JOHN HILLENMEYER
Mr. John Hillenmeyer
President and CEO
Orlando Regional Health System
1414 Kuhl Avenue
Orlando, FL 32806
www.orhs.org

Mr. Hillenmeyer came to the Orlando Regional Healthcare System in 1982 as Vice President of Operations, responsible for development of Orlando Regional’s 150-bed Sand Lake Hospital. He served as Executive Director of that hospital until 1987, at which time he was appointed Executive Director of Orlando Regional’s flagship institution, the 600-bed Orlando Regional Medical Center. In 1989, Mr. Hillenmeyer was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the operations of Orlando Regional’s six hospitals in the Central Florida area. In 1994, Mr. Hillenmeyer was appointed Executive Vice President of Orlando Regional with overall management responsibility for development and operation of Orlando Regional’s integrated delivery system. He was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in May of 1997.

Prior to his tenure at Orlando Regional, Mr. Hillenmeyer worked in various administrative positions at the Greenville South Carolina Hospital System from 1974 to 1978. From 1978 to 1982, he was employed by American Medical International as an Administrator in Birmingham, Alabama and Orlando, Florida.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky and a master’s degree in Health Care Administration from Duke University. He is a diplomate of the American College of Health Care Executives, serves as Chairman of the Statutory Teaching Hospital Council, is Immediate Past Chairman of the Florida Hospital Association Board, and is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of VHA-Southeast. He is active in many civic organizations and currently serves on the Downtown Development Board as well as the Boards of the Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Economic Development Commission of Mid-Florida, SunTrust Bank and the UCF Foundation.