• Executive oversight of ACO and strategic continuum partnerships - bridging acute and post-acute care networks, healthcare organizations, physician groups, and providers. • Defining and executing value-based revenue models and at-risk payment options between providers and contractors for enhanced clinical quality and operational efficiencies. • Connecting and positioning acute and post-acute provider networks for bundled payment care initiatives.• State-wide planning and collaboration with Arizona Health Care Association (AHCA) and Arizona Healthcare Executives (AHE) for long-term care initatives and services provision. • Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, State of Arizona• Promoted January 2015 to carry out and lead the aforementioned initiatives for a multi-state region of Ensign Services affiliated markets and operations including: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Utah, and Nevada.

Interim Executive Director for Chandler Post Acute & Rehabilitation during change of ownership. Contracted by Avalon Health Care Group on behalf of Bandera Healthcare Inc., an affiliated subsidiary of Ensign Services, to troubleshoot and recover P&L losses, regain profitability, identify and onboard the right team of leaders and clinicians, re-establish community and referral relations, and fix clinical systems.

• C-Suite Senior Operations Team member leading operations, strategic direction, service line oversight, facility & system initiatives, clinical quality measures, campus regulatory compliance and readiness, workforce productivity, business growth, and financial performance. Exceeded revenue and expense management targets two consecutive years.• Executive oversight of Neuroscience Service Line, Orthopedic Service Line, Rehabilitation Service Line, Outpatient Ambulatory Care Services, and Medical Office Building management.• Banner Health system-wide leadership of the Neuroscience Clinical Consensus Group, System Stroke Coordinator Work Group, and Clinical Laboratory Discipline Team. Certified “Just Culture” Champion/Trainer.• Campus-wide clinical quality and operational oversight including: Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation, Infusion Services, Endoscopy, Electro-neuro Diagnostics, Inpatient Wound, Outpatient Wound, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Audiology, Sleep Medicine, Pharmacy, Therapy Services, Respiratory Therapy, Cardiopulmonary, Clinical Laboratory, and Cath Lab.• Campus-wide ancillary and support service operational oversight including: Facilities/Plant Operations, Design & Construction, Emergency Management, Security, Clinical Engineering, Environmental Services, Safety and Security.• Led and obtained Joint Commission facility accreditations, Primary Stroke Center designation and Joint Commission re-accreditation, Joint Commission certification as Arizona’s first Hip Fracture program, Stroke Program “Gold Plus” and “Honor Roll” distinctions. Key team lead of Post-Acute Care Transitions and Cardiovascular Care Delivery model.• Developed and implemented key clinical services, including: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program and clinic, Trans-cranial Doppler technology, At-home Sleep Testing, Lithotrispsy expansion, centralized campus telemetry monitoring, pharmacy service optimization, Campus Master Plan, and $20M Neuro/Tele Unit addition.

• Senior Operations Team Member responsible for service-line leadership, strategic direction, in-patient and out-patient programmatic expansion, quality improvement initiatives, episode of care pathways, and financial performance.• Led organization through successful CARF, CAP, and ACR accreditations. Led, developed and achieved “Comprehensive MS Center of Excellence” designation.• Identified, adopted, and integrated innovative clinical solutions for brain and spinal cord injured patients including bionic limbs, exoskeletal devices and brain/computer interface technologies.• Achieved a 42% increase in census through the development and execution of strategic census-development initiatives Ensured the seamless provision and progression of care for patients throughout the network and region by partnering with other service line leaders, Senior Executives, and community partners. • Optimized episode of care transitions and operational efficiencies by developing key relationships and collaborative agreements between partner acute care organizations, technology firms, and accrediting agencies.• Grew Diagnostic Imaging Center business by re-engineering operations and procuring key imaging service contracts. • Responsible for the oversight and management of patient flow spanning the post-acute continuum of care (referrals, admissions, discharge planning, community re-entry, and follow-up).

• Identified and established key clinical programs including Neuro-Spine, Integrative Medicine, Assistive and Rehabilitative Technology, and Visual Rehabilitation resulting in market share increase and key differentiation of services. • Established incentive-based pay structure and productivity model for specialist and hospitalist physician groups.• Established in-house specialty consultation services including neurology, infectious disease, and cardiology.• Established tele-medicine platform and services agreement for neurology, cardiology and infectious disease specialties.• Physician group practice administrator and primary administrative liaision for business development and referral/census development with acute care partner facilites and physicians.

• Responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Research Network. • Demonstrated success in the management, supervision, human resource and payroll-reporting of 70 employees in a multi-hospital and multi-site research organization throughout the University Hospital & Clinics, Intermountain Healthcare, and private physician offices. • Proven track record of research funding acquisition and management resulting in a $6.65M increase year-over-year. • Responsible for the pre-, interim- and post- award research activities and grants management. • Demonstrated leadership and successful coordination of departmental research activities including medical student, resident, fellow and faculty research cultivation. • Departmental point-person for strategic and growth planning, study design and implementation, and biostatistics. • Responsible for the management and oversight of all departmental wet and dry bench research and laboratories including tissue banking, data management oversight, development and implementation of a forensic sample tracking system, and basic science research facilitation.• Women’s & Children’s Service Line strategic planning, development, and fund-raising.

• Involved in strategic planning and feasibility analysis of a combined out-patient rehabilitation services program at TOSH and LDS Hospital including NPV analysis and utilization projections. • Assigned to the reconfiguration of pre- and post-operative care and scheduling of hospital patients in conjunction with the roll-out of an additional operating room and expanded OR capacity. • Project-based involvement in the coordination and development of a new spine and neck specialty service program aimed at streamlining services and attracting a larger patient base and referral network.

• Demonstrated expertise in clinical phlebotomy and diagnostic laboratory setting. • Progressive and increased responsibilities including the designation as PCMC Laboratory Quality Assurance Coordinator and the phlebotomy staff team-lead/coordinator. • Responsible for the development and implementation of a new-hire training and professional development program in which 45 individuals were successfully trained, certified, and mentored. • Designated as the frontline point-person for laboratory JCAHO and CLIA certification and evaluation. • Implemented comprehensive nurse and patient satisfaction survey tools to address inefficiencies in both staff and laboratory operations.

Epidemiologic and administrative contributions resulted in the publication of a peer-reviewed journal entitled “Invasive Pneumococcal in the Pediatric Populous, Salt Lake City, Utah”

• Responsible for the fiscal stewardship and management of a $6.5M budget. • Member of the University of Utah Board of Trustees. • Author of and lead legislative lobbyist for Senate Bill: 210 “Truth in Tuition”, enacted as State Law during the year 2000 legislative session. • Built and obtained funding for an on-campus student child care center, one of the first of its kind in the nation. • Elected President of the Utah Student Association.

• Awarded the national student-leader distinction in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the nation’s highest increase in student voter registration and turn-out. • Advocate and leader of over 21,000 university students and successfully orchestrated a state-wide campaign that resulted in the lowest tuition increase in the previous decade.