Tina Loarte-Rodriguez

Tina Loarte-Rodriguez, DNP, RN, CPPS, CPHRM
​Executive Director
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce, Inc.

Dr. Tina Loarte-Rodriguez is a nurse executive, workforce architect, and systems strategist reshaping the future of healthcare talent, leadership, and equity at scale. She serves as Executive Director of the Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce, where she leads statewide workforce modernization efforts, redesigns clinical education infrastructure, and aligns academia, practice, and policy to secure a sustainable nursing pipeline for the next generation.
 
A Pozen-Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Health Equity Leadership at the Yale School of Management, she is completing her Executive MBA while advancing cross-sector solutions at the intersection of workforce economics, policy design, and organizational transformation.
 
A first-generation college graduate of Cornell University, University of Connecticut, and Quinnipiac University, Dr. Loarte-Rodriguez builds institutions, platforms, and partnerships designed to outlast individual leadership and measurably improve health outcomes, workforce mobility, and economic access across communities.
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