Eden Ezell

About Eden Ezell

Collaboration, connection, and execution define how I lead. Purpose-driven roles at the intersection of governance, healthcare, and enterprise innovation energize me.With a blend of legal and compliance acumen, enterprise risk expertise, and people-first leadership, I help organizations navigate disruption, embed resilience, and create cultures where teams thrive.I am a governance, risk, and compliance executive with expertise in transforming enterprise functions, strengthening resilience, and enabling board-level decision-making. Over my career, I have guided complex health systems and publicly traded organizations through regulatory scrutiny, organizational transformation, and crisis management and response. By reframing compliance, privacy, and cyber risk as strategic assets, I equip boards and executives with guidance that safeguards trust, protects value, and advances patient-centered outcomes.In senior leadership roles at Ochsner Health and LHC Group, I held enterprise-wide responsibility for compliance, privacy, regulatory affairs, litigation, and enterprise risk management. Most recently, my leadership shaped governance practices across employees and 415 sites, while I directed teams of 750 professionals delivering integrated oversight in compliance, cyber risk, and resilience domains.Career Highlights: Governance Oversight: Delivered board visibility into compliance, privacy, and cyber risk for a 415-site academic health system. Enterprise Resilience: Directed enterprise-wide compliance, regulatory affairs, cyber risk, and business continuity functions, leading 750 professionals in integrated oversight. Regulatory Navigation: Guided executive and board decision-making in federal and state regulatory inquiries and investigations, as well as IPOs and M&A transactions. Culture Shaping: Transformed compliance and risk teams into trusted business partners through cultural change management and leadership development. Executive Advisory: Partnered with boards and C-suites, translating regulatory complexity into clear strategic options that protect value and build trust.Core Competencies:Governance & Board Advisory | Enterprise Risk & Compliance Oversight | Cybersecurity & Privacy | Business Continuity & Crisis Management | Legal & Regulatory Affairs | Federal & State Investigations | Organizational Resilience | Culture Transformation & People Leadership

Experience

1. Board Member

   Share Cancer Support

   Jan 2025 — Present

   As a member of the Board of Directors, I serve on the Finance/Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee of SHARE Cancer Support. SHARE is a national, peer-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports and educates anyone who has been diagnosed with breast or gynecologic cancer and provides critical information to the general public about signs, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options.

Education

• Randolph-Macon Woman's College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  1997

• University of Louisiana at Lafayette

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2009

• University of Mississippi School of Law

  Doctor of Law - JD, Law

  2001

• Rice Business

  CoachRICE: A Leadership Coaching Program

  2022

• Harvard Business School Executive Education

  Risk Management for Corporate Leaders

  2018

Skills

• Healthcare Industry
• Medicaid
• Medical Compliance
• Healthcare Management
• Revenue Cycle
• Compliance
• Hospitals
• Medicare
• Hipaa
• Healthcare Consulting
• Privacy Law
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Managed Care
• Healthcare Information Technology
• Healthcare