Allison Hill | Mentoring Works

Listen to Allison Hill and Rick Fountain talk about leadership, advice for new graduates, and how to take advantage of opportunities around you.  Allison Hill is the chief executive officer for Lakeview Center, Inc. (LCI) and a seniorvice president of Baptist Health Care (BHC). She works from the main LakeviewCenter campus located in downtown Pensacola, Florida.Prior to joining Lakeview, Allison worked for the regional public accountingfirm Saltmarsh, Cleveland and Gund. She joined the team at Lakeview Center inJanuary 1999 and became a vice president of the organization in February2003 when she was appointed as its chief financial officer. In August 2014,she was promoted to chief operating officer, and in 2016 became thethird chief executive officer in Lakeview’s history.At Lakeview, Allison is responsible for the daily functions of a $350million, 3,300-employee social service organization that impactslives in multiple states and the District of Columbia.Allison graduated from the University of West Florida (UWF)magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in accountingin 1992. She also holds a Master of Accountancy degree fromUWF and was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).She serves in the UWF Executive Mentoring program and is amember of the Leadership Florida Cornerstone Class XXXVI and amember of the Rotary Club of Pensacola.Allison grew up in Gulf Breeze, Florida. She and her husband Brianhave a son, Spencer, and a daughter, Madison.The views and opinions expressed on Leader to Leader are those of our guests and program participants and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or official policies of the College of Business or of the University of West Florida.Theme music: "Beach Bum" by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Source: https://filmmusic.io/song/3428-beach-bumArtist: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/