Program at the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business until she relocated to the West Coast.In 2021, Waddill-Goad completed the Institute for Integrative Nutrition's Health Coaching Program. And during 2022, she completed the curriculum and certification as an evidence-based Certified Health Coach (CHC) from the National Society of Health Coaches. In addition to her doctoral research on leadership fatigue, with a renewed interest in health and well-being she has expanded her business offerings to speaking, coaching, and consulting, specifically related to health, well-being, and peak human performance. She lives with her husband in the Washington State wine country See less