Bob and JoAnn Glick are funding a healthcare system they believe in

“She’s the brains,” Bob Glick says, pointing to his wife JoAnn, who is seated beside him in the living room of their Florida winter residence. “Definitely.”

JoAnn swiftly interjects with a wink and a smile, and then moves the conversation along.

Only a few months ago, Clevelanders, Bob Glick, founder and former CEO and Chairman of Dots LLC, and JoAnn Glick, a retired nurse, were able to live their quiet lives under the radar. That has since changed. When the Glicks announced their plans to donate $42 million to the MetroHealth System in Cleve- land, Ohio—the largest gift of its kind in the institution’s 183-year history—they were catapulted into the very public world of philanthropy.

The couple only agreed to make their gift known to the public as a way to inspire others to give to this institution.