Kerry Heinrich

Kerry Heinrich, JD, became the chief executive officer of Adventist Health in 2022.

Having served on Adventist Health’s board for seven years, Kerry has a passion for the organization’s mission and culture. He also previously served as CEO of the Seventh-day Adventist Loma Linda University Medical Center, Children's Hospital and Behavioral Medicine Center for more than seven years and as the organization’s legal counsel for more than 20 years. During his tenure as CEO, he helped guide the construction of the new 16-story hospital and nine-story Children’s Hospital tower that opened in 2021. He was also named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “135 Nonprofit Hospital and Health System CEOs to Know” in 2017.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in business with an emphasis in finance and management from Walla Walla University in Washington, Kerry earned his juris doctor degree from the University of Oregon’s School of Law.