Carolyn Bortz

Dr. Bortz, a member of the Lehigh Valley Health Network Board of Trustees since 2018 and a member of the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono Board of Directors, is the retired Vice President for Academic Affairs for Northampton Community College (NCC). She has been with the college since 2000. Before assuming her current position, Dr. Bortz served as NCC’s Director of Nursing Programs and the Dean for Allied Health and Sciences. She also was on the nursing faculty at NCC. Prior to joining NCC, Dr. Bortz was the Executive Director and Home Health Services Director of the Visiting Nurses Northeast. She was a staff nurse on the oncology/medical-surgical unit at Lehigh Valley Hospital, where she also served as a clinical instructor, a clinical nurse facilitator, and a staff nurse on the vascular surgical unit. Dr. Bortz earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Bloomsburg University and a master’s degree in nursing from DeSales University. She has a doctorate from Widener University in Higher Education Administration.