Jim Skogsbergh, 48, is president and chief executive officer of Advocate Health Care, the largest fully integrated faith-based health care delivery system in metropolitan Chicago and a system recognized as one of the top in the country, 3 billion dollars in revenue, 25,000 associates and approximately 150 sites of care throughout Chicagoland.  Before joining Advocate as chief operating officer in January of 2001, Skogsbergh served as executive vice president of the Iowa Health System in Des Moines, as well as the president and chief executive officer of Iowa Methodist, Iowa Lutheran and Blank Children’s hospitals.  He began his 25 years of health care experience in 1982 as an administrative resident with Memorial Health System of South Bend, Indiana.

 Today, Skogsbergh is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, serves on the board of the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council and is President –Elect and Executive Committee Member of the Illinois Hospital Association’s Advocacy Council among other organizations. He also serves on Mayor Richard Daley’s World Business Chicago, Board of Directors and has chaired the American Heart Association’s Heart Ball Gala, as well as recently serving as co-chair of the American Cancer Society’s CEO’s Against Cancer Campaign, a member of Chicago United and Young President’s Organization (YPO). 

After earning his Baccalaureate Degree from Iowa State University in 1980, he went on to earn his Masters and Doctorate from the University of Iowa where he still serves as an adjunct lecturer.