Audrey Gregory

Audrey Gregory is a Jamaican American health care administrator and former registered nurse. She worked at Tenet Healthcare for seventeen years before joining AdventHealth.

Early life and education Gregory was born in Kingston, Jamaica to a mother who was a teacher. In 2011, she graduated from Lynn University with a Doctorate in Global Leadership. In 2004, Gregory began working at Delray Medical Center, as director of emergency services. She then became director of nursing and chief nursing officer in 2008. In 2011, Gregory was named COO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis. On May 24, 2016, Gregory was named market CEO and CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis and also as market CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett. On October 15, 2019, Gregory was named president of Detroit Medical Center and CEO of its midtown adult hospitals: Detroit Receiving Hospital, Harper University Hospital, Heart Hospital, and Hutzel Women's Hospital. On January 1, 2020, Gregory became the CEO of Detroit Medical Center after its CEO Tony Tedeschi retired. On April 20, she had been chosen by Gretchen Whitmer to the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities. On September 16, 2021, it was announced that Audrey Gregory was leaving Detroit Medical Center. The last day that she worked for Tenet Healthcare was October 22. While she was in Detroit, Gregory was also on the Michigan Health & Hospital Association's board of trustees

Gregory is also a member of the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women Executive Leadership Team. On October 25, she took office when David Ottati became executive vice president and CEO of AdventHealth West Florida Division.

Family Many of Gregory's relatives in Jamaica are nurses and pastors. She married Owen and later moved to Germany where her husband was stationed in the United States Army. The couple later moved to Savannah, Georgia. Gregory and her husband have three children, Olivia, Owen and Omari.