Jonathan Dunning

Jonathan W. Dunning (born c. 1963) is the former CEO of Birmingham Health Care (now Alabama Regional Medical Services) and founder of the Synergy Companies. He was convicted in 2016 on 98 counts of conspiracy, wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering related to contracts his for-profit businesses held with non-profit healthcare organizations.

Dunning grew up in Tarrant, the son of a steel worker. He worked in his uncle's convenience store as a young man. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and was trained as a forward air controller. After leaving the military, Dunning earned master's degrees in business and education while working as a substance abuse counselor at a federally-subsidized medical center. He later assisted the center in obtaining grants and continued with the organization until he was promoted to CEO in 1998. As CEO he was credited with continuing to win grant funds to expand care. He also founded another non-profit, Integrated Health Systems.

In 2006 Dunning negotiated the purchase of a building, called the Medical Plaza, for $2.6 million. He later negotiated the sale of that building, then appraised at $6 million to his own company, for $2.8 million in January 2008, and began charging the clinic $25,000 per month to lease its space.

In November 2008 Dunning resigned from Birmingham Health Care and diversified his business into a number of related companies including Synergy Medical Solutions, Legacy Consulting Group, Drake Hogan Pharmacy and Dunning Partners Ltd. H