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1. Modern Healthcare
Community Leadership Award
Nomination of
A. Hugh Greene, FACHE
President and CEO
Baptist Health
Section 1: Letter of nomination
Section 2: Bio and Curriculum Vitae
Section 3: Letters of recommendation
Section 4: Published materials
Section 5: Photographs
Section 6: Contact information

2. Section I
Letter of Nomination

5. Section II
Bio and Curriculum Vitae

6. A. HUGH GREENE, FACHE
Hugh Greene is President and Chief Executive Officer of Baptist Health, a
comprehensive community-based health system that is comprised of five hospitals. Mr.
Greene holds a master’s degree in Health Administration from the Medical College of
Virginia and a master’s degree of Divinity from the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Wake Forest
University where he was Phi Beta Kappa.
Mr. Greene currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees for the University of
North Florida and was named an honorary alumnus of UNF. After serving numerous
times on the Board of Directors for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, he served
as chair in 2011 and chair of the Cornerstone economic development division in 2007,
Mr. Greene has been active in civic affairs, most recently co-chairing the economic
development transition committee for Mayor Brown. He also served on the corporate
Board of PSS World Medical prior to the recent sale of the company to McKesson.
In 2007, the Jacksonville Business Journal named him one of the area’s 12 “Ultimate
CEOs” and he was also inducted into the First Coast Business Hall of Fame. He has
been active with the United Way of Northeast Florida where he has served as chair of
the Board of Trustees and as 2006 Campaign Chair. Mr. Greene was the founding chair
of JaxCare, a program for the working uninsured. Additionally, as chair of the
Sulzbacher Center Board, he received the Excellence in Healthcare Award for his efforts
on behalf of healthcare for the homeless. He serves as a member of the Healthcare and
Bioscience Council of Northeast Florida where he chairs the Access to Care work group.
He is a member of Downtown Rotary. Mr. Greene was a member of the 1991
Leadership Jacksonville class, and the recipient of the Leadership Jacksonville 2006
Community Trustee Award. He is also a recipient of the 2012 Humanitarian Award by
OneJax; and the 2013 Distinguished Business Leader Award by the University of North
Florida’s Coggin College of Business.
Outside of Jacksonville, Mr. Greene is the immediate past chair of the Florida Hospital
Association Board, a member of its Executive Committee and Legislative Advocacy
Committee. He was named “Grassroots Champion” for Florida by the American Hospital
Association in 2009 for his political involvement on behalf of hospitals. He currently
serves on the Regional Policy Board of the American Hospital Association. Mr. Greene
was also appointed by the Governor to the Low Income Pool Council, where he
continues to serve.
Hugh and Susan, his wife of 38 years, have three sons and one grandson.
5/28/13

7. 1
Curriculum Vitae
A. Hugh Greene, FACHE
Office: Home:
841 Prudential Drive, Suite 1601 3518 Hilliard Road
Jacksonville, FL 32207 Jacksonville, FL 32217
904-202-4011 904-733-2159
hugh.greene@bmcjax.com hughwfu@aol.com
EDUCATION
1984 Master of Health Administration, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
A.D. Williams Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
1977 Master of Divinity, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky
1975 B.A., Wake Forest University (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Winston-Salem, N.C.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
May 2000 BAPTIST HEALTH
To Present Jacksonville, Florida
President and Chief Executive Officer
This position has overall responsibility for the region’s largest non-profit health care system
and reports directly to the Board of Directors. This comprehensive system is comprised of
five hospitals (including the region’s only children’s hospital), a major outpatient campus in
Clay County with a free-standing emergency department, home health agency, behavioral
health company, significant primary care network and affiliated specialty practices, as well
as various for-profit entities supporting the system. The Chief Executive Officer serves on
the Board of Directors. This position also is actively involved in philanthropic efforts in
support of the health system.
Accomplishments: The overall health system has been recognized as the “Preferred
Hospital” system and has been the recipient of the Consumer Choice Award by the National
Research Corporation for over 20 years consecutively. Significant growth has occurred with
the health system market share increasing from 26 to 30 percent since Baptist South opened
in 2005. Net operating revenues have grown to more than $1.2 billion. The health system
enjoys a AA- bond rating from Standard & Poors. All of the system’s hospitals are now
completely digital environments with no paper medical records or film. The Baptist Primary
Care network has now grown to over 200 providers in 47 offices; there are a total of over 300
employed physicians including primary care and specialists. Wolfson Children’s Hospital
has developed into a tertiary regional pediatric facility, and was named among the top three
children’s hospitals in Florida.

8. 2
July 1995- BAPTIST ST. VINCENT’S HEALTH SYSTEM
May 2000 Jacksonville, Florida
President and Chief Operating Officer (July, 1998-May 2000). Served as one of two
Executive Vice-Presidents from July, 1995-July, 1998
Responsible for the operations of a merged health system which was the largest health
delivery system in Northeast Florida with 1,373 hospital beds, a nursing home, home health
agency, behavioral health company, DME company, reference laboratory, and 17 retail
pharmacies, and well as other supporting for-profit entities.
April 1989- BAPTIST HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
July 1995 Jacksonville, Florida
Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer
Responsible for all hospital operations in the largest existing health system in the region. The
position also included the responsibility for system-wide Human Resources, as well as the
leadership for managed care negotiations.
May 1984- HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA
April 1989
Administrator, First Coast Medical Center, Jacksonville Beach, Florida (1988-89)
Chief Executive Officer for 82-bed community hospital, including the construction of a new
replacement hospital facility.
Assistant Administrator, HCA Southern Hills Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
(1984-1988)
May 1982- Administrative Resident, Baptist Health Services, Gadsden, Alabama (1983-84)
May 1984 Evening Administrator, Richmond Memorial Hospital, Richmond, Virginia (182-83)
January 1978- Pastor, Belmont Baptist Church, Columbia, South Carolina
July 1981
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:
American College of Healthcare Executives
 Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives
 Regent’s Awards, 2000 and 2007
Florida Hospital Association (FHA)
 Board Chair 2011-12
 Board, FHA, 1996-1999; 2000-2003; 2007-present (including Executive Committee)
 FHA President Search Committee, 2007; FHA Strategic Planning Committee, 2009-2011
 Board, FHA PAC, 1996-present

