Executive Director
Lori Townsend currently serves as the Executive Director for Nathan Adelson Hospice. She is responsible for overseeing the organizations daily operations including overall financial responsibility for the organization, developing and growing the business, strategic planning, budgeting, and performance outcomes. She joined the organization in 2023 as the Chief Nursing Officer. She has extensive experience in operations, administration, program development, along with strong leadership skills and strategic planning abilities.
Ms. Townsend represents the organization in the community actively engaging with referral partners, donors, patients, families, and employees to support and promote the hospice’s values and mission. With more than 35 years of diversified experience in healthcare, Townsend demonstrates exceptional leadership, team building, and problem-solving skills. A seasoned leader with a proven track record of improving quality, patient and employee satisfaction, and institutional efficiency leading to improved financial performance, Townsend is an innovator in her field. She exhibits a strong regulatory background leading organizations to achieve State and National designations for specialty services. Her accomplishments are many, with thousands of individuals in the Southern Nevada community being helped at the most vulnerable time in their lives.
Prior to joining the hospice, Townsend held various positions including Campus Interim Chief Nursing Officer and Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and Chief Nursing Officer at both Methodist Children’s Hospital and Methodist Hospital Campus in South Texas where she worked to develop and expand programs, decrease turnover and vacancy rates, improve quality and patient satisfaction and manage the daily nursing operations at the hospitals.
Townsend earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Phoenix.
