Lynne Thomas Gordon, M.B.A., a nationally recognized health-care executive, has been named an executive in residence for the department of health services research, management and policy at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions.

Thomas Gordon has more than 25 years of management experience in various health-care settings, including as director of operations at Shands AGH and, more recently, as vice president and chief operating officer at Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. She has also served as governor of the board of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

In her UF role, Thomas Gordon will assist in curriculum design for the master's in health administration program and will advise students on career development and job placement. She will also serve as a liaison to the health administration field and teach courses in the master's program as needed.

"Lynne is an outstanding health-care executive who has provided informal mentoring to master's in health administration students in the past," said Christy Lemak, Ph.D., the Michael O. and Barbara Bice Term professor in the department and director of the master's program. "I am thrilled she will be here in a formal role and I know we will all benefit from her relationship with UF's M.H.A. program."