John McGinty, Jr., FACHE

John McGinty is founder and president of Peregrine Associates, Inc., d/b/a Peregrine Consulting. He is also a founder member of HG Healthcare Consultants, LLC. For two decades he served as president and chief executive officer of two hospitals and health systems; first at Kenosha Hospital and Medical Center (WI) and then at Columbus Regional Hospital and Southeastern Indiana Health System.

Mr. McGinty has extensive experience in executive leadership, governance, operational management, medical staff organization and leadership development, and medical staff credentialing, quality monitoring/peer review and performance improvement. He has served as a board member of the Indiana State Department of Health Licensing Council by governor’s appointment, served as a member of the Council of Regents of the American College of Healthcare Executives, served as a delegate of the American Hospital Association House of Delegates and served as chairman of VHA Central.

Mr. McGinty has broad and diversified experience serving on and chairing many boards of healthcare and non-healthcare corporations, in both not‑for‑profit and for‑profit organizations. He has served as senior consultant and managing director for governance and leadership with The Greeley Company. Mr. McGinty has been recognized with many awards including the VHA National Quality Leadership Award; Fortune magazine’s Beacon Award for Excellence in Corporate Design; Hospital magazine, features as one of the national 50 leading healthcare professionals; American College of Healthcare Executives, Hudgens Young Administrator of the Year Award of Merit, honorable mention; and Wisconsin Hospital Association, Young Administrator of the Year.

Mr. McGinty earned a baccalaureate degree in economics from Carthage College and was a Foster G. McGaw Scholar graduating with a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Xavier University. He has served on the teaching faculty of Indiana University. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

1997 to Present        

• PEREGRINE ASSOCIATES, INC. - Indiana (President)

2008 to 2022    

• HG Healthcare Consultants, LLC – Wisconsin (Founder and Managing Director)

1982-2008        

• THE GREELEY COMPANY, Marblehead, MA (Senior Consultant and Managing Director)

1986-1997

• SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA HEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC., and COLUMBUS REGIONAL HOSPITAL, Columbus, IN (President and Chief Executive Officer)

1979-1986

• KENOSHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Kenosha, WI (President and Chief Executive Officer)

1977-1979

• KENOSHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Kenosha, WI (Vice President and Chief Operating Officer)

1973-1977

• WAUKESHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Waukesha, WI (Assistant Vice President, Administrative Assistant and Administrative Resident)