Adonna Bass Wickliffe, MBA, MHA, FACHE, is an experienced health care strategy executive, consultant and entrepreneur. Adonna has led strategy and business development for health systems, academic medical centers and ambulatory networks across the country.

Prior to starting Milestones, Adonna served as a strategy executive for UofL Health and Denver-based Catholic Health Initiatives. In addition to her role as CEO of Milestones, she is a Partner in Third Curve Health Care, a Louisville-based health care consulting firm and a strategy consultant for Ashley Rountree, a Louisville-based non-profit consulting firm. Under her leadership hospitals, health systems , and outpatient health care providers have been able to develop provider networks, undergo mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and experience significant volume and revenue growth. As the founder and CEO of Milestones, Adonna has more than doubled revenue growth year-over-year for Milestones and created another associated company, Milestones Provider Solutions, which has a mission of elevating quality in the industry by supporting existing providers in focusing on best practices and assisting individuals who are passionate about providing services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, start and operate high-quality provider entities.

Adonna earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of Louisville and her Master of Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota. She currently serves as the President of the board of directors for the Council on Developmental Disabilities, a Louisville-based advocacy organization and she is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives.