Carolyn was most recently the COO at Beaumont Health, Michigan’s largest health care system. In this role, Wilson oversaw all operations for Beaumont Health, its eight hospitals, pharmacy and laboratory.

Wilson came to Beaumont in 2016 from Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis, where she served as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Before joining Fairview, she held a series of increasingly responsible positions at the University of Chicago and University of Chicago Medical Center from 1998-2011, including UCMC chief operating officer and associate dean; vice president for faculty practice administration; chief operating officer for the University of Chicago Practice Plan; and director of managed care operations.

Wilson has served on the Metro Governing Council of the American Hospital Association and on the Vizient AMC Affinity Board of Managers. She has been frequently recognized as a “hospital and health system leader to know” and as a “woman health care leader to know” by Becker’s Hospital Review.

Wilson earned her Master of Business Administration from Benedictine University, a bachelor of science in Nursing at Rush University and a nursing diploma from Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids.