Catherine (CJ) Robison, BSN, RN

CJ is the Director of Healthcare Strategy for Oracle’s Application Team. She began her career at Sentara, where she served as the Magnet Program Director, successfully leading Sentara Leigh’s initial Magnet designation, the highest honor a hospital can receive for nursing excellence. In this role, CJ developed a workload model that was later featured as an exemplar in the American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ staffing standards. Her dedication to nursing excellence earned her recognition from the Virginia Nurses Association as a “40 Under 40” nurse, and her partnership council was celebrated by Nursing Magazine as one of the “Best Nursing Teams” in the nation. During the pandemic, CJ founded and led a 1,000-person volunteer mask-making initiative that delivered over 40,000 masks to more than 100 healthcare organizations in Hampton Roads. This effort garnered recognition from Norfolk City Council and Virginia state government, as well as Eastern Virginia Medical School. CJ transitioned to Oracle prior to its acquisition of Cerner, where she ultimately took on the role of Senior Manager of Health Innovation. In this position, she led a team of subject matter experts in exploring novel ways to leverage technology to address some of healthcare’s most persistent challenges.