General Description
Centering Healthcare Institute (CHI) is a 25-year-old 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to champion and advance the evidence-based Centering group model of care to transform how healthcare is practiced and experienced, empowering healthcare providers and patients to improve health outcomes. CHI partners with approximately 400+ provider organizations across the U.S. to implement and sustain its three Centering group models of care -CenteringPregnancy®, CenteringParenting ®, and CenteringHealthcare ®.
The Opportunity
Centering Healthcare Institute (CHI) stands at a defining moment in its evolution and in the national movement for maternal and reproductive health equity. With expanding partnerships, rising public and policy attention to group prenatal care, and growing opportunities to shape systems of care, CHI is poised to amplify its national impact and redefine how communities experience health and belonging.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will be a mission-driven and visionary leader who brings both strategic foresight and a deep commitment to CHI’s purpose. More than a steward of operations, the CEO will be a systems thinker and catalyst—someone who thrives in complexity, leads with courage and curiosity, and builds enduring partnerships rooted in trust and shared accountability.
CHI seeks a transformative governance leader who can inspire alignment across a distributed and diverse organization; cultivate relationships with funders, health systems, and policymakers; and guide CHI’s evolution into a more visible, connected, and resilient national platform for change. This leader will be ambitious yet grounded, collaborative yet decisive—balancing strategy with humanity and vision with execution.
The CEO will shape and advance CHI’s overall strategy and organizational structure, partnering closely with a high-performing executive leadership team. The CEO reports directly to the Board of Directors and serves as its key partner in governance, strategy, and sustainability.
This role offers a rare opportunity to define the future of CHI, architecting a thriving, future-ready organization that drives systemic impact in maternal and reproductive health. The CEO will work in close partnership with the Board, staff, and external allies to ensure that CHI’s mission, culture, and strategy are powerfully aligned for the years ahead.
Candidate Profile
The next CEO of CHI will be a strategic and values-rooted systems leader who brings both heart and vision to the role. Rather than solely executing plans, this leader will define the horizon, cultivate shared purpose, mobilize partners, and shape the future of equitable care through influence, insight, and innovation. The CEO will guide the organization through growth and systems change, anchoring CHI’s mission in measurable outcomes for families and communities.
The role oversees CHI’s strategic direction, organizational health, partnerships, financial sustainability, and influence across the healthcare landscape. Working closely with the Board of Directors and Executive Team, the CEO will ensure CHI’s programs, operations, and governance are aligned with a long-term vision for scale, systems impact, and sustainable excellence.
The CEO will steward CHI through its next phase of growth, optimizing infrastructure, ensuring operational alignment with mission and strategy, and empowering leaders across the organization to thrive. This includes championing continuous improvement and change management across systems, partnerships, and culture to position CHI as a model for equity centered healthcare innovation.
As the organization’s chief steward, the CEO will ensure that CHI’s operations, programs, and governance adhere to the highest standards of transparency, accountability, and performance. They will represent CHI nationally, building trust, visibility, and influence with policymakers, funders, health systems, and community partners.
As a member of and leader for the Executive Team, the CEO will foster collaboration, promote excellence, and strengthen the organization’s capacity for innovation, advocacy, and sustained impact. Reporting to the CEO is the Chief Financial Officer, Chief External Engagement/Chief of Philanthropy Officer, Chief Operating Officer/Chief People & Culture Officer.
The strategic leader stepping into this role has an opportunity to set a clear vision and direction for CHI’s future, guiding the organization into a new era of relevance, reach, and systems-level influence.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to excel in each of its essential functions. CHI’s next CEO brings experience and a passion for leadership in the following areas, which are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.
Key Responsibilities
People & Culture Leadership
- Foster a culture of belonging, collaboration, and innovation grounded in equity and trust.
- Inspire teams through vision and shared accountability rather than control or hierarchy.
- Lead with empathy, authenticity, and a deep commitment to collective healing and growth.
- Additional duties as assigned.
Strategic Leadership & Vision
- Envision and communicate a compelling future for CHI that inspires alignment across the organization and its partners.
- Lead with curiosity, creativity, and courage, embracing complexity and charting pathways for transformative change in healthcare systems.
- Position CHI as a trusted thought leader and convener in maternal and reproductive health equity, driving national dialogue and systemic reform.
