Alan Sprintz, a retired hospital administrator and businessman from Sarasota, is committed to ensuring Sarasota Memorial Hospital remains a public institution dedicated to the best medical care possible and untainted by politics or ideology. Sprintz served in senior administrative positions at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, and South Suburban Hospital, all in Illinois, from 1970-1993. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Pennsylvania State University and a master’s in hospital administration from George Washington University in Washington.