- AdventHealth
FLAGLER, LAKE and VOLUSIA COUNTIES, Fla., January 21, 2020 – AdventHealth has selected Brent Davis to serve as vice president and chief financial officer for the company’s Central Florida Division – North Region, effective Feb. 3.
Davis will provide strategy development support and executive oversight for the chief financial officers for the AdventHealth operations in Flagler, Lake and Volusia counties.
Davis replaces Debbie Thomas who was recently promoted to serve as the senior executive officer for system transformation for the AdventHealth Central Florida Division, which encompasses Flagler, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia counties.
He most recently served as chief financial officer for Kettering Medical Center System in Kettering, Ohio. Comprised of three hospitals, one behavioral health hospital, an allied health college, and multiple freestanding assets, Kettering Medical Center System is the largest division of Kettering Health Network, a non-profit, faith-based health care system.
In addition, he has worked with Centura Health, a healthcare system formed in 1996 as a joint operating agreement between CommonSpirit Health and AdventHealth. At Centura Health, he served as chief financial officer for Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville, Colorado, and St. Anthony North Health Campus in Westminster, Colorado.
Davis earned a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in IT from California Lutheran University and a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from Walla Walla University in Washington.
He is a Certified Public Accountant and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
About AdventHealth Central Florida Division - North Region
Encompassing six AdventHealth hospitals in Flagler, Lake and Volusia counties, the AdventHealth Central Florida Division - North Region is the largest hospital system in the area with 1,208 beds and more than 8,000 team members. The North Region includes facilities in Daytona Beach, DeLand, Orange City, New Smyrna Beach, Palm Coast and Tavares. Based in Altamonte Springs, AdventHealth is a connected system of care. With more than 80,000 team members, AdventHealth is one of the nation’s largest faith-based health care systems with nearly 50 hospitals and hundreds of care sites in nearly a dozen states. With the mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ, AdventHealth provides whole person care to heal the body, mind and spirit. To learn more, click here.
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