National Board of Advisors

Douglas Hawthorne, President & CEO, Texas Health Resources

Douglas Hawthorne is the president and chief executive officer of Texas Health Resources, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in Texas.  Texas Health Resources was formed in 1997 with the merger of Presbyterian Healthcare Resources and Harris Methodist Health System. Arlington Memorial also is a member of Texas Health Resources.

Hawthorne served as president and chief executive officer of Presbyterian Healthcare Resources from 1983 until the formation of Texas Health Resources in 1997. He is past chairman of Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council and the Texas Hospital Association (THA). In 1996, he received the Boone Powell Sr. Award of Excellence for distinguished hospital administration by the Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council. In 1994, he received THA’s highest award, The Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Hospital Administration.  He has chaired several American Hospital Association (AHA) committees and is a former at-large member of AHA’s Board of Trustees.  A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), he received the Gold Medal Award in 2002, ACHE Regent Senior Level Health Care Executive Award in 1991 and served as Regent for Texas Greater Dallas/Fort Worth area of the ACHE. In 2003, Modern Healthcare magazine named Hawthorne number 30 on its list of the “100 Most Powerful People in Health Care.”

Hawthorne is a member of the Board of Trustees for Trinity University, which bestowed him its Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1995.  Hawthorne also has served on the Boards of the American Red Cross and the United Way in Dallas and serves as Reserve Elder at Highland Park Presbyterian Church. 

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree and his master’s degree in health care administration from Trinity University in San Antonio.