8:10–8:40 a.m. | ACHE Update (1 Qualified Credit)
Delvecchio S. Finley, FACHE, is CEO, Atrium Health Navicent, Macon, Ga.
He also serves as Chair-Elect 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 Northern and Central California 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, a Sutter Health affiliate, from 2010 to 2011; interim COO, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, San Francisco, in 2009; and hospital associate administrator, Diagnostic and Support Services, 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 Georgia Hospital Association, the Georgia Association of Community Hospitals, and the Council on Healthcare Spending and Value for Health Affairs. His prior board experience includes the American Hospital Association, California Hospital Association and the California Association of Public Hospitals.
He has received numerous awards during his career, including being named to Modern Healthcare’s “Top 25 Diversity Leaders in Healthcare” list in 2021, the magazine’s “Watch List” and “Top 25 Minorities in Healthcare” list in 2016, and in 2015, he received Modern Healthcare’s “Up and Comers Award” and was named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Top Healthcare Executives Under 40” list. He also received the Service Award (2008), the Distinguished Service Award (2011) and the 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., and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Emory University, Atlanta. He also received a graduate certificate in Health Policy, Law and Management from Duke University, and he was a Fellow of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems in 2008 and a Fellow of the Change Agent Program for the UCSF Center for Health Professions from 2009 to 2012.