Mr. Charlton leads AtlantiCare, an integrated health system with more than 6,500 team members serving over one million residents, overseeing strategic growth, clinical operations, financial performance and development across more than 110 care locations. Since becoming president and CEO, he has guided the system through accelerated transformation anchored by “Vision 2030,” a six-year strategy that integrates clinical excellence, workforce development, digital innovation and community health improvement, with measurable goals including reducing food insecurity, lowering unsheltered homelessness, and increasing life expectancy in the region. He has strengthened AtlantiCare’s national profile through strategic affiliations with Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute and Global Neurosciences Institute, and positioned AtlantiCare as one of Oracle Health’s first national innovation partners, deploying its clinical AI agent across dozens of specialties, generating tens of thousands of clinical notes while reducing physician documentation time by up to 50%. His investment in workforce development has resulted in RN vacancy rates below 5% and nursing retention at 97%, driven by initiatives including AtlantiCare YOUniversity, a U.S. Department of Labor-funded nursing apprenticeship that has produced 54 graduates, and a simulation-based nurse residency that improved new nurse clinical judgment by 30%. Infrastructure investments under his leadership include a $75 million expansion of AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Mainland Campus in Pomona, N.J., and construction of the region’s first inpatient rehabilitation hospital in partnership with Select Medical. AtlantiCare was one of only seven integrated health systems invited to the White House Healthcare Data Interoperability Summit, and the system has earned recognition as a U.S. News & World Report top 10 hospital in New Jersey, a five-time Magnet recipient, and a Great Place to Work-certified employer for 2025-26.
