Jennifer D. Alderfer, FACHE

Governor

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President, Western Division
Lifepoint Health

Biography

Jennifer D. Alderfer, FACHE, is president, Lifepoint Health, Western Division, Brentwood, Tenn. Board certified in healthcare management as an ACHE Fellow, Ms. Alderfer served as the Regent for Colorado from 2013 to 2016 and on various ACHE committees. Prior to her current role, Ms. Alderfer served as market president, Intermountain Health's Montana | Wyoming Market/president, St. Vincent Healthcare, Billings, Mont., from 2021 to 2023. She also served as system transformation officer, SCL Health, Broomfield, Colo., from 2019 to 2021, and president, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Lafayette, Colo, from 2017 to 2021. Ms. Alderfer served HCA’s North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Colo., as president/CEO from 2010 to 2017 and COO from 2007 to 2010. She was also associate administrator/COO, HCA The Medical Center of Aurora (Colo.) from 2003 to 2006. In addition to her service to ACHE, Ms. Alderfer has held several leadership positions in professional and community organizations, including serving on the board of directors for the Colorado Hospital Association and the Montana Hospital Association. She also served on the board of directors for Big Sky Care Connect and the Billings (Mont.) Chamber of Commerce. In 2019, she was the chair of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign in Denver. In 2017, Ms. Alderfer was a Denver Business Journal Outstanding Women in Business finalist. She received the Distinguished Service Award (2017) and the Service Award (2014) through ACHE’s Recognition Program. Additionally, she received the Regent Award in 2010 from ACHE. Ms. Alderfer holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Health Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Kansas State University.