Founded a national consulting and speaking practice based on my passions and focused on better health and better care for people living with chronic illness. • Expertise includes health, wellbeing and lifestyle medicine; chronic illness prevention and rehabilitation; health coaching and Motivational Interviewing (MI). • Presented hundreds of continuing education workshops and classes including Motivational Interviewing for organizations and regional/national healthcare professional meetings.• Project design and implementation of prevention and rehabilitation services for hospitals and healthcare organizations across the U.S including coverage and reimbursement considerations. • Authored two books on clinical operations & standards with multiple subsequent editions, used by 80% of hospitals nationwide. Numerous articles and book chapters.

Executive Director tasked with design, development, delivery, oversight, and growth of a yearlong, world-class, and worldwide coach training program ensuring it exceeds 1) the rigor of national board standards, and 2) the needs of its students and graduates.• Content design, development, delivery of year-long professional health coach training in three program pillars: 1) Functional Health and Medicine, 2) Art and Practice of Coaching, 3) Professional and Business Development.• Management, oversight, and mentorship of complex teams including faculty, productions, practitioners, and student support.• Design and buy-in of coaching model, pillars, framework, and core competencies.• Achievement of National Board program accreditation within nine months of start. Program approval from multiple international boards.• Design, development, and delivery of final oral examination and certification/recertification requirements. • Design development and delivery of advanced training modules and continuing education.• Program growth from one cohort of students to seven, 300 students to 1500, covering 30 countries and 20 time zones.• Student outcomes: 100% pass rate on NBME National Board Exam. 100% report ‘very satisfied’ (93%) or ‘satisfied’ (7%) with course content and value. 100% report they would recommend the program to someone that wants to become a health coach. Over 95% of students report that this program has helped meet their career goals.

Integral partner in a startup blending the key strategies of high tech and high touch to enhance and expand the way care is offered to people living with cardiovascular/cardiometabolic disease.• Partnered with CEO to develop and craft positioning and commercialization strategies.• Case Manager & Coach for Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) at Stanford University .• Facilitated development of design elements to improve cost, quality, and patient experience outcomes.• Designed elements of success for lifestyle medicine and behavior change strategies for success of Stanford RCT.• Crafted rewrite of coverage policy for major payer to allow for remote delivery of cardiac rehabilitation and lifestyle medical management of members living with cardiovascular disease (CVD).

KaiserProvided high level oversight to the Improvement & Innovation Fellowships at the Center for Health System Performance (CHSP)/Care Management Institute (CMI). • Managed and directed planning and execution of Kaiser’s world-class Improvement Institute and related advanced quality training programs and Fellowships. • Engaged and involved key stakeholders including National Leadership Team, National Quality Committee, Regional Leadership Groups. • Led development and project management for the internal Green, Yellow, and Black Belt Lean Six Sigma preparation, testing and certification processes.

CHCKey consultant in the design, development, delivery, and facilitation of The Clinical Health Coach (CHC) Training Program. • The CHC is a 6-week learning collaborative designed for health care professionals who desire to attain skills in chronic care management through proactive, patient-centered strategies. • The curriculum built on the philosophy that patients are the greatest untapped resource in reclaiming responsibility for their own health. • The CHC Training Program works closely with health care organizations who are looking to transform to new innovative models of care and to transform conversations that better engage and activate patients and families. Within these new structures, there is an emerging role for the "Clinical Health Coach."

Orchestrated improvement in hospital quality, including reduction in risk-adjusted preventable mortality and complications, through the design and implementation of evidence-based quality initiatives.• Executed simultaneous management of multiple client hospitals and multiple client projects. Engagements included quality assessment, initiative design, development and implementation, stakeholder engagement and regular success measurement.• Drove assessment and identification of risk factors that contribute to poor patient outcomes. Analyzed root causes and customized solutions for individual systems of care.• Incorporated implementation of physician-led teams, best practices and evidence-based guidelines to reduce care variation and improve outcomes. • Facilitated quality improvement initiatives in a variety of service lines including cardiac, orthopedic, pulmonary, stroke, critical care, and general surgery.

Served as President of a 3,000-member, national professional organization with a mission dedicated to health promotion and disease prevention.• Managed oversight and research for all projects and functions of the AACVPR. • Established key national and international industry liaisons and partnerships.• Coordinate and lead strategic planning. • Drove QI initiative reorganizing national program certification and recertification processes.• Knowledgeable and experienced in the intricacies of CMS coverage and reimbursement policies.• Led AACVPR Disease Management Task Force.• Successfully administered $1.5 million budget. • Orchestrated 30 working committees and 5 major task forces. • Oversaw public policy, regulatory, and legislative initiatives. • Coordinated successful partner project with The Joint Commission (JCAHO) in Disease Specific Care.• Organized several of the association’s annual meetings. • Coordinated national campaign on movement of healthcare-related bills through Congress.

Directed health promotion/disease prevention programs promoting healthcare cost containment via employee health management.• Integrated high risk and cardiac employee populations into health management program. • Directed ongoing medical and fitness staff development.• Developed work site cardiac rehabilitation services for employees. • Actively involved in ongoing development of Executive Health program. • Assisted with development of database to track employee health history and utilization. • Initiated and introduced continuing education and in-services training for professional medical staff. • Implemented emergency in-service training for staff members.