Dr Shawn D. Mathis is a distinguished global healthcare executive, educational leadership strategist, and healthcare innovation advocate with over thirty years of experience. He has held pivotal roles such as Chairman, Board Director, and CEO in both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations. Dr Mathis excels in strategic planning, organisational leadership, global healthcare strategy, health systems management, and board governance.

Dr Mathis is a Professor of Global Healthcare Leadership and Innovation, Director of the Certificate in Transformative Healthcare Leadership Program at Harbinger Institute, and Senior Editor at Harbinger Press. He is an instructor for The Board Directors’ Programme at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. Dr Mathis is also actively involved in the Democratic Republic of Congo, collaborating with Vanga Hospital and the Protestant University of Congo to provide leadership education to physicians, enhancing healthcare delivery and management in the region.

His academic credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Humanities from Faulkner University and a Master of Science in Global Healthcare Leadership from the University of Oxford (ABD). He holds a Master of Arts in Religion from Lipscomb University and a Bachelor of Science in Bible from Freed-Hardeman University. Dr Mathis is instrumental in shaping healthcare education and has published extensively on nursing leadership and global healthcare strategies. He is a co-editor of forthcoming works on global healthcare leadership and organisational leadership and has authored several books on leadership.