As president and CEO of the St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN), Andwele Jolly builds regional capacity across sectors to advance health equity and improve wellbeing, with an emphasis on historically excluded communities. IHN is comprised of Federally Qualified Health Centers, the largest health care systems, medical schools, public health departments, and community partners in the St. Louis region. Jolly strives to co-create and advance strategies that improve equity, quality, access, and affordability of health care.
During his tenure, IHN’s been awarded over $30 million dollars to strengthen safety net by providing support for new primary care access points, pandemic relief, Medicaid enrollment navigation, justice reentry services, workforce training, and access to specialty care services. As a result, IHN was invited to be a part of the National Academy of Medicine’s Trust & Engagement Action Collaborative, which places IHN among leading institutions in the country that inform health policy. In addition, the MacArthur Foundation selected IHN for their national justice reform campaign.
While leading the IHN, Jolly serves as immediate-past president of the National Association of Health Services Executives St. Louis, chairperson of Build Missouri Health, and on the board of Forest Park Forever and Missouri Public Health Institute. He also serves on the National Council for the School of Public Health at WashU. In acknowledgment of his work in community, he was named a 2018 Eisenhower Fellow—a global network of experts committed to producing transformative and sustained impact in their communities—during which he studied how interprofessional and interdisciplinary care models in Rwanda and Australia could translate into solutions for improving health and wellbeing in St. Louis. Jolly was also selected to the 46th Leadership St. Louis Class of FOCUS St. Louis.
Jolly earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a clinical doctorate in physical therapy from Washington University in St. Louis and master’s degrees in business administration and health administration from Georgia State University. He was also selected to be the first Executive Management Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine.