Veronica L. Thames has joined Gulf Coast Community Foundation in the new role of senior vice president for talent and innovation and chief operating officer, starting in early August. Thames currently serves as vice president of human resources at Blake Medical Center, part of Healthcare Corporation of America, for which she has worked since 2006. In this executive role, she has been responsible for key operations and personnel management of a 1,300-employee organization with 300 physicians and 350 active volunteers. Thames also served as Blake’s Logistics Officer during last year’s Hurricane Irma and earned multiple awards for highest participation in the charitable organization that supports employees within her organization. She is also the former chair and a longtime member of the Sarasota Manatee Healthcare Collaborative, has served as a board member and volunteered for numerous nonprofit and community organizations and is a 2009 graduate of Leadership Manatee.

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