Deborah Visconi, 2026 Board Chair

Deborah Visconi, president and CEO of Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, is a highly accomplished executive with more than 30 years of success in providing strategic direction, vision, leadership and oversight of operations in hospitals and healthcare systems across the metropolitan region. Due to her leadership, she was identified and selected to be the champion leader tasked to transition New Jersey’s largest hospital from its former for-profit management model to a new, non-profit community asset.

As a Latinx hospital leader, she understands the unique issues and needs of underserved and minority communities, which she has prioritized in the hospital’s community health needs assessment process and its ongoing outreach efforts.

With her organizational and strategic planning expertise, Bergen New Bridge has expanded programs and services and enhanced provider relations yielding improvement in quality, safety and the patient/resident experience. The Medical Center has been recognized as a ‘Top Hospital’ and ‘Top Teaching Hospital’ by the Leapfrog Group. The Medical Center also has been recognized as a Top Diversity Leader by Modern Healthcare, received the Empowering Women Award from NJBIZ and Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality in the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). The Joint Commission awarded Bergen New Bridge its Advanced Certification in Health Equity.

Consistent with her commitment to healthcare outreach and education, Visconi collaborates with the County of Bergen and other community partners to launch programs that deliver care onsite, directly and via telehealth to thousands in the community.