HARRY K. MOON

PRESIDENT & CEO, NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE

Nova Southeastern University is Florida’s largest private research university with 22,000 students, 3,400 full-time faculty and staff, and a $5-billion projected economic impact. It’s also a top-tier Carnegie Foundation R1 research institution and designated as a Carnegie Opportunity College/University for high student access plus high student earnings. One of only three institutions nationwide with both M.D. and D.O. colleges, NSU graduates the most physicians in Florida and the most doctors (D.O., M.D., D.M.D., O.D., Pharm.D.) nationwide.

EDUCATION: Tulane University (BA), South Alabama College of Medicine (MD), University of Hawaii, Medical University of South Carolina, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (surgical residencies)

FIRST JOB: In the summers between my college years, I managed several public swimming pools for the city of Birmingham.

DREAM ALTERNATE CAREER: I’d be a research scientist, or I’d be an outfitter and guide to take travelers to the most challenging places on our planet.

SOMETHING SURPRISING: I garden. I grow tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, collards, you name it. … I love that from one tiny seed you can get hundreds of tomatoes.