Leanne Heppell

Associate faculty

Leadership Studies

Leanne Heppell is the vice president of patient experience, acute care and chief of professional practice and nursing at Providence Health Care. Leanne brings to her role over 20 years of senior leadership experience, including with Vancouver Coastal Health, Fraser Health and the BC Ambulance Service. Heppell’s achievements include developing strategic, quality improvement and patient safety plans and leading large system cultural transformation with a focus on putting patients and families first.

 

Experience

For more than 10 years, Heppell has been an academic supervisor of leadership studies at Royal Roads University.

Education

2016
Doctorate of Business Administration

Walden University

2003
Master of Arts in Leadership and Training

Royal Roads University

1998
Master of Science in Nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist

University of British Columbia

1982
Bachelor of Science in Nursing

University of Victoria