Dr. Leonard is the President/CEO of the Peninsula Regional Health System and Peninsula Regional Medical Center. He assumed the role in January of 2018.
Dr. Leonard has been with Peninsula Regional since 2003. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor’s degree in Management and Finance and has a Master of Business Administration degree from Salisbury University. Dr. Leonard also holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore with a research focus on Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness. Dr. Leonard is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, has served as an Examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for three years, and is a past Certified Six Sigma Black Belt by the American Society for Quality. In 2017, he was appointed to the Maryland Hospital Association Council on Financial Policy.
Dr. Leonard is married (Kim) with three children (Riley, Raiden, and Ronan). They reside in Snow Hill, Maryland.
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