DAVID STRONG
PRESIDENT & CEO, ORLANDO HEALTH, ORLANDO
The Orlando Health system spans nine Florida counties with nearly 450 locations. Since 1918, it has grown from a single hospital into a network of hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory services and post-acute centers. Collectively, the system has some 3,300 beds and 21,000 employees. The organization also owns Orlando Health Strategic Innovations, which includes a corporate venture fund that invests in promising early-stage health care companies from around the world.
| EDUCATION | Southern Nazarene University (BS), Xavier University (MHHA) |
| PHILANTHROPIC PASSION | Orlando Health and the onePULSE Foundation have collaborated to build the National Pulse Memorial & Museum. Orlando Health was the first sponsor of the memorial and museum and has contributed $1 million toward its construction and to the establishment of an endowed scholarship. The project also will include the development of the Orlando Health Survivors Walk, which will connect the Pulse nightclub memorial site with Orlando Health’s Memorial Paver Garden. |