Sturdy Health’s Natalie Cook Named to Becker’s 2025 List of “Top Hospital and Health System CHROs to Know”
Attleboro, MA, April 21, 2025 - Sturdy Health is proud to announce that Natalie Cook, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, has been named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Top Hospital and Health System CHROs to Know in 2025.” This national recognition celebrates Cook’s visionary leadership and her transformative impact on human resources strategy and operations across the Sturdy Health system.
Since joining Sturdy Health in 2022, Cook has reimagined the human resources function into a strategic driver of organizational excellence. Through a forward-looking approach to talent acquisition and retention, Cook has played a pivotal role in enhancing workforce stability. With a strong commitment to employee wellbeing, Cook introduced competitive, employee-centered benefits. She expanded wellness offerings supported by a newly formed Wellness Committee and an annual health and benefits fair.
“Natalie has brought vision, discipline, and heart to everything she’s done at Sturdy Health,” said Aimee B. Brewer, MPH, President and CEO of Sturdy Health. “Her leadership has strengthened our workforce and culture in measurable, meaningful ways. This recognition from Becker’s is a well-deserved honor.”
In addition to her leadership at Sturdy Health, Cook contributes to the broader healthcare community through her involvement on internal system committees and her service as a board member of the Connecticut Health Care Coalition.
Established on April 14, 1913, Sturdy Health is an independent, not-for-profit health system comprised of a 126-bed acute care hospital, 25 primary and specialty care medical offices and an Urgent Care Center dedicated to providing a broad range of healthcare services to the residents of communities in Southeastern Massachusetts and neighboring Rhode Island. Sturdy’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of the people in our communities through kindness, compassion, and convenient access to the highest quality care. In keeping with its mission, construction is underway on the new Sturdy Health Cancer & Specialty Care Medical Office Building, designed with optimum patient and care team experience top of mind. This three story, state-of-the-art 60,000+ square foot facility represents a $50 million investment in the overall health and wellness of those they serve. This aligns with Sturdy Health’s multi-year strategic master space plan initiative to expand its footprint for greater care access, to transform its facilities and the experience provided to its patients and care team members.
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