Ms. Wheeler serves as vice president of Orlando Health and CFO for Baptist Health’s Alabama region, overseeing financial operations and strategic growth plans for all Baptist Health hospitals and services in the area. She brings more than two decades of progressive healthcare finance, strategic planning and operations leadership experience and, as a senior leader overseeing five hospitals across the region, has guided the organization through a period of significant integration and growth. One of her most significant accomplishments was leading a comprehensive regional financial integration following the acquisition of Baptist Health hospitals, bringing together financial, supply chain and accounts payable systems on time while maintaining continuity of operations. She united five hospitals that had never operated together under a shared “one region” vision and launched regionwide leader gatherings that spurred cross-regional committees in areas such as wound care, laboratory services and radiology. Under her guidance, participation in the American Heart Association “Heart Walk” increased from 11 participants before the acquisition to more than 450 in the first year. Ms. Wheeler most recently served as CFO for Orlando Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital. Previously, she was CFO for Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Ga., and Parkridge East Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., and controller of TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
