Rey Spadoni

Biography

Having served as an executive within the health care industry for over forty years, including as CEO, board member, and consultant, Rey brings significant experience and a broad and practical perspective to the role of Executive in Residence. He has held a variety of senior level positions within the health care industry, including within the hospital, ambulatory, payer, and post-acute sectors. He served as the CEO of the VNA of Boston, the nation’s first home health care agency, President of Partners HealthCare at Home, a division of Partners HealthCare (now Mass General Brigham), and CEO of Community Health Systems, a multi-service community-based provider.

Rey has led significant organizational transformations at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire (as Interim President), and Neighborhood Health Plan (now Mass General Brigham Health Plan).

In his consulting company, Red Sail Advisors, Rey specializes in financial turnarounds, strategic planning, developing and implementing strategic partnerships, supporting executive team and trustee development, and conducting strategic, financial and operational assessments.

He spent the first portion of his career working as a health care consultant with Ernst & Young, has served on several nonprofit boards of directors, is a frequent industry speaker, authored Saving Organizations That Matter, a book about organizational turnarounds, and hosts the Leading Organizations That Matter podcast.

He holds an MBA from Boston University and completed his undergraduate degree at Holy Cross College.

Education

• MBA Boston University
• BA Holy Cross College