Company: Lee Memorial Health System
Company Description: Lee Memorial Health System is the leading provider of health care in Southwest Florida and has served the citizens of Lee County and surrounding communities since 1916. LMHS is the largest community-owned health care system between Tampa and Miami.
Nomination Category: Individual Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best Human Resources Executive

Nomination Title: Jon C. Cecil, Chief Human Resources Officer

   1. Tell the story about what this nominee achieved in 2004 (up to 500 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms. Be sure to mention obstacles overcome, innovations or discoveries made, and outcomes:

Jon Cecil was instrumental in having Lee Memorial Health System awarded the
2004 Employer of Choice award by the Herman Group.  Lee Memorial joined only
11 other organizations nationally including four other health care organizations
that received this award in 2004.

Jon was a driving force behind Lee Memorial Health System's creation of the 
Employee Disaster Resource Centers for those effected by Hurrican Charley, who
paid Florida an unwelcome visit on August 13, 2005.  The aftermath of the
hurricane was challenging to this organization and its employees.  Communication
was limited due to widespread power outages and inoperable cell phone systems. 
Despite these obstacles, Jon was instrumental in establishing Command Centers
to help employees face the trememdous amount of personal challenges and
problems. 

Jon also helped coordinate the new "Disaster Relief Program."  This program
offered financial assistance to those whose lives were devasted by Hurricane
Charley.  It offered employees programs, information, and services designed to
alleviate some of the associated burden.  This program is was instituted in 2004
and accepted as a Lee Memorial Healthy System policy which will remain in effect
to aid employees in the future.

   2. List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: List each link on a separate line, begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.website.com]:

http://www.leememorial.org/leaders/systemleaders/joncecil.asp
http://www.floridasterling.com/DOC/2004HealthForumAgenda.doc
http://www.workindex.com/hrexecutive/press17.asp

   3. Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about this nominee:

Jon Cecil is responsible for the overall planning, development, implementation, and
operations of a comprehensive Human Resources function for Lee Memorial Health
System. The current employee count for the System is 6,100 employees; and it is
the second largest employer in Southwest Florida.  Lee Memorial Health System
recently was awarded the Premier Health Care Employer by J. Walter Thompson,
Inc.

Jon is responsible for strategic planning, operations, policies and procedure
related to employment; human resources information systems; compensation and
benefits; labor relations; performance management; workforce planning; employee
relations; the human resources service center; and the Flex Staffing Services. He
assures compliance with all applicable labor, equal opportunity and other rules and
regulations related to the workforce.

Additionally, Jon Cecil serves as liaison to two Auxiliaries and volunteer
organizations with over 3,000 volunteers; has administrative responsibility for the
operations of four Lee Memorial Child Development Centers with over 500 children enrolled; and is responsible for the Employee Health and Employee Clinics for the
entire health system system.

Jon has presented across the Nation on the topics of Tomorrow’s Workforce
workshops, Achieving Exceptional Business Performance Through Workforce
Excellence, Meeting JCAHO Staffing Effectiveness Standards through Spider
Diagrams, HR Metrics, and Employer of Choice.

Jon is a Diplomat with the American College of Healthcare Executives; a member
of the Society of Human Resources Management; the American Society for
Healthcare Human Resources Administration; the Florida Society for Healthcare
Human Resources Administration; the Voluntary Hospital Association, Southeast
Human Resources Executive Council’ and the Voluntary Hospital
Association “Tomorrow’s Workforce”, National Collaborative.