Leadership

Felicia Hernandez-Fortunato, RN

Owner · Registry Administrator

Felicia Hernandez-Fortunato, RN is the Owner and Registry Administrator of Gulfside Living Healthcare Services, LLC, and she brings thirty-five years in emergency medicine to it. She began her career in 1991 as an EMT/Paramedic with a private ambulance service in South Florida. In 2000 she became a firefighter and joined Estero Fire Rescue, where she served fifteen years, the last ten as a Lieutenant, and trained for a Battalion Chief position, before retiring from the fire service in 2015. Along the way she taught paramedic students at Edison State College and Medical Career Institute, shaping the next generation of first responders in the region she has called home her entire career.

In 2020, Felicia earned her RN and joined the ER and Trauma Center at Lee Memorial as a Critical Care, Trauma and ER Nurse, serving five years there with the last three in a Charge RN role — leading teams, mentoring new nurses, and managing complex adult and pediatric patients through some of the hardest moments of their lives. Her clinical work expanded into care management, where she coordinated care for up to 200 high-risk Medicaid members, navigating the gaps in access and continuity that families across Southwest Florida face every day. Gulfside Living was built to close those gaps — connecting facilities, families, and pharmacies with the credentialed, experienced contractors they need, backed by the standards Felicia has held herself to for three decades.

Mayleen Rodriguez

Alternate Administrator

Mayleen Rodriguez serves as the Alternate Administrator of Gulfside Living Healthcare Services, LLC. Healthcare has been her calling for as long as she can remember — a genuine passion for caring for people and a drive to make a real difference in her community — and this is the moment it all comes together. She brings more than four years of health-care administrative experience as a Medical Assistant in Southwest Florida physician practices, including Orthopedic Specialists of Southwest Florida and Millennium Physician Group, coordinating scheduling, records, referrals, and front-office operations. Alongside that clinical-office background, she has spent nine years owning and operating a licensed business — managing staff, scheduling, finances, and state compliance. As Alternate Administrator, she supports the daily operations, compliance, and credentialing that keep the registry running, and steps in for the Administrator whenever needed.