Jeffery S. Drop
Senior Vice President, Divisional Executive Officer of Fargo, CHI
Jeffrey Drop, has been working to improve the health of communities as the Senior Vice President and Division Executive Officer for Catholic Health Initiatives since 2007. Jeffrey provides executive leadership and guidance, along with local boards of directors, to the presidents of Catholic Health Initiatives’ networks in North Dakota and Minnesota.
During his 38 year career in health care, 25 years with Catholic Health Initiatives, Jeffrey developed a broad national perspective having led critical access hospitals in rural communities in New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Oregon. He currently has under his tutelage, 19 clinics and hospitals in Minnesota and North Dakota, including a 250 bed facility in Bismarck, ND.
Jeffrey has a master’s degree in public administration from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., and an undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
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