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SUMMARY:2026 DFW Healthcare Student Summit – ACHE of North Texas
DESCRIPTION:Join healthcare leaders and early careerists for an inside look at executive strategies and the growing impact of AI on the future of health\n\n\n\nThe DFW Healthcare Student Summit is designed for early career professionals and healthcare administration students seeking to learn from and connect with experienced industry leaders. Through two engaging panel discussions\, attendees will gain practical insights into executive decision making\, operational leadership\, and the growing role of AI in healthcare. \nAgenda: \n\n8:30am – 8:50am Coffee\, Check-in\, and Registration\n8:50am – 9:00am Welcome and Introductions\n9:00am – 10:00am Keynote Presentation\n10:00am – 10:10am Break\n10:10am – 11:30am Panel Discussion 1 – Executive Strategies for Driving Value & Better Outcomes\n11:30am – 12:30pm Lunch and Networking (lunch provided)\n12:30pm – 1:50pm Panel Discussion 2 – The Growth of AI in Healthcare\n1:50pm – 2:30pm Optional Networking After/Event Ends\n\nYour ticket includes attendance at the Student Summit\, a light breakfast with coffee and water\, and lunch will be provided at the event as well. \nSpeakers At A Glance: \nAaron Bujnowski\, DSc\, FACHE\nManaging Director\nAlvarez & Marsal \nChad Collins\, FACHE\nVice President Operations\nTexas Health Resources \nFelixia Colón\, FACHE\nSenior Vice President in Business Development\nSCP Health \nRichard J. Dixon\nFounder & Managing Director\nFuture Way Health Strategies\n\nEmily Flahaven\nDirector of Nursing Informatics\nUT Southwestern Medical Center\nDr. Richard G. Greenhill\nPrincipal and Founder\nSmartSigma AI \nLisa Kilgore\nDirector of Enterprise Connected Medical Device Systems\nBaylor Scott & White Health \nChristina Mathis\nChief Executive Officer\nMedical City Las Colinas \n\n\nKris Sanders\, FACHE\nSenior Vice President\, Northern Market Growth & Development\nChildren’s Health Plano \nTimothy Wilson\nHead of Program Integrity\nParkland Health \nBert Witherspoon\, FACHE\nFounder & Managing Partner\nTriaxiom Advisors\, LLC \n\n\n  \nRegister Here\n  \n\n\nSpeakers’ Bios: \nAaron Bujnowski\, DSc\, FACHE\, is a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal\, a leading global professional services firm specializing in advisory\, consulting\, and turnaround management. With two decades of dedicated experience in the healthcare industry\, Dr. Bujnowski has built a reputation as a transformative healthcare strategist\, empowering health systems and their leaders to attain sustainable competitive advantage. \nDr. Bujnowski served as the former System Chief Strategy Officer of Texas Health Resources\, a ~$5 billion integrated health system in the Dallas-Fort Worth area\, where he dedicated nearly nine years to developing and executing enterprise-wide strategies. \nDr. Bujnowski holds a Doctor of Science degree in Healthcare Leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration with the highest honors from The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in chemical engineering with a biomedical emphasis from Brigham Young University in Provo\, Utah. \nDr. Bujnowski was honored as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) in 2015. He is a Past President of its North Texas Chapter\, where he leads a diverse community of nearly 2\,000 healthcare executives and managers. \n  \nFelixia Colón\, FACHE\, serves as Senior Vice President in Business Development at SCP Health\, where she leads strategic market development at the executive and health system level. With more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience\, she brings deep expertise in clinical operations\, physician practice management\, and enterprise growth strategy. \nMs. Colón previously led SCP Health’s Telemedicine and Virtual Care service lines\, overseeing expansion across Hospital Medicine\, Emergency Medicine\, and Critical Care Medicine. Under her leadership\, the platform grew from three hospital medicine programs in 2016 to more than 100 sites by 2025\, supporting hospitals nationwide with sustainable\, high-quality clinical solutions. \nHer professional background includes senior leadership roles across multi-specialty\, multi-site physician practices\, including emergency medicine\, academic and private hospital medicine\, transitional care medicine\, tele-nocturnist and eHealth programs\, and post-acute care environments (SNFs and LTACs). She has also led physician outreach initiatives in collaboration with a national health insurance carrier. Prior to joining SCP Health\, Ms. Colón served as Senior Vice President for one of the largest independent physician practices in Texas\, where she held enterprise-wide responsibility for operations\, contracting\, business development\, marketing\, recruiting\, and healthcare payment reform initiatives\, including participation in CMS’s Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) program. \nA native of Jacksonville\, Florida\, Ms. Colón holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Health Administration from the University of North Florida. