About Justin Lombardo

Justin Lombardo most recently served as chief human resources and staff development officer for the Archdiocese of Chicago, comprising 15,000 employees serving more than 2.2 million Catholics with 293 parishes and 199 elementary and secondary schools. He is now retired.

Prior to his role with the Archdiocese of Chicago, Justin was chief learning officer for the Baptist Health System in Florida. He also served as vice president of the Learning Institute and chief learning officer for Children’s Medical System of Texas. Prior to Children’s, he was chief learning officer at Northwestern Memorial in Chicago, where he developed the NM Academy, consolidating all the education resources of the system.

Justin’s efforts to transform healthcare learning and development have been recognized by the Mayor of Chicago, Chicago Business Council, Working Mother magazine and other regional and national organizations.

Before working in health care, Lombardo spent 15 years at Motorola University, where he managed various global functions.

Justin has served on training and development advisory boards at the national and international level, including a task force of the United Nations; the Center for Creative Leadership; the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University; and the Center for Nursing Excellence. He was appointed by the Governor of Illinois to the state’s task force on workforce development. He has held faculty appointments at Northwestern University, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University.

Justin is a long-time member of Chief Learning Officer’s Advisory Board.