Christine serves as Chair of the Board of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association (MHA), the Massachusetts Council of Community Hospitals, and the Massachusetts Value Alliance, a leading supply purchasing consortium. She is a member of the Clinical Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission and Advisory Boards for the Suffolk University MHA Program and Riverside Partners, a private equity firm. She is a Middlesex Bank Corporator and serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum.
The Boston Globe/Women’s Edge recognized Emerson Health and Christine as a Top 100 Women-Led Business in Massachusetts from 2017 to 2022. She received the 2017 Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce Excellent Nonprofit Leadership Award, the 2011 Concord Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year Award, and the 2008 Maynard Elks Distinguished Citizenship Award. Ms. Schuster received the Prescription for Excellence Award from the Mass Medical Health Law Report. She is a four-time recipient of the American Hospital Association Grassroots Champion Award. In 2023, she was included in Boston Magazine’s list of Most Influential Bostonians and named a hospital “CEOs to know” by Becker’s Health. Previously, Modern Healthcare Magazine and Witt Kieffer Associates recognized her as an Up and Comer Award recipient.
Ms. Schuster received her MBA, with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston University.
The Foundation is appreciative of Christine’s continued support and congratulate her on this honor.