Healthcare built around the needs of churches.
ABout Cedar Health Alliance
Cedar Health Alliance was created specifically for churches and faith-based organizations, bringing together healthcare expertise and a shared commitment to thoughtful stewardship, strong employee benefits, and long-term sustainability.
Churches want to provide meaningful benefits for the people who serve them. But as healthcare costs rise, many churches are left with limited options and little ability to influence what they are paying for.
Cedar Health Alliance was created to give churches another way. By bringing churches together, CHA can create the scale to offer strong benefits, better support for employees, and a more intentional approach to managing healthcare costs.
We believe churches can do this better together: caring well for their people while stewarding healthcare dollars wisely for the long term.
Healthcare should strengthen a church’s ability to care for its people, not compete with its mission.
meet cedar health alliance
With over three decades in the benefit consulting business and more than a decade of experience in healthcare innovation and strategic leadership, Drew brings a unique blend of industry knowledge and forward-thinking strategy to every engagement.
He specializes in aligning health plan design with broader business objectives, empowering companies to deliver long-term value to their employees while maintaining financial sustainability.
Drew Kallestad
Strategic Advisor
Casey Hayden
Strategic Advisor
Casey has guided both organizations and individuals through complex financial decisions with a disciplined, values-driven approach. He has overseen large retirement plans, pension funds, benefit packages, and personal wealth, tailoring strategies to align with each client’s unique goals and mission.
With experience serving foundations, nonprofits, churches, and families, Casey emphasizes stewardship, transparency, and impact. He brings deep expertise and proven leadership, helping clients build solutions that deliver consistent, long-term value.
Casey is the founder of Stoneford, a firm dedicated to providing clarity and long term value around benefits, retirement, insurance, and investments.
Josiah Allis
Health Plan Manager
Josiah Allis serves as Health Plan Manager for Cedar Health Alliance, overseeing CHA’s overall health plan strategy, development, and ongoing management. He works with participating churches, ministry organizations, advisors, and service partners to keep the plan aligned with its core objectives of improving affordability, creating greater premium stability, and delivering meaningful value to employers and their employees as the Alliance grows.
Josiah is also President and Co-Founder of Design Health, an integrated health benefits firm focused on innovative health strategies. His experience includes work on healthcare public policy at both the state and federal levels, including the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act. He earned a degree in Business Management and a Certificate of Entrepreneurship from the University of Northern Colorado and serves clients across 25 states.
- Provide resources and services often found in established Christian affiliations
- Help church leaders focus on their people and mission to grow healthy,
- discipling, and reproducing congregations.
- Foster a collaborative and healthy culture among church leaders.
Nicene Network
1,700 years.
By affirming the Nicene Creed, our churches stand within the historic lineage of the church, connected to centuries of faithful witness and committed to
preserving the integrity of the gospel for future generations.
isolation and lack the support needed to thrive.
Without structure and resources, leaders are pulled away from their mission.
Nicene Network exists to help independent churches launch and stay rooted,
supported, and focused on what matters most.
We provide the tools, relationships, and theological grounding churches need to
grow healthy, discipling, and reproducing communities.
