A healthcare executive with 35 years of experience, Brian Gragnolati serves as President & CEO of New Jersey’s Atlantic Health System. With $4 billion in revenue and 20,000 employees, Atlantic Health System cares for one million patients annually at over 400 sites of care. Gragnolati is former Board Chair of the American Hospital Association (AHA), which represents 5,000 hospitals and healthcare networks across the nation, and a member of the AHA Healthcare Advisory Council to the FBI. He also serves as Executive Partner of Concord Health Partners, an investment firm focused on healthcare innovation. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI) and Lakeland Bank, and serves as a Director of Revology, a technology-enabled healthcare revenue cycle management firm.
A frequent speaker at events such as the Aspen Ideas Health Conference, SXSW, and the International Hospital Federation’s World Hospital Congress, Gragnolati regularly appears on CNBC, MSNBC, and Bloomberg Radio, sharing his passionate advocacy for equitable access and affordability in healthcare. He has been honored as one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare and was selected by Governor Phil Murphy for both the Office of the Governor’s COVID-19 Restart & Recovery Advisory Council and its Professional Advisory Committee.
Brian previously served as Senior Vice President, Community Division of Johns Hopkins Medicine and as President & CEO of Suburban Hospital. He has held executive positions at Pennsylvania’s WellSpan Health, University of Vermont Medical Center, and Baystate Medical Center in Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Health Systems Analysis from the University of Connecticut, an MBA from Western New England College, and an Executive Leadership Certificate from the JFK School at Harvard University.