Jay Grinney

Background

Grinney, Jay was born on March 20, 1951 in Milwaukee. Son of Leo Richard and June Louise (Christensen) Grinney.

Education

Bachelor, St. Olaf College, 1973; Master of Business Administration, M Hospital Administration, Washington University, St. Louis, 1981.

Career

He is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation. He was raised in Racine, Wisconsin. He served as the President of the Houston Division of Columbia Hospital Corporation until 1994 when Columbia announced a merger with Nashville, Tennessee-based Hospital Corporation of America.

He then continued as the President of HCA's Eastern Group. In 2004 he was chosen by HealthSouth Corporation to serve as its President and Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves on Board of Directors of HealthSouth Corporation, Energen Corporation, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, the Birmingham Business Alliance's Executive Committee and it's Chairman's Circle, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, and the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama.

He previously served on the Board of Directors of Colonial Properties Trust. Personal life

They reside in Mountain Brook, Alabama.

Achievements

• Avocations: weight lifting, running, skiing, horseback riding.

Membership

Member allocations committee Houston United Way, 1988. Member American College Healthcare Executives (member regent's advisory county since 1986), American Hospital Association, Texas Hospital Association, Greater Houston Hospital Council (finance committee 1985).

Connections

Children: Naomi Hope, Rachel June, Matthew Jay. Married Ellen Heath, May 4, 1988.

Father:

Leo Richard Grinney

Mother:

June Louise (Christensen) Grinney

Spouse:

Ellen Heath

child:

Naomi Hope Grinney

child:

Matthew Jay Grinney

child:

Rachel June Grinney