Founders Gary and Mary West Founded 2009 | Owner Gary and Mary West | |
Focus Enabling successful aging for America’s seniors Location San Diego, California, United States of America Origins Gary and Mary West are pioneering philanthropists who established the Gary and Mary West Foundation in 2006. To date, the Foundation has issued 400 grants totaling more than $174 million and created nonprofit organizations to provide outcomes-based funding to enable seniors to successfully age in place, with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life and independence. Method Independently funded by the Gary and Mary West Foundation and other donations from Gary and Mary West Subsidiaries The Gary and Mary West Health Institute Type of business Gary and Mary West Health Institute: 501(c)3 Medical Research Organization Profiles | ||
West Health Solely funded by philanthropists Gary and Mary West, West Health includes the nonprofit and nonpartisan Gary and Mary West Health Institute and Gary and Mary West Foundation in San Diego, and the Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center in Washington, D.C. These organizations are working together toward a shared mission dedicated to enabling seniors to successfully age in place with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life and independence.
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West Health Institute
Created in 2009 with a $45 million grant from the Gary and Mary West Foundation, the Gary and Mary West Health Institute (WHI) is an independent, nonprofit medical research organization that works with healthcare providers and research institutions to improve healthcare delivery and social services for seniors. Current projects include research into geriatric emergency care, improved services and oral heath for seniors. Early research from WHI became the Sense4Baby™ wireless maternal and fetal monitor for high-risk pregnancies, which was licensed to AirStrip. WHI also researched hospital wireless communication technology and interoperability software that was eventually licensed to the Center for Medical Interoperability, an independent, non-profit organization led by hospital and health system CEOs to drive interoperability of medical technology. The Center for Medical Interoperability is also funded by the Gary and Mary West Foundation. Operations of WHI are funded solely by the Gary and Mary West Foundation and personal contributions from the Wests.
West Health Policy Center
The Washington, D.C.-based Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center is a nonprofit, non-partisan resource in Washington, D.C. that provides policy information and proposals to improve healthcare in the U.S. for seniors. Launched in January 2012, its is researching ways to enable seniors to independently age in place through improved healthcare delivery and social services.
Gary and Mary West Foundation
The related Gary and Mary West Foundation is a private non-operating foundation solely funded by Gary and Mary West dedicated to helping make successful aging a reality for America’s seniors. Working in collaboration with grantees such as the West Health Institute, the West Health Policy Center and other senior-focused national and community-based organizations, the foundation’s outcomes-based funding supports applied medical research and policy and advocacy initiatives to enable seniors to age on their own terms, preserving and protecting their dignity, quality of life and independence. The Foundation celebrated its tenth anniversary in November of 2016, having issued $175 million in grants supporting successful aging for our nation's seniors, and accepts grant proposals by invitation only.
Leadership
Shelley Lyford became President and CEO of West Health on Sept. 4, 2015.
Nicholas J. Valeriani was named the Chief Executive of West Health in August 2012. Members of the Board of Directors are Gary West (Founder, Chairman); Nicholas J. Valeriani, MBA (Former Chief Executive); Charles Sederstrom; Dr. Michael Johns; and Mark McClellan.
Headquarters
West Health is headquartered in San Diego, California. In December 2009, it opened its 3,600-square-foot (330 m2) research facility, which contains a classroom for workshops and seminars. It also has an office in Washington D.C.