Women's Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN) Mixer
2019-10-08 17:30 - 19:30 (America/Denver) | The Network Bar, 331 Singleton Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75212
You spoke and we listened!
Women’s Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN) is pleased to invite you to our first ever networking mixer at the chic and exclusive, Network Bar in Dallas! This event is for all women in healthcare leadership or those aspiring to a leadership role.
We invite you to bring your business cards and get ready for a lively mixer where you will meet accomplished female professionals just like yourself, face to face, one professional at a time.
We will discuss healthcare, our careers, and how women can create a space to empower women and inspire long-lasting change.
We are looking forward to meeting each of you.
WHEN’s purpose is to create a network that will enrich, strengthen and advocate for women in healthcare leadership through a variety of career development opportunities, inspiring professional and personal growth.
WHEN
The Time is Now!

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A special thanks to THAC for hosting this event!
THAC is the premier non-profit healthcare organization where healthcare professionals go for thought-provoking discussion, mutually beneficial relationships within the healthcare industry, and meaningful ways to impact people within our communities.
They serve our communities through engaging educational events to promote collaboration on emerging healthcare topics, conversation on healthcare legislation, and dedicated philanthropy for improving the community.

Community Event: Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)
2019-10-12 09:00 - 11:00 | Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), 1680 N Glenville Drive, Suite 300, Richardson, TX, 75081
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Come join your ACHE of North Texas colleagues as we hand-pack rice, soy, dried vegetables and a nutritionally complete blend of vitamins and minerals into bags which are then sealed, boxed, placed on pallets and shipped to Feed My Starving Children’s partners working hard to reach the neediest children around the world.
Visit www.fmsc.org to learn more about this incredible organization.
Restrictions: anyone with a soy allergy, anyone will illness within 24 hours of the volunteering event, but there are no lifting restrictions. For safety reasons, the minimum age for volunteering is 5 years old and anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult during the packing experience. Please also note, FMSC is banking on our group’s help and will be turning away other volunteers to accommodate our anticipated number of attendees. If you are unable to attend, please let us know right away so we can fill your slot. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you there and rolling up our sleeves together to do this important work!

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2nd Annual ACHENTX Volunteer Appreciation Gathering
2019-10-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Via Real Restaurant, 4020 North MacArthur Boulevard #100, Irving, TX, 75038
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As a THANK YOU for volunteering your time and talents to ACHENTX this year, the Board of Directors and Volunteer Engagement Committee invites you to join us at the 2nd annual Volunteer Appreciation gathering! This is a fun, relaxed event for our chapter’s volunteers to network with each other and to be personally thanked for your great efforts.
Heavy appetizers and drinks provided by ACHENTX.
We hope you can join us!

Cocktails with the Chiefs - Fort Worth
2019-10-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Reata Restaurant – Fort Worth, 310 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76102, United States
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Our popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is back in Fort Worth – once again under the beautiful glass dome at the trendy Reata restaurant.
Come listen as local industry leaders share their experiences, gaining insights on how to build leadership skills and leveraging them for professional growth. Learn from their successes and challenges and be inspired to further pursue your own professional and personal development goals.
The event will include some great networking opportunities as well.
Moderator:

Michael Sandborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP
President
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth

Panelists:
Jenny Beuerlein, LMSW
Chief Executive Officer
PAM Rehabilitation Hospital In Allen
Melissa Johnson
Vice-president of Technology Operations
McKesson Corporation
Jyric Sims, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Medical City Fort Worth
Speaker Bios:
Jenny Beuerlein is the Chief Executive Officer of PAM Rehabilitation Hospital In Allen where she leads the number one hospital in the PAM system. Jenny began her career as a social worker in the Baylor Scott and White Healthcare system, and was afforded an opportunity to transition into the Post-Acute setting. Jenny completed her Master of Science in Social work at The University of Texas Arlington, Magna Cum Laude. Jenny and her husband have 4 children and live in a Wylie, TX and spend most of their weekends at the soccer fields.

Melissa Johnson leads Technology Operations at McKesson Corporaton, a Fortune 6 pharmaceuticals distribution, health information technology, medical supplies, and care management tools company. As vice-president of Technology Operations, she is responsible for all technology operational-excellence initiatives within the corporation. Prior to McKesson, she served as vice-president of IT at Palo Alto Networks where she was instrumental in leading IT as interim CIO and ensuring the Engineering teams were supported by IT. Previously, she served in IT leadership roles at Caesars Entertainment Corporation and as CIO at Comair, Inc.
Having led all facets of IT over the years, she is highly experienced in developing capability models that ensure delivery of high-value projects with ongoing utilization metrics. With over 20 years of experience leading people, technology teams, and implementing cost-effective technology solutions, Melissa is highly skilled in all phases of the project lifecycle, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design, through execution and implementation.
Melissa has always been customer-focused and skilled in initiating and building alliances with internal and external customers as well as vendors. She has a proven ability to identify business needs or problems and translate them into technical requirements as well as execute large enterprise projects across multiple business units.
Michael Sanborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP currently serves as president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the 574-bed acute care hospital with more than 2,400 employees and 1,100 medical staff members. Services include transplantation, heart/vascular, oncology, trauma, and one of the largest women’s hospitals in the area.
Before joining All Saints, Sanborn served as president of Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton where he was responsible for the hospital, three satellite medical offices and a freestanding diagnostic center. Prior to his position at Carrollton, Sanborn served as the corporate vice president of cardiovascular services for the Baylor Scott & White system. Throughout his 29 years in health care, Sanborn has taken on increasingly complex roles, initially in pharmacy leadership and then in health care administration.
Mr. Sanborn holds a B.S. and M.S. in Pharmacy and Administration respectively from the University of Kansas and is a Fellow of both ACHE and ASHP.
Jyric Sims serves as Chief Executive Officer of Medical City Fort Worth, a health system that includes a 320-bed medical center, an ambulatory surgery center, a free standing emergency room and more than 1,200 employees. Sims previously served as Senior VP & Chief Operating Officer of Tulane Health System in New Orleans, Louisiana, and in executive roles in hospitals in Port St. Lucie, Florida, Houston, Texas, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Sims has received numerous accolades, including 2017 National Healthcare Executive of the Year by the National Association of Healthcare Executives, 2017 Alumni of the Year by University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and 2016 Modern Healthcare Up and Comer. He was also appointed to serve on a national delegation to Israel. He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Academically, Jyric Sims serves on the Louisiana State University National Diversity Advisory Board and is an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University School of Public Health. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Louisiana State University, a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a certificate in healthcare leadership from Harvard University. Sims is married to his college sweetheart, Maisha, and they are the proud parents of Sabriya (daughter) and Noah (son).

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Fourth Quarter Education Event
2019-10-24 15:00 - 19:30 | Mexican Sugar, 7501 Lone Star Drive #Ste B150, Plano, TX, 75024
Approved for up to 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits
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Panel #1: Care for the Uninsured and Underinsured
Moderator: Paul Aslin, FACHE
Chief Transformation Officer/SVP Strategic Alignment
Wise Health System
Panelists:
Catherine Oliveros
Vice President, Community Health Improvement
Texas Health Resources
Leslie Pierce
VP Revenue Cycle
Methodist Health
Krystal Richardson
Director of Revenue Cycle Operations
UT Southwestern
Felicia Shaw
VP Medicaid Eligibility Services
Parallon

Panel #2: Understanding Implicit Bias and its impact on Healthcare Leadership
Moderator: Tina Bowers
Director of Diversity Workforce
Children’s Health
Panelists:
Pamela Bryant
SVP of Supply Chain Management
Parkland
Beverly Hardy-Decuir
Executive Director/Program Administrator, Acute/Post-Acute Services
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Colea Owens
Clinical Educator
Medical City Healthcare
Martin Marshall
Director of Operational Logistics
UT Southwestern

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Speaker Bios:
Paul Aslin received his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington where he won first place in the graduate division of the national ACHE Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management. Prior to his current role as Chief Transformation Officer, Mr. Aslin served as Chief Population Health Officer for Wise Health System and Chief Operating Officer for Wise Health Clinics. He currently leads the system’s participation in the 1115 Waiver program and has administrative responsibility for quality, patient experience, population health, telehealth, value-based care, community health improvement, and organizational performance excellence. Paul resides in Haslet, TX with his wife, Amanda, and three daughters.

Tina Bowers is a results-oriented leader with 20+ years of strategic leadership experience in the health care industry. In her current role, Tina is responsible for advancing diversity and inclusion at Children’s Health, an 8,000-employee pediatric health system. Her goal is to create an inclusive workplace where employees feel welcome, valued and respected and where the workforce reflects the patients, employees, and communities we serve.
Prior to joining Children’s, Tina served in HR leadership roles at for-profit and not-for-profit health systems including Methodist Health System and Tenet Health. She has worked in multiple functional areas across Human Resources including Talent Acquisition, Organizational Development, Learning and Leadership Development, Talent Development and Engagement, and is a trusted advisor to leaders across the organization.
Tina is married and lives in the DFW area with Terry, her husband of 30 years. They have two daughters and one granddaughter. She enjoys travel, yoga, fishing, consuming audio books and long walks.
Tina holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and is Certified in Diversity Management in Healthcare through the Institute for Diversity in Health Management.

Pamela Bryant is the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain for Parkland Health & Hospital System. Parkland is one of the largest public hospitals in the country with more than 1 million patient visits annually. Pamela leads a team of over 200 personnel and is responsible for all aspects of the supply chain, including procurement, strategic sourcing, informatics, logistics, distribution, vendor management and equipment/asset management. She has more than 20 years of healthcare experience and a proven track record in driving cost reductions, supporting dynamic growth, implementing new initiatives, improving operational efficiencies and driving supplier diversity.
Pamela earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and Master of Business Administration degree from Averett University in Danville, Virginia. She is a member of The Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM) where she previously served as president of the local chapter. Currently, she serves as the Board Chair of the Women’s Business Council Southwest (WBCS).

Dr. Beverly Hardy-Decuir recently transitioned to the position of Executive Director/Program Administrator, Acute/Post-Acute Services at Parkland Health & Hospital System. She received a baccalaureate degree and master’s degree of science in nursing from the University of South Alabama, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Texas at Houston.
The Medicaid patient populations have been the focus of Dr. Hardy-Decuir nursing practice, research, and publications. She has serviced for many years the Medicaid, Medicare, and Indigent populations. Dr. Beverly Hardy-Decuir is a veteran healthcare professional with 30+ years of quality management, operational and executive leadership experience. Dr. Hardy-Decuir is a recognized leader in Healthcare Quality Management and is a Board Certified Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, Certified Healthcare Quality Professional, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Certified Professional in Healthcare Accreditation. She is a frequent speaker on quality management, accreditation, and performance improvement at state and national conferences.

