Deidre Schneider is a successful leader in organization-wide, strategic, people initiatives. Known for being an agile problem-solver, Deidre has a track record of building innovative people and organizational development programs, particularly in healthcare talent management.

 Skills

Leadership and coaching

Learning design and development

Group facilitation methods

Project and change management

Culture and diversity programs

Quality and process improvement methods

Professional Experience

Senior Director, Executive Development – Sutter Health University (March 2025 to Current)

Designing and implementing leadership development offerings for the top 450 leaders.

Director, Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness – Stanford Healthcare (October 2022 to March 2025)

Conducted needs assessment for front-line leader programming and developed new course series.

Manager, Learning – Sutter Health University (May 2013 to September 2022)

Managed a team responsible for needs assessment, development, and delivery of various training formats.

Led strategic learning initiatives, achieving significant labor productivity savings and quality outcomes.

Director, HR Operations and Learning & Development – Gap, Inc. (September 2004 to July 2007)

Global Program Manager, Enterprise Workforce Development – Hewlett Packard (January 2001 to September 2004)

Education

Bachelor of Arts: Biological Sciences, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL

Master of Arts: Educational Administration, Sacramento State University - Sacramento, CA

Affiliations

Association for Talent Development

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

International Coaching Federtion

Certifications

Co-active Professional Coach Certification (ICF ACC, 2023)

DDI, Success Profile Analyst (2022)

Korn Ferry Leadership Architect & Korn Ferry 360 (2021)

CliftonStrengths Coach Certification (2024)

Certified Facilitator: Korn Ferry Diversity Solutions, Development Dimensions Intl. (DDI), Prosci Change Management, Crucial Conversations, 5Dynamics, Franklin Covey

Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI, 2017)