Susan Groenwald

President, Chamberlain College of Nursing

Susan Groenwald is President of Chamberlain College of Nursing.

Chamberlain College of Nursing (formerly Deaconess College of Nursing) offers associate, bachelor's, and master’s degree programs in nursing (degree program availability varies by location).  Campuses are currently located in St. Louis, Missouri; Columbus, Ohio; Phoenix, Arizona, Addison, Illinois and Jacksonville, Florida.  Chamberlain’s nursing degree programs have a strong historical foundation, broad general education background and extensive clinical practice to prepare compassionate and clinically proficient graduates.  Chamberlain College of Nursing is a division of DeVry Inc. (NYSE: DV), a global provider of educational services.

Groenwald joined Chamberlain College of Nursing in 2006 as President, focusing on the transition and development of the school.

Prior to joining DeVry, Groenwald served as the director of operations for Focused Health Solutions, Inc., where she developed clinical programs and managed a team of nurses who provided disease management services for large self-insured employers. 

Before her time at Focused Health Solutions, Groenwald founded a commercial barter company, which grew to more than 80 employees in four locations.  She was recognized as the National Businesswoman of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners in 1999 and with a Blue Chip Enterprise Award from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Massachusetts Mutual for her work with the commercial barter company.

Groenwald is the author of numerous articles and has edited five textbooks on cancer nursing; one of them, Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice, won the American Journal of Nursing Book Award. 

Groenwald earned her diploma from the West Suburban School of Nursing in Oak Park, Ill. She also has a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the Rush University School of Nursing in Chicago, where she worked as a clinical nurse specialist and Director of the Oncology Graduate Program at Rush University, and later served as the senior program director at the Illinois Cancer Council’s Comprehensive Cancer Care Center.

Groenwald is currently working on a doctorate in higher education leadership from Capella University.