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A 18-member Executive Team is responsible for leading Nemours. This team is overseen by a Board of Directors, and advised by Boards of Managers located in Florida and Delaware.
David J. Bailey, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Bailey has sharpened Nemours’ strategic focus and concentrated its investments on four overarching goals: Care for children as we would our own; be a leader in improving children’s health through Nemours’ integrated system; be a great place to work; be effective stewards of all of our assets, continually improving them to advance Nemours’ Mission.
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Robert D. Bridges, CPA
Executive Vice President of Nemours Florida Operations
Robert D. Bridges serves Nemours as an enterprise Executive Vice President and Chief Executive of Florida Operations, including Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando and Nemours primary, specialty and urgent care practices throughout Central and North Florida.
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Roy Proujansky, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive of Nemours Delaware Valley Operations
Dr. Proujansky is responsible for all clinical operations at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours duPont Pediatrics. In addition, he oversees all patient care, research, prevention and education activities in the organization.
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Gina Altieri, CPA
Senior Vice President and Chief of Strategy Integration
Gina Altieri serves as Enterprise Senior Vice President and Chief of Strategy Integration, responsible for Children’s Health System, responsible for Nemours strategic planning process, information services and analytics, consumer digital health and marketing and communication.
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Dana Nicholson Bledsoe, FACHE, MBA
Enterprise Vice President, President, Nemours Children's Hospital
Ms. Bledsoe serves Nemours as an enterprise senior vice president and president of Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando’s Lake Nona Medical City. She assumed leadership of the 100-bed academic medical center in August 2015.
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Debbie I. Chang, MPH
Senior Vice President, Policy and Prevention
As Vice President of Policy and Prevention for Nemours, Ms. Chang is focusing on developing and achieving Nemours’ policy and advocacy goals; identifying, evaluating, replicating and promoting model practices and policies in strategic areas.
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Michael J. Erhard, MD, MBA
Enterprise Vice President and Physician in Chief, Florida Operations
The medical leadership role includes responsibilities for Nemours physician practices throughout northeast, northwest and central Florida, as well as Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando and hospitalists serving affiliated hospitals from Central Florida to Florida’s Panhandle.
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William "Bill" Higginbotham II
Vice President, Finance and Cost Containment
Mr. Higginbotham joined Nemours in 2002 and is based in Jacksonville, Fla. He was appointed to the Nemours Executive Team in 2016 and serves as the Enterprise Vice President of Finance and Cost Containment.
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Paul D. Kempinski, MS, FACHE
Vice President and President of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Mr. Kempinski, who joined Nemours in 2003, is responsible for the daily operations of Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, a 200-bed hospital that is recognized among the top children's hosptials in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
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Stephen T. Lawless, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
Dr. Lawless joined Nemours in 1990. He oversees Nemourswide quality and safety, Risk Management, Clinical Peer Review, Infection Control, Clinical Outcomes and the Nemours Clinical Management Program (NCMP).
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Martha McGill, MBA, MHA
Enterprise Vice President, Chief of Florida Network Operations
Martha McGill serves as Nemours’ chief of network operations for Florida and enterprise vice president. She is responsible for building and integrating Nemours network of practice sites and partnerships across Florida and is based in Jacksonville at Nemours headquarters.
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Rodney A. McKendree, CPA
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. McKendree joined Nemours in 1999. He is responsible for leadership of the operational dimensions of the organization’s finance function, including the Central Business Office, Managed Care, Accounting, Budget, Materials Management, and Hospital and Practice Finance.
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Debbie Platz, JD
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Debbie Platz serves Nemours Children’s Health System as Enterprise Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She joined Nemours in 2011 as the General Counsel for Nemours Children’s Hospital (NCH) in Orlando, Fla., responsible for all of Nemours affiliate operations in Central Florida.
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Bernie Rice
Enterprise Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Mr. Rice joined Nemours in 1999 and is based in Jacksonville, Fla. He is responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of Information Systems supporting Nemours clinical operations.
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Nancy E. Stephenson, JD, MEd
Enterprise Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
Nancy Stephenson serves Nemours Children’s Health System as Enterprise Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer. For more than a decade, she has been instrumental in leading the Nemours strategic shift in compliance from the traditional command and control to a values-based approach to compliance supported by evidence-based best practices in health care compliance.
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Theresa M. Young
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Ms. Young joined Nemours in 2000. She is responsible for all Human Resource functions organizationwide. Before coming to Nemours, Ms. Young worked as a Vice President of Human Resources in the financial services industry for 18 years.
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Nemours Board of Directors
Brian Anderson
Mr. Anderson served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Baxter International from 1997 to 2004. He brings extensive financial and health care industry experience to his appointment as a Director of Nemours.
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Jane Cavalier
Jane Cavalier is CEO and founder of BrightMark Consulting, Westport, Conn., one of four successful strategic services companies she has built over the past 25 years.
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Richard T. Christopher
In addition to his Nemours Board and Board Committee assignments, Mr. Christopher serves as a co-chair of the capital campaign in support of funding for the expansion of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
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Claire M. DeMatteis
A native of Delaware, Claire DeMatteis has more than 25 years of experience in corporate law, healthcare law, regulatory affairs, constitutional law and congressional and government affairs.