Martin Marshall of U.T. Southwestern Medical Center has 13 years of progressive management experience, which include 11 years of management with two Fortune 500 organizations. His managerial experience in logistics a
nd operations began at UPS where he served in management for 5 years in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area while completing his undergraduate education from the University of North Texas.
Upon completing his undergraduate studies from UNT, Martin then joined J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. where he served as a Logistics Project Manager for 6 years. Some of the projects that were managed under Martin’s leadership included logistics designs for The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Terrell, TX, The Home Depot in San Antonio, TX and several oil field customers in Midland, TX.
Upon completing his MBA from Texas Tech University, Martin transitioned into his current role with UT Southwestern where he directs Logistics, Biomedical Engineering, Patient Transport, Hospital Capital Equipment Acquisitions, & Volunteer Services. His current responsibility oversees 141 FTE’s and over $10 million in fiscal management.

Catherine Oliveros is vice president of Community Health Improvement at Texas Health Resources.
Catherine provides strategic direction to and oversight of Texas Health’s Community Health Improvement initiatives, which aim to decrease health disparities and address social determinants with a special focus on underserved populations. In her role, Catherine oversees community health research and evaluation and is responsible for programs created as part of Texas Health Community Impact and the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP). Catherine is also responsible for building strong relationships with public and private organizations who share the Texas Health Vision of improving health and well-being across North Texas.
Before joining the Texas Health family, Catherine was director of community affairs at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, where she developed strategies and collaborative partnerships to advance health and wellness, community engagement and business growth. Her 24 -year career includes six years with Susan G. Komen, where she was regional director for Latin America, including oversight of Komen’s Latin America research and community-based grants portfolio addressing the entire breast cancer continuum of care.
Catherine holds a master’s degree and a doctorate degree in public health from Loma Linda University in California, as well as a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
Community is also a priority for Catherine outside of work. She is a graduate of Leadership Fort Worth and Leadership North Texas and has served on the boards of The Concilio, North Texas American Diabetes Association, UNT Health Sciences Center: Women’s Health and Health Disparities, and North Texas Hispanic 100. She is also a member of the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council’s Community Health Collaborative and UT Southwestern Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Community Advisory Board.

Colea Owens MBA, BSN, RN is a Nursing Educator, Entrepreneur and Healthcare Advocate with almost a decade of experience. She is the Founder and Owner of Black Girl Blue Scrubs, LLC and The DFW Black Healthcare professionals. She creates and implements diversity in healthcare and diversity in nursing initiatives by curating monthly networking meet ups and professional development programs. Colea works as a Nursing professional development educator for Medical City Dallas and as a professor for Cedar Valley College, where she has helped lead a workforce development program with The Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce and Methodist hospital to help pipeline underprivileged minorities into healthcare professions. Colea enjoys mentoring new and aspiring nurses in nursing leadership. Colea is happy to join the ACHE Faculty to provide a minority millennial perspective both as a rising healthcare leader and consumer. Colea is from Cleveland, Ohio and proud to call Dallas home.

Leslie Pierce is a proven revenue cycle professional with extensive experience in the health system and RCM solutions company environments. She currently serves as Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle at Methodist Health System in Dallas-Fort Worth. She was previously AVP for Client Relations at Parallon Business Solutions. Leslie’s expertise includes hospital and physician revenue cycle, Payer Relations, Epic workflow design, and improving overall revenue performance. Leslie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Krystal Richardson is a Director of Revenue Cycle Management at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Krystal specializes in operational performance improvement, technology solution integration, and quality patient revenue care. Her experiences include redesigning operations to improve efficiency, lower costs, and improve revenues. She is committed to cultivating and supporting healthcare professionals to improve the delivery of health care. Over the past 25 years, Krystal has served a variety of healthcare providers including academic medical centers ambulance, DME, inpatient/outpatient hospital, emergency medicine, clinic, physician office, and hospice

Felicia Shaw serves as Regional Vice President of Eligibility Operations. She provides oversite of the Medicaid eligibility operations in more than 76 hospitals for Texas and 6 other states. She has extensive management experience providing Medicaid Eligibility and disability benefit services to the self-pay population to major educational and county hospitals. She has 31 years of healthcare experience and 25 years of management experience across the for-profit and not-for-profit healthcare sector in Revenue Cycle Management. She has proven experience providing day-to-day management support to multiple projects simultaneously, while adhering to strict timelines and budgets, and a reputation for building and mentoring strong, functional staff dedicated to meeting and/or exceeding objectives and goals.

Board of Governors' Exam Prep Course - Fall 2019
2019-11-01 08:30 - 16:00 | Lincoln Experience Center, 3620 The Star Blvd, Frisco, TX, 75034
Are you planning to advance to Fellow before the end of the year? Let us help you prepare to sit for the Board of Governors Exam. ACHE of North Texas is offering a one-day study course to help you prepare. National courses can run more than $1,000 plus travel expenses and are two and a half days. Stay close to home, pay a fraction of the cost, and spend a third of the time to learn test taking tips and review knowledge areas.
Breakfast (bagels, juice & coffee) and lunch will be provided.
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2019 ACHENTX General Membership Convocation
2019-11-05 17:30 - 20:45 | Las Colinas Country Club, 4400 N O'Connor Road, Irving, TX, 75062, United States
Generational Leadership Lessons for Everyone
Be sure to take advantage of the early bird pricing options and get your ticket soon. Individual and table tickets are available. Tickets will be selling fast.
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Agenda: Networking/Reception – 5:30 – 6:30pm
Program/Awards – 6:30 – 8:45pm
Please join us for a discussion around leadership, change management and motivation built on a combined 125+ years of experience and insight. Our panel will be moderated by Ted Shaw, CEO of the Texas Hospital Association and will feature the following leaders who have announced recent retirements from several major systems in the DFW area.
Jim Berg FACHE
Former President
Texas Health Resources Dallas
Gary D. Brock FACHE
Former Executive Vice President and Special Advisor
Baylor Scott & White Health
John A Gillean, M.D.
EVP and Chief Clinical Officer, Retired
CHRISTUS Health
Stephen L. Mansfield, Ph.D., FACHE
Former President and CEO
Methodist Health System
Speakers Bios:
Jim Berg, FACHE, was named president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in April of 2015 and announced his retirement from THR in the spring of 2019. Berg joined the organization in 2007 as senior vice president and chief operating officer, and served as Interim President from August 2014 until April 2015. In his role as president, Berg had primary oversight of day-to-day activities and responsibility for the annual operating plan.
Prior to joining Texas Health Resources, Berg led hospitals and health care systems in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Utah and Missouri.
Berg served more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He received numerous military awards and decorations, including the Air Force Reserve award for Outstanding Hospital Administrator, three Meritorious Service Medals and a Commendation Medal.
Berg holds a master’s degree in hospital and health care administration from Saint Louis University, where he also received a bachelor’s degree in management sciences, magna cum laude. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and on the boards of the Texas Hospital Association HealthSHARE and the American Hospital Association (AHA) Services, Inc. Each of these organizations is committed to finding innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges facing hospitals.
Gary Brock is executive vice president and special advisor for Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH), an integrated health care delivery system serving the Central and North Texas regions. During fiscal year 2018, BSWH served more than 2.3 million unique patients across the system’s numerous access sites, which includes 50 hospitals, 196 outpatient ancillary facilities, 162 primary care clinics, and 513 specialty care clinics.
Throughout his distinguished 30+ year career with Baylor, Mr. Brock has held many leadership positions, including BSWH chief integrated delivery network officer, providing direct executive leadership and oversight for managed care and network development, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance, HealthTexas Provider Network, and served as president and chief operating officer for the North Texas Division of Baylor Scott & White Health.
Mr. Brock holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Oklahoma and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is a past chair of the Texas Hospital Association (THA). THA honored Mr. Brock as the 2016 recipient of the Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration. He is the chair of the Texas Health Ventures Group board of managers – a joint venture with United Surgical Partners International, which develops and operates surgery centers and short-stay hospitals in partnership with local physicians in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. He is the chair of the Zephyr Integrated Provider Services, L.L.C., board of managers. He is also a board member of the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance. Additionally, he serves on the board of the Dallas Regional Chamber.
Dr. John Gillean serves as the senior clinical executive of CHRISTUS Health, a faith-based, Catholic health care organization serving communities in the United States, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia. In this capacity, Dr. Gillean’s many responsibilities include the oversight of quality and patient safety, health informatics, accreditation readiness, clinical research and academics, along with other areas that effect the care administered to patients.
Dr. Gillean has more than 35 years of experience in the provision and management of health care. From his graduation until 1995, he served as an internal medicine specialist in Texarkana. Subsequent to this and prior to joining CHRISTUS Health, he held several administrative positions, including that of Medical Director for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas.
Dr. Gillean has a passion for quality health care delivery that meets the needs of individual patients and unique populations. He continuously challenges CHRISTUS Health associates to move to a high reliability organization which first does no harm, and then optimizes health care outcomes.
Dr. Gillean received both his medical degree and internal medicine specialty education from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He later earned a Master of Science in Health Administration degree from the University of Colorado.
Stephen L. Mansfield, Ph.D., FACHE has been the President and CEO of Methodist Health System in Dallas, Texas since 2006.
With a stated mission to improve and saves lives through compassionate quality health care, Methodist has been one of the region’s fastest growing health systems – having more than tripled in size during Mansfield’s tenure, and being cited in 2014 by Modern Healthcare as one of America’s 40 Fastest Growing healthcare companies in the nation.
Methodist continues to grow at a rapid pace, having recently broken ground on their next hospital in Midlothian, TX.; acquired Methodist Southlake Hospital; Mid-way through an $80 million expansion at Methodist Richardson; and, recently completing major expansions to add: a $130 million Trauma/Critical Care Center at its Methodist Dallas campus; and a $118 million expansion for its Methodist Mansfield Medical Center campus.
The $1.7 billion non-profit, Methodist Health System, is comprised of Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Methodist Charlton Medical Center, Methodist Mansfield Medical Center, Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Methodist Rehabilitation Hospital, Methodist Hospital of McKinney, Methodist Hospital for Surgery in Addison, Methodist Richardson Campus for Continuing Care, Methodist Midlothian Health Center, Methodist Southlake Hospital, 30 Methodist Family Health Centers, Transplant Centers throughout Texas plus 2 located in Puerto Rico, and an array of outpatient imaging and urgent care centers..
Methodist Health System employs 8,800 staff and has over 2,400 physicians and more than 2,000 volunteers engaged with the health system.
In 2015, Methodist Health System was awarded the Texas Award for Performance Excellence by the Quality Texas Foundation.
In 2018, and for the past fifteen years in a row, Dallas Business Journal has acknowledged Methodist as a Best Place to Work and Methodist has recently been recognized as a Best Place to Work by Modern Healthcare and Becker’s Review, and was just named the top health system for employee engagement by the Advisory Board in Washington, D.C. as well. Earlier this year, Methodist was named #2 among health systems in America by DiversityInc for their success with inclusion & diversity initiatives.
Over the past several years, in addition to having grown substantially, Methodist has experienced its most profitable years in its history, enjoys a bond-rating that places the system among the top 16% of health systems in the US, and has won numerous national, state, and local awards for their community-based wellness programs, patient safety, accountable care organization, clinical quality, and overall performance.
Committed to community involvement Dr. Mansfield currently serves on the boards of The Dallas Foundation, Dallas Citizen’s Council, Dallas Regional Chamber and is Past-Chairman of the Dallas Regional Chamber. He is the 2015 recipient of the Texas Association of Business’s Distinguished Business Leader Award. He was recognized by D Magazine as Healthcare Executive of the Year in 2014 and was included as a “Top Newsmaker to Watch for 2013” by Dallas Business Journal. In 2012 he was awarded “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst & Young and in 2009 was selected as “Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser” by the DFW Division of March of Dimes.
Before joining Methodist in 2006, Dr. Mansfield spent seven years as the President and CEO of the five-hospital St. Vincent Health System based in Little Rock, Arkansas, and before that held a variety of executive roles for the Baptist Memorial Health Care System in Memphis for 23 years.
Dr. Mansfield has a Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration from Ottawa University, a Master’s from the University of Tennessee, and holds a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Regent University in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Steve’s wife Marilyn – a teacher by training – is an author and speaker. Steve and Marilyn have one daughter.
Walter “Ted” Shaw joined the Texas Hospital Association as the organization’s fourth president and chief executive officer in February 2014. Shaw brings expertise forged from a 40-year career in health care leadership to his role as key strategist and spokesperson on behalf of more than 450 THA member hospitals and health systems. As president and CEO of the largest state hospital association in Texas, Shaw is responsible for leading the industry in its advocacy work and positioning Texas hospitals to achieve their missions of delivering the highest quality health care to all Texans.
Prior to joining THA, Shaw served as interim executive vice president and chief financial officer for Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, where he led the development of the Medicaid Transformation Waiver in North Texas and the construction of an 864-bed replacement hospital. From 2004-2011, he was a partner with the Dallas-based Financial Resource Group LLC, a health care consulting firm where he specialized in interim operational turnarounds with facilities across the U.S. Prior to joining FRG, Shaw was president of the health care consulting firm W.T. Shaw Company from 1998-2003.
His legacy for leading impressive turnarounds includes assignments at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, the third largest public health system in the U.S.; East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, La., both before and after Hurricane Katrina; Fletcher Allen Health Care in Vermont; and Maricopa Integrated Healthcare System in Phoenix. In addition, he has a strong background in health care technology and insurance, having served as chief operating officer of Health2Health.com, an Internet-based HIPAA solutions company; and with Dallas-based CareSystems Corporation, a workers’ compensation technology support firm.
He began his career with Ernst & Young in San Antonio, Cleveland and Dallas, achieving the role of partner with responsibility for the Southwest Region Healthcare Practice from 1973-1992. Shaw holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration in accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, and is a certified public accountant and a fellow in the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

