R. Erick Hawkins is the Chief Administrative Officer for Orlando Health. In this role, Hawkins leads the organization’s strategic planning, business development, asset strategy and innovation efforts. Hawkins is also responsible for the Orlando Health Foundation and External Affairs & Government Relations.

Hawkins previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of heart and vascular services for the University of North Carolina REX Healthcare in Raleigh. In that position, he was the executive responsible for the organization’s strategic innovations, which included the development of REX Health Ventures, a corporate venture capital fund.

Other leadership positions have included President of the Board of Directors for Hospice of Wake County, member of the Executive Leadership Team for the American Heart Association’s Triangle Heart Ball, and member of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Triangle Light the Night Walk’s Executive Leadership Council.

Hawkins earned a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.