President, Memorial and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundations
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL - United States
Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) (also known as the South Broward Hospital District), based in Hollywood, Florida, is seeking an experienced, innovative executive to serve as its next President of the Memorial and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundations.
Memorial is a high-performing, independent teaching health system that has a longstanding reputation for high quality care, strong financial performance and an excellent medical staff. With $3.1 billion in annual net revenue, MHS is a six-hospital, public special taxing district safety-net system providing the complete continuum of care to South Florida residents, including preventive services, physician services (primary and specialty), acute tertiary and quaternary hospital services, outpatient and other community-based services and long-term care services. While it remains a community-based system at its core, the organization has evolved to become an increasingly academic organization with numerous accredited residencies and fellowships and a growing research program. Among the hallmarks of MHS are its values and patient-centered culture where leaders are deeply invested in the success and mission of the organization. MHS’s culture is one that places value on leaders who consistently demonstrate transparency, humility, respect, personal integrity, accessibility and visibility. The next President of the Foundations will be expected to model these core cultural characteristics as the organization adapts to the changing landscape.
Memorial Foundation was established in 1981 to provide philanthropic support to Memorial Healthcare System. Dedicated to supporting healthcare for the community served by Memorial Healthcare System, Memorial Foundation is the central agency through which charitable contributions are made. A volunteer Board of Directors, comprised of prominent business and community leaders and physicians, oversees all aspects of the Foundation’s operations.
Reporting to Scott Wester, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Memorial Healthcare System, and the Foundation board, the Foundation President will be responsible for setting the vision, strategy and structure to successfully drive philanthropy, donor development and stewardship activities for all of MHS. This executive will drive revenue growth and mission impact for MHS through annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, corporate development and development of new and emerging market fundraising. The President will work in close partnership with the executive leadership team and the Foundation board to set organizational fundraising priorities. They will be responsible for managing an experienced and talented team and will be active in the community, working collaboratively with MHS stakeholders to build strong relationships in the region to raise awareness and visibility of the system.
MHS is seeking an experienced executive with a broad range of philanthropy success and strategic development planning to build upon those successes, ultimately propelling annual fundraising to create a best-in-class organization. The successful candidate will have a track record of accomplishments in creating an organizational culture of philanthropy, aligning philanthropy with organizational strategy and donor-base growth. MHS is open to individuals with broad philanthropic experiences within the traditional fundraising professions and in leaders that have significant experience raising capital, building strong relational skills and significant access to networks and communities that might have an interest in supporting a major health system with a pre-eminent children’s hospital.
Memorial Healthcare System has retained WittKieffer to assist with this search. Applications, nominations and inquiries by phone or email at (678) 302-1571, awinters@wittkieffer.com.
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