Tammy Daniel, DNP, RN, BSN, NEA-BC, MA

Tammy Daniel, DNP, MA, RN, has more than three decades of nursing experience, the vast majority in the state of Florida. She joined Baptist Health in October 2007 as vice president and chief nurse executive of Baptist Medical Center South and was elevated to vice president of patient care services and chief nurse executive of Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville in March 2015. She assumed her current role in December 2018. Prior to joining Baptist Health, Dr. Daniel spent 19 years at hospitals in Ormond Beach and Palm Coast, rising to director of nursing and later vice president of clinical services.

She earned a doctorate in nursing practice in 2013 from Rush University and a master’s degree in health services management from Webster University in 2005. She graduated in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Marycrest (Iowa) College, where she played intercollegiate basketball and volleyball and was elected a co-captain.

In 2011, Dr. Daniel was selected to attend the Johnson & Johnson/Wharton Fellows Program. She has also earned national board certification as an advanced nurse executive through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is a 2015 graduate of Leadership Jacksonville and a member of the advisory board of Chamberlain College. Dr. Daniel has been named one of the Great 100 Nurses of Northeast Florida. She and her husband, Keith, have four children and six grandchildren.