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39th Annual UAB National Symposium for Healthcare Executives
2019-11-06 08:00 - 2019-11-08 17:00 | The Sheraton Birmingham Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama
Save the Dates!
Join other healthcare leaders from around the nation as ACHE of North Texas and other ACHE chapters once again partner with the University of Alabama Birmingham for their popular Annual National Symposium for Healthcare Executives.
The Symposium is changing the city this year (Birmingham), changing the dates (Nov. 6-8), but keeping the same affordable pricing.

Early Bird: Registration is only $550 through September 6, 2019 (it goes up to $750 the next day).
Group Discount: Purchase four registrations, you receive a fifth registration at no charge.
Students: Only $150 for confirmed students.
Women’s Leadership Development for the C-Suite and Board Room: Only $150, requires separate registration.

Same great speakers you love to hear. Same great people who love to connect. All available at an affordable rate for you or your organization. All available just by clicking the “Register Now” button below.
Thursday Keynote Speaker: Chuck Stokes
Mr. Stokes, member of UAB MSHA Class 17 and 2017 chair of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), joined Memorial Hermann Health System in 2008 as Chief Operating Officer and was named President and CEO of the System in June 2017. Prior to that, he served as President of North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Mr. Stokes’ leadership led both Memorial Hermann and North Mississippi to win the exclusive national Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award. Join us to gain insights and connect with this exemplary leader who is changing the industry.
Renowned Speakers
Year in and year out this is a “Who’s Who” of health care delivering keynotes or moderating and serving on panels and this year will be no different. Check out our draft agenda webpage to see the tentative timeline for the three-day event.
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39th Annual UAB National Symposium for Healthcare Executives

End of Year After Hours Networking Event
2019-12-12 18:00 - 20:00 | The Network Bar, 331 Singleton Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75212
Come and join us for this first-ever joint event between between ACHE of North Texas & the local chapter of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

It will be a special evening of networking, socializing and fun!

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DFW Healthcare Student Summit
2020-01-25 09:00 - 13:30 | Texas Health Resources Pavilion, 2nd Floor, 600 E Lamar Blvd, Arlington, TX, 76011
Theme: Leading Change in Healthcare

Tentative Agenda
9-9:45am – Keynote Speaker: Lara Burnside, Chief Experience Officer, JPS Health Network
9:45-10:45am – Healthcare Leader Panel
Britt Berrett, FACHE, Former President & CEO of Medical City Children’s Hospital and Texas Health Resources; Director, Center for Healthcare Leadership & Management, University of Texas at Dallas
William Scott Hurst, MBA, FACHE, Executive Director, naviHealth
Ahmad Sharif, MD, MPH, SCPM, Sr. Vice President & Chief Medical Information Officer, Fresenius Medical Care North America
Mary Wylie, DHA, MBA, MHA, FACHE, Vice President of Operations, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Plano
And others (TBD)
10:45-11am – Refreshment Break
11am-12pm – Breakout Sessions*

Health IT
Data Analytics
Process Improvement
Supply Chain Management

12-12:30pm – Lunch & Focus Group
12:30-1:30pm – Career Exploration
Note: Boxed Lunches will be Served
Questions? Contact Paridhi Sheth – paridhi.sheth@my.unthsc.edu or (817)-946-0118
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Speaker Bios:
Britt Berrett, FACHE served as the president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, a 900-bed hospital, and executive vice president of the Texas Health Resources (THR) network of 24 facilities and more than 250 ambulatory centers located throughout North Texas prior to joining UT Dallas. Previously he was the president and chief executive officer of Medical City and Medical City Children’s Hospital, the flagship medical center for the North Texas Division of HCA. He also served as a CEO as part of the SHARP Healthcare system in San Diego, Calif. With almost 30 years of both not-for-profit and for-profit executive healthcare experience, he has navigated some of the most complicated organizational and environmental challenges in healthcare. In his executive role, his organizations have achieved recognition for exceptional organizational performance and employee engagement. Berrett has experienced an inspiring level of success through his commitment to teams and organizational culture. Throughout his career, he has served on 17 boards of directors for industry and community organizations and agencies. He brings his professional and educational experience to The University of Texas at Dallas to prepare the next generation of healthcare leaders.
For over twenty years, Lara Burnside has led hospital leaders and clinicians through culture change resulting in the highest levels of engagement, experience and operational excellence. Lara is currently the SVP, Chief Experience Officer/Strategy at JPS Health Network in Ft. Worth, Texas. Prior to joining JPS, Lara spent 10 years working as a leadership and organizational coach for a large healthcare consulting firm. She has worked with thousands of hospital leaders and physicians at over 150 organizations. Her experience includes small rural hospitals, large for-profit and not-for-profit health care systems, and academic medical centers. Her concentration on building and sustaining a culture of excellence has led to organizations achieving their highest outcomes. Lara has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications/Public Relations and a Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration. She is also the author of a book titled, Believe in the Journey of Your Dreams.
William Scott Hurst, MBA, FACHE is currently the Executive Director overseeing operations in Texas and Louisiana for naviHealth, an industry leader in value-based care operations for health systems and health plans servicing Medicare patients. In addition to his current role at naviHealth, Scott is the 2020 President of the North Texas chapter of ACHE.
Scott is an accomplished leader with over 20+ years of experience in Physician Alignment, Quality & Performance Improvement, Hospital & Clinical Operations, Provider Recruitment, Patient Experience and payment methodologies for several well-known systems in the DFW metroplex.
Before serving with naviHealth, he was blessed to serve as a Project Leader at Methodist Health System; the Senior Director of Physician Networks at Children’s Health; a Director of Physician Alignment at CHRISTUS Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, TX and as a consultant for over 10 years to hospitals in the Midwest, Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Scott completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. (95, 97)
When he is not at work, Scott can be found hanging out with his 16 year-old daughter who is finishing her junior year at Guyer High School in Denton, listening to live music around the Metroplex or refereeing high school basketball for the NTBOA.
Dr. Ahmad Sharif is Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer for Fresenius Medical Care North America, the premier health care company focused on delivering the highest quality care to people with renal and other chronic conditions. With a diverse clinical, information technology and public health background, he has worked with cross functional teams throughout the organization to optimize the company’s clinical systems, create an industry leading pharmacy and therapeutics management application for efficient medication utilization and stewardship, and improve clinician satisfaction and adoption of clinical information technology through user-centered design and change control management. Dr. Sharif leads the Fresenius Medical Care Provider Advisory Council on Technology (PACT) and is Chair of Fresenius Technology Council responsible for enterprise technology roadmap and execution.
Dr. Sharif has been instrumental in the development and modernization of Acumen 2.0, a nephrology practice EHR powered by Epic. He and his teams have developed nephrology-specific tools that integrate with the Epic platform and enable deep interoperability and information sharing, while keeping the focus on nephrology and the needs of physician practices. These tools will ultimately be valuable in helping physicians transition into a risk-based environment and support population health management. Dr. Sharif serves as the elected Chair of Epic Systems’ Nephrology Advisory Board and leads the Acumen® Physician Solutions Technology Committee.
Prior to joining Fresenius Medical Care, Dr. Sharif was the Chief Medical Information Officer for a Tenet Health Market, where he led the Information Technology department to open a near paperless, HIMSS Level 6, Greenfield Health System in New Braunfels, TX. He and his team implemented a health information exchange (HIE) to connect physicians and hospitals in the nearby counties, which provided one longitudinal patient record that served to standardize care processes and improve efficiencies. By leveraging his public health education, he used health information technology to bring focus to the health and wellbeing of populations.
With extensive experience in health information technology, Dr. Sharif has consulted with over 25 health systems locally and internationally to design, implement and optimize clinical practice management and technology solutions. He earned a master’s degree in Public Health Policy and Management from the University of North Texas. He was awarded a full scholarship to attend courses at Harvard University and received an Advanced Project Management Certification at Stanford University.
Mary Wylie, DHA, MBA, MHA, FACHE, serves as the Vice President of Operations for Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Plano. She has administrative responsibilities for all ancillary services, and service line development. Prior to her current positions, she served as the Senior Director of Professional Services for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, with administrative oversight of the neuroscience, orthopedic, behavioral health, cardiovascular, oncology, spine, post-acute, trauma, emergency management, bariatrics, pharmacy, pulmonary, physics, and radiology. Dr. Wylie completed her doctorate in the area of Health Administration, from the Medical University of South Carolina. Prior to her doctorate, she received two master’s degrees from Texas Women’s University in Health and Business administration, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Wylie is an active member of the community and serves as a board of director member for several community boards. Achievements and awards include a Healthcare Administration Fellowship from the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the Texas Hospital Association. She currently is an adjunct professor for Texas Woman’s University and the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Wylie volunteers at Preston Hollow Presbyterian church, and enjoys water sports, traveling, playing the piano, tennis, and golf.

