Adriana Gutierrez Kriesen
Vice President, Talent Acquisition Ochsner Health
Adriana Gutierrez Kriesen is Vice President of Talent Acquisition at Ochsner Health, where she leads enterprise hiring strategies across clinical and allied health roles. With more than 16 years at Ochsner, she brings deep experience in HR business partnering and talent acquisition, and is focused on building sustainable pipelines through early‑career programmes, internal mobility and recruitment technology. Adriana recently launched Ochsner’s nurse intern programme, creating a “grow your own” model that prepares students for full‑time roles before graduation.
Seminars
Wednesday 28th October 2026
Discover: Building a Nurse Intern Pipeline That Trains, Engages & Converts Students into Job Ready Nurses Before Graduation
3:50 pm
- Discover how Ochsner Health hires nursing students part time and develops real clinical competencies during school to create a reliable, internal pipeline for hard to fill roles
- Learn how early immersion in organizational processes and culture shortens post graduation orientation and gives intern graduates a clear advantage over external new grads
- Explore how the model is scaling beyond nursing into allied health roles to future proof workforce planning across imaging, respiratory and more
Wednesday 28th October 2026
Develop: What Does it Take to Move from a Single ‘Grow Your Own’ Program to a Scalable, System-Wide Talent Pipeline Strategy?
4:50 pm
Go beyond the case study: your chance to ask questions that uncover the decisions, challenges and lessons behind the results