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and an active leader within the organization\, having served as Regent-at-Large for District IV and former President of the ACHE North Texas Chapter. She has also held multiple elected board and committee leadership roles and serves as faculty for SCP Health’s Medical Leadership Intensive\, focused on developing physician and advanced practice leaders. \n  \n\nRichard Dixon is a healthcare executive\, advisor\, and author focused on system redesign\, digital strategy\, and sustainable care delivery. He works with health systems\, payers\, and public sector leaders to translate emerging technologies\, including AI\, into practical operating models that improve access\, outcomes\, and workforce experience.\nHis work emphasizes responsible adoption\, data integrity\, and governance\, ensuring that technology strengthens care delivery rather than adding complexity or risk. Richard is the author of Care Anywhere and the founder of Future Way Health Strategies\, where he advises leadership teams on building durable\, human-centered healthcare systems.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Richard G. Greenhill has spent over 30 years solving the problems that keep healthcare executives awake at night such as declining quality metrics\, patient safety challenges and the persistent gap between healthcare’s promise and its operational reality. As principal and founder of SmartSigma AI\, he brings rigorous quality science and pragmatic AI implementation expertise to healthcare organizations navigating the intersection of regulatory pressure and technological disruption\, turning strategy into sustainable results rather than failed pilots. Elected by his international peers to the prestigious International Academy for Quality and Safety (IAQS)\, one of the highest lifetime honors in global healthcare quality\, Dr. Greenhill serves as editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Quality in Healthcare\, Communications (Oxford University Press) and as national faculty for the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). As a sought-after international speaker on AI in healthcare delivery and a subject matter expert for the World Health Organization and International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua)\, his voice shapes global healthcare policy while his focus remains on what works in real healthcare organizations. He is a honorably retired U.S. Navy veteran with extensive publications in peer reviewed journals and textbooks. Dr. Greenhill brings academic rigor and operational excellence to every engagement\, delivering the strategic clarity and practical implementation support that transforms healthcare organizations. \n\n\n  \nLisa Kilgore serves as Director of Enterprise Connected Medical Device Systems at Baylor Scott & White Health\, where she provides executive oversight for the strategy\, governance\, and operational integration of clinical device ecosystems across the enterprise.\, she leads initiatives that advance interoperability\, cybersecurity resilience\, data integrity\, and clinical technology standardization in support of high-reliability care delivery. \nWith nearly 30 years of hands-on experience in hospitals coast to coast\, a career rooted in enterprise medical device integration and digital health transformation\, Lisa operates at the convergence of biomedical engineering\, health IT\, and executive operations. She partners with clinical\, technology\, and executive leadership to ensure connected medical technologies not only function reliably at scale but also generate actionable clinical data that strengthens outcomes\, operational performance\, and regulatory compliance. \nAs a panelist on The Growth of AI in Healthcare\, Lisa brings a systems-level perspective on how connected devices\, real-time data streams\, and intelligent automation are reshaping care models. Her focus is on building secure\, scalable infrastructures that responsibly enable AI-driven innovation while safeguarding patient safety and enterprise stability. \n  \n\n\nChristina Mathis has served as CEO at Medical City Las Colinas since March 2025. She provides leadership\, strategic direction and direct administrative responsibility for all aspects of financial operations\, clinical quality outcomes and patient experience for the 99-bed acute care hospital with more than 500 employees. The hospital offers comprehensive services\, including Level III trauma services\, cardiovascular\, orthopedic and spine surgery\, robotic surgery\, women’s services and a neonatal ICU (NICU). She proudly serves on the Board of Directors for ACHE North Texas\, Irving Schools Foundation\, Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce and Trinity University Healthcare Administration Alumni Board. \n  \n  \n  \nKris Sanders\, FACHE\, currently serves as Senior Vice President\, Northern Market Growth and Development at Children’s Health Plano. She is board certified in Healthcare Administration. She has a Bachelor of Healthcare Administration as well as her Master of Business Administration. Kris currently oversees the leadership and implementation of all Northern Market activity in DFW for Children’s Health. She previously worked at Envision Physician Services\, which