INDIANAPOLIS — After nearly 14 years as President and CEO of Community Health Network Foundation, Joyce Irwin has announced her plans to retire on July 3, 2026.
An executive committee member at Community Health Network, Irwin has advanced the Foundation’s mission and dramatically increased philanthropic support, leading a team to secure 15.7% year-over-year revenue growth. Since 2012, the year Irwin started at Community, the Foundation has raised more than $137 million in donations to be distributed to programs across Community Health Network.
Among the many donor-funded, patient-centered programs that began under her leadership, the Oncology Patient Assistance Fund. Established in 2014, the Fund helps qualified Community Health Network MD Anderson Cancer Center patients access basic needs like food, gas and medicine, as well as housing and utilities assistance. Since 2014, more than 8,800 unique patients have received some form of assistance through the Fund.
Irwin has also been instrumental in several workforce initiatives related to healthcare and addressing clinical caregiver shortages. Specifically, in partnership with medical experts at Community and local academic institutions, Irwin has helped to lead efforts to increase the pipeline of qualified nurses as well as behavioral health therapists trained to treat both mental health and substance use issues via the Nursing Academy and Behavioral Health Academy.
A search is already underway for Irwin’s successor. She will remain in her current role and has committed to helping in the transition of a new leader.
