10 AdventHealth legal leaders
Sylvia Adams, Vice President | Deputy Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth, is the first of these AdventHealth legal leaders, a group that also takes in divisional and regional chief legal officers and associate chief legal officers. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at AdventHealth from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Ammon Fillmore
LinkedInExperience: Associate Chief Legal Officer: Information & Technology · AdventHealth
Ammon Fillmore has been Associate Chief Legal Officer: Information & Technology at AdventHealth since September 2021, based in Indianapolis. Ammon Fillmore was General Counsel & Privacy Officer at Indiana Health Information Exchange from 2019 to 2021 and Shareholder: Healthcare Privacy & Technology Attorney at Hall Render from 2010 to 2019.
Andra Armstrong, Esq.
LinkedInExperience: Associate Division Chief Legal Officer · AdventHealth
Andra Armstrong has been Associate Division Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth since July 2019, based in Orlando. Andra Armstrong was Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth from 2013 to 2019 and Staff Attorney at AdventHealth from 2004 to 2013, and the profile describes advising senior executives.
Beth Sterner
LinkedInExperience: Associate Chief Legal Officer - Strategic Transactions · AdventHealth
Beth Sterner has been Associate Chief Legal Officer - Strategic Transactions at AdventHealth since August 2025, based in Greater Orlando. Beth Sterner was Associate Divisional Chief Legal Officer - Central Florida and East Florida Divisions at AdventHealth from 2022 to 2025, Assistant Divisional Chief Legal Officer for the same divisions from 2019 to 2022 and Attorney at Baker McKenzie in 2019.
Darin Stewart, J.D., C.P.A.
LinkedInExperience: Associate Chief Legal Officer - Ambulatory Legal Services · AdventHealth
Darin Stewart has been Associate Chief Legal Officer - Ambulatory Legal Services at AdventHealth since September 2019, based in Orlando. Darin Stewart was Shareholder at GrayRobinson, P.A. from 2000 to 2019, is a certified public accountant and describes serving as general counsel to a large medical group.
Desmond Jordan
LinkedInExperience: Associate Chief Legal Officer · AdventHealth
Desmond Jordan has been Associate Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth since January 2012, based in Greater Orlando, and the profile headline also reads Associate Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth. Desmond Jordan was Legal Counsel at Orlando Health from 2006 to 2011.
Jessica Schuman
LinkedInExperience: Divisional Chief Legal Officer, Central Florida Division · AdventHealth
Jessica Schuman has been Divisional Chief Legal Officer, Central Florida Division at AdventHealth since January 2026, based in Orlando. Jessica Schuman was Divisional Chief Legal Officer, West Florida Division at AdventHealth from 2022 to 2026 and Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer, West Florida Region at AdventHealth from 2013 to 2022, and was In-House Counsel & Chief Compliance Official at PIMS from 2006 to 2013.
Meredith Coley
LinkedInExperience: Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer · AdventHealth
Meredith Coley has been Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth since March 2022, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Meredith Coley was AVP, Associate General Counsel at AMITA Health from 2019 to 2022, Assistant General Counsel & Associate Compliance Officer at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab from 2015 to 2019 and worked in Corporate Compliance & Integrity at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from 2011 to 2014.
Ryan Benz
LinkedInExperience: Regional Chief Legal Officer | Great Lakes Region · AdventHealth
Ryan Benz has been Regional Chief Legal Officer | Great Lakes Region at AdventHealth since April 2022, based in the Greater Chicago Area. Ryan Benz was Vice President, Senior Associate General Counsel at AMITA Health from 2015 to 2022, Associate at Epstein Becker Green from 2014 to 2015 and Assistant General Counsel at Rush University Medical Center from 2010 to 2014.
Scott Spangenberg
LinkedInExperience: Associate Chief Legal Officer - Real Estate · AdventHealth
Scott Spangenberg has been Associate Chief Legal Officer - Real Estate at AdventHealth since September 2021, based in Clearwater, Florida. Scott Spangenberg was Associate Vice President, Senior Counsel at Phillips Edison & Company from 2019 to 2021, Real Estate Attorney at Phillips Edison & Company from 2016 to 2019 and Associate at Katz, Greenberger, and Norton LLP from 2013 to 2016.
Sylvia Adams
LinkedInExperience: Vice President | Deputy Chief Legal Officer · AdventHealth
Sylvia Adams has been Vice President | Deputy Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth since August 2024, based in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Sylvia Adams was Associate Chief Legal Officer at AdventHealth from 2010 to 2024 and Attorney, Associate (thru 2007) Member (thru 2010) at Kiesewetter Wise from 2001 to 2010.
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