MICHAEL A. MAYO
PRESIDENT & CEO, BAPTIST HEALTH, JACKSONVILLE
Baptist Health is the largest health system in Northeast Florida. Its 15,000-plus team members and 2,900 physicians and advanced practice providers deliver a full spectrum of preventive and specialty care through 200-plus ambulatory locations, six acute care hospitals, home health and virtually. Mayo joined Baptist in 2011 as president of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville and was named CEO of the Baptist Health System in 2021. He’s influenced policy at the national and state level through involvement with the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees and Florida Hospital Association Board of Directors. Locally, he’s active in the Jacksonville Civic Council and serves as an adjunct professor at University of North Florida’s Brooks College of Health.
EDUCATION: University of Alabama (BS), Texas Woman’s University (MS), Medical University of South Carolina (Ph.D.)
FIRST JOB: I had a paper route on the Marine base where my father was stationed in North Carolina.
HOBBY: One of my favorite pastimes is riding my Harley-Davidson motorcycle. I have a group I ride with on the weekends to get breakfast or lunch.
MENTEE IMPACT: Years ago, I met a young Master of Health Administration student from USC at an ACHE conference, where I was helping to review resumes. We were randomly paired together, and from that encounter, a friendship began that has lasted over 20 years. We’ve kept in touch, and I’ve followed his career closely. Today, he’s the CEO of a hospital in Naples, Florida!
