As Interim System Chief Nurse Officer, Kat Holmes is accountable for executive nursing leadership, clinical nursing practice, education, nursing research, and workforce labor optimization.  She and her dyad partner, Sutter’s Chief Medical & Quality Officer, William Isenberg, M.D., Ph.D., also oversee acute care management and utilization management and review. 

Holmes has over thirty years of experience in Acute Care, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Surgical Hospital, and Foundation partnerships. A longtime Sutter leader, she has served Chief Nurse Executive at Sutter Roseville Medical Center, in interim roles as CEO of Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital and CAO/CNE of Sutter North Surgical Hospital, and as CEO of Stanislaus Surgical Hospital.

Holmes holds a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Phoenix, Sacramento Valley Campus. In 2024 she was accepted into the Health Management Academy.