Following an extensive national search, the board of directors at FoundCare, Inc. appointed Christopher Irizarry as the non-profit healthcare center’s second CEO in its 20-year history. Irizarry follows newly retired and founding CEO, Yolette Bonnet, in leading the Federally Qualified Health Center’s (FQHC) explosive growth. According to FoundCare’s board president, Vivianne Jean-Francois, Irizarry was unanimously selected for the promotion. He originally joined FoundCare in 2019 as the Chief Strategy Officer after 13 years of executive-level experience working with FQHCs throughout the country.
Irizarry’s leadership was instrumental in launching FoundCare’s Women’s Health Program by adding prenatal and postpartum outpatient services and an in-house mammography-screening program. He also marshalled the construction and renovation of FoundCare’s latest 10,000-square-foot health center located on Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, while expanding FoundCare’s behavioural health services.
Before his career credentials, Irizarry earned his administration of justice degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey and his master’s in public administration from the City University of New York (CUNY). He continued his professional development as a graduate of Leadership Palm Beach County and the UCLA/Johnson & Johnson Health Care Executive Program.
