Biography of Bobbi Kimball, RN, MBA

Bobbi Kimball, RN, MBA

Bobbi Kimball is a healthcare management consultant and executive coach with 25 years of experience designing, implementing and promoting innovative change across the healthcare spectrum. Her professional practice is devoted to assisting organizations and individuals in creatively planning for the future, successfully managing complex change and enabling transitions that result in growth, empowerment and healing. An experienced public speaker and writer, Ms. Kimball co-authored a prominent national study on the American nursing shortage published by a leading US healthcare foundation.

Prior to starting her own business, Ms. Kimball served as a vice president and chief nursing officer at a major tertiary not-for-profit medical center in San Francisco where she was formally recognized as a visionary and advocate for the nursing profession. Her progressive management career includes leadership roles in clinical, educational, research and administrative services that span the continuum of care including acute, tertiary, ambulatory, hospice and a major health plan. Known as an innovative leader and implementer of new consumer-driven services, Ms. Kimball was active in early hospice program development and implemented the first Planetree Model Hospital Unit, a humanistic, patient & family-driven model of health care delivery and patient education.

She currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California San Francisco. She also is an advisor to the California Health Care Foundation’s Health Care Leadership Program, the California Pacific Health Education Initiative, and, Renew - a nonprofit organization, which assists professionals in re-balancing the competing demands of life.

Ms. Kimball received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Florida and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. She holds certifications in executive coaching and facilitation and has additional formal training in fundraising and customer service.

Contact information:
Bobbi Kimball, RN, MBA
1071 Lombard Street
San Francisco, California 94109-1514
1.415.771.7874
bobbi@kimballassociates.com