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Christopher Tholen

Former President & CEO · Colorado Hospital Association

Former President & CEO at Colorado Hospital Association. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$393K

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
Reported as Former President & CEO of Colorado Hospital Association, based in Denver, CO.
Received $393K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
Also listed as Former President & CEO of Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Christopher Tholen is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Colorado Hospital Association, a position he assumed in January 2020. Prior to his promotion to CEO, Tholen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CHA, roles he held for seven years.

He joined CHA in 2013 as Vice President of Financial Policy and Chief Financial Officer. Before CHA, Tholen worked at Kaiser Permanente Health Plan as an Executive Director and at Mayo Clinic on reimbursement and regulatory issues.

Compiled from public web sources (2 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
CEO 2020–present; CFO/EVP 2013–2020

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Colorado Hospital Association Former President & CEO · $9.4M revenue · Denver, COSUPPORT MEMBERS' COLLABORATIVE COMMITMENT TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH CARE.pay $636K → $393KFiled FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$393Kreported comp
Colorado Center for the Advancement of Patient Safety Former President & CEO · $2.0M revenue · Denver, COSUPPORTING PATIENT SAFETY FOR COLORADO HOSPITALSFiled FY2023, FY2022 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

J
President & CEO · FY2024
$772K
K
Chief Strategy Officer/Sr VP · FY2023
$405K
T
SVP Financial Policy · FY2024
$338K
J
SVP Communications · FY2023
$324K
R
SVP Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$302K
M
Interim President and CEO · FY2022
$273K
J
VP Legislative Affairs · FY2023
$240K
D
VP Clinical Affairs · FY2021
$238K
B
VP Rural Health and Hospitals · FY2023
$231K
R
VP Clinical Excellence · FY2023
$229K
D
VP Clinical Affairs · FY2022
$216K
A
VP Human Resources · FY2024
$200K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org