Sue Ellen Wagner is vice president, trustee engagement and strategy, American Hospital Association, and she oversees the AHA’s trustee services. As a governance expert, she oversees the development of education, tools and resources for trustees across the country. She is part of the AHA’s Health Equity Strategy Team.

Prior to joining the AHA, Wagner was executive director, Healthcare Trustees of New York State, and was responsible for the association’s advocacy, communication and educational programming, including one of the largest trustee conferences in the country. She was HTNYS spokesperson to state and national constituencies. She also served as vice president, community health, at HANYS, where she oversees HANYS policy work related to community benefit and the New York State Prevention Agenda. She was a member of HANYS policy staff for more than 25 years and served in many leadership roles.

Wagner is a board member of the Cobleskill Regional Hospital in upstate New York. She attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Leadership Program and holds a Master of Science degree in health administration from The Sage Graduate School in Albany and a Bachelor of Science degree in health management from the New York Institute of Technology.