President & CEO , New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute
Linda Schwimmer drives policies that advance health care safety, access and affordability. She also sits on the board of the Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety advocacy group. She previously served on the board of the National Quality Forum and she co-chaired Gov. Phil Murphy’s transition team on health. Before joining the Quality Institute, Linda worked in various sectors, including director of strategic relations & external affairs for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey; director of legislation and policy for the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance; and counsel positions with the New Jersey Senate Majority Office. For over a decade, she was a bankruptcy and commercial lawyer in private practice. Schwimmer received a B.A. with honors from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.