Dr. Susan L. Groenwald is the president of Chamberlain University. She began her career as a rehabilitation nurse after earning a nursing diploma from West
Suburban Hospital School of Nursing in Oak Park, Illinois. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, Dr. Groenwald worked as a clinical nurse specialist and director of the oncology graduate program at Rush University and later served as the senior program director at the Illinois Cancer Council’s Comprehensive Cancer Care Center. She earned a PhD in higher education leadership from Capella University. In 1981, Dr. Groenwald founded a company that provided business-to-business services. Dr. Groenwald’s accomplishments as a leader within the industry were recognized in 1999 when she was named National Businesswoman of the Year by the Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners
and received a Blue Chip Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Massachusetts Mutual. After selling the company, Dr. Groenwald served as the director of operations for Focused Health Solutions, Inc., developing clinical programs and managing a team of nurses who provided disease management services for large selfinsured employers. In 2006, Dr. Groenwald joined Chamberlain University College of Nursing. She is the author of numerous articles and has edited five textbooks on cancer nursing, one of which—Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice—won the American Journal of Nursing Book Award. Dr. Groenwald is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the National League for Nursing’s Academy of Nursing Education, and the Institute of Medicine Chicago.