John (Jack) Lynch III and Monsignor Federico Britto will receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees at Neumann’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 18.
Since 2005, Lynch has served as president and CEO of Main Line Health, suburban Philadelphia's most comprehensive health care system, which includes four of the region's respected acute care hospitals: Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital and Riddle Hospital.
Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Mirmont Treatment Center, the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, and Main Line Health HomeCare & Hospice are also part of the system.
A former Governor of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Lynch serves on the boards of the United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey, The Haverford School, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers, and The American Heart Association.
A native of Washington, D.C., he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania and his Master of Health Administration degree from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
Monsignor Britto serves as the founding pastor of St. Cyprian Catholic Church in Philadelphia, a position he has held since 2000. He is also Parochial Administrator of St. Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church and Regional Dean for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
Since his ordination in 1982, he has served on the planning committee for the Beatification and Canonization of Mother Katharine Drexel, been a board member for the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, and worked with interfaith organizations like the National Conference for Christians and Jews.
He has been a chaplain for the Knights of St. Peter Claver and the Knights of St. John International and has served on multiple boards, including those of St. Ignatius Nursing Home, Neumann University, and Mercy Catholic Hospital of Philadelphia.
He earned a BA in Philosophy and an MA in Theology