*Breakout Session Leaders:
Process improvement, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belts, Texas Health Resources

Tanya Stinson, Performance Improvement Engineer, Texas Health Resources
Simon De Castro, Continuous Improvement Manager, Texas Health Resources
Jazz Patterson, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Texas Health Resources

Health IT & Data Analytics

Bob Barker, IT Project Management Lead, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas
Andrew Lim, Sr. Analytics & Reporting Analysts, Blue Cross Blue Shield

Revenue Cycle & Supply Chain Management

Tammy Walsh, Director, Health Care Performance Advisory Services, BKD CPA & Advisors

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Breakfast with the Executive Vice President - Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D., M.B.A.
2020-01-28 07:30 - 09:00 | UT Southwestern Radiation Oncology Building, 2280 Inwood Road, Dallas, TX, 75390
Another great program for our Breakfast Event series!

Join us for our next Breakfast with the Executive Vice President – with Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D., M.B.A., Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement, UT Southwestern.

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Marc A. Nivet, Ed.D., M.B.A., is the Executive Vice President for Institutional Advancement at UT Southwestern Medical Center, where he provides strategic vision and oversight in coordinating the areas of Development; Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs; Government Affairs; and Community and Corporate Relations. Prior to his role at UT Southwestern, Dr. Nivet served as a member of the executive leadership team of the Association of American Medical Colleges, where he provided leadership on issues surrounding community engagement, diversity, and health equity at medical schools and teaching hospitals across the United States and Canada. Dr. Nivet has spent over 20 years in academic medicine developing creative program initiatives and innovative approaches to advance the mission of excellence in research, education, and patient care. Dr. Nivet earned his doctoral degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.B.A. from George Washington University’s School of Business. He is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, and a former president of the National Association of Medical Minority Educators.

WHEN Volunteer Opportunity - Too Cold to Hold Run
2020-02-01 05:30 - 12:30 | Norbuck Park, 200 N Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75218, United States
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Date: Saturday, February 1
Time: 5:30am-12pm
Location: Norbuck Park
200 N Buckner Blvd
Dallas, TX 75218

Too Cold to Hold 5K, 10K & Half Marathon Volunteer Event!

ACHENTX Women’s Healthcare Executive Network (WHEN) is sponsoring a water station to benefit The Family Place! The Family Place focuses on helping the victims of family violence. Building each other up is what WHEN is all about, so come hydrate and cheer on the runners at the Too Cold to Hold 2020 run! We will be (wo)manning the station from 5:30am to 12:00pm in two distinct shifts. Individuals who are interested in running should register for the event on the main website (https://www.runproject.org/events/too-cold-to-hold-race) in addition to signing up via EventBrite so we can contact you with any additional information.

WHEN’s mission is to create a network that will enrich, strengthen, and advocate for women in healthcare leadership through a variety of career development opportunities inspiring professional and personal growth. Enjoy supporting a fantastic local cause and getting to know your fellow women executives more! If you are interested in more information email us at whenntx@gmail.com.
HOW TO REGISTER:
Register for either of the two shifts, including how many additional people you will bring. The shifts are:
* 5:30-9:00am
* 9:00am-12:00pm with clean-up
Running:
* Running – only
Be sure to self-report your volunteer activity on the ACHE website to receive credit for your time. We look forward to seeing you in February!

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Life Fellow-Retiree Luncheon
2020-02-04 12:00 - 13:30 | UT Southwestern Frisco, 12500 Dallas Parkway, Frisco, TX, 75033
Our next Retirees & Life Fellows luncheon will be at UT Southwestern Frisco, which will also include a brief tour of this new remarkable campus. You’re not going to want to miss this one!
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2020 New Horizons Event
2020-02-12 17:30 - 20:00 | Texas Scottish Rite Hospital For Children – Dallas, 2222 Welborn Street, Dallas, TX, 75219
This is our fourth annual New Horizons event, a special educational opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to learn from local Executives. Early careerist and others in transition are also encouraged to attend.
Note: In addition to being able to hear and meet the below presenters, on a first-come/first served basis we will also be offering a limited number of registrants the opportunity to have brief mock interviews and resume reviews with healthcare human resources experts from around the metroplex. This will not be a job fair, but instead a professional development opportunity – enabling you to receive direct feedback from those who are conducting healthcare industry interviews and filtering through resumes on a day-to-day basis. A photographer will also be onsite (more details to follow) for those wanting professional headshots taken as well.
Agenda:
5:30-7pm – Optional Exercises (1st come/1st served) with Local Healthcare Human Resources Representatives
7-8pm – Panel Discussion and Q&A with attendees
8-8:30pm – Networking
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Presenters:
Margaret Base (Moderator) is the Director of Executive Talent Acquisition for Baylor Scott & White Health. BSWH is a nationally-recognized healthcare system with a commitment and track record of innovation, collaboration, integrity and compassion for the patient. Margaret leads the recruitment of leaders at the director level and above for this 50-hospital system that spans 28 Texas counties.
Margaret’s prior role was executive search consultant in Witt/Kieffer’s Healthcare practice. Here she conducted searches for CEOs, CFOs, CNOs, COOs, and many other executive roles on behalf of hospitals, health systems, and integrated delivery networks. Her clients included not-for-profit and investor-owned health systems. She also led searches for foundation and non-profit executive leadership.
Based in Dallas, Margaret has over 20 years of executive search experience that has included tenure with two F500 companies, an early-stage private-equity healthcare services start-up, and boutique executive search firms. Margaret spent six years with Tenet Healthcare, an investor-owned hospital system with more than 50 facilities in 11 states. As Managing Director of Executive Search, Margaret led an internal team that recruited 75+ executives on an annual basis, focusing on Tenet’s hospital C-suite and corporate leadership, as well as roles within the system’s performance management and innovation team.
Margaret is a hands-on professional who supports client searches at both a tactical and strategic level. Her work is defined by a collaborative spirit, sense of urgency, and quality and thoroughness. Margaret is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. In her free time she enjoys traveling, spending time with her new grandchild, and teaching yoga.

Celina Burns has garnered a diverse breadth of health care experience in highly successful start-up and turn-around efforts spanning payer, health system and integrated provider network development, risk contracting, employer benefit plan design, product development and execution on transformative client channel development and revenue growth. Passionate about building profitable relationships across all segments of healthcare delivery, Celina serves as Vizient’s corporate head of value-based healthcare product strategy. Prior to joining Vizient she was SVP, Marketplace leading Healthcare Bluebook’s B2C value-based cost transparency and consumer decision-making product development.
Celina began her career in hospital contracting, provider network development and medical economic management. She subsequently led the successful start-up of a leading Medicare risk health plan, and further held diverse market leadership and general management roles for some of the largest health plans, including Aetna and Humana. Additionally, she previously served as president of Davis Vision Inc., the nation’s third largest vision plan. Prior to joining Davis Vision Celina was Managing Director, Buck Consultants where she was one of two national subject matter experts in accountable care strategic planning.
Driven by clinical quality and care coordination passion Celina has cultivated a strong track record in building high impact business plans with in-depth expertise in consumer-driven healthcare strategy, health system and integrated network development, population health engagement, ancillary health products and strategic alternate payment model provider contracting.
Celina received a bachelor of science in speech pathology from Texas State University. She has been actively engaged in a number of industry and community based healthcare organizations over the years, including as a board member of the American Heart Association (AHA); Health Industry Council board member; multiple year Chair for AHA Go Red for Women’s Campaign; National Association of Vision Care Plans board member, and Gerson Lehrman council member.

Sean Dyer has led the IT recruiting practice for Medix in the Dallas/Fort Worth area since July of 2017. He has been with Medix for 13+ years and recruited/sold/managed for his organization in the clinical, revenue cycle and care management space within healthcare as well. Medix is a national recruiting firm focusing on healthcare, scientific, and information technology recruiting and consulting and has been an Inc 5000 fastest growing company multiple times.
Sean lives in Frisco with his wife, Anna, and two young sons – Wesley (2) and Michael (6 months).

Lisa Hall, MPH, currently works as the Assistant Director of Clinical Operations at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has over 17 years of experience in the healthcare industry with a strong portfolio in ambulatory operations. She has a wealth of experience in physician practice acquisitions and transitions. She has successfully leveraged her knowledge over the years to improve specific clinic processes, resulting in increased clinic efficiencies and patient experience outcomes. Lisa is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Lisa received her Bachelor’s degree and Master’s in Public Health from the University of Oklahoma.

Andre Storey, FACHE is the Director of Hospital Operations at Baylor University Medical Center, part of Baylor Scott & White Health. In this role Andre oversees Responsible for facility compliance, support services, and bundle payment programs in addition to the development and management of facility operational strategy. Baylor University Medical Center is a quaternary care, teaching and research center that has more than 4,500 associates while providing care through more than 300,000 patients per year. Andre has served in this role since 2018. Prior to this appointment, he served as an executive with CHRISTUS Health in Northeast Texas and Southwestern Louisiana.
As an active community member Andre founded the Greater Texarkana Young Professionals, named one of the 2014 Top 40 under 40 by Four States Living Magazine, and recognized as a Rising Star by the Oklahoma State University Alumni Association in 2017. He is Board certified in healthcare management by the American College of Healthcare Executives, and currently the DFW Chapter President of the National Association of Healthcare Executives. Lastly, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University and a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University.
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ACHENTX Networking Blitz - February 18 2020
2020-02-18 17:30 - 19:45 | Texas Health Resources Pavilion, 2nd Floor, 600 E Lamar Blvd, Arlington, TX, 76011
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A tremendous networking opportunity for new and more seasoned members alike!

