Jonathan Fleece
Jonathan D. Fleece, Esq. began serving as President of Empath Health in early 2021 after the merger of Empath Health and Stratum Health System. He became President and CEO of Stratum Health System/Tidewell Hospice in 2018 after serving as President/CEO and a shareholder of Blalock Walters, P.A., in Bradenton and Sarasota. Fleece is a proven healthcare leader, speaker and visionary whose roots and community involvement run deep in Southwest Florida. He considers his leadership role in hospice and non-acute health care a higher calling. "The two most important days of your life are the day you are born and the day you learn why," Fleece says, quoting Mark Twain. "Every day I get up, I want to change the world through health care, one patient, one family at a time." As a former long-term board member of Tidewell Hospice and Stratum, Fleece has been instrumental in the success of both organizations. He promotes the use of industry innovations and collaboration while maintaining focus on one-on-one customer service. Fleece serves on the board of the Florida Hospice and Palliative Care Association and is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and of HomeCare 100. He received his J.D. Degree and Certificate in Health Law Studies from Saint Louis University School of Law and his B.A. from Emory University. Fleece is a former Florida board-certified health care attorney and the co -author of The New Health Age: The Future of Health Care in America, with acclaimed futurist, author, and speaker, David Houle. Fleece and Houle are co-founders of New Health Age Advisors, and Fleece is the founder of tobe4HEALTH.