Alumni Spotlight: Chantal Leconte, M.B.A.

Chantal Leconte, M.B.A. (’93), is the former chief executive officer at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, a Memorial Healthcare System pediatric facility in Hollywood, Florida. She has more than 40 years of experience in the field, including having served as a nursing manager, giving her a unique perspective as an administrator and practitioner.

Leconte has previously worked as CEO at Memorial Hospital Pembroke; administrator of Wuesthoff Medical Center-Rockledge in Melbourne, Florida; and chief operating officer of Coral Springs Medical Center in Coral Springs, Florida. She also worked for 17 years at Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Weston Florida.

Currently serving as the immediate past-chair of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association Board of Directors, Leconte is a graduate of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class VI and the Leadership Broward Foundation Class XIX. She has volunteered her time with the Women’s Healthcare Executive Network-South Florida, the American Heart Association, the Weston Business Chamber of Commerce-Women Council, the Rockledge Rotary Club, and the City of Rockledge Advisory Board in Central Florida.

Leconte earned her M.B.A. from Nova Southeastern University and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from Florida Atlantic University and a nursing degree from Queensboro Community College in Bayside, New York.