This event is for all ACHE of North Texas members who want to become more involved and/or become more connected/networked with their fellow ACHENTX members.

The ACHE North Texas Membership & Networking Committee cordially invites you to the ACHE of North Texas chapter’s Networking Blitz. This fun event will allow members to get to know one another in a very meaningful way. There will be special fun breakout sessions and activities, where personal connections will be made. The intent of this program is to bring members together to get a real in depth view of ACHENTX, to enable you to meet some of the chapter’s leadership and other fellow ACHE members, and to help you map out how to best take advantage of the plethora of local and national benefits and opportunities available to you through. It’s a way to “let us get to know you” as well and become a part of your professional network.
We are looking forward to meeting each of you.
A light meal will be served.

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First Quarter Education Event
2020-02-27 15:00 - 19:30 | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving, 1901 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving, TX, 75061, United States
We have a great program in store for our 2020 First Quarter Education Event!
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3-3:30pm – Networking and Check-In
3:30-5pm – Panel 1: Providing Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
Moderator: Kyle Armstrong, FACHE
President
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney
Panelists:
Robin Gordon
Manager, Language Access Services
Texas Health Resources
Ashleigh Kinney
Director of Patient Experience
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Melina Kolbeck
Director Language Access Services
Children’s Health
5-6pm – Networking & Dinner
6-7:30pm – Panel 2: Diversity & Inclusion
Moderator: Victoria Sanders, FACHE
Senior Vice President
USMD Health System – OptumCare
Panelists:
Traci Lawler-Shortt
Client Services Vice President
Clinical Operations Specialist/Lead Nurse Practitioner
SCP Health
Michelle Green-Ford
Chief Diversity Officer
JPS Health Network
Chris Moreland
Chief Diversity Officer
Vizient
Guwan Jones
Chief Diversity Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health
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Thanks to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving for hosting this event!
Speaker Bios:
Kyle E. Armstrong, FACHE, became president of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney in July 2016. Armstrong joined the McKinney team from Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the Mid-South. Armstrong is recognized as a results-driven, relationship-oriented leader who has experience and expertise in leading dynamic health care organizations. As president of Baylor Scott & White – McKinney, he is committed to nurturing the hospital’s existing strong foundation and culture, and continuing its growth.
Since joining Baylor Scott & White McKinney, the hospital has earned its first Magnet Designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, become accredited by the Commission on Cancer and been designated as a Level III Trauma Center by the State of Texas.
Armstrong earned master’s degrees in both health administration and business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned his undergraduate degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Armstrong has been a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives since 2014.
Active in the community, Armstrong currently serves on the Board for both the McKinney Chamber of Commerce and the Samaritan Inn and is an Advisory Board Member for CASA of Collin County. Away from work, Armstrong’s favorite thing to do is spend time with his wife, Tabitha, and their three daughters. He also enjoys running, snow skiing and golf.
Robin Gordon holds the position of System Manager Language Access for Texas Health Resources in the Central Staffing and Patient Logistics department. As Manager of Language Access, Robin designs and implements programs related to language access and language education for Texas Health Resources as well as manages the system interpreters and system interpreting needs. Robin graduated with a BA in Foreign Languages – Spanish from UNT in Denton and has a master’s degree in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. She lived in Mexico for five years studying at Tec de Monterrey, working as an ESL teacher, and providing classes and translation services to Mexican businesses. After moving back to Texas, she continued to teach and worked as a Spanish interpreter in a local clinic and has been tested and trained to become a qualified interpreter in a local interpreting program. In her role, she is responsible for the credentialing, deployment and operational processes for the Qualified Bilingual Interpreters and System Interpreters across the enterprise. Currently over 200 different languages are provided through on-site, video or over-the-phone interpreters.
Michelle Green-Ford has vast experience as a diversity and inclusion leader for more than twenty years. Her background includes international work in: Canada, Puerto Rico, England, Dominican Republic and the United States. Previous organizations that have benefited from Michelle’s experience include: IBM, DFW Airport, American Airlines, Sheppard Air Force Base and Texas Health Resources. She received her bachelor of business administration from the University of North Texas and her MBA from Amberton University in Strategic Leadership.
Michelle is the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer leading cultural competency education and vendor business development initiatives. She manages delivery of customized organizational wide programs to promote employee engagement, cultural competency and excellent patient experience. She has been with JPS since 2014 and her continued goal is to assist in facilitating the JPS Mission “Transforming healthcare delivery for the communities we serve” through maximizing cultural competency skills for team members to meet patient and community needs.
Guwan Jones is the Chief Diversity Officer of Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas. The integrated delivery network includes 47,000 employees, 50 hospitals, more than 1,000 access points, Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and one of the nation’s largest accountable care organizations, Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance.
Continuing a career dedicated to advocacy for the vulnerable and underserved. Ms. Jones leads efforts to shape the workforce of the future so that it better mirrors communities served. She is an impassioned advocate, addressing racial and ethnic care disparities in health care. Additionally, she serves as one of 30 members in an executive council of the American Leadership Council for Diversity in Healthcare, an executive support team for the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity in Healthcare Management. The executive council’s focus is on guiding efforts to improve representation and care for underserved/underrepresented populations.
During Ms. Jones’ tenure, local and national organizations continue to recognize Baylor Scott & White Health’s commitment to building a more
inclusive environment. Honors include the Great Place to Work® Best Workplaces for Diversity (multi-year), Military Friendly® Employer (multi-year) and the Distinguished Healthcare Diversity Excellence Award (2018).
Prior to her current role, Ms. Jones served as Advocacy Manager at Dallas, Texas-based Children’s Health and held various advocacy roles in North Texas (Tarrant County Health Department and the La Sima Foundation) and Arkansas (Arkansas Minority Health Commission).
Ms. Jones holds a Master of Public Health from the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, AR. She is the recipient of multiple honors including the Dallas Business Journal’s 2019 Minority Business Leader Awards.
Ashleigh Kinney is the Director of Patient Experience at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. In this role, she oversees the institution’s strategic initiative on Patient Experience, as well as supports the Family Services, Family Resource Center, Medical Library and Child Life teams at the Dallas and Frisco campuses. These teams provide social work services, interpretation and translation, patient education, supportive play and off-site scheduling coordination. With a passion for comprehensive, empathic care of children and families, Ashleigh graduated with her Masters in Social Work from Rutgers University. Ashleigh is also a Certified Patient Experience Professional. In her current work, Ashleigh seeks ways to continuously improve and showcase the patient experience – from the time they make their appointment to the time they transition from care. Together with the team, Ashleigh’s primary focus is connecting support and comfort to those facing medical experiences
Melina Kolbeck, CHI, is the Director of Language Access Services for Children’s Health of Dallas. At Children’s Health, she has helped developed an effective system of on-demand interpreter services for language access for LEP patients and medical providers. Among other projects and innovations, she has also taken part of the development of Children’s values for Diversity, Inclusion and Cultural Competency and serves as Co-Chair of their Health Equity Diversity and Inclusion Commission. She lead Children’s Health Language Access Services when they received the Texas Start Award Organization of the year in 2016, and in 2018, she received the individual Texas Star Award presented by the Texas Association for Healthcare Interpreters and Translators (TAHIT.)
Melina has a Bachelor Degree in Communication Science from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico. She has 18 years of experience as an interpreter, bilingual consultant, public speaker and has focused her professional career advocating and implementing health care specific language access services to provide support to families with Limited English Proficiency. This includes working in leadership roles for health care systems in central Wisconsin for almost 14 years and more than 4 years at Children’s Health System of Dallas.
CHI=Certified HealthCare Interpreter
Chris Moreland is the Chief Inclusion and Diversity Advocate for Vizient®. In this capacity, he leads inclusion and diversity efforts for Vizient, which includes the company’s diversity networking associations (DNAs). He chairs an executive diversity steering committee as well as a network of health care chief diversity officers. He also speaks on diversity and inclusion-related topics within health care and beyond.
Prior to creating the office of Inclusion and Diversity at Vizient, Moreland was the senior vice president of sales operations at Vizient.
Over his 20+ year career, he has held multiple senior executive roles with companies such as the General Electric Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Pepsi, Mobil, Expedia and Microsoft.
Moreland spends much of his free time volunteering with non-profit organizations such as Integrity Mentors. He also consults with the Dallas-based Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) and is an active board member and co-founder of CourMed Inc.
Moreland has a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the United States Air Force Academy, a master’s in business administration from Central Michigan University, and a Certificate of Inclusion and Diversity from Cornell University.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Moreland lives in Dallas, is a Certified Master Black Belt in quality and enjoys cycling, reading and spending time with his family.
Victoria O. Sanders, FACHE is a faithful leader with a commitment to mission guided work and a reputation for efficiency, building and rewarding effective teams, and achieving exemplary results. She obtained her BS from Emory University in Atlanta, GA then joined Tarheel Nation by completing her MHA at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since that time, she has been privileged to lead a career filled with diverse experiences in academic, for-profit, joint venture, & government healthcare environments with financial, operational, and business development responsibilities. Mrs. Sanders currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Specialty & Ancillary Operations for USMD-Optum with accountability for all specialty ambulatory, imaging, and laboratory strategy across the DFW market. As the benefactor of extraordinary mentorship – Victoria’s greatest professional accomplishments have been each opportunity she has had to provide the same level of unconditional guidance and support that she so greatly benefitted from. As a native Texan, Victoria is grateful to reside in Lewisville, Texas with her husband and 17-month old son.
Traci Shortt, a native of Fort Worth, TX brings 21 years of experience in nursing, advanced practice nursing, project management, contract management, and change facilitation to her role with SCP-Health. In her Client Services Vice President role, Traci facilitates engagement with stakeholders to optimize contracts financially, operationally, and culturally. As a Clinical Operations Specialist and Nurse Practitioner she is responsible for special projects, evaluation of contracts, operational assessment and clinical practice. In this role, she ensures clients receive facility specific analysis of their processes, staffing models, and practice guidelines. She works to ensure efficiency, efficacy, and safety in the delivery of patient care.
She completed a doctoral project on Waveform Capnography Use in Moderate Sedation and IV Analgesia. She has worked with ANCC in developing a national emergency nurse practitioner board certification and is active in nurse practitioner lobbying and legislation. Another area of expertise is the prehospital and transport environments. She has taught classes nationally and internationally on this topic and is working on an infrastructure project currently in Nigeria. Traci was recognized as one of Baylor Health Care Systems top directors for clinical and operational performance. Traci also has worked with the U.S. Army in developing and delivering a critical care field medicine course for their Special Forces medical personnel, which was utilized in Iraq, and Afghanistan resulting in decreased field mortality numbers.
She formerly served as a Director of Emergency and Critical Care Services at Baylor Health System. While there, she was able to develop Left Without Treatment Plans, Door to Provider Time reduction plans, Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia Practice Protocols and Central Line and Sepsis bundles in their clinical transformation, Traci received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice Degree from Chatham University. She also holds a Masters of Business Administration from Brenau University in Gainesville, GA and an undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University. Traci is certified as an Adult and Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner clinically and also as a Six Sigma Blackbelt operationally. Traci is based out of the Houston, TX office.

