Dayton Children's Hospital

Dayton Children's Hospital

Founded in 1967, Dayton Children's Hospital operates under the leadership of President and CEO Deborah Feldman, who is set to retire in June 2026. Greg Dillard joined as CFO in March 2026, marking a leadership transition for the institution. The hospital generates its deployable capital from a mix of philanthropic donations, operating surpluses, and its affiliated Dayton Children's Hospital Foundation. Capital deployment concentrates on physical-infrastructure expansion and pediatric care programs across western Ohio. The campus includes the Connor Child Health Pavilion — a facility backed by major donor The Connor Group — and the Mathile Center for Mental Health and Wellness, named for the Mathile Family. Real-estate holdings extend to a Specialty Care Center, Vermillion Place residential property, and a Huber Heights expansion site. The hospital operates CareFlight Air and Mobile Services for critical-care transport. The organization is an academic teaching hospital affiliated with Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine. Beyond direct care, its foundation arm aggregates donors and channels gifts into facility projects and program endowments; the Connor Group and the Mathile Family are among the named benefactors. In March 2026, the hospital named Greg Dillard CFO, succeeding a prior finance lead ahead of Feldman's planned retirement. Unlike a pooled endowment, Dayton Children's deploys capital directly into the operating enterprise: facility construction, service-line launches, and care-access expansions. The foundation sits beneath the hospital's corporate structure, making investment decisions inseparable from clinical strategy — a model where the 'portfolio' is the balance sheet of a growing regional referral center with no independent investment office.