Ron Johnson

Ron Johnson is the Chief Executive Officer (interim) of NL Health Services. He has approximately 30 years of progressive career experience in health care from front-line delivery to executive management.

Ron has had executive accountability for a number of health-care and corporate portfolios.  Most recently, he held the position of vice president, digital health, innovation & research and chief information officer leading the implementation of the new CorCare health information system. Previously, he held the positions of chief operating officer for the Eastern Zones, both urban and rural.

Prior to the transition to NL Health Services, Ron was a member of the executive team at the Eastern Regional Health Authority where he held a number of positions. He was the vice president, innovation, and rural health, as well as chief technology officer. In this position, he had senior accountability for information management and technology, privacy, performance, biomedical engineering, and health information management.

Ron holds a Bachelor of Technology and a Master of Employment Relations from Memorial University along with a Diploma of Technology from the College of the North Atlantic. He has also completed diplomas in Health Service Management and Modern Management from the Canadian Healthcare Association. Ron is certified in change management and has the professional designations of Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) and Certified Health Executive (CHE). He is currently inaugural chair of National Health Innovation Council facilitated by Health Pro, a national group purchasing organization for health-care supplies and solutions. As a sessional instructor at the Marine Institute of Memorial University, he teaches courses in the Bachelor of Technology and the Master of Technology Management programs.

Ron and his wife, Heather, are proud parents to one daughter, Mya. As a family, they enjoy most of the outdoor activities Newfoundland and Labrador has to offer.