DAVID L. BERND

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For more than 20 years, David L. Bernd served as the Chief Executive Officer of Sentara Healthcare, a

$5.2 billion integrated health system headquartered in Norfolk, Va., comprised of 12 acute-care

hospitals, with health plans covering 450,000 lives, 950+ provider medical groups and medical staffs of

approximately 3,700 physicians. Under his leadership, Sentara developed a national reputation for

safety, quality, and innovation, and Sentara facilities and programs have been recognized in the

America’s Best Hospitals rankings by U.S. News & World Report for the past 15 years. Mr. Bernd lead the

organization into a new era of health care, caring for defined populations and transforming the way

health care is provided.

Sentara is an innovator utilizing technology to enhance clinical outcomes. Sentara launched the nation’s

first electronic intensive care unit (eICU®) system in 2000 to remotely monitor ICU patients across

multiple hospitals. In 2002, Sentara reported a reduction in hospital mortality of 26%, with a 17%

decrease in ICU length of stay (LOS). Named as one of the top wired health care systems for four

consecutive years in Hospitals and Health Networks, Sentara is connecting its hospitals, pharmacists,

physicians, nurses, radiologists, long-term care providers and medical transport resources in a seamless

communication system called the Sentara eCare Health Network®, an industry-leading electronic

medical record. Mr. Bernd was recognized for his commitment to information technology with the 2010

CEO IT Achievement Award by Modern Healthcare. In recognition of the dramatic clinic results achieved

through deployment of Sentara eCare®, Sentara also earned the HIMSS Davies Award and HIMSS Stage 7

Award in 2010.

Mr. Bernd received his Master of Hospital and Health Administration from the Medical College of

Virginia in 1973. He served his residency at Norfolk General Hospital (today Sentara Norfolk General

Hospital) from 1972-73. Mr. Bernd served as assistant administrator at Norfolk General Hospital from

1973 until 1979 when he was named administrator and was the 1984 recipient of the American College

of Hospital Administrators' Robert S. Hudgens National Young Hospital Administrator of the Year Award.

In 1985 Mr. Bernd was named executive vice-president/chief operating officer of Sentara Health System

and president, Sentara Hospitals-Norfolk. In December 1994, he was named Chief Executive Officer of

Sentara Health System (now Sentara Healthcare), assuming the role in March 1995.

Mr. Bernd, was named by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to serve as a member of the Measuring

Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee of the Department of Commerce in 2006-

2007. He was Chair of the VHHA Board of Directors from November 1994-October 1995, and in 2004,

Mr. Bernd served as chairman of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees, making him the

top elected official of the largest hospital and health system association in the United States.

In addition, Mr. Bernd serves on the Board of Visitors at Old Dominion University and served as Rector

from 2010 – 2012. He has served on the VHA, Inc. Board of Directors, and in October, 2014, Mr. Bernd

was appointed by the Secretary of the Army as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army. He is past

Chairman of the United Way of South Hampton Roads Board of Directors and the Metropolitan Board of

YMCA of South Hampton Roads.