Audrey Gregory

Audrey Gregory is a Jamaican American health care administrator and former registered nurse.^{[1] [2]} She worked at Tenet Healthcare for seventeen years before joining AdventHealth.^[3]

Gregory was born in Kingston, Jamaica to a mother who was a teacher.^[1] She later moved to the United States for a higher education, where she earned an Associate of Science in Nursing.^[1] In 2001, she graduated from Georgia Southern University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Science in Nursing, and a Master of Science in Health Services Administration.^{[1] [4]} In 2011, she graduated from Lynn University with a Doctorate in Global Leadership.^[1]

After she graduated Gregory worked at a small hospital by Fort Stewart as a registered nurse.^{[1] [5]} In 2004, Gregory began working at Delray Medical Center, as director of emergency services. She then became director of nursing and chief nursing officer in 2008.^[6] In 2011, Gregory was named COO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis.^[6] On October 28, 2014, Gregory was named CEO of Placentia-Linda Hospital.^{[7] [8]} On May 24, 2016, Gregory was named market CEO and CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis and also as market CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett.^{[9] [10] [11]} On October 15, 2019, Gregory was named president of Detroit Medical Center and CEO of its midtown adult hospitals: Detroit Receiving Hospital, Harper University Hospital, Heart Hospital, and Hutzel Women's Hospital.^{[12] [13] [14]} On January 1, 2020, Gregory became the CEO of Detroit Medical Center after its CEO Tony Tedeschi retired.^{[15] [16] [17]} On April 20, she had been chosen by Gretchen Whitmer to the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities.^{[18] [19] [20]} On September 16, 2021, it was announced that Audrey Gregory was leaving Detroit Medical Center. The last day that she worked for Tenet Healthcare was October 22.^{[21] [22] [23]} While she was in Detroit, Gregory was also on the Michigan Health & Hospital Association's board of trustees^{[1] [14]} and was a board member for the Detroit Regional Chamber.^{[14] [24]}

Gregory is also a member of the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women Executive Leadership Team.^{[14] [24]}

On September 20, 2021, Gregory was announced as the president and CEO of AdventHealth Central Florida's Division-North Region.^[25] On October 25, she took office when David Ottati became executive vice president and CEO of AdventHealth West Florida Division.^[3] In November 2023, Gregory became the executive vice president and CEO of AdventHealth East Florida Division.^[4]

Many of Gregory's relatives in Jamaica are nurses and pastors.^[1] She married Owen and later moved to Germany where her husband was stationed in the United States Army. The couple later moved to Savannah, Georgia.^{[1] [6]} Gregory and her husband have three children, Olivia, Owen and Omari.^[25]

• AdventHealth
• American health care chief executives
• American nursing administrators
• American people of Jamaican descent
• American Seventh-day Adventists
• American women nurses
• Georgia Southern University alumni
• Jamaican expatriates in the United States
• Jamaican Seventh-day Adventists
• Living people
• Lynn University alumni
• Seventh-day Adventists in health science