Eric Borgerding

Senior Advisor

Eric Borgerding is the former President and CEO of the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA), retiring from the role on June 30 after a distinguished career in health care advocacy and leadership. Since joining WHA in 2002, Borgerding held several key positions, including Vice President of Government Relations, Senior Vice President, and Executive Vice President, before becoming President and CEO. Under his leadership, WHA became one of Wisconsin’s most influential and effective advocacy and lobbying organizations. Borgerding built and led a highly respected policy and advocacy team, achieving numerous landmark accomplishments. These include restoring the damage cap in medical lawsuits, preserving Wisconsin’s balanced medical malpractice system, and creating the state’s Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital program. He also played a pivotal role in enacting legislation to establish the Wisconsin Council on Medical Education and Workforce, the Wisconsin Rural Physician Residency Assistance Program, the WHA Information Center, and the nationally recognized transparency tool PricePoint. Additional achievements include the Wisconsin Quality Improvement Act, increased state funding for graduate medical education, the creation of new residency programs, and the successful implementation of Wisconsin’s hospital assessment. Borgerding’s tenure also saw a comprehensive overhaul of hospital regulations, the development of one of the state’s largest grassroots advocacy networks, and a five-fold increase in contributions to WHA’s political action committee, making it the largest in Wisconsin. With over 30 years of experience in Wisconsin advocacy, Borgerding previously served as Director of Legislative Relations for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Director of State Legislative Affairs for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and earlier in his career, as WHA’s Director of Legislative Relations.