Andwele Jolly is President and CEO of the St. Louis Integrated Health Network (IHN), a regional healthcare intermediary that connects Federally Qualified Health Centers, major health systems, academic medical institutions, public health departments, and community-based organizations to strengthen the safety net and improve population health across the St. Louis region.
Jolly leads strategies grounded in public health and interprofessional practice, aligning clinical care, public health systems, and community-based services to address social and structural drivers of health. His work focuses on advancing health equity, improving access to care, and building sustainable, cross-sector models that integrate prevention, care delivery, and community engagement.
Under his leadership, IHN has secured more than $30 million in funding to expand primary and interdisciplinary care models, strengthen specialty coordination, support pandemic response, improve Medicaid navigation, advance justice reentry health services, and address workforce shortages. IHN has also launched innovative initiatives including the region’s first Community Care Hub and expanded care transition models that integrate healthcare systems with community-based services through an interprofessional, population health approach.
IHN’s work has received national recognition, including participation in the National Academy of Medicine’s Trust & Engagement Action Collaborative, which brings together leading institutions shaping national health policy and practice. The MacArthur Foundation has also recognized IHN’s role in advancing public safety reforms through its Justice Reform Campaign.
In addition to his leadership at IHN, Jolly serves on several civic and public health-focused boards, including Build Missouri Health, the Missouri Public Health Institute, Forest Park Forever, and the National Council for the Washington University School of Public Health. He previously served as chair of the Missouri Foundation for Health and as president of the St. Louis chapter of the National Association of Health Services Executives.
Jolly was selected as a 2018 Eisenhower Fellow, during which he studied interprofessional models of care in Rwanda and Australia, examining how multidisciplinary teams, task-sharing, and workforce innovation improve access to care and population health outcomes. These experiences continue to inform his approach to integrating public health and clinical care in the United States.
He 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 also served as the inaugural Executive Management Fellow at Washington University School of Medicine.