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Senior strategy advisor and interim executive to community-based and regional health systems. Assisting organizations with regulatory matters, federal grant submissions, business development, project management, strategy development and implementation support.

Senior leader responsible for system strategic planning and business transactions. Technical advisor for Population/Community Health initiatives, including nonprofit community collaborative. Managerial oversight of Marketing and Communications Departments.

Senior executive responsible for business advisory and strategic planning for regional Catholic health system serving Northwest Florida and Southeast Alabama. Vice-chair of Gulf Coast Health Partners, an accountable care organizations serving more than 31,000 beneficiaries. System operating entities include a 566-bed teaching hospital (which includes a 117-bed Children’s Hospital in association with Nemours Children's Clinic), a 76-bed suburban hospital and 19-bed statutory rural hospital, a 120-bed nursing home, and a 240 provider medical group practice with three post-graduate residency programs. Sacred Heart Health System is a ministry of Ascension Health, the nation’s largest Catholic health provider.

Senior advisor providing strategic planning and business development services to health care. Specific focus on analysis and implementation of business opportunities to achieve market strategies; system integration to stabilize resources and improve funding streams; and, sustainable solutions to health and human service issues in underserved communities.

Chief Executive Officer of a 15-provider specialty physician practice with $12M annual revenues. Designed and implemented start-up infrastructure, including budget and financial systems, human resource policies and benefits, information systems, ancillary service operations, facility construction and corporate compliance. Co-founder of Millennium Care, a 35-physician musculoskeletal network covering three counties. Negotiated over $5M in managed care contracts and developed orthopedic carve-out model for area PHO.

Directed health system planning and physician integration initiatives for 369-bed urban hospital and affiliated companies. Managerial oversight of marketing, communications and physician services departments. Developed and managed a 26-physician primary care group practice with 110 employees and yearly revenues of $14M. Recruited 20 practitioners and implemented initial infrastructure needs in 19 months.

Bridgeport, West Virginia, Us

Led annual strategic planning process for board of directors, and developed operational goals for 383-bed hospital and rural health system. Oversight of marketing, physician services and community education departments, including a wellness center serving 5,000 clients. Conducted service line planning and network development for health system throughout a ten-county service area.

Directed more than 50 engagements related to health planning, policy consulting and litigation support for clients. Provided consulting services to acute and specialty hospitals, long-term care providers, and diversified health systems. Responsibilities included client development, project and budget management, and staff supervision, recruitment and training.

Identified acute and rehabilitation hospital development opportunities in the South Central United States. Prepared demand forecasts, compiled Certificate of Need/Section 1122 applications, and managed regulatory review process for projects in Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico.

Masters Of Health Administration (Mha), Health Systems Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Physiological Psychology