(WILMINGTON, Del. — January 20, 2026)

ChristianaCare today announced that, with the support of its Health System Board of Directors, Jenn Schwartz has been promoted to Executive Vice President, effective immediately. Schwartz will also continue to serve as Chief Strategy Officer, and Sarah Goncher, Esq., will assume the role of Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.

ChristianaCare today announced that, with the support of its Health System Board of Directors, Jenn Schwartz has been promoted to Executive Vice President, effective immediately. Schwartz will also continue to serve as Chief Strategy Officer, and Sarah Goncher, Esq., will assume the role of Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.

In her expanded role, Schwartz will continue to report directly to Janice E. Nevin, M.D., MPH, president and chief executive officer of ChristianaCare, with an enhanced portfolio that reflects both the breadth of her leadership and ChristianaCare’s continued commitment to growth, innovation, and expanding access to high-quality care across the region.

“Jenn is an extraordinary leader, a trusted advisor, and a true thought partner,” said Nevin. “For nearly eight years, she has helped guide ChristianaCare through a period of significant growth and complexity with clarity, integrity, and deep strategic insight. This enhanced role recognizes not only her impact to date, but the critical role she will continue to play as we look to the future.”

Since joining ChristianaCare in 2018, Schwartz has served as Chief Strategy and Legal Officer, helping guide the system’s long-term direction through a rapidly evolving health care landscape. Most recently, she led ChristianaCare’s comprehensive strategy refocus, aligning priorities and resources to strengthen the organization’s foundation and sharpen its impact.

Widely respected for integrating strategy, operations, and regulatory insight, Schwartz has built strong partnerships with physicians, caregivers, and clinical leaders across the system. Her leadership has been instrumental in expanding ChristianaCare’s reach, strengthening ambulatory and population health programs, and advancing innovative models of care.

Before joining ChristianaCare, Schwartz served as Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel for Lourdes Health System and as Chief Executive Director of its Health Network Accountable Care Organization, where she built one of New Jersey’s largest ACOs. Earlier in her career, she was a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP and Gluck Walrath LLP, advising hospitals and health care providers on health care reform, physician alignment, reimbursement, regulatory compliance, and strategic affiliations.

“Jenn’s promotion is both well-deserved and strategically important as ChristianaCare continues to grow, broaden our reach, and reimagine how health care is delivered,” said Nevin.

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About ChristianaCare

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, and innovating to make high-quality care more accessible, equitable and affordable. ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, four hospitals (1,440 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute and a 10-bed neighborhood hospital in West Grove, PA.

ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work. ChristianaCare is rated by Newsweek as one of the World’s Best Hospitals and is continually ranked among the best in the U.S. in national quality and safety ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.

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