Zing Health is a Medicare Advantage insurance company which works to complement clinical care with behavioral health and community care, collaboration with community partners, technology and data analytics. - Zing Health's scalable, repeatable model addresses social determinants of health while controlling healthcare costs. - Co-founded with Health2047, the innovation subsidiary of the American Medical Association which addresses chronic care, health information technology, clinical project management and patient outcomes.-Venture capital and Private equity backed

TWG Partners consults with existing companies and invests in startups that produce financial results with measurable impact on medically underserved populations.- Founder of Symphonix Health Holdings, Inc. (Medicare Part D) which grew to 48 states over 3 premium years and exited to UnitedHealth Group in January 2016.-Co- Founder and investor, Next Level Health (Medicaid Managed Care)- Investor, director and advisor to VirtualHealth, an innovative technology platform which helps insurers and other healthcare entities coordinate members’ care

Directs efforts to maintain clinical excellence, operational efficiency and financial stability for West Suburban Hospital and Medical Center and Weiss Memorial Hospital.

-Led the Urban Health Initiative, a long-term program to improve access to quality care and health outcomes on Chicago’s Southside through patient care, community-based clinical research and medical education. - Led the Southside Healthcare Collaborative which grew from 18 FQHCs to more than 30, and added five community hospital members, improving access, quality, efficiency and coordination of community health services.- Launched the Center for Community Health and Vitality and South Side Health and Vitality Studies, which employed asset mapping to identify community healthcare resources.- Created the Office of Community-Based Education, which encourages medical students to work in community health clinics.- Adopted innovative teleconference mentoring program Project ECHO-Chicago to expand skills of primary care providers at community health centers.- Formed strategic alliances to secure government and private financing.- Oversaw minority participation in construction projects and professional services, earning the UHC Supplier Diversity Leadership Award for academic medical centers.

Advised startups on attracting talent, expanding customer bases, sourcing acquisitions and exiting to strategic acquirers.- Acquisitions advisor to middle-market private equity fund. - Director of portfolio companies Health Payment Systems and Reliant Hospital Partners.

Chief executive of cabinet-level agency with 7 regional offices, 3 state labs and 1200 employees with $400,000,000 budget. Agency regulates the state’s health care delivery system including hospitals and long term care facilities as well as staffs the Illinois Healthcare Facilities Planning Board (Certificate of Need Board). The top strategic priorities are Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, Health Disparities and Patient Safety. Testified multiple times before the Illinois State Legislature and the Chicago City Council and acts as the state’s chief health media spokesperson. Additionally appointed as an Assistant Professor in Health Policy and Management at the U. of Illinois-Chicago School of Public Health.

Taught course in Healthcare Disparities

Responsible for clinical care at Project Brotherhood and Cook County Hospital. - Taught residents in inpatient and outpatient settings. - Served as clinician-researcher in the Collaborative Research Unit of the Department of Medicine.

Developed a barbershop-based holistic clinical model and research program for African American males. - Delivered primary care services, health advice, wellness programs and emotional and spiritual support to thousands of black men.- Awarded the highest award of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.

Executive of 30,000-member organization with staff of 35, which represents 50% of U.S. medical students. - Testified twice before the U.S. Congress on health insurance and minority health issues.- Helped establish the European Medical Student Association.- Served on AMSA Foundation board.