James Pate

Manager, Office of Performance and Quality Improvement

In 2020, Jim Pate returned to the Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) as manager of the Office of Performance and Quality Improvement, after a seven-year hiatus working as the educational assistance program manager at AdventHealth.

From 2003 to 2010, he was the emergency operations manager for DOH-Orange, starting that office from scratch and building it into one of the best in the state of Florida. In addition, he was requested to teach incident command system courses across Florida. Jim was then promoted to the new Office of Strategic Planning in 2010 and led that team to become a highly functional group that resolved many complex issues.

From 1975 to 2003, Jim served in the United States Air Force, culminating his career as command chief master sergeant of the Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

Jim has attained his master’s degree in business administration and organizational development and a bachelor’s degree in electronics. He completed the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, First Sergeant Academy, and Public Health Leadership Institute of Florida.