John Fairman
Chief Executive Officer, Delta Health Center, Inc.
John A. Fairman became the Delta Health Center CEO in 2009; is a native of Mississippi; received a BS from Hardin-Simmons University, and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University; and has served as CEO/Executive at:
• Harris County Hospital District
• Denver Health & Hospitals
• Health & Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation (DC General Hospital)
• Provident Hospital, Chicago
• Fairman Group, Inc.
He’s currently on the Board of Directors of the Community Health Association of MS (CHCAMS) and Mississippi Health Safe Net (HCCN). DHC was expanded from one clinic to 17 during his tenure. He was selected as the 2017 CEO of the Year by CHCAMS; NACHC’s Extraordinary Leadership Award, 2018; 2019 CEO of the Year by Mississippi United Family Life Center; 2019 Keynote Speaker, NJ Primary Care Association’s Annual Conference; and was supposed to be a Keynote Speaker at NACHC’s 2020 Agricultural Conference until COVID-19 hit. DHC has received a perfect OSV score in each of the last three reviews.
Appearances
DateFebruary 15, 2024In the 1960s, community health centers were launched as new model for health care delivery. With roots in both the civil rights movement and the War on Poverty, the earliest health centers had the bold mission of improving the health not just of individuals, but of communities…Speakers
Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPHChief Executive Officer, Sun River HealthDirector, National Grassroots Advocacy, NACHCPresident and CEO, Yakima Neighborhood Health ServicesFeygele Jacobs, DrPH, MPH, MSDir., Geiger Gibson Program in Comm Hlth and Prof. of Hlth Policy and Management, The George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public HealthChief Executive Officer, Delta Health Center, Inc.
