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'''Jay Frederick Grinney''' (born [[March 20]], [[1951]] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the president and CEO of [[HealthSouth]]. | '''Jay Frederick Grinney''' (born [[March 20]], [[1951]] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the president and CEO of [[HealthSouth]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:44, 23 April 2013
Jay Frederick Grinney (born March 20, 1951 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the president and CEO of HealthSouth.
Grinney was raised in Racine, Wisconsin. He worked part-time at a turkey farm while studying at St Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He earned an MBA and master's in health administration at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri in 1981 and began working as a management trainee at Houston's Methodist Hospital.
He was hired by the Columbia Healthcare Corporation in 1990 and was serving as president of its Houston, Texas division when it merged with Nashville, Tennessee's Hospital Corporation of American in 1994. He became HCA's Eastern Group president until he was tapped in May 2004 to succeed founder Richard Scrushy and interim CEO Robert May as head of Healthsouth.
Grinney also serves on the executive committee of the Birmingham Business Alliance and on the board of directors of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
Grinney and his third wife, Melanie, reside in Mountain Brook. He has three children from his first marriage.
References
- Foust, Dean (February 6, 2005) "Breathing Life Into HealthSouth." BusinessWeek