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Leadership

He has a wide and varied background with over 30 years of senior management experience in hospital administration, culminating in years of experience serving as an effective administrator.

Diversity & Inclusion

As a part of this commitment, Forbes has traveled around the nation speaking about Baptist Health’s “open door and diversity and inclusion practices.”

Community Involvement

A strong community advocate, Forbes has dedicated considerable time and resources to help build and grow community-based organizations.

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Recognition

Under Forbes’ leadership, Baptist Health has received local, regional and national recognition for its employee and family-friendly policies, being named to Working Mother magazine’s 100 Best Companies list 16 times (placing in the top 10 of the last two years) and being named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by Fortune magazine for 13 years, and named Most Diverse organization in Fortune’s Top 100 in 2010 through 2016. The company was also recognized as one of the ‘World’s Most Ethical Companies’ by the Ethisphere Institute. Baptist Health is one of only two not-for-profit healthcare organizations in the U.S. to receive this coveted award.

Professional Accomplishments

  • Equipped with thirty years of senior management experience in hospital administration. During this period, operational responsibility extended throughout the hospital to include in-patient care, ambulatory care and diagnostics services.
  • Established and developed annual operating objectives and provided the leadership necessary to develop departmental directors.
  • Implemented creative approaches to Emergency Medicine, and introduced technology to achieve safety and service excellence in medication management and dispensing systems.
  • Established exceptional medical staff working relationships.
  • Guided a multi cultural organization through the successful development and implementation of diversity awareness and appreciation initiatives towards establishing a culture of inclusion as a core value.
  • Garnered multiple awards and recognitions for Baptist Health’s diversity practices.
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