Frank J. Sardone is responsible for overall system leadership, including Bronson Healthcare Group and all corporate entities. In December 2000 under his leadership, Bronson completed a $210 million project to redevelop its campus into a new, all-private room facility utilizing light, nature, art and music to create an environment that fosters healing and wellness. Bronson has been recognized not only for the new facility, but also for excellence in patient care, its culture of excellence, and the quality of its workforce. Some recent achievements include:

• 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
• Solucient 100 Top Hospital (2005)
• Michigan Quality Leadership Award, state equivalent to the Baldrige award (2001, 2005)
• AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Citation of Merit for 2006
• FORTUNE magazine’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” (2004-2006)
• Working Mother’s “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers” (2003-2007)
• “West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” (2003, 2005)
• Modern Maturity’s list of top 15 U.S. “Hospitals with Heart” (2001)
• Arbor Associates Award for Highest Overall Patient Satisfaction (4 consecutive years)
• National Research Corporation’s Consumer Choice Award (2003-2007)
• Leadership Award from Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (2003-2007)

Sardone received both a bachelor’s degree in 1979 and a Master of Business Administration in 1981 from the University of Kentucky. He joined Bronson in 1988 and assumed his current role in 1996. Also in 1996, Sardone received the Michigan ACHE Regent’s Young Healthcare Leader Award. He was the 2006 recipient of the Center for Health Design’s Changemaker Award. Sardone has served on the boards of numerous professional organizations including the Center for Health Design, Center for Healthcare Governance, Michigan Hospital Association and Michigan Hospital Association Insurance Company. Active in his community, Sardone sits on the board of the Greater Kalamazoo United Way and served as Chair in 2006. He is also a board member of Southwest Michigan First; Downtown Kalamazoo, Inc.; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; and Gilmore Keyboard Festival. Sardone has chaired numerous capital and other campaigns that have raised more than $20 million for various community initiatives and has recently served on the community boards of Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Ministry with Community.