John Kerndl

John Kerndl serves as Traditions Health’s Chief Financial Officer. He has 30 years of health care experience across a range of organizations in multiple functional areas.

Prior to joining the Traditions Health team, John served in executive-level positions at several healthcare companies. At Beth Israel Lahey Health, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer where he led all financial functions for the system’s 10 acute care campuses. Before joining Beth Israel Lahey Health, he spent four years serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Beaumont Health, the largest health care system in Michigan.
Prior to that, he spent six years as Senior Vice President and Operations CFO for LifePoint Health in Tennessee. John served in CFO and Regional Vice President-in-training roles for three Arizona hospitals as part of Vanguard Health Systems, as well as Assistant CEO and CFO for Community Health Systems in Illinois.

John earned his Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Chicago and his bachelor’s degree in finance from Georgia State University.