Frann M. Leppla

About Frann M. Leppla

Frann Leppla believes that world-class healthcare has the greatest ability to improve lives and strongly advocates for philanthropic investment as the fuel for health systems to provide such care. Joining the Tampa General Hospital Foundation in 2018, Leppla brings over 12 years of both for-profit and non-profit executive leadership to her role. As the Executive Vice President and Chief Philanthropy Officer, she is a dynamic leader who directs sustainable fundraising initiatives to benefit the Tampa General Hospital (TGH) system and its patients.

Before joining the Foundation, Frann served as the Senior Director of Development at USF Health, helping the University of South Florida reach $1.1 billion in capital for its “Unstoppable” campaign. From 2011 to 2016, she was the Director of Development and Strategic Initiatives for the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida where she led a $300 million campaign as part of the University’s $1.72 billion capital campaign, “Florida Tomorrow”. With expertise working with both health care and higher education organizations, Leppla offers a unique perspective, especially valuable within academic medical centers such as TGH. Leppla came to non-profit advancement following a highly successful 16-year sales and sales leadership career in private industry.

The TGH hospital system is currently undergoing the most transformational period in its history as it expands the depth and breadth of its services, increases its geographic footprint, and assembles new alliances. Under Leppla’s hand, the TGH Foundation has launched its first ever fully comprehensive campaign --- ELEVATING EXCELLENCE: Innovating Tomorrow’s TGH --- which is a five-year, $100M initiative that is the catalyst to build modern and technologically advanced facilities, programmatic support for key strategic priorities, and system-wide initiatives which will further advance the mission of the institution.

Outside working hours, Leppla enjoys spending time with her husband, Rob, her two adult children, Mason, and Asher, and her four grandchildren. She received her bachelor’s degree in health sciences from the University of North Florida.