WHEN Women’s Conference 2020
2020-03-05 07:30 - 12:00 | Texas Woman’s University – Dallas, 5500 Southwestern Medical Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75235
Join us for ACHENTX’s first ever WHEN (Women’s Healthcare Executive Network) Women’s Conference! This is an excellent opportunity to network with fellow women healthcare leaders and participate in break-out sessions designed to help you professionally advance. Speakers and schedule follow; participants will have the chance to register and attend two of the four break-out sessions. Breakfast and refreshments will be served.
Date: Thursday, March 5
Time: 7:30am-12pm
Location: Texas Woman’s University Dallas
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Schedule:
7:30-8:00am – Registration & Breakfast
8:00-8:10am – Kickoff
8:15-9:00 – Breakout Session 1
9:00-9:10 – Break
9:10-9:55 – Breakout Session 2
10:00-10:30 – Network Break
10:30-11:25 – Keynote Address
11:30-11:45 – Closing Comments
Keynote and Distinguished Speakers:
Break Out Sessions

Building Your Brand – Nancy Vish, President/CNO – Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas and Fort Worth
The Power of Negotiation – Meridith Ward, Founder & CEO – In-Charge Career Consulting, LLC
Mentor vs Advocate: Pro’s, Con’s and the Benefit of Both – Pat Driscoll – Professor, Texas Woman’s University and Kenya Woodruff – Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Effective Communication – Felixia Colón, FACHE, Regional Vice President, Hospital Medicine at SCP-Health at SCP-Health, and Dr. Beverly Gladney, Chief Medical Officer our Emergency Medicine physicians.

Keynote Address: “A Gritty Girl’s Leadership Trip: Are We There Yet?“
Join us as Chandini Portteus shares her story to help us forge forward not just as leaders, but collectively as women.
Chandini Portteus is a female executive who has spent over 20 years in leadership across various sectors of healthcare, from her roots in the pharmaceutical industry and basic and clinical research, to her years as a public health professional and organization wide leader. Early in her career, she held C-level roles in the nonprofit sector and will share her journey of leadership through various phases of her career. Chandini will recount what it was like to lead through times of public crisis as Chief Mission Officer at Susan G. Komen, her work as a notable turnaround CEO at Livestrong, and her experiences as a growth catalyst CEO at Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer. Chandini has held numerous roles as a board member, advisor, or change agent throughout her career and was named in 2018 to The Dallas Business Journal list of 40 under 40 Honorees. Today she leads as Principal and CEO of her own consulting firm, working in both the nonprofit and for profit sectors, leading initiatives across start-ups, emerging tech, blockchain, biotech, and fintech, with specific focus on female entrepreneurship and diversity leadership. Above all other roles or accolades, Chandini is most passionate and honored to have been gifted one role in particular, her role as a mother to four school age children.
Our inaugural conference will take place on Thursday, March 5 at Texas Woman’s University – Dallas. Free parking is available on-site in the garage adjacent to the main TWU entrance. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us as WHENNTX@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you in March!
A special thank you to TWU and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP for hosting this event!

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Community Event: Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)
2020-03-07 09:00 - 11:00 | Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), 1680 N Glenville Drive, Suite 300, Richardson, TX, 75081
ACHENTX Members Making a Difference!

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Come join your ACHE of North Texas colleagues as we hand-pack rice, soy, dried vegetables and a nutritionally complete blend of vitamins and minerals into bags which are then sealed, boxed, placed on pallets and shipped to Feed My Starving Children’s partners working hard to reach the neediest children around the world.

Visit www.fmsc.org to learn more about this incredible organization.
Restrictions: anyone with a soy allergy, anyone will illness within 24 hours of the volunteering event, but there are no lifting restrictions. For safety reasons, the minimum age for volunteering is 5 years old and anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult during the packing experience. Please also note, FMSC is banking on our group’s help and will be turning away other volunteers to accommodate our anticipated number of attendees. If you are unable to attend, please let us know right away so we can fill your slot. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you there and rolling up our sleeves together to do this important work!

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Zoom Event: COVID-19: A Rapidly Changing Dynamic for Healthcare Policy & Management
2020-04-23 12:00 - 13:30
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This virtual event is offered to you free of charge by ACHE of North Texas.
Please join us for these important and timely updates!

Zoom Event Agenda:
12-12:15pm: Telehealth: A Fast and Furious Update
Presented by: Christine Kalish, President/CEO, Brittain Kalish Group, LLC
12:15-12:30pm: COVID19: The Truth
Presented by: Dr. Nikhil Bhayani, Infectious Diseases Physician Advisor, Texas Health Resources
12:30-12:45pm: The CARES Act—Clarifying Confusion
Presented by: Matthew Agnew, JD, Associate Attorney, Barnes & Thornburg
12:45-1pm: COVID-19: May the Force Majeure Be With You
Presented by: Bill Drabble, Partner, Gray Reed & McGraw LLP &
Ken Stone, Leader, Healthcare Litigation Practice Group , Gray Reed & McGraw LLP
1-1:30pm: Q&A
Presenters’ Bios:
Matthew Agnew, JD, is an associate attorney at Barnes & Thornburg, Matthew counsels healthcare companies on legal issues pertaining to business transactions and regulatory compliance, and defends healthcare companies in government investigations and commercial litigation. He focuses on providing healthcare clients with practical, business-oriented solutions designed to comply with the law while leaving room for business growth. Matthew’s client-base spans across the broader healthcare sector and he is an active community member in DFW law circles as well as ACHE’s NTX chapter. Of notable achievement, Matthew received the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Outstanding Committee Chair Award in 2017

Dr. Nikhil Bhayani is certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Bhayani earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Utah. He subsequently graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from the Ross University School of Medicine.
Upon graduating from medical school, he completed a residency in internal medicine at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center between 2003 and 2006. Subsequently, Dr. Bhayani pursued a fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago and became a consulting physician for Infectious Disease Doctors, PA, from 2008 until 2016.
In the years since, Dr. Bhayani has excelled as the owner of Nikhil K. Bhayani, MD, PA. He has also been active as a physician advisor with Texas Health Resources. As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Bhayani is involved with clinical care and medical administration, and he liaises with various hospitals, clinical pharmacies and administrators to ensure that medical policies and safeguards are in place to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Dr. Bhayani maintains his professional alignment with the Infectious Disease Society of America as a Fellow, the Texas Medical Society and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in order to remain aware of industry changes and network with others in the field.”
Due to his outstanding work in the field, Dr. Bhayani has been recognized as a Top Doctor in Greater Fort Worth since 2012. Over the years, he also accepted the Physician of the Year Award from Texas Health Arlington Memorial. A member of the Leading Physicians of the World, Dr. Bhayani was presented with a Recognition Award from the Illinois Math and Sciences Academy for mentoring students and developing a rapid HIV testing protocol at the University of Illinois, Chicago Medical Center Emergency Room.
Bill Drabble is a partner in Gray Reed’s Dallas office. He focuses on representing property owners, landlords, tenants and developers in real estate litigation before courts throughout North Texas, including disputes over land sales, breaches of lease agreements, premises-liability claims and other disputes involving commercial and residential properties.

Christine Kalish, MBA, CMPE, is a senior executive and trusted healthcare advisor with deep experience in ambulatory care and academic medicine. She is a thought leader and strategist for emerging and expanding healthcare organizations. For more than thirty years, Kalish has been leading organizations and teams to develop critical infrastructure and growth planning to improve operations, workflow, human resources and revenue cycle. She continually searches for innovative ways to assist her clients so they can deliver quality care for the populations they serve.

Leader of Gray Reed’s Healthcare Litigation Practice Group, Ken Stone is based in Dallas and focuses his practice on commercial and personal injury litigation matters, primarily within the healthcare field but also across several other industries. Licensed in Texas and Oklahoma, he spends a substantial portion of his time assisting parties in resolving contractual disputes, and he works with a diverse group of healthcare clients – individual physicians, physician groups, hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis centers.

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POSTPONED: Second Quarter Education Event
2020-04-23 15:00 - 19:30 | Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX, 75246
Please join us for our second quarter double panel education event.

This event has been approved for 3.0 Face-to-Face Credits (1.5 per panel)
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Panel 1: Risk Issues We Face in our Daily Roles

Moderator: Teresa R. Danna, BSN, MSN, FACHE, Market President, Tenet Healthcare/ USPI
Panelists:
Brandi Crow, MSN, RN, Director of Healthcare Improvement, Clinical Risk Management, and Operational Excellence, Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital
Karen Dinh, RN, BSN, Risk Manager, Texas Health Hospital Frisco
Christi Nguyen, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, Executive Director of Medical Surgical Nursing Services at JPS Health Network
Brenda Slade MSN/MHA, RN-BC, Director, Quality & Patient Safety-Risk, Infection Prevention

Panel 2: Human Trafficking and the Impact on Healthcare
Moderator: Benson P. Chacko, FACHE, serves as the Vice President Operations to Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Panelists:
Cindy McCarthy DNP, MHA, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CEN, Chief Nursing Officer, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville
Shelbi McReynolds, RN, CEN, CA-SANE, Emergency Department Nurse, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford
Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, MPA, RN, NEA, BC, Senior Vice President of Nursing, Parkland Hospital and Health System
Larinda Smith, Director of Community Outreach, Unbound Fort Worth

A huge thanks to Baylor University Medical Center for hosting this event!
Speaker Bios:
Benson P. Chacko, FACHE, serves as the Vice President Operations to Methodist Dallas Medical Center, a 585-bed tertiary Level I Trauma Center providing compassionate care for over 90 years. Prior to joining Methodist Dallas, Benson was with Tenet Healthcare for nine years most recently serving as the interim CEO/COO at its joint venture hospital Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Lake Pointe. His healthcare career spans nearly two decades and covers a wide spectrum to include human resources, business development and hospital operations. In addition, he was part of for-profit, non-profit, academic, and community hospitals. Born and raised here in the DFW Metroplex, the majority of his time was spent outside of the area in Palo Alto, CA, St. Louis, MO and El Paso, TX.

