Bon Secours Mercy Health (BSMH) Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Odesa Stapleton has been named one of the 2023 hospital and health system people to know by Becker’s Hospital Review.
Hospitals and health systems that commit to an organizational culture of dignity create safer and more engaging environments for patients, providers and the communities they serve.
The Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team accepted nominations for this list and curated it to highlight the great work of executives from health care institutions nationwide.
Stapleton joined Bon Secours Mercy Health in 2019 from Neighborhood Health Services Corporation in Plainfield, N.J., where she was director of human resources and operations for nearly five years. Before that, she served as executive director of human relations for the Manatee County School District in Bradenton, Fla.
Her previous experience includes service as director of talent management for Verizon Communications, director of staffing, recruitment and employment for Delta Air Lines and as a labor and employment attorney for the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company.
Stapleton is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and earned her law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association and Alpha Phi Omega, and she is a certified secondary teacher. Early in her career, she researched and wrote labor and employment law books for businesses at Summers Press.
