Clint Child Named President, Misti Leavitt CNO/VP of Operations
Clint Child, DNP, MBA, RN, CENP has been named President at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa and Misti Leavitt, RN, MSN-BC has been named Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Operations. The announcements were made by Odette Bolano, President and CEO of the Saint Alphonsus Health System.
Child brings 19 years of experience managing and leading nursing and clinical operations at SAMC - Nampa. He has held multiple roles within the organization, most recently as Chief Nursing Officer for the Saint Alphonsus Health System as well Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Operations for the Nampa hospital. He also served as Interim President in Nampa from October 2017 to February 2018. He replaces Travis Leach, who had served as President since February 2018.
Child earned both his undergraduate and Doctorate degrees in Nursing from the University of Utah, where he also served as an adjunct faculty member. He holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix. Active in the community, Child serves on the board of the Saint Alphonsus Regional Rehabilitation Hospital, Stampede for the Cure and is a director for the Snake River Stampede. He’s also an active member of the Nurse Leaders of Idaho, Boise State University Clinical Advisory Board, Northwest Nazarene University Nursing Advisory Board and the Idaho Medical Reserve Corps. His appointment as President is effective May 2.
Misti Leavitt replaces Child as Chief Nursing Officer/Vice President of Operations for Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Nampa. She starts her new position on May 14.
Leavitt has been with Saint Alphonsus for 23 years, starting as a Medical/Surgical nurse and then being promoted to Nurse Manager in the Medical/Oncology unit. For the past five years, she has been Director of Acute Care for Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. In that role, she provided administrative and clinical oversight for 10 nursing units and supervised eight nurse managers.
Leavitt earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Boise State University and her Master of Science in Leadership and Management from Western Governors University. She holds the American Nursing Credentialing Center’s Medical-Surgical certification. She is an active member of the American Organization of Nurse Leaders.