Ms. Bauer leads AdventHealth DeLand, a 170-bed acute care hospital serving Florida’s West Volusia County. She was named CEO in 2025, becoming one of the youngest executives in the Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth system to hold this position. She is advancing several expansion projects, including an 18-bed progressive care unit and major upgrades to the cardiac catheterization lab and MRI services, all while addressing emergency department capacity and leading long-term growth planning. The hospital completed 100 robotic surgeries within months of launching the program in late 2024. Previously, she served as COO of AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach (Fla.), where she launched the hospital’s first robotic surgery platform, transitioned cancer services in-house, expanded the local physician network with more than 10 specialists and collaborated with city officials on homelessness response efforts. Ms. Bauer is a first-generation Peruvian-Korean American and an advocate for mentorship and inclusion. She chairs the AdventHealth East Florida Division diversity forum, mentors women leaders and serves on several local boards. In 2024, she was named a “Top 40 Under Forty” honoree by the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
