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Financial, Legal and Business Profiles

DELRAY MEDICAL CENTER PALM BEACH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTER

Wanda Phillips Joni Persinger
Administrative Director for Surgical Services Director of Revenue Analysis

Wanda Phillips is the Administrative Director for Surgical Joni Persinger is the Director of Revenue Analysis for Palm
Services at Delray Medical Center. In her role, Phillips works Beach Gardens Medical Center. In her role, Persinger is
on the long-term strategy plans for the surgical and proce- responsible for the business office, central scheduling, and
dural departments at the hospital. During her time at Delray working with the clinical department directors to develop
Medical Center, Phillips has held several administrative roles and implement best practices related to financial operations,
including positions in the medical, surgical and telemetry process enhancement, and training. She has worked at Palm
patient units. She has also worked as a business development Beach Gardens Medical Center for the past for 16 years. Prior
liaison, physician recruitment specialist, and an administra- to working at Gardens, Persinger worked as a facility liaison
tor for two long-term health care facilities in South Florida. for Tenet Florida’s Medicare billing center. Some of her job
Prior to her time working at Delray Medical, Phillips worked at sister hospital West duties included resolving issues for patients with Medicare claims and participated in
Boca Medical Center as the hospital’s first Director of Education. She received her BSN the completion of the company’s annual regulatory reports. For the majority of her
from SUNY Brockport in New York, and her MBA from Nova Southeastern University career, Persinger worked for 22 years as an information systems manager at Delray
in Davie, Florida. Phillips is also active in the community, serving as the first Medical Center. Persinger graduated Magna Cum Laude from Palm Beach
President of the Women’s League, and volunteering for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Community College, earning her associates degree in business administration.
program.

CORAL GABLES HOSPITAL
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER
Jose L. Molliner
Kim Cole Administrative Director
Chief Financial Officer
Jose L. Molliner is an administrative director at Coral
Kim Cole is the Chief Financial Officer for West Boca Gables Hospital. In his role, Molliner is responsible for all
Medical Center, and has over 20 years of experience work- many of the operations at the hospital including radiology,
ing in the healthcare industry as a licensed CPA. As CFO, hospitality, security and engineering. He has been with Coral
Cole’s responsibilities include the financial planning, per- Gables Hospital for 26 years. Prior to working at Coral
formance and financial management of the hospital. Cole Gables Hospital, he worked at sister facilities Palmetto
worked for eight years at sister hospital Delray Medical General Hospital and Hialeah Hospital in the radiology
Center where she worked as the Director of Accounting department. He received his associates degree from Miami-
before being appointed to the position of Controller. While Dade Community College. He received his bachelors degree
at Delray Medical Center, Cole was responsible for assisting from Southerland University in Los Angeles in Health
the CFO with the yearly budget, and coordinated as well as supervised the accounting Administration, and he also received his masters in Health Administration from Dade
department. Cole is a graduate of Florida State University. She double majored, earn- Medical University.
ing her bachelor’s in both accounting and finance.
Nilda de la Mata
ST. MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER Business Development Manager

Nilda de la Mata is a business development manager at
Jerad Hanlon Coral Gables. In her role, de la Mata’s responsibilities include
Chief Operating Officer physician engagement, credentialing physicians, recruiting
new physicians, outreach to the community, EMS engage-
As the Chief Operating Officer, Jerad Hanlon manages the ment, senior care and promoting the hospital’s Off-Campus
daily operations and oversees the development and imple- ED. Prior to her time at Coral Gables Hospital, de la Mata
mentation of performance metrics, and establishes clinical worked as a pharmaceutical rep, and she was also a former
operational objectives for St. Mary’s Medical Center & the high school teacher at St. Brendan High School. She received
Palm Beach Children’s Hospital. Hanlon comes to St. Mary’s her bachelors in political science from Florida International
from sister hospital Delray Medical Center, where he previ- University.
ously served as Chief Strategy Officer and Group CSO for
Tenet’s Palm Beach Health Network. Prior to his time in
South Florida, Hanlon worked in Virginia where he served as PALMETTO GENERAL HOSPITAL
Chief Administrative Officer in a three-hospital market with Community Health
Systems. Hanlon is a graduate of James Madison University, earning his Bachelor’s of Julie Garcia
Science in Health Administration. He went on to earn his Master of Health
Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. Chief Quality Officer

As the Chief Quality Officer at Palmetto General Hospital,
GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER Julie Garcia oversees all operations of clinical quality, per-
formance improvement, infection prevention, electronic
health record program, stroke program and regulatory com-
Jeremy Womack pliance. Garcia started at Palmetto General Hospital as the
Controller Director of Quality in 2007 and was promoted to the role of
Chief Quality Officer in 2011. Prior to being at Palmetto
As the controller for Good Samaritan Medical Center, General Hospital, Garcia worked at sister facility Hialeah
Jeremy Womack’s responsibilities include, assisting the Chief Hospital. Julie is very dedicated to the community, and she
Financial Officer with managing the accounting staff, review, is a part of many community service organizations. She
facilitate, and approve all hospital invoices and purchase req- earned her Bachelors of Science in nursing and her Masters of Science in nursing with
uisitions, and to help prepare and execute the yearly budget an administration and finance track from Florida Atlantic University. Garcia recently
for the hospital. Prior to his time at Good Sam, Womack received the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
worked at sister hospital, Palm Beach Gardens Medical
Center. During his time there, he worked in a variety of roles
including the Assistant Controller position. Womack is a
native Floridian who was even born at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. He has
six siblings, three of whom were born at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, while
the other three were delivered at Good Sam. Womack is a graduate of Florida Atlantic
University in Boca Raton with a degree in accounting and marketing.

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