Vice President, Faith and Health Partnerships, Advocate Health, Illinois and Wisconsin Divisions
Co-Director, The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation
Kirsten Peachey serves Advocate Health in the Illinois and Wisconsin Divisions as Vice President for Faith Outreach, leading partnerships with faith community stakeholders and affiliated denominational sponsors. Kirsten contributes nationally to the field of faith and health and is known for convening and growing collaborative networks to solve for the root causes of health inequities. She was a founder of The Center for Faith and Community Health Transformation, a collaborative effort to work alongside faith communities to address the social conditions that impact community health.
She also worked with partners to convene the Chicagoland Trauma Informed Congregations Network to equip faith communities to respond to trauma and adversity in the community with restorative, healing centered ministries. Under Kirsten’s leadership, Advocate Health Midwest has become a trailblazer in the field of faith and community health, particularly in engaging faith communities as partners in promoting health equity, mental well-being, and trauma healing. Ordained in the United Church of Christ, Kirsten holds Doctor of Ministry and Master of Divinity degrees from the Chicago Theological Seminary and a Master of Arts in Social Work degree from the University of Chicago.