Stewardship and the Boards Role in Shaping the Hospital’s Future

Healthcare is evolving at a pace that challenges traditional approaches to governance and planning. Today’s boards are expected to do more than approve strategic plans, they must actively steward the hospital’s long-term mission, relevance, and sustainability. While strategic planning remains essential, legacy processes and unclear roles are leaving boards disengaged from meaningful impact. Boards need to take an active responsibility to engage in strategy, advance planning processes to match growth and ask better questions that will shape the future of the hospital.

Join Ovation Healthcare’s Director of Strategy, Ginnie Berg, and Executive Strategic Advisor, Ryan Nestrick, for a session that reframes strategy as an active practice, not a static document, and clarifies the board’s role as steward of the hospital’s future. Participants will examine the strategic planning process through a governance lens, focusing on where boards add the greatest value. The session will also explore the critical questions boards should be asking, common pitfalls that undermine both planning and execution, and practical ways boards can remain focused on governance and stewardship to meaningfully shape the organization’s direction.