Florence L. Di Benedetto is senior vice president/general counsel, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif. She joined Sutter Health in October 2008. She has accountability for the Office of the General Counsel, which includes legal services, risk services, Sutter Health Emergency Management System (a centralized incident command operation that provides an organized structure to assist affiliates in maintaining optimal patient care in the event of a catastrophe), and privacy and information security, including cyber security. She serves as a strategic business adviser to the president/CEO and other members of senior leadership. Di Benedetto provides primary advice and counsel to the Sutter Health board and board committees, including finance, audit and compliance, governance, and compensation.

Additionally, Di Benedetto is the executive sponsor of the Leadership Academy, a 10-month intensive leadership development program for an elite group of rising leaders selected by the executive leadership team. She also serves as the executive sponsor of the Military and Veterans Inclusion Resource Group.

Benedetto earned her bachelor’s degree in international relations from Georgetown University and studied economics and economic planning at London University and the Central School of Planning and Statistics in Warsaw, Poland. She earned her law degree from the University of San Francisco and her MBA in health services management from Golden Gate University.