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Debora Thomas

CFO

AdventHealth East Florida Division

Orange City, FL

Ms. Thomas leads financial strategy for the area’s largest hospital system, which includes seven hospitals, more than 1,500 beds and 11,000 team members across Florida’s Flagler, northern Lake and Volusia counties. She is responsible for overseeing financial operations and long-term planning for a growing region that employs more than 11,000 people and includes 450 employed physicians and advanced practice providers. Her work has supported the system’s $500 million in reinvestment across the region, including a freestanding emergency room, a new hospital and cancer center, a medical office building in Lake County, and a major hospital expansion in Volusia County. Ms. Thomas has helped reduce patient length of stay, improve efficiency and guide smart, strategic investments that meet community needs. She joined AdventHealth in 1996 and has held a range of leadership roles, including chief transformation officer, where she led the system’s $660 million Epic implementation across more than 1,200 sites of care.

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