About Adventist Health Policy Association

People’s health is
shaped not just by their
health care but the entire
world around them

We integrate the social determinants of health in everything we do. That’s why we’ve spent over $2.5 billion supporting programs for housing, food and education in communities across the country.

Promoting wholeness
to live God’s healing love

Quality

Quality means considering the whole person. We champion solutions that integrate providers, systems and social determinants of health.

Cost

Health care is expensive. We believe costs are driven by cures and the health of a community. By addressing the social determinants of health, we can reduce the financial burden of seeking care.

Transformation

We care for the body, mind and spirit. By addressing the entirety of a patient’s life, we’re transforming their health care experience.

Faith

As Seventh-day Adventists, we’ve always believed in wholeness and balance. That’s why we embrace policies that support the entirety of a person.

Our Leaders

President

Michael Griffin

AdventHealth

Executive Director

David McNitt

Executive Director

The National Group

board of directors

Terry Forde

President and CEO

Adventist HealthCare

DC & MD

Terry Shaw

President and CEO

AdventHealth

FL, GA, MO, KY, NC, TX, IL, KS, CO, WI

Kerry Heinrich

President and CEO

Adventist Health

CA, OR, HI, WA

Michael Mewhirter

Interim CEO

Kettering Health

OH

Trevor Wright

Hospital CEO

Loma Linda University Health

CA

Management Team

Jeff Bromme

AdventHealth

Shannon Gravitte

AdventHealth

Michael Griffin

AdventHealth

Julia Drefke

Adventist Health

Meredith Jobe

Adventist Health

Andrew Nicklas

Adventist HealthCare

PJ Brafford

Kettering Health

Kent Hansen

Loma Linda University Health

Wonha Kim

Loma Linda University Health

Shandra Secor

Loma Linda University Health

David McNitt

Executive Director

The National Group

The Adventist Health Policy Association is the policy voice for the affiliation of five Seventh-day Adventist-sponsored health systems that include 95 hospitals and over 600 other health facilities in 16 states and the District of Columbia. AHPA represents a major segment of the US hospital sector.

AHPA Members

AHPA is comprised of five healthcare systems in sixteen states serving over sixteen million patients. (As of 3/24/2023)

AHPA Hospital Systems Location
Adventist Health Policy Association 16 States and the District of Columbia
AdventHealth (52 hospitals) CO, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MO, NC, TX, and WI
Adventist Health (23 Hospitals) CA, HI, OR, and WA
Adventist HealthCare (5 hospitals) DC & MD
Kettering Health (9 hospitals) OH
Loma Linda University Health (6 hospitals) CA

AHPA Partners

We’re here for
your community

At AHPA, we believe in caring for the body, mind and spirit. We are a coalition of Adventist health care systems united behind supporting the entirety of a person — not just an isolated injury. Together we’re equivalent to the eighth largest health care system in the country.

16

states

8.7M

patients

150

employees

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