Beth Boatwright, CPA, joined Shepherd Center as chief financial officer (CFO) in June 2024. As CFO, Boatwright serves on the senior management team (SMT) and oversees the hospital’s budgets, financial strategy, and day-to-day business operations.
Boatwright is passionate about organizations with compelling missions in healthcare. She has 27 years of experience in finance management across the medical field, including senior roles at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Resurgens Orthopaedics.
In her most recent role as CFO of Emory University’s School of Medicine, she led annual budget development and managed other accounting and financial processes. At Emory, she oversaw a $1.3 billion budget while also providing day-to-day management for the fiscal affairs team.
Boatwright is also involved in several community organizations for leaders in finance, as well as The Women’s Collective in Atlanta and Leadership Perimeter, whose mission is to inform and guide community leaders to align their individual skills and passions to address community needs. She received her Bachelor of Science in accounting from Georgia State University and is a certified public accountant.