The Founder & Chairman Emeritus of Christian Executive Officers, Inc. and visionary, Joe Greene, has spent his life in the corporate world working and exhibiting Christian leadership. His desire is to encourage other leaders to live as Christ and manage their companies as a picture of Christ. The primary goal of the CEO/Owner is to lead in a way that would encourage others to desire to follow Christ and His teachings.
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, Joe accepted Christ at age 12. He graduated from Bowling Green College of Commerce in Bowling Green, Kentucky with a B.S. in Business Administration and Finance and held management positions in several hospitals in Jackson, Tennessee, Mobile, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia (Emory University Hospital). Joe spent ten years with Humana Inc. (the largest for profit hospital company in world at that time) as President of Hospital Operations.
“When I left Humana, God made it plain that I was to operate a company on Christian principles. After receiving this instruction from God for two years and ending up in the emergency room of one of our hospitals with extremely high blood pressure, I finally accepted God’s vision for me and opened Health Management Associates without having the financing, marketing, or staff knowledge, but committed to operate a hospital company on Christian principles.
Almost immediately, funds were made available, key staff accepted positions, and hospital management opportunities occurred. God was faithful in every way as I began to learn from Biblical study and input from “Fellowship of Companies for Christ,” what those Christian principles are.”
Joe resigned and returned to Nashville from Naples, Florida (HMA headquarters) when the company went on NYSE. Now his focus is to help other Christian CEOs find the same answers.
Personal Information
Member Brentwood Baptist Church, Brentwood, TN
Joe is an Ordained Deacon
He is a founding member of Fellowship of Companies for Christ.
Born and Raised Nashville, Tennessee
Family: Wife, Four adult sons, two daughters and two step daughters
Homes in Nashville, TN and Ft. Myers, FL
Marketplace Experience
Hospital Experience: Jackson Madison General Hospital, Jackson, TN, Mobile General Hospital, Mobile, AL, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Humana – Operations President. Louisville, KY
Health Management Associates – Founder and Former Chairman of the Board, Naples, FL (N.Y. Stock Exchange Co.)
He has previously been on the boards of Federation of American Hospitals, Gulf Shore College (where he received an Honorary Doctorate), Naples Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Consultant to several companies and speaker at local, regional, and national meetings.
Founder of CEO Fellowship, Inc. (Christian Executive Officers)