9. 3
American Hospital Association (AHA)
 Member, AHA
 AHA Grassroots Champion for Florida, 2009
 Appointed to AHA Long Range Policy Committee, 2007
 Regional Policy Board, AHA, 2003-2006; 2013-present
 Most Valuable Political Action Award, AHA, 2001
Other
 Appointed by Governor Bush to Low Income Pool Council, responsible for the
recommendations to the state legislature for disproportionate share and other low income
funds, 2006-present
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce
 Chamber Chair, 2011
 Board of Directors, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 - present
 Chair, Cornerstone Economic Development, 2007
 Vice Chair, Business Development and Chair, Trustees Program, 1996
University of North Florida
 Trustee, 2007-present (appointed by Board of Governors, State University System)
 Vice Chair, 2009-present; Finance Committee, 2007-present

Healthcare and Bioscience Council of Northeast Florida
 Chair, Access to Care Work Group, 2009-present
Mayor Alvin Brown Transition Leadership
 Co-Chair, Economic Development Transition Team
Jacksonville Journey Steering Committee (citywide anti-crime initiative)
 Member, appointed by Mayor Peyton 2008
United Way of Northeast Florida
 Chair, 2006 Campaign for four-county region in Northeast Florida (exceeded $25 million
goal)
 Chair, Board of Trustees, 2000-2002; Member, Board of Trustees, 1997-2007
JaxCare (Community-wide Coalition for the Working Uninsured Utilizing a Health Plan
Model)
 Founding Chair, 2003-2006; Board member, 2003-2009

10. 4
Sulzbacher Center (for the Homeless)
 Chair, Board of Directors, 1998-1999
 Board Member, 1994-2000
 Honorary Chair, Transformations Event, 2002
Leadership Jacksonville
 Graduate, Class of 1991
 Board Member, 1996-1997
Other
 Board of Directors, PSS World Medical, Inc. 2012-until sale of company to McKesson
 Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University Divinity School, 1997-2006
 Member, Downtown Rotary
 Member, Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church
OTHER HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
 Distinguished Business Leader Award, UNF’s Coggin College of Business 2013
 Humanitarian Award, OneJax, 2012
 Recipient, Florence N. Davis Award for Community Achievement, 2010
 Inducted, First Coast Business Hall of Fame, 2007
 Recipient, Ultimate CEO Award, Jacksonville Business Journal, 2007
 Hope Award, Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2007
 Community Trustee Award, Leadership Jacksonville, 2006
 Excellence in Healthcare Award, 1996 (for health clinic for the homeless)
PERSONAL
Hugh and Susan, his wife of 38 years, have three sons and one grandson.
HG: 5/28/13

11. Section III
Letters of Recommendation

20. Section IV
Published Materials

24. SECTION IV

25. SECTION IV

26. SECTION IV

27. SECTION IV

28. SECTION IV

29. SECTION IV

30. SECTION IV

31. SECTION IV

32. Section V
Photographs

33. At the Jacksonville Regional
Chamber of Commerce (left to right):
Chamber Chair-Elect Tom Van
Berkel, Jacksonville Mayor
Alvin Brown, Chamber Chair
Hugh Greene, and Chamber
President Walter Lee.
Hugh Greene, President and CEO
of Baptist Health, addresses the
Jacksonville Regional Chamber
of Commerce Health Planning
Council luncheon.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Jacksonville
Mayor Alvin Brown, and Baptist
Health CEO Hugh Greene at the
grand opening of Vulcan Keystone.
Source:
Jacksonville Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Source:
Jacksonville Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Source:
Jacksonville Regional
Chamber of Commerce
SECTION V

34. Hugh Greene (second from left),
Chair of the Jacksonville Regional
Chamber of Commerce, talks with
dignitaries at the announcement
that EverBank is locating 1,200 jobs
in downtown Jacksonville.
Hugh Greene (second from left) talks
with members of ImpactJAX, an
organization of young professionals,
at one of the group’s events.
Kevin Twomey (left), former
President of the St. Joe Company,
and Hugh Greene, President
and CEO of Baptist Health,
at a UNF event.
Source:
Jacksonville Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Source:
Jacksonville Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Source:
University of North Florida
SECTION V

35. Susan and Hugh Greene are honored
by Community Connections for their
service to the community.
Source:
Community Connections
SECTION V

36. Section VI
Contact Information

37. Contact Information
For more information about A. Hugh Greene or the information
contained within this nomination, please contact:
Audrey Moran
Senior Vice President
Social Responsibility & Community Advocacy
Baptist Health
841 Prudential Drive
Aetna Building, Suite 1601
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone: 904.202.4910
Fax: 904.202.4920
Audrey.Moran@bmcjax.com