Catherine Jacobson serves as president and CEO of Froedtert Health, a regional healthcare system based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jacobson joined Froedtert Health in 2010 as executive vice president of finance and strategy, chief financial officer and chief strategy officer. She was promoted in 2011, becoming President and in 2012, she assumed the CEO role. Prior to joining Froedtert Health, Jacobson spent 22 years at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago in various leadership roles. 

Current board appointments include Teladoc Health, Vizient, Greater Milwaukee Committee, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC), Siebert Lutheran Foundation and Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) as well as other boards representing partnerships of Froedtert Health. Jacobson is currently serving as the chair of the board of MMAC and of Vizient and is a past chair of the WHA. 

Jacobson’s recognitions include being named by Modern Healthcare as one of the 100 most influential people in healthcare in 2019 and one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in healthcare in 2021 and 2022. She received the Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Business Hall of Fame as Distinguished Executive of the Year recognition in 2018. She was recognized as a Women of Influence by the Milwaukee Business Journal in 2013 and received an honorable mention as Executive of the Year in 2014 and 2019. Jacobson received an honorary degree of Doctor of Healthcare Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2015. 

Jacobson is a member of Healthcare Financial Management Association serving as national chair of the board in 2009-2010. She is also a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Healthcare Institute. She is a member of the Chicago Network, an organization for women executives and Professional Dimensions in Milwaukee. 

Jacobson is a Certified Public Accountant. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.