VITAS - Key Persons

Alexander Fernandez - CFO, EVP

Job Titles:

Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President
Member of the Leadership Team
Member of the Board of the Healthcare Financial Management Association

Alexander Fernandez is executive vice president and chief financial officer of VITAS Healthcare, the nation's leading provider of end-of-life care. Alexander oversees the company's finance, accounting, and investor relations functions and serves as a strategic partner to the entire organization. Alexander brings more than two decades of financial, administrative, and leadership experience in the healthcare industry to his role. Prior to joining VITAS, he served in multiple executive finance roles, most recently as senior vice president and CFO for Broward Health Medical Center and Salah Foundation Children's Hospital. His prior finance leadership includes chief roles with Tenet Healthcare at Good Samaritan Medical Center and North Shore Medical Center. He began his career as an accountant for St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. A licensed CPA in Florida and Georgia, Alexander serves as a member of the Board of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Fort Lauderdale Alliance, Broward College Foundation, South Florida Health and the Broward Regional Health Planning Council, FSU Healthcare Executive Advisor Group, South Florida Hospital Association, Broward Regional Emergency Medical Services Council, and is a member of the Leadership Florida Cornerstone Class 40. Alexander earned his master's degree in business administration from Florida Atlantic University and dual bachelor's degrees in accounting from Florida Atlantic University and finance and multinational business from Florida State University.

Bob Miller - Chief Compliance Officer, EVP

Job Titles:

Chief Compliance Officer
Executive Vice President
Member of the Leadership Team

Bob Miller is executive vice president and chief compliance officer for VITAS Healthcare, the nation's leading provider of end-of-life care. Bob is responsible for leading VITAS' compliance and ethics program and promoting ethical conduct across the organization. This includes encouraging employees to follow the tenets of the compliance and ethics program and to strive to live up to VITAS' code of ethical and legal conduct. He joined VITAS in 1989 as a chaplain in Broward County, Florida, and gradually took on responsibilities for education and training. He then moved to quality assurance for VITAS throughout South Florida before undergoing training as a general manager in Chicago. In the late 1990s, Bob was general manager in two hospices in California. In 2001, Bob returned to Florida as national director of education and training. He served as a vice president of hospice operations in 2004, was promoted to senior vice president in 2005, named compliance officer in 2014, and promoted to executive vice president and chief compliance officer in 2016. Bob's experience as a frontline care provider, clinical operations manager, and performance improvement specialist provides a diverse background from which to approach compliance and ethics concerns. He is certified in healthcare compliance by the Health Care Compliance Association. Bob has served on the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization's (NHPCO) Board of Directors and National Council of Hospice and Palliative Professionals (NCHPP). Bob earned a bachelor's degree magna cum laude from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a master's degree in divinity magna cum laude from Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio.