Birmingham Rotaract

Please join us for our November 3rd luncheon with Jay Grinney

The luncheon will begin promptly at noon at The Harbert Center. 

Jay Grinney was appointed president and chief executive officer of HealthSouth Corporation on May 10, 2004. With 22,000 employees and 100 hospitals, HealthSouth is the nation’s largest provider of inpatient rehabilitation services. Operating in 26 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves more than 250,000 patients annually through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation satellites, and home health agencies.

Mr. Grinney has an extensive background in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining HealthSouth, he served as President of the Eastern Group of HCA – Hospital Corporation of America, which consisted of 91 acute-care hospitals located in 10 states with annual net revenues of $10.5 billion and employing more than 65,000 people. In his tenure with HCA, he also served as President of the Greater Houston Division and Chief Executive Officer of Rosewood Medical Center. Before joining HCA, Grinney held several senior-level executive positions during his nine-year career at The Methodist Hospital System in Houston a large, not-for-profit health care system that served as the primary teaching affiliate for the Baylor College of Medicine.

Mr. Grinney is active on numerous industry boards and community organizations, serving on the board of directors for the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Central Alabama. He has also served as chairman of the board for the Federation of American Hospitals, the national representative of privately owned and managed community hospitals and health systems throughout the United States.

After receiving a bachelor’s degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., Grinney earned both an MBA and an MHA from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. He was born on March 20, 1951.