- Proactively assess opportunities, risks, and emerging trends to guide long-term organizational strategy.
Governance & Organizational Stewardship
- Partner with the Board of Directors to strengthen governance, strategic oversight, and long-term sustainability.
- Model integrity, transparency, and accountability, ensuring that decisions reflect CHI’s mission and values.
- Cultivate leadership across the organization, empowering a distributed and high performing team.
External Relations, Influence & Advocacy
- Serve as the organization’s chief advocate and public voice—building alliances with funders, policymakers, health systems, and community leaders.
- Expand CHI’s reach through strategic partnerships and public thought leadership.
- Leverage storytelling, evidence, and policy engagement to advance equity-centered systems of care.
Financial Sustainability & Resource Development
- Lead philanthropic strategy and strengthen diversified revenue, including grants, earned revenue, payer partnerships, and government contracts.
- Own and maintain strong institutional relationships with current and prospective funders, partners, and investors.
- Ensure financial stewardship, transparency, and multi-year revenue planning.
Reporting Structure and Key Relationships
Reporting to the CEO is the Chief Financial Officer, Chief External Engagement/Chief of Philanthropy Officer, Chief Operating Officer/Chief People & Culture Officer.
Qualifications and Requirements
Experience:
- Continuous professional development and staying informed to ensure the organization operates within legal frameworks and consistent with the best practices in the field, is required.
- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline preferred, or at least ten years of senior executive experience in healthcare delivery, maternal health, public health, or adjacent fields.
- Experience working with or leading mission-driven, nonprofit, or healthcare organizations with national scope and complex stakeholder ecosystems.
- Prior experience in nonprofit governance, board partnership, and systems-level strategy preferred.
Skills:
- Outstanding interpersonal, teamwork, and collaboration skills;
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills;
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail;
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and project management software
- Demonstrated ability to maintain the highest ethical standards, including confidentiality and handling sensitive situations and information with the utmost discretion and diplomacy.
- A demonstrated record of visionary leadership in advancing health equity, systems transformation, or large-scale social impact.
- Proven ability to mobilize cross-sector partnerships, influence policy and practice, and strengthen organizational governance.
- Exceptional strategic thinker who can balance aspirational vision with disciplined, values-based decision-making.
- Skilled communicator and coalition-builder who unites diverse voices around a shared purpose.
- Integrity, emotional intelligence, and resilience to lead through change.
Cultural Sensitivity:
- Commitment to ideals of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion; and to fostering an anti-racist work culture and to anti-racist principles and learning.
- Ability to uphold our core values of Accountability, Diversity & Equity, Partnership, Data-Driven decision-making, and Community.
Working Conditions
The Chief Executive Officer operates in a remote office-like environment. While adhering to a standard full-time work schedule, working irregular hours may be necessary. We prioritize adaptability, iterative approaches, and cross-functional collaboration, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
Communication: Regular check-ins via [communication tools, e.g., Slack, Zoom, email] are required to maintain alignment, productivity and collaboration.
Productivity: Must be able to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work without direct supervision. This utilizes standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and audiovisual systems
Travel: Travel to various locations may be expected for attending conferences, staff meetings and retreats, and any other relevant event.
Compensation
The hourly rate for the Fractional Chief Executive Officer role is $108.17, with an expected schedule of 20 hours per week.
Vaccination Requirements
As a condition of employment, each candidate selected for employment will be required to have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination prior to the selected candidate’s start date with the Company and be fully vaccinated (as that term may be defined by the CDC) within 30 days from that date, unless approved for an exemption. We are a healthcare consulting company committed to putting health and safety first for our staff, partners, constituents, and the larger communities in which we live and work.
Proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccination will be required prior to the scheduled start date, and proof of full vaccination will be required no later than 30 days after the start date. The Company will review requests for exemption on a case-by-case basis and provide reasonable accommodations to employees needing exemptions due to disability or sincerely held religious beliefs where doing so would not result in an undue hardship.
Equal Opportunity Employer
CHI is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable, and inclusive workplace, actively seeking to build a diverse workforce that reflects the populations we aim to serve and the communities where we work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected status.
CHI is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please contact Log in to view email.
