Christopher L. Augostini

Executive Vice President and Enterprise Chief Operating Officer,

Vice Chair, Emory Healthcare Board of Directors 

Christopher L. Augostini serves as Emory’s executive vice president and enterprise chief operating officer. Additionally, he serves as vice chair of the Emory Healthcare Board of Directors. He is responsible for ensuring the Emory enterprise, in which Emory University and Emory Healthcare are strategically and financially integrated, is poised to create an environment that fosters excellence in people, facilities, infrastructure, and operating and financial performance. Augostini leads a team of innovative, collaborative, and cross-functional individuals who work on behalf of the entire Emory enterprise.

Reporting to the president of Emory University, Augostini partners with university executives, including the provost and deans, along with senior management leaders of Emory Healthcare, the Emory University Board of Trustees, the Emory Healthcare Board of Directors, and other stakeholders to identify enterprise opportunities and to implement long-term sustainable solutions in support of Emory’s mission. As enterprise chief operating officer, he is responsible for strategic oversight and leadership of integrated capital planning and real estate strategies, along with investment management, finance, debt management, enterprise risk management, internal audit, and compliance integration for the Emory enterprise. Augostini also provides oversight for the university’s information technology and cybersecurity strategies, along with human resources of one of Georgia’s largest employers. 

As the vice chair of Emory Healthcare’s Board of Directors, Augostini provides governance oversight of Emory Healthcare in partnership with John Rice, Chair of the Emory Healthcare Board of Directors, and Joon Lee, executive vice president for health affairs, CEO of Emory Healthcare, and vice chair of the Emory Healthcare Board of Directors.

Before joining Emory, Augostini served as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Georgetown University. Over his 17-year tenure at Georgetown, he consistently delivered improved operating results, balance sheet metrics, and investment returns. Specifically, he initiated the first multi-year operating, capital, and financial plan that addressed healthcare system losses and their impact on the enterprise. He also served as chief of staff to the first deputy mayor of the city of New York as well as deputy budget director and director of intergovernmental affairs overseeing the city’s efforts in Washington, D.C. and in Albany, New York. He served in numerous positions within New York State (NYS), including principal budget analyst for the NYS Ways and Means Committee and program analyst for the NYS Assembly Higher Education Committee. He is currently on the Board of Directors for W. R. Berkley Corporation, an insurance holding company. Augostini holds a master's degree in public policy analysis from the State University of New York at Albany.