Zachary M Bielling, MHA

Zachary (Zac) Bielling, MHA, is the Executive Director (Associate Dean) of Administration for the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions. In his role as Executive Director, Mr. Bielling, serves as the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer for the college reporting directly to the Dean. He is responsible for the financial, human resource, information technology and data analytics, and research administration operations of the college.

Mr. Bielling completed his Bachelor of Health Science (BHS) and Master of Health Administration (MHA) at the University of Florida and has professional leadership experience in public, higher education and private, hospital administration.

While completing his graduate training, Mr. Bielling, completed an Administrative Internship at Peace River Regional Medical Center (now Bayfront Health Port Charlotte) with Health Management Associates, Inc (now Community Health Systems). His performance as an Administrative Intern led to his appointment as the Assistant Administrator at Peace River Regional Medical Center. Thereafter, Health Management Associates promoted and transferred Mr. Bielling to complete the acquisition, transitional leadership and management of Shands Lake Shore Regional Medical Center as the Associate Administrator (Chief Operating Officer). In both positions, Mr. Bielling was responsible for the operational and financial performance of multiple clinical and non-clinical ancillary departments, in addition to contract administration.

Following his tenure in acute-care hospital administration, Mr. Bielling began his career in public, higher education with the University of Florida in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering as an Associate Director of Administrative Services. Over his nearly nine-years of service to Engineering, he served four academic departments: Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering and the J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering. His service to each department required strong business acumen and leadership to oversee the daily and long-range administrative operations (assets, compliance, cost analysis, financial, human resources, and sponsored research), in addition to, a variety of other operational processes and projects.