Brandi Crow, MSN, RN is Director of Healthcare Improvement, Clinical Risk Management, and Operational Excellence for Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital – Dallas and Fort Worth a nationally recognized specialty hospital, and a part of Baylor Scott & White Health.
Through her leadership in quality and patient safety, Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular Hospital consistently places near the top of national quality performance metrics and has been consistently recognized by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a top hospital performer, noted publicly as receiving five stars, the highest rating possible. During her tenure the hospital has also received an 8th Consecutive “A” grade for Patient Safety in Spring 2019 by the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. healthcare system.
Brandi’s prior healthcare experience spans 20 years and includes serving as cardiovascular surgical intensive care staff nurse, regional STEMI coordinator, and various nursing leadership positions within Texas Health Recourses and Christus Trinity Mother Frances.
Brandi received her Master’s in Nursing Administration from the University of Texas in Arlington, after completing her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Texas Woman’s University in Dallas.
Brandi’s affiliations include: Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Nurses Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American Organization of Nurse Executives, American Society for Healthcare Risk Management, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, National Association for Healthcare Quality, and the Association of Clinical Documentation Integrity Specialists.
Teresa R. Danna, BSN, MSN, FACHE, is a Market President with Tenet Healthcare/ USPI. Teresa has overall responsibility for joint ventures with physicians and hospital partners including 53 ASCs and 6 hospitals in CA, CO, NV, LA, OK, SD and TX. Ms. Danna was the Northeast Market President 2013-2018 in CT, NJ, NY, NJ, MA and PA, adding to that portfolio in the states previously listed above beginning in 2017. She was the recipient of the 2015 CEO’s Award for overall leadership and performance.
Prior to joining USPI, Ms. Danna was the Chief Executive Officer of Houston Town & Country Hospital from 2005 to 2007. From 1999 to 2004 she held several positions with St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System including CEO of the Community Medical Center in The Woodlands. Ms. Danna was a Vice President with Heritage Health Systems from 1996 to 1999 which included the MSO for three IPAs and Executive Director, Heritage Physician Network, an IPA of 1700 multi-specialty physicians managing capitation in Medicare and commercial populations. Prior to 1996 Teresa held various management positions in both hospital and ambulatory settings, including administrator for two de novo ASCs.
Ms. Danna received her B.S. and M.S. in Nursing from The University of Texas and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Karen Dinh, RN, BSN, is the current Risk Manager at Texas Health Hospital Frisco (THF). She has more than 15 years of experience in healthcare, including Conflict resolution, claims investigation, Serious Safety Events management, and Grievance resolution, as well as comprehensive Risk Management. Karen oversees all aspects of the Healthcare Risk Management, and Patient Safety program at THF including Grievance Resolution.
Karen received a Bachelor of Science from The University of Texas Arlington and is enrolled in a Master of Applied Science in Patient Safety and Quality through Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Cindy McCarthy is the chief nursing officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville. Prior to accepting this position, she worked as a Transitional Leader in organizations which included Johns Hopkins Bayview, Virginia Mason Medical Center and University of Texas Medical Branch among others.
Her areas of expertise in nursing are emergency department, critical care, flight nursing and nursing leadership. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from California University of Pennsylvania, Master’s in Health Services Administration and Masters in Business Administration from University of St. Francis and her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Texas Christian University. She is passionate about patient care, quality and developing strong nursing leaders.
She has had articles published on reducing readmission rates in rural hospitals, emerging global health issues which included a human trafficking section and the role of the nurse leader in battling human trafficking in rural hospitals in Texas. She also presented at the 2019 Texas Hospital Association conference in Austin TX during a breakout session addressing human trafficking.
Shelbi McReynolds, RN, CEN, CA-SANE currently serves as a staff direct-care Emergency Department Nurse with Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford (THHEB). McReynolds has served in the Emergency Nursing position for almost 6 years. McReynolds currently also holds a position as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner with Texas Health Resources Southwest Division serving victims of sexual violence at 7 local Texas Health Resources Hospitals.
McReynolds has been with the Texas Health Resources System since 2012. McReynolds began her nursing career as a Nurse Resident at Texas Health Denton Presbyterian Hospital. During her time with Texas Health Denton, she gained experience in nursing areas including Medical-Surgical, Post-Partum, Post-Surgical, and Intermediate Medical Care. In 2014, McReynolds transitioned to her current role in Emergency Nursing and in 2018 started her pursuit in Forensic Nursing.
McReynolds currently serves in multiple roles including as her Emergency Department Unit Based Council Chair, THHEB Professional Governance Chair, THHEB Nursing Congress Delegate and as a core member of the THHEB Human Trafficking Team that has been involved in assisting in reviewing system based policies regarding Human Trafficking. McReynolds has assisted as a co-writer on Evidenced Based Practice and Process Improvement Projects regarding Human Trafficking education and Human Trafficking Identification tools for healthcare staff.
McReynolds is a member of both the Tarrant County Emergency Nurses Association and the International Association of Forensic Nurses. McReynolds holds an Honors of Bachelor of Science of Nursing Degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, is a Certified Emergency Nurse and is credentialed through the Texas Office of the Attorney General as a Certified Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.
Dr. Christi Nguyen has been a nurse for over 25 years and nurse leader for 15 years. She is presently the Executive Director of Medical Surgical Nursing Services at JPS Health Network in Fort Worth. She is also a Clinical Assistant Professor with the University of Texas at Arlington’s MSN Nursing Administration Online Program. She earned both her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing and Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1994 and 2004, respectively. She completed her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Texas Christian University in 2016. Dr. Nguyen is certified as a Nurse Executive, Advanced and a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE).
Dr. Nguyen is a member of the American Organization for Nursing Leaders, Texas Organization for Nursing Leaders, North Central Organization for Nursing Leaders, and ACHE. She is currently the President-Elect of the North Central Organization of Nurse Executives.
She was recognized as a DFW Great 100 Nurse in 2013, Texas Health Presbyterian Dallas Hospital’s “Excellence in Nursing – Transformational Leadership” in 2015, and D Magazine’s “Excellence in Nursing Awards – Nurses in Leadership Roles” in 2016 and 2019.
Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, MPA, RN, NEA, BC, currently serves as Senior Vice President of Nursing at Parkland Hospital and Health System in Dallas, Texas. Ms. Quint-Bouzid has over 33 years of experience as a Registered Nurse with more than 19 years of progressive experience in hospital administration. She has demonstrated experience in leading and managing successful teams to achieve local and national accreditation and quality designations. She is a subject matter expert in emerging trends in healthcare regulations, operations and to include intimate partner violence and human trafficking as it relates to healthcare management. She currently provides oversite of a victim intervention program and has extensive real life experience developing and implementing collective impact programs designed to address issues pertinent to women’s health and intimate partner violence. She frequently provides education and training on the national and international stage on a variety of patient safety, women’s health, and quality topics such as safe environments, personal safety and safety in the healthcare setting, building a sustainable safety culture and quality/risk management in the leadership role
Brenda Slade has been a practicing nurse for 25 years. The daughter of a career Air Force Staff Sargent Brenda was raised in Minot, North Dakota. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing, a Master of Health Administration and is Board Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Medical-Surgical Nursing. Brenda is studying for and will sit for the Certified Professional in Health Care Quality exam this year. Her clinical background includes staff and leadership roles in acute care nursing. Brenda currently serves as the Director of Quality, Patient Safety-Risk, and Infection Prevention at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless Bedford. She believes every patient deserves safe, high quality, evidence-based care and enjoys her role because it allows her to use her training and education to support those closest to the patient in their efforts to provide safe, high quality care to every patient, every day.
Larinda Smith is the Director of Community Outreach for Unbound Fort Worth. Unbound’s mission is to support survivors and resource communities to fight human trafficking. Its primary program areas are prevention & awareness, professional trainings, and survivor advocacy. Unbound provides 24/7 crisis response and ongoing case management for human trafficking survivors of all ages. In her role with Unbound, Larinda coordinates community presentations and trainings for healthcare providers and support staff. Unbound’s medical trainings focus on identifying and responding to victims of human trafficking in the clinical setting. Larinda has personally witnessed the impact of equipping healthcare providers to identify victims and connect them with resources to help in their recovery and healing. She enjoys sharing how awareness of human trafficking can save lives.

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POSTPONED: Cocktails with the Chiefs - Dallas
2020-04-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Haworth Showroom, 2021 McKinney Avenue, Suite 500, Dallas, TX, 75201
Our popular Cocktails with the Chiefs event is back in Dallas – this time at the lovely Haworth Showroom in the Uptown area of Dallas.

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This event always offers incredible networking opportunities and this year will feature the following special panelists:

Janelle Browne
Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Josh Floren, FACHE
President
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
Pete Havel
Author
The Arsonist in the Office: Fireproofing Your Life Against Toxic Coworkers, Bosses, Employees and Cultures
Stephanie Speights, PhD
Senior Vice President of Talent Management Development & Chief Learning Officer
Parkland Hospital and Health System
Laura Tortorella
Executive Vice President, Operations
Steward Health Care System
A special thanks to Haworth for hosting this event!
Speakers Bios:
Janelle Browne is the Vice President, Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer, joining UT Southwestern Medical Center in March 2019. Previously, she was Vice President for Human Resources at Texas Health Resources, where she had oversight of the nonprofit health system’s 13 wholly owned hospitals, more than 250 specialty and primary care clinics, and the Texas Health Physicians Group.
Before joining Texas Health in 2008, Ms. Browne gained extensive experience in academia with executive leadership roles at University of Washington Health Sciences Center and University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center. She additionally served as an examiner for the New Mexico Performance Excellence Awards, which is based on the Malcolm Baldrige Framework for Performance Excellence.
Ms. Browne holds a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University and a Master of Business Administration from University of Phoenix.
Josh Floren, FACHE, is the president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano.
Josh joined Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano in 2013. Prior to joining the hospital, he worked as the executive vice president of operations at Parkland Hospital. Josh has an extensive background in business development, physician relations, financial management, strategic planning, hospital operations, performance and quality improvement.
Josh earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University and a master’s in health administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed a fellowship at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV and while there became a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt by GE.
Josh currently serves on multiple community boards including the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center and is a past president of the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He currently participates on the Texas Hospital Association’s Policy Council and is on Texas A&M University’s Biomedical Science Advisory Board.
Josh received the American College of Healthcare Executive Reagent’s Award in 2016 and was awarded Texas A&M University’s Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2017
Josh has been married for 15 years to his wife Valerie. They have 3 children, Jackson (12), Brooks (9) and Charlotte (6). He is active in his church and spends much of his time coaching the kid’s baseball and soccer teams.
Pete Havel, author of The Arsonist in the Office: Fireproofing Your Life Against Toxic Coworkers, Bosses, Employees and Cultures, is a former lobbyist, political consultant and crisis communications professional who now serves as a corporate Hazmat team.
After a professional experience placed him inside ‘the world’s most toxic workplace’ and hired to work with the untouchable employee his management called ‘The Arsonist’, Pete spoke up to his leadership about disturbing behavior that could have led to scandal, lost careers, and company embarrassment. When he did, his career path was changed forever. He got burned by the Arsonist—the classic employee that burns down careers, companies, and cultures in their path. In the book, he shares the tools and techniques that everyone—from entry level to C-Suite—need to understand about office politics, challenging cultures, difficult people, and dealing with hard issues that can make or break organizations.
He’s a speaker, author, trainer and consultant on workplace culture, leadership, and politics. His company, The Cloture Group, helps organizations—from coast to coast—build and fix their cultures to ‘fireproof’ them against bad behavior and in favor of strong ethics, high productivity, and effective leadership.
In his spare time, he enjoys rooting for his beloved Boston Red Sox, Baylor Bears and also searching for his next stop in his search for great BBQ and working on 3 new books.
He lives in Dallas with his wife Janie and daughter Reagan (16).
Stephanie Speights, PhD, is Senior Vice President of Talent Management Development & Chief Learning Officer at Parkland Hospital and Health System. An experienced health care executive, Stephanie is tasked with aligning talent development programs, employee engagement, and workforce management consulting to grow a highly skilled and competitive workforce. Prior to joining Parkland in July 2019, Stephanie spent 10 years at Children’s Health, most recently as the Vice President of Talent Management & Chief Learning Officer.
At Children’s Stephanie led talent acquisition, learning and leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and workforce development integration.
Recent Presentations & Recognition

