Sylvain “Syl” Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAAN, FAONL, is the system chief nursing executive for Providence St. Joseph Health. In this position, he serves at the voice for nursing at the most senior executive level, representing nursing practice for 38 thousand nurses in 51 hospitals and 1,085 clinics in seven states. He joined Providence in 2017 as a regional chief clinical officer where he had regional cross-continuum oversight of clinical care delivery, including strategic direction for all clinical services such as medicine, nursing, quality, Clinical Institutes, infection prevention, care coordination, clinical operations, clinical education, case management and social services.

Trepanier is a seasoned nurse executive with healthcare system experience in executive leadership, organizational transformation and system standardization. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Organization of Nursing Leadership. He obtained his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Nursing from the University of Montreal Canada and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing.

In addition to his duties as a system chief nursing executive, Trepanier is an assistant professor for TTUHSC in the Master’s in Nursing Administration program. He serves on advisory boards for two different publications, Nurse Leader and The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Trepanier was the first registered nurse appointed as a chief clinical officer for a regional healthcare system. He was also the board chair of Fidelity Healthcare (Southwest Ohio’s largest home health agency) and Premier Health Community (2014–2017). He currently serves as a member of the audit committee for CGFNS International Inc. and on the advisory board for the Institute of Human Caring.