Delvecchio S. Finley, FACHE, is president, Atrium Health Navicent, Macon, Ga.

He also serves as Immediate Past Chair of the of the American College of Healthcare Executives, an international professional society of more than 48,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. With comprehensive programs in credentialing, education, career counseling, publications and research, ACHE works toward its goal of being the preeminent professional society for leaders dedicated to advancing health.

Board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, Mr. Finley served as an ACHE Governor from 2018 to 2021, as an ACHE Regent for California—Northern & Central from 2007 to 2010, and on many ACHE committees. In 2014, he received the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year.

Before Mr. Finley assumed his current role in 2021, he was CEO, Alameda Health System, Oakland, Calif., from 2015 to 2021; CEO, LA County/Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif., from 2011 to 2015; vice president, Operations–Support and Professional Services, California Pacific Medical Center, from 2010 to 2011; interim COO, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, San Francisco, in 2009; and hospital associate administrator, Diagnostic and Support Services, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, from 2006 to 2009. From 2003 to 2006, he worked for the University of California, San Francisco, in various positions: administrative director, HIV/AIDS Division (2005 to 2006); division administrator, Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2004 to 2005); and division administrator, Hematology/Oncology Division (2003 to 2005).

In addition to his service to ACHE, Mr. Finley serves as a board member for the Central Georgia Health Network, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Hospital Association, Georgia Research Alliance, Navicent Health Foundation, NewTown Macon, Secure Health, Vizient Southern States and on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals. He also serves as a member of the Council on Healthcare Spending and Value for Health Affairs. His prior board experience includes the American Hospital Association, California Hospital Association, the California Association of Public Hospitals and the Essential Hospitals Institute.

He is the recipient of numerous awards and commendations. In 2015, Modern Healthcare recognized him through its “Up and Comers” program, and in 2016, named him one if its “Diversity Leaders to Watch.” He was also named in 2015 to Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Top 25 Healthcare Leaders Under 40” list, and in 2021, Modern Healthcare recognized him again, naming Mr. Finley one of the “Top 25 Diversity Leaders in Healthcare.” In 2022, he was included on Georgia Trend magazine’s “GEORGIA 500” list of the state’s most influential leaders. Additionally, Mr. Finley has received ACHE’s Service Award (2008), Distinguished Service Award (2011) and Exemplary Service Award (2014) through ACHE’s Recognition Program, and a Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent Award from ACHE in 2007.

Mr. Finley earned a Master of Public Policy from Duke University’s Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Durham, N.C., a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Emory University, Atlanta, and a graduate certificate in health policy, law and management from Duke University. In 2008, he was a fellow of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, and from 2009 to 2012, Mr. Finley was a fellow of the Change Agent Program for the UCSF Center for Health Professions.