C. David Huffstutler

C. David Huffstutler was named president and CEO of St. David's HealthCare, a $2.1-billion, eight-hospital healthcare system, with more than 132 locations throughout Central Texas. St. David's HealthCare is the third-largest private employer in the Austin area, employing more than 10,600 colleagues and supported by more than 2,500 medical staff members. Huffstutler is also the president of the HCA Central and West Texas Division, which in addition to St. David's HealthCare in Austin, also includes Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare—a two-hospital system in El Paso.

Prior to assuming the role as president and CEO of St. David's HealthCare and president of the HCA Central and West Texas Division, Huffstutler served as CEO of St. David's Medical Center, which comprises four of the eight-member hospitals of St. David's HealthCare, including St. David's Hospital, St. David's Rehabilitation Hospital, St. David's Georgetown Hospital and Heart Hospital of Austin. Before joining St. David's HealthCare in 2007, Huffstutler served for three years as CEO of Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston, and prior to that, for seven years in various hospital operations leadership roles in the Houston market for HCA Healthcare. Before joining HCA Healthcare, he spent nearly fifteen years in management positions for The Methodist Health Care System in Houston. Huffstutler holds an undergraduate degree in healthcare management from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and a master's degree in business administration with a concentration in healthcare from the University of Houston at Clear Lake.