Kerry Gillespie
Chief Financial Officer
Kerry Gillespie joined Ardent in 2007 as chief financial officer. He brings more than 20 years of health care management experience to the position, including 15 years in hospital financial operations. Most recently, he served as vice president of group operations at Community Health Systems (CHS) where he led financial operations for 18 hospitals. Prior to that, he spent seven years with Health Management Associates, Inc. serving as chief financial officer at a number of hospitals around the country. A fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a Certified Public Accountant, Gillespie received a bachelor’s degree of business administration from the University of Georgia.