Carole Green

At the age of 14, Carole Green became a volunteer at her hometown hospital and in doing so, launched a 30-year career in healthcare and public service. Her commitment to public service has carried forward to this day, propelling her into leadership and service roles in increasingly important positions in a variety of public, private and nonprofit organizations that focus on care giving and public health. Her entree into politics was her 1994 election to the governing board for Lee County’s primary health system, Lee Memorial Health System.
During her tenure, the hospital underwent major changes, including the acquisition of the Cape Coral Hospital, the opening of the Children’s Hospital, the successful renewal of the employee healthcare contract with Lee County and the hiring of a new chief executive officer of the health system. In addition to her service on the Lee Memorial Health System board, Carole served as the past-president of the Lee Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and was the first chairman of the development board for the Children’s Hospital at HealthPark.
In 1998, her public service pursuit led her to run for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives to represent the people of District 75, which includes parts of Lee and Collier Counties. Carole won this race and was elected subsequently. In 1999, she was appointed Majority Whip of the House of Representatives. Due to her healthcare expertise, Carole was appointed chairman of the House Committee on Elder & Long-term Care from 2000-2002. She served as the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health Appropriations from 2002-2004. In addition, Carole served on the Committee on the Future of Florida’s Families, the Committee on Health Care, the Policy Committee, the Committee on Appropriations, the Select Committee on Medical Liability Insurance, the Select Committee on Constitutional Amendments, the Select Committee on Nursing Homes and the Subcommittee on Elder Affairs & Long-term Care.
In 2003, the Miami Herald ranked Carole the seventh most effective legislator and highest-ranked female legislator in the Florida House of Representatives. Additionally in 2003, she received the Florida Assisted Living Affiliation’s Legislator of the Year award, the Florida Council on Aging advocacy award and the Florida College of Emergency Physicians Legislator of the Year in the House of Representatives.
Carole and her husband Jack have been married 25 years. She has two stepchildren and four grandchildren. A former health care administrator and radiation therapist, Carole trained at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiation Oncology/Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

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