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Dawn Rudolph

  • President, Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola

Biography

Dawn Rudolph began her post in October 2019 as President/CEO of Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. She most recently served as President/CEO of St. Vincent Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Previously, she served as Chief Experience Officer for Saint Thomas Health, in Nashville, Tennessee and as President/CEO of Saint Thomas West Hospital, also in Nashville. Before moving to Nashville, she served as CEO, St. Joseph Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for Community Health Systems based in Franklin, Tennessee.

Rudolph received her Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Indiana University and her MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University. She has been recognized as Becker’s 130 Women Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know (2014 – 2018). She has three grown sons and is a member of the Downtown Rotary Club of Pensacola.