Mr. Engler serves as the principal advisor to Jefferson’s CEO, driving execution of strategic initiatives and ensuring coordination across a complex, multi-entity health system. In his first year, he played a pivotal role in completing the acquisition of Lehigh Valley Health Network, creating one of the nation’s top 15 nonprofit health systems with 65,000 employees, 32 hospitals and more than 700 care sites. He also oversaw the opening of the 19-story, 462,000-square-foot Honickman Center, a multi-specialty outpatient facility with over 300 exam rooms, advanced surgical suites, and comprehensive diagnostic services. Mr. Engler helped lead Jefferson’s Bicentennial, dubbed “#Jefferson200”, which surpassed its goal of 200,000 volunteer service hours, ultimately delivering over 212,000 hours through 1,658 programs and raising more than $1.5 million for the bicentennial fund. His prior public service includes seven years in Philadelphia’s mayor’s office, where he was instrumental in passing the nation’s first soda tax, generating $263 million for early education and anti-poverty programs, and guiding the city’s Covid-19 workforce vaccination policies.