Texas Hospital Association (THA) Leadership Fellow, class of 2018
Conference Speaker, ASHHRA 2018 Annual Conference and Exposition: Going Beyond the Usual Suspects: Unleash the Power of Quiet Leadership, September 2018
National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) 2018 BOLD Award Recipient: Best Organizations for Leadership Development
AXIS Awards, including 2018 Best in Show, Dallas Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Laura Tortorella is the Executive Vice President of Operations of Steward Health Care System. In this role, she oversees labor management, supply chain, and hospital operational initiatives as well as the system’s predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and operational platforms. Ms. Tortorella has over 14 years in health care business management. Before joining Steward, she held management positions overseeing the respiratory disease division at Children’s Hospital, Boston. Ms. Tortorella earned a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Harvard College and MBA from Babson College’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business.

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POSTPONED - Community Service Event - DME Exchange
2020-05-02 08:00 - 12:00 | DME Exchange of Dallas, 12015 Shiloh Road, Dallas, 75228
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Join fellow ACHENTX members at the DME Exchange and help clean, repair or refurbish donated medical equipment to prepare them for their next use. Come out and help support the organization’s mission, meet ACHENTX members, donate unwanted equipment, and even earn credit towards Fellow status while giving back to your community.
A breakfast snack will be provided.
The DME Exchange is a nonprofit agency that collects, repairs and sanitizes durable medical equipment and then distributes them to individuals living in Dallas county who have a doctor’s prescription for the item, are 200% below the poverty level, have no insurance coverage or have a gap in coverage. DME equipment includes: canes, crutches, walkers, rollators, bedside commodes, tub transfer benches, manual and power wheelchairs, Hoyer lifts, hospital beds and mattresses.
If you are unable to attend the event and wish to donate supplies, please contact Betty Hersey, DME Exchange Executive Director at +1-214-997-3639.
Donation Items Sought:
1. Manual wheelchairs (especially 18”, 20” and 22” chairs)
2. Rollators
3. Shower chairs and tub transfer benches
4. Walkers with wheels
5. Hospital beds w/ vinyl mattresses
*Dress is casual. (Open toe shoes or sandals are not recommended.)

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POSTPONED - Breakfast with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Kelly Barnes, Global and US Health Industries Leader
2020-05-19 07:30 - 09:00 | PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2121 North Pearl Street, Dallas, TX, 75033
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Date: Tuesday, May 19
Time: 7:30-9am
Location: PricewaterhouseCoopers
2121 North Pearl Street
Dallas, TX 75201

Please join us for a special breakfast featuring Kelly Barnes, PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global and US Health
Industries Leader
PwC partner Kelly Barnes is a leading force behind a new understanding of a healthcare system undergoing unprecedented change. With over 30 years of experience, Kelly guides a team of over 12,000 professionals across all Global and US health-related industries, including payers, providers and the pharmaceutical, and life sciences sectors.
As the Global and US Health Industries Leader and one of the first women named to the Firm’s national Leadership Team, Kelly is the embodiment of embracing change and leading with it. Under her leadership, PwC has been a leading force in health industries, setting forth what PwC has trademarked as the “New Health Economy” based on the changing dynamics of the health industry. Kelly has spearheaded the transfer of PwC’s health expertise to new clients and industry sectors. She also leads initiatives regarding public/private collaboration to create greater value in the health system and to help shape the dialogue around the future of health.
Kelly established PwC’s Health Research Institute, which has created a significant body of research analyzing the shifting relationships of payers, providers, patients and new entrants in healthcare.
Aside from her professional achievements, Kelly is a nationally recognized speaker on topics ranging from the future of the U.S. health system to strategic planning as well as business transformation. Kelly is a Tocqueville Member of United Way, active in the International Women’s Forum (IWF), and has been named one of Health Data Management’s Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT. At the University of Arkansas’ Sam M. Walton College of Business, Kelly and her husband Steve have created a Health and Wellbeing Innovation Fund which will promote collaborations between health care and business. Kelly also serves on the college’s executive advisory board.
Kelly earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting from the University of Arkansas.
Thank you, PwC, for hosting this event!

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Voices that Care: Navigating a Covid-19 Future
2020-06-25 12:00 - 13:00
This event will be a virtual program offered through Zoom. Please join us to hear from experts in the field on their visions of the future of healthcare as we continue to confront COVID-19.

As an independent chartered chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, ACHE of North Texas is authorized to award 1.0 hour of ACHE Qualified Education credit toward advancement or recertification in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Participants in this program who wish to have it considered for ACHE Qualified Education credit should list their attendance when they apply to the American College of Healthcare Executives for advancement or recertification.
Date: Thursday, June 25
Time: 12-1pm

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Our Professional Panel will include:

Benson P. Chacko, FACHE
Vice President of Operations
Methodist Dallas Medical Center
Tracy Martinez
Professional and Support Services Officer
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance
A. Chris Rubio, MBA, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer
UT Southwestern William J. Clements University Hospital
Mary Wylie, DHA, MBA, MHA, FACHE
Vice President of Operations
Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Plano

Speakers Bios:
Benson P. Chacko, FACHE, is Vice President of Operations (COO) of Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Methodist Dallas is a 556-bed Level-1 Trauma Center home to The Liver Institute, Transplant Institute, Methodist Digestive Institute and Moody Brain and Spine Institute. In his role he provides day to day leadership for the operations of the hospital, collaboratively implements strategies, and efficiently manages hospital and clinic departments to maximize quality. Benson’s healthcare career spans two decades in various areas to include human resources, project management, ambulatory care, business development, and hospital operations. Prior to joining Methodist Dallas, Benson served as Interim Chief Executive Officer/Chief Operating Officer at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Lake Pointe, where he led the organization through a successful Joint Commission Survey, achieved the Leap Frog “A” Rating for the organization, and led the corporate transition from Tenet Healthcare to Baylor Scott & White. Prior to returning to D/FW, Benson held the Chief Operating Officer role at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis, MO, and The Hospitals of Providence-Sierra Campus in El Paso, TX, where he managed a $53 million, two-year renovation of the 329-bed tertiary care hospital.
Born and raised in Dallas County, Benson started his career as a junior volunteer at St. Paul Medical Center, which defined his career path to serve in healthcare. He holds a Bachelors of Healthcare Administration from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, TX, and Master of Healthcare Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from Texas Women’s University in Dallas. Throughout his career as a healthcare executive, Benson has continued to find time to serve on professional councils with the Texas Hospital Association and serving for community nonprofits such as The Boys & Girls Club and Center Against Sexual and Family Violence. Finally he’s had the honor of being recognized by the United States Congress for Community Service during his time at Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, CA.
Tracy Martinez is a North Texas native, growing up in the Metroplex, and now lives in Haslet, Texas.
She started her 20-year long career in healthcare as a Physical Therapist at Arlington Memorial Hospital after graduating with her Bachelor of Science from UT Southwestern Medical Center. After many years of progressive leadership in the clinical environment, she became to have an interest in the business side of healthcare.
In 2008 she received her Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from UT Arlington. At that point, Tracy became increasingly involved in leading and developing teams, as well as managing a successful business operation.
After several years leading at the departmental level, she began looking for opportunities to expand her experience, knowledge, leadership and involvement in hospital operations. She found herself eager to support the broader mission of the organization.
In 2015, Tracy earned a role on the Executive team at Texas Health Alliance. At Alliance, Tracy oversees ancillary clinical departments as well as support departments such as food and nutrition and engineering. She is involved in all aspects of hospital operations, including construction projects, business development and physician relations.
Tracy is married to Vincent Martinez, who is a Biomedical Professional in healthcare as well. During their 16 years of marriage they’ve traveled a great deal and enjoy spending time with family, friends and their poodle, Mickey. Tracy is an avid health and wellness advocate, championing a life of health and wellness.
Chris Rubio is the Chief Operating Officer of UT Southwestern’s William J. Clements University Hospital. Prior roles include Associate Vice President of Neurosciences and the O’Donnell Brain Institute at UTSW; Director of Anesthesiology & Critical Care at the MD Anderson Cancer Center; and, served as an officer in the US Army. He has over 20 years of experience in academic medicine and the University of Texas System. Chris is the proud father of a 2-1/2 year old son and is enjoying his relatively new positions as Papa.

Mary Wylie serves as the Vice President of Operations for Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Plano. She has administrative responsibilities for ancillary services, and service line development.
Prior to her current positions, she served as the Senior Director of Professional Services for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, with administrative oversight of the neuroscience, orthopedic, behavioral health, cardiovascular, oncology, spine, post-acute, trauma, emergency management, bariatrics, pharmacy, pulmonary, physics, and radiology.
Dr. Wylie has nearly 3 decades of progressive health care management experience within the Dallas market, at 3 of the largest health care systems, with extensive experience in the areas of business development and fundraising, having generated over $20 million dollars from philanthropic sources to support both educational and clinical services.
Prior to her appointment at Texas Health Dallas, Dr. Wylie served as the Vice President of Oncology and Medical Surgical Services for Medical City Dallas Hospital. While at Medical City, she built one of the largest bone marrow transplant programs in the United States. Prior to Medical City, she was the Executive Director of Clinical Services and Development for Baylor Richardson Medical Center. During this time, she spearheaded the master plan for a new hospital, office building, and a 50,000 square-feet cancer center affiliated with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Wylie completed her doctorate in the area of Health