Michelle Hays

Michelle Hays joined Scottish Rite for Children as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2023. Michelle’s responsibilities at Scottish Rite for Children include oversight of the Finance, Revenue Cycle, Managed Care and Supply Chain operations.

Prior to joining Scottish Rite for Children, she was the Market Chief Financial Officer for HCA Healthcare in El Paso, Texas. She took on progressive leadership roles with St. David’s Healthcare (HCA) in Austin, Texas as the CFO for St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, St. David’s Georgetown Medical Center and the Heart Hospital of Austin. She started her career as an auditor with Roberts, Cherry and Company in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Michelle is a native of­­­­­ Louisiana and earned her bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting at the University of Louisiana Monroe. She is a Certified Public Accountant Inactive. She has served on the Louisiana Society of CPAs committees for New CPAs and Auditing and Accounting. She has been a panelist at the Malcolm Baldrige Annual Conference. Additionally, she has been a board member of the Sun Bowl Association, the Leander Chamber and the Leander ISD Educational Excellence Foundation.