Karolee is the Chief Executive Officer of Desert Regional Medical Center – a regional tertiary and trauma hospital in Palm Springs, CA. She joined the hospital in 1997 and has served as the Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer. In March 2008, she was promoted to Chief Executive Officer.

EXECUTIVE-LEVEL EXPERIENCE
DESERT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
• Chief Executive Officer March 2008 – Present
• Chief Operating Officer January 2003 – March 2008
• Chief Nurse Executive March 1997- January 2003

ST. NICHOLAS HOSPITAL (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
• Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer, June 1991 – March 1997

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER (Tomah, Wisconsin)
• Chief Nursing Officer, July 1984 – June 1991
• Associate Chief Nursing Officer 1983 – 1984
MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL
(Madison, Wisconsin)
• Assistant Chief Nursing Officer

EDUCATION
MBA - Business Administration, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.
MS - Nursing, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
BSN - Nursing, Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin

BOARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS
• Board certified in healthcare management and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (1998 to present)
• Board Certified in Nursing Administration-Advanced by American Nurses Association (1985 to present)