About the Leadership Board

Leadership Boards, comprised of a region’s top healthcare executives, serve as the official advisory committee for all Healthcare Executive Forum engagements. Board members contribute time and expertise to identify the most pressing issues impacting healthcare today, leading-edge speakers, and proven solution providers.

Leadership Board feedback is the foundation of event agendas and participants, ensuring an invitation-only, peer-driven exchange of best practices.

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Leadership Board Members

Atlanta
Ajay Dhawan
FACHE, MD, CMO, VA Southeast Network (VISN 7)
Chet Bhasin
FACHE, MBA, MS, Chief Strategy Officer, Shepherd Center
D’andrea Morning
VP & Corporate Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Grady Health
Dr. Eric Bour
CEO (Piedmont Newton), Piedmont Healthcare
Edward Lovern
EVP & COO, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
Erin Phillips
VP, Business Development & Strategy, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Jeffrey Laird
CFO, Stephens County Hospital
Jhaymee Tynan
Assistant Vice President, Integration, Atrium Health
Lindsay Gard
CFO, Piedmont Healthcare
Paula Butts
CNO, Piedmont Henry Hospital
Sherrie Williams
COO, Global Partnership for TeleHealth
Baltimore
Crissie Hall
Director, Innovation, Sentara Healthcare
Daniel Durand
MD, Chief Innovation Officer, Lifebridge Health
Dave Torgerson
VP, Enterprise Analytics, Sentara Healthcare
Dr. J. Gregory Jolissaint
MD, MS, CPE, FAAPL,VP, Military and Veterans Health Program, Trinity Health; Medical Corps, US Army, Ret.
Dr. Katie Boston-Leary
PhD, RN, NEA-BC, MBA, ANA
Dr. Mangla Gulati
MD, CPPS, FACP, SFHM, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Chief Quality Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Vice President, Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness, University of Maryland Medical Center
Dr. Norvell Coots
MD, President & CEO, Holy Cross Health & Maryland Region Trinity Health
Howard Ainsley
MHA, SVP & COO, Adventist Healthcare – Fort Washington Medical Center
Tonia Suber
Director, Human Resources Region East, Inova Health System
Chicago
Alesia Coe
DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Executive Director, Adult Inpatient Services, UChicago Medicine
Brian Ralston
MD, Associate CMIO, MacNeal Hospital
George Miller
President & CEO, Loretto Hospital
Gina Sharp
President & CEO, Linden Oaks Behavioral Health
Jerry Krishnan
MD, PhD, Professor, Medicine & Public Health, Associate Vice Chancellor, Population Health Sciences, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Design; Office of the Vice Chancellor, Health Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago
Mike Farrell
President, Advocate Aurora Children’s Health; President, Advocate North Shore Pediatric Partners
Nancy Tinsley
RN, MBA, FACHE, President, Advocate Health Care Good Samaritan Hospital
Russell Fiorella
Russell Fiorella, MD, System Pathology Chairman, Sinai Health System
Susan Murphy
RN, BSN, MS, Chief Experience Officer, Patient Experience and Engagement Program, UChicago Medicine
Cleveland
Greg Peebles
Manager, IS, St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Dallas
Dr. Frederick Cerise
President & CEO, Parkland Health & Hospital System
Dr. Janice Walker
DHA, MBA-HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, SVP, System Chief Nursing Executive, Baylor Scott & White Healthcare System
Dr. Mack C. Mitchell
MD, VP, Medical Affairs, CMO, Southwestern Health Resources Physician Network
Steve Miff
PhD, President & CEO, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI)
Steven Schultz
Pharmacy Informatics Officer, Parkland Health & Hospital System
Vikas Chowdhry
MS, MBA, Chief Analytics & Information Officer, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation
Houston
Andrea Daugherty
CISSP, Director, Enterprise IT Security & Resiliency, Dell Medical School & UT Health Austin | The University of Texas at Austin
Carolynn Jones
EVP, Corporate Compliance Officer, Harris Health System
Darrell Pile
CEO, South East Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC)
Derek Curtis Sr.
BSN, MA, RN, Associate Administrator and CNO, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
Divya Varkey
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Houston
Dr. Edward Septimus
MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Professor, Internal Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center
Dr. Eric Williams
FAAP, FCCM, MD, MMM, MS, System Chief Quality Officer, Texas Children's Hospital
Dr. George Perkins
MD, CMO, Physicians Referral Service, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Julia Andrieni
MD, FACP, Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Academic Institute; VP, Population Health and Primary Care, President & CEO, Houston Methodist Coordinated Care; President & CEO Houston Methodist Physicians' Alliance for Quality, Houston Methodist; Weill Cornell Medical College
Jeff Wagner
AVP, Pharmacy, Texas Children's Hospital
Linda Kulhanek
CPA, MBA, CFO, Houston Methodist Hospital
Lorie Shoemaker
DHA, RN, MSN, NEA-BC, Division SVP & CNO, CHI St. Luke's Health System
Megan Fischer
Division VP, Quality, CHI St. Luke’s Health
Ms. Natalie Anene
Infection Prevention Manager, Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital
Jacksonville
Ashley McRae
MSN, RN, CEO, Kindred Hospital North Florida
Donald Mitchell
RN, MBA, FACHE, Chief Nurse, Primary Care, Virtual Care & Outpatient Clinics at Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration North Florida, South Georgia
Dr. Alex Parker
PhD, Senior Associate Dean of Research, Director, Precision Medicine Program, UF Health Jacksonville
Dr. Leon L. Haley. Jr.
MD, MHSA, CEO , UF Health Jacksonville; Vice-President, Health Affairs & Dean, UF College of Medicine -Jacksonville
Karen Green
CIO, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
Kyle Dorsey
VP, Operations, Baptist Medical Center - Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City
Bailey Bennett
BSN, Director of Nursing, KVC Hospitals
Lori Mann
CNO, Rusk Rehabilitation Hospital
Lynette Wheeler
COO, Truman Medical Center
Tammy Nadler
CFO, Golden Valley Memorial Hospital
Los Angeles
Jonathan Aquino
MHA, CPHQ, Corporate Chief Quality and Vice Compliance Officer, AHMC Health System; CEO, AHMC San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
Michael Ricks
CEO, Saint John's Health Center
Minneapolis
Abraham Jacob
CQO, University of Minnesota
Andy Cochrane
CEO, Maple Grove Hospital
Barbara Walczyk Joers
President & CEO, Gillette Children's Specialty Health
Bryan Jarabek
MD, PhD, CMIO, Hospitalist, Fairview Health Services
Chris DuFresne
Director, Digital Experience, Allina Health
Claire Neely
MD, FAAP, President & CEO, ICSI
Deepti Pandita
Chief Health Information Officer, Hennepin Healthcare System
Dennis Jolley
MPH, MEd, VP, Institutional Advancement, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
Shelby Medina
MBA, CEO, Windom Area Health
Philadelphia
Dr. Anthony Wehbe
Chief Population Health Executive, Jefferson Health
Dr. Verdi DiSesa
COO, Temple University Health System
Geoffrey Roche
Executive Director, Strategic Healthcare Initiatives, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology
Tony Reed
Chief Medical Officer, Temple University Health System (TUHS)
Portland
Dana Bjarnason
Ph.D., RN, NE-BC, VP & Chief Nursing Executive, OHSU Healthcare, Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs, OHSU School of Nursing
Paul Stewart
President & CEO, Sky Lakes Medical Center
Salt Lake City
David Cross
Principal Security Architect, Henry Schein, Inc.
San Francisco
Chad Hatfield
Chief Pharmacy Officer, UC Davis Medical Center
Chris Boyd
SVP & Area Manager, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara
Deb Muro
CIO, El Camino Hospital - Mountain View Campus
Eric Williams
COO, Keiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara
Kelly Johnson
PhD, RN, NEA-BC, VP, Patient Care Services & CNO, Stanford Children's Health
Tosan Boyo
COO, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital