About Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jackson Health System is a nonprofit academic medical system offering world-class care to any person who walks through its doors. Governed by the Public Health Trust, a team of citizen volunteers acting on behalf of the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners, Jackson Health System ensures that all residents of Miami-Dade County receive a single high standard of care regardless of their ability to pay.

An integrated healthcare delivery system, Jackson Health System consists of:

• Its centerpiece, Jackson Memorial Hospital
• Jackson South Medical Center
• Jackson North Medical Center
• Jackson West Medical Center
• Holtz Children’s Hospital/The Women’s Hospital at Jackson Memorial
• A network of UHealth Jackson Urgent Care centers
• Jackson Behavioral Health Hospital
• Multiple primary care and specialty care centers
• Two long-term care nursing facilities
• A team of Corrections Health Services personnel
• Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center for The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at UHealth/Jackson Memorial

In his first year at Jackson, Mr. Migoya led a transformation that reversed years of massive losses, including an $82 million loss in the prior year, and produced a surplus of more than $8 million. It was the first time Jackson produced a surplus since 2006, and the system has earned an annual surplus every year since. At the same time, key indicators of healthcare quality and patient satisfaction improved, proving that public hospital systems need not choose between medical excellence and operational sustainability. In November 2013, he led a successful campaign in which 65 percent of Miami-Dade voters approved the $830 million Jackson Miracle-Building Bond program, which was the cornerstone of a 10-year, $2 billion capital plan to renovate, modernize and expand Jackson’s facilities – a program that was widely successful, expanding Jackson’s footprint throughout Miami-Dade County. In 2020, he led the system through Miami’s role as an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, serving as a key outside advisor to the Florida governor and Miami-Dade mayor. He also led Jackson’s public vaccination program, which resulted in more than 180,000 people receiving the COVID vaccine at Jackson sites – one of the system’s most ambitious public health projects in its history.

Prior to joining Jackson, Mr. Migoya served as City Manager in Miami, successfully tackling the city’s ailing budget issues. Most of Mr. Migoya’s professional life was spent in the banking industry, rising through the ranks over more than 40 years from part-time teller to regional president and CEO at Wachovia and its predecessors. He most recently served as the regional president of Wachovia in North Carolina and the CEO for the Atlantic region, responsible for banking in New Jersey, Connecticut and New York.

He is actively involved in several community organizations, sitting the boards of Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Hospital Association, and the Safety Net Hospitals Alliance of Florida. He was the founding chairman of Florida International University’s College of Business Administration’s principal advisory board, as well as a previous board chairman of United Way Miami, and a member of the boards of the Florida Council of 100, Miami-Dade Beacon Council, Miami Dade College, and Downtown Miami Charter School.

Mr. Migoya earned an undergraduate degree in finance and a Master of Business Administration in finance from Florida International University.