Background
Wayne T. Smith was born circa 1946.
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Wayne T. Smith was born circa 1946.
He graduated from Auburn University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1968. He went on to receive a Master of Science degree in School Administration from the same institution in 1969 and a Master"s degree in Health Care Administration from Trinity University in 1972.
He serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Community Health Systems, a public corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange (New York Stock Exchange: CYH). Smith served in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. He responded to a newspaper advertisement for a job at Humana, a healthcare corporation based in Louisville, Kentucky, and proceeded to work there for twenty-three years.
He served as its President and Chief Operating Officer from 1993 to 1996.
Smith has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Community Health Systems since April 1997 and as its Chairman since February 2001. He also served as its President from January 1997 to January 8, 2014.
Smith formerly served on the Board of Directors of Citadel Broadcasting, a radio corporation headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has served on the Board of Directors of Praxair, an industrial gas public corporation, since 2001.
Smith served as the Chairman of the Federation of American Hospitals.
He served as the Chairman of the Nashville Area Chamber Of Commerce from 2012 to 2014. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Health Care Council. Smith was in favor of expanding Medicaid to Tennessee in 2014.
A year later, in 2015, he donated United States$1,500 in political contributions to Megan Barry"s successful campaign to become the new Mayor of Nashville.
Smith serves as a Trustee-At-Large on the Board of his alma mater, Auburn University.