Mr. Kilmer oversees labor management, human resources technologies, benefits administration, payroll operations and an internal contact center for Adventist Health, leading a diverse team of corporate and local HR professionals across a multistate system. His current focus is retention and reducing turnover by strengthening employee engagement, wellbeing and supportive work environments. In his prior role as a human resources executive overseeing market-based HR teams and labor management, he delivered a 4% reduction in turnover in 2023 and designed and launched a program that reduced underworked hours by 15,000 per pay period. Under his leadership, Adventist Health’s voluntary turnover remained below the industry benchmark through October 2025. He also led HR integration for the acquisition of four acute care facilities, aligning workforce practices with organizational goals. To improve hiring and onboarding efficiency, Mr. Kilmer spearheaded a virtual employee health experience using an in-house virtual nurse practitioner to streamline pre-employment steps, and by October 2025, Adventist Health’s time-to-start improved to within one day of the national benchmark.
