Erin M Wallner

Erin Wallner is the Chief of Staff for the UF Health Transformation Management Office, where she serves as a strategic partner and key adviser to senior leadership, including the chief transformation officer and system chief financial officer. In this system-level leadership role, Erin plays a central role in coordinating executive initiatives, organizational planning, and high-priority operations. She leads efforts to develop UF Health’s change management capabilities and supports system integration and transformation initiatives across departments, regions, and affiliates.

Previously, she was the administrator of marketing and communications for the UF Health St. Johns region, where she built and led a skilled and passionate marketing communications team. During her tenure, she successfully guided the organization through significant growth and transformation, including the integration of Flagler Health+ into UF Health. Her leadership contributed to increasing regional market share through the addition of new practices and providers, expansion of services, and strategic acquisitions. She also helped grow signature events like the BRAVE Summit from fewer than 100 to over 2,000 attendees annually.

Mrs. Wallner has more than 15 years of experience leading strategic marketing communications efforts in the nonprofit and healthcare sectors. Her previous roles include marketing communications leadership in pediatric care at Nemours Children’s Health and adult care at Baptist Health, as well as directing marketing for Jacksonville’s Itel Laboratories. She is passionate about storytelling and has been privileged to share in moments such as the separation of conjoined twins, children hearing for the first time through cochlear implants, and life-saving medical interventions.

An award-winning communications professional, Erin has received the Thoth Award for Integrated Media Relations from the Public Relations Society of America-National Chapter and the Prism Award for Integrated Communications from the Jacksonville chapter of PRSA.

She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from the University of North Florida and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida. Erin is Accredited in Public Relations (APR) and Pragmatic Marketing Certified.

Erin previously served on the board of directors for the St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce’s Ponte Vedra division and was Communications Chair for the Child Cancer Fund for six years. She has been married to her high school sweetheart for over 20 years and is a proud mother of two.