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Rosa Baumanis Hakala
With more than 25 years of experience in global logistics and supply chain, Ms. Hakala lends her expertise to several Customer Advisory groups and industry organizations.
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James “Jim” Hunt
Jim Hunt is a senior financial and strategic executive serving public, private and large scale operating not for profit enterprise and brings extensive knowledge of board governance and children’s health care issues to Nemours.
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Toni Jennings
Ms. Jennings brings to Nemours extensive knowledge of health care policy and participation in children’s issues. She served as Florida’s first female lieutenant governor; two-term President of the Florida Senate and successful business woman.
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Terri Kelly
Ms. Kelly is President and CEO of W.L. Gore & Associates. Her leadership abilities have driven her success in a company known for its non-hierarchical “lattice” structure.
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Michael McGinnis, MD, MPP
Dr. McGinnis brings national and international experience with health policy to Nemours. He adds dimensions to Board consideration and support as the organization strives to raise the bar on standards for the health and health care of children.
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Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD
Dedicated to the creation and advancement of health equity, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice brings a unique understanding of women and children’s health issues to the Nemours Board.
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Linda D. Norman, DSN, RN, FAAN
Linda Norman is Dean of Nursing at Vanderbilt University and her expertise in nursing’s contribution to improving quality and patient safety are an asset to nursing at Nemours and the organization’s commitment to Magnet certification.
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Marc Probst
Marc Probst is the Chief Information Officer and Vice President at Intermountain Healthcare. He has been involved with Information Technology and Healthcare services for 32 years.
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Robert Riney
Mr. Riney brings a strong knowledge of the health care industry and operations. He understands the unique challenges specific to health care organizations and can provide insight as Nemours anticipates changes within the industry.
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Nemours Board of Managers, Delaware
Catherine M. Bonuccelli, MD
Dr. Bonuccelli is Global Vice President for Symbicort, Astra Zeneca’s largest respiratory brand with global responsibility for product strategy and execution worldwide. She joined the Nemours Board of Managers, Delaware, in 2006.
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Richard T. Christopher
In addition to his Nemours Board and Board Committee assignments, Mr. Christopher serves as a co-chair of the capital campaign in support of funding for the expansion of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
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Bill Dugdale
Bill Dugdale, Partner at Brown Advisory, is a portfolio manager and the head of Business Development in the Wilmington, Del. office.
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Hinton J. Lucas, Jr.
Mr. Lucas joined the Nemours Board of Managers, Delaware, in 2006. He is an active member of the American Bar Association and the National Bar Association, as well as the General Counsel Roundtable.
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Gina F. Ward
Ms. Ward joined the Nemours Board of Managers, Delaware, in August 2014. In 2012, she was appointed by Delaware Governor Jack Markell to the Delaware Health Resources Board (DHRB). The DHRB serves to promote the efficient use of healthcare resources across the state.
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Nemours Board of Managers, Florida
Hugh M. Brown
Mr. Brown adds more than 30 years of executive management experience to our board’s collective talents. Mr. Brown is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of BAMSI, Inc.
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Catherine Brown-Butler
Ms. Brown-Butler is the Senior Vice President and Market Development Manager for Bank of America. She manages charitable giving for Central Florida market.
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Matthew Certo
Mr. Certo is CEO of Findsome & Winmore, a digital marketing agency. He has also served as Board Chairman of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Florida.
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David Dizney
Mr. Dizney is President & CEO, and member of the Board of Directors of United Medical Corporation.
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J. Malcolm Jones, Jr.
Mr. Jones is the Chairman & CEO of Jones Financial Group. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Florida Capital Group, Inc.
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Andrea Massey
Ms. Massey is President/CEO of the Massey Foundation and Sr. Vice President, Community Relations for Massey Services. She has been recognized as a "Woman of Distinction" by Girl Scouts of Citrus Council.
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Joseph "Joe" Terry
Mr. Terry is Executive Director J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Orlando. He is responsible for leading a team of professionals to assist ultra-high net worth families on overall wealth management needs, including strategic wealth planning.
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Dora Toro
Ms. Toro is the CEO of La Prensa, Central Florida's Hispanic newspaper. She has served on the boards of Hope Community Center and Relevo for La Vida/Cancer Society. She has been recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the NAHP.
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Judith 'Judy' Wall, MD
Dr. Judy Wall has been a board-certified pediatrician since 1990 and a pediatric hematologist/oncologist since 1994. In 2011, she joined the steering committee that oversaw the development and design of Nemours Children’s Hospital.
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Richard 'Rick' Walsh
Mr. Walsh brings many years of successful management experience and award-winning achievement to our Board of Managers. Currently, Mr. Walsh is Chairman and CEO of the Knob Hill Companies.
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Robert Wilson, MD
Dr. Wilson is the Clerkship Co-Director of Pediatrics, Pensacola Campus. He coordinates the pediatric curriculum and training of 3rd and 4th year medical students at the Pensacola Regional Medical School Campus.
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