Claire Zangerle is president of CMZ Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm offering services focused on nursing organizations and the interdependencies of functional disciplines. Services include assessment of current state, action planning to optimize the nursing organization, future state and strategic planning, coaching for nursing leaders, and nursing organization redesign. Dr. Zangerle is certified as an Advanced Nurse Executive with the American Nurses Credentialing Center, a fellow of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) and a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
Dr. Zangerle serves on the editorial boards of Nursing Management and Nursing Administration Quarterly and is a member of the board of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership. She serves on the American Hospital Association (AHA) Workforce Committee where she was a former board of trustee and led the Hospitals Against Violence and Human Trafficking initiative.
Formerly, Dr. Zangerle was the chief nurse executive and chair at the Nursing Institute at Allegheny Health Network (AHN), where she led over 6,000 nurses in the acute and ambulatory care area and collaborated with AHN Home and Community Services.
Previously, Dr. Zangerle served as CEO of the Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio. She also served in various capacities at the Cleveland Clinic, including chief nursing officer, director of quality and accreditation, and director of preventive cardiology. She began her nursing career at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Trauma.