Baptist Health Leadership Consultant Becomes Fellow in American College of Healthcare Executives

Jacksonville, Florida, February 6, 2007 -- Baptist Health Consultant for Leadership Development Todd Floyd has advanced to Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, earning the FACHE designation.

To earn the FACHE credential, health care executives must:

Have a bachelor's degree, master's degree or other advanced degree

Have five years' healthcare management experience

Pass the Board of Governors Examination in Healthcare Management

Complete 40 hours of continuing education credit in the prior five years, 12 hours of which must be Category I (ACHE education) credits

Participate in healthcare and community/civic activities

Floyd has worked for Baptist Health since 1997 and currently serves as a Leadership Development consultant. He earned his bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management from Florida State University and his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi international honor society.

Under his leadership, Baptist Health's Emerging Leaders Initiative -- a one-year educational process designed to build the leadership skills of high potential, non-management employees -- was recognized by the American Hospital Association as a Best Practice on their "Ideas in Action" website.