With more than 30 years of extensive healthcare executive experience, Dr. Mayo leads North Florida’s largest, most comprehensive healthcare system and one of the biggest private employers in Jacksonville. As president and CEO of Baptist Health, he leads six acute hospitals, including the region’s sole children’s hospital, a dedicated heart hospital, a neurological institute, five satellite emergency centers and more than 100 primary care and specialists’ offices, all of which are served by over 15,000 team members and 2,000 physicians. The Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center is clinically integrated with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, which again earned the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report‘s 2024-25 “Best Hospitals for Cancer” list under his leadership. With Dr. Mayo’s guidance, Baptist Health has garnered numerous accolades, including being named one of the best employers in IT by Computerworld magazine, one of America’s top employers for diversity by Forbes magazine and an “AA” stable rating by Standard & Poor’s. He was pivotal in launching the “Blue Zones Project” in Jacksonville, a collaborative, multiyear initiative aiming to foster a community health and wellbeing culture. Dr. Mayo also mentors aspiring healthcare executives and administrative fellows, and serves as an adjunct professor in the master’s program in healthcare administration at University of North Florida.