she worked as Vice President of Operations. Other previous roles include opportunities at Methodist Health System and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. \nKris is a board-certified Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). She also serves as a board member and President for ACHE North Texas. She is a proud member of National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) where she also serves as the President for the DFW chapter. Other board of director affiliations include Live Oak Surgery Center and Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County. She is a proud Leadership Plano Class 39 graduate and was awarded Diversity Leaders “Rising Star” by Modern Healthcare magazine in 2024. In addition to the professional work\, Kris is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Incorporated Chi Zeta Omega chapter in Plano\, TX. \n  \n\nTimothy Wilson is the Head of Program Integrity for Parkland Health’s Medicaid managed care organization\, Parkland Community Health Plan. In this role\, he provides enterprise leadership over payment integrity and program oversight\, strengthening financial stewardship\, regulatory compliance\, and operational discipline within a highly regulated managed care environment. His work ensures that healthcare dollars are spent appropriately while supporting high quality care and improved patient outcomes. \n  \nTimothy brings deep experience across population health operations\, managed care\, and enterprise risk management. He has led complex\, large scale portfolios spanning claims operations\, audit and recovery\, appeals\, system configuration\, delegated vendor oversight\, and profit and loss accountability. Prior to joining Parkland\, he served as Senior Vice President of Population Health Management at P3 Health Partners and held an executive leadership role at Children’s Health\, where he helped launch the organization’s health plan. He is known for translating operational complexity into clear executive strategy and for building disciplined operating models that strengthen governance\, improve accuracy\, and drive sustainable performance. \n  \nBeyond his operating roles\, Timothy is a recognized healthcare leader and mentor. He serves on the Editorial Board of Healthcare Executive magazine and is President-Elect of the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter. He also serves on the boards of NAHSE DFW and the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) of North Texas\, advancing executive development\, governance excellence\, and equity across the healthcare industry. He is also a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity\, Inc. \n  \nTimothy holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Image Management and a master’s degree in Mass Communication and Media Studies from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified and is a frequent speaker on healthcare operations\, program integrity\, and executive leadership. \n  \n\nBert Witherspoon\, FACHE\, is a board-certified healthcare executive and the Founder & Managing Partner of Triaxiom Advisors\, LLC\, a boutique\, bespoke advisory firm built on one conviction: healthcare works best when it stays deeply personal. Through Triaxiom Advisors\, he helps provider-owned practices\, surgical groups\, and healthcare ventures reclaim control of their future—turning business problems into business solutions grounded in clarity\, operational discipline\, and human-centered leadership. \nHis path into healthcare leadership is uniquely shaped by frontline service. A retired firefighter-paramedic and former president and COO of a private EMS organization\, Bert learned early that the systems behind care matter just as much as the care itself. That frontline-to-boardroom trajectory gives his work a rare blend of operational realism\, empathy\, and strategic rigor. \nHe holds dual graduate degrees (MS and MBA) from The University of Texas at Dallas. In addition to his advisory work\, he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Graduate Healthcare Finance at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth\, a Vocational EMS Instructor at Dallas College\, and an active mentor for the American College of Healthcare Executives at both the local chapter and national levels\, supporting the development of rising healthcare leaders across the country. \nBert’s leadership philosophy is simple but transformative: the future of healthcare depends on building more Clock Builders\, not just more Time Tellers. He believes leaders have a responsibility to grow other leaders—through education\, mentorship\, and a life-long learner’s mindset—so that innovation isn’t a moment but a mindset. In a field as dynamic as healthcare\, he champions the kind of leadership that creates systems\, cultures\, and people capable of sustaining real\, lasting impact. \n\n\n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://achentx.org/event/2026-dfw-healthcare-student-summit-ache-of-north-texas/
LOCATION:UNT Health Science Center – Medical Education & Training Building\, 1000 Montgomery Street\, Fort Worth\, TX\, 76107\, United States
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