Matthew A. Love serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nicklaus Children’s Health System, the region’s only healthcare system exclusively for children and the parent organization of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, a nationally recognized nonprofit pediatric specialty hospital based in Miami, Florida.

In this role, Mr. Love oversees the 309 bed Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and its network of pediatric outpatient centers situated in Miami Dade, Broward, Martin and Palm Beach counties, along with other health system entities including Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists (a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary), an ambulatory surgery center, and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation (the organization’s 501c3 fundraising arm).

Mr. Love has more than 20 years of experience in financial and operational leadership in both adult and pediatric healthcare systems. Most recently, he served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Regions for Mercy Health System in Ohio where he led a team of seven regional CFOs . Prior to Mercy Health, Mr. Love served in operational and planning roles for several years at a children’s hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

He is a graduate of Ohio State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering, and has a master’s degree in Business Administration from Cleveland State University.