I am honored and humbled to serve as President & CEO of AUPHA, the global community of more than 260 universities that grant degrees in healthcare management. It is an opportunity of a lifetime. While preparing to leave full time academia in 2019, I shared with colleagues that I would explore opportunities to serve more than one academic program at a time - my focus for 26 years. I now have the privilege of serving our field of health administration and policy education. During my academic career, I served as MHA Program Director & Clinical Professor of Health Management & Policy, University of Iowa, 2016-2020, one of the best jobs in my field and the pinnacle of my academic career. 2011-2016, I was Professor & Director of Health Systems Management & Policy, University of Memphis, where as Associate Dean for Academic & Faculty Affairs I led the successful team effort to obtain CEPH accreditation for the School of Public Health. I am proud of the remarkable team of faculty, staff, alumni, students, and practitioners who made the Memphis MHA program one of the most community-engaged and diverse, and award-winning programs during my five years there. 2007-2011, I was Professor of Health Systems Management (HSM) & Director of the MS-HSM Program at Rush University, Chicago. Rush’s unique practitioner-teacher model profoundly impacted my thinking and leadership regarding healthcare management education. I spent the first 13 years of my academic career, 1994-2007, at Saint Louis University, and directed the MHA Program 2003-2007; it was at SLU that I found my calling as a leader in healthcare management education. I have been privileged to work alongside fellow faculty, staff, students and alumni at these four universities. I have taught healthcare organization, healthcare management, organizational behavior, human resources management, organizational analysis & change, leadership, and professional development. My research interests include the financing, organization, and delivery of health services, tobacco policy, obesity policy, evaluation of health and social services, quality improvement, the patient experience, and transitioning healthcare organizations from volume to value. I am a past Fellow, Commissioner, Board Member, and Board Chair of CAHME; and, a past and current Board Member of AUPHA. I also served on the Boards of the regional ACHE Chapters in Missouri, Tennessee, and Iowa. I earned my BA from the College of Charleston, MHA from MUSC, and PhD in Health Services & Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley.