Governance, Mergers, & Succession with Empath Health’s CEO Jonathan Fleece
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This week, we are speaking with Jonathan Fleece, President and CEO of Empath Health. Empath Health is a $380m, 3000+ employee hospice, home health, and senior care oriented organization serving 60,000+ people from central to southwest Florida.
Jonathan shares with us how he came to be the CEO of Empath Health, the needs of a CEO from their board members, and merging nonprofit organizations.
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” We are grateful Jonathan found out why, and is helping make our community a better place as CEO of Empath Health.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introducing Jonathan Fleece, President and CEO of Empath Health
06:20 Stepping off the board to interview for the CEO position
08:25 Compare the roles of a board member and CEO
11:40 For an organization of your size, what do you need from the board?
17:15 Communication between the CEO and the board
22:20 Merging organizations and nonprofit boards
27:00 What was the process of merging organizations?
30:20 Differences between running a nonprofit and for profit?
33:55 Biggest learning curve?
37:10 Recapping with Read
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