Gerald "J.P." Gallagher

J.P. Gallagher is President and Chief Executive Officer of Endeavor Health, Illinois’ third-largest health system and third-largest medical group serving 1.4 million patients across greater Chicagoland. As a health system that strives to serve as a national model for vibrant, community-connected care, Endeavor Health and its 27,000 team members are committed to delivering personalized, world-class care throughout more than 300 sites and nine award-winning hospitals.

The Endeavor Health system has received national recognition for consistently strong performance across numerous quality and performance domains, including U.S. News & World Report, Leapfrog, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Magnet Nursing Recognition Program and Planetree. Additionally, the system’s Community Investment Fund has awarded more than $30 million to 54 local partnerships dedicated to enhancing community health and wellbeing, advancing health equity and supporting local economic growth.

Prior to assuming his current role in 2022, following the merger of NorthShore University Health System (NorthShore) and Edward-Elmhurst Health, Gallagher served as President and CEO of NorthShore since 2017. Under his leadership, NorthShore grew through the addition of new hospital partners, aggressive expansion of ambulatory sites, the creation of Chicagoland’s only freestanding orthopaedic and spine hospital and the transformation of specialty services to a sub-specialty model anchored around key clinical institutes. NorthShore also advanced its commitment to research and innovation and established the nation’s largest primary care-embedded clinical genomics program.

Prior to leading NorthShore, Gallagher served as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for overall system operations, clinical quality results and financial performance. Previously, Gallagher served as President of Evanston Hospital, the flagship teaching hospital for the system. Before joining NorthShore, Gallagher served in a variety of hospital leadership roles with Advocate Health Care at its Christ Medical Center campus.

The fundamental importance of healthcare made a significant impression on Gallagher after earning his undergraduate degree during his time in St. Louis as a Coro Fellow. Gallagher worked at a local community hospital and was also part of a rotational program in which he interacted with a variety of public sector health agencies caring for underserved community members. Gallagher then moved to Washington, DC, where he served as an analyst at The Lewin Group, a healthcare consulting firm.

Inspired by the positive impact he continued to see across various hospitals and health systems, Gallagher attended graduate school on a path to a career in nonprofit healthcare.

Gallagher is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association and the Scottsdale Institute. He also serves on the American Hospital Association Health Systems Committee and is a member of the Chicago Public Media Business Leadership Council, the Madison Dearborn Partners Healthcare Advisory Council, the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Young Presidents Organization, the Chicago Health Executives Forum and the Northwell CEO Council, which focuses on gun violence prevention. He is a member of Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish in Wilmette, serving on their Master Planning Committee.

Gallagher is also Board Chair of the Gallagher Foundation, founded by his mother and father in 2001, which invests in talented young leader in developing countries by providing college scholarships and access to a community of scholars and alumni to support their personal and professional development.

Gallagher earned his Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University. Gallagher remains active as a Graduate Student Mentor for the Kellogg and Wharton Graduate Schools of Management.

A native of Minnesota, he is married and has three children. He is an Assistant Scoutmaster with Scouting America Troup Five in Wilmette and, as the parent of a child with type-1 diabetes, is active with the Illinois Chapter of Breakthrough T1D.