His father changed the family name from "Szwedzicki" to "Swedish" upon emigration through Ellis Island in 1949 from post WW II Europe as Displaced Persons.

[5] Swedish also attended a Catholic ROTC military college preparatory high school.

[1] From 2005 to 2013, Swedish served as president and CEO of Trinity Health, a 22-state integrated healthcare delivery system.

[9][10] Under his leadership, Centura improved its financial stability, strengthened its voice on healthcare policy issues, and made major investments in system expansion with strategic capital deployment to grow, to scale and improve the quality of care and services.

1994–1998 Chuck Hall Gary Susnara 1999–2005 Gregory Burfitt Judy Pelham 2005–2013 Dr. Richard Gilfillan Angela Braly March 2013 – May 2018 Gail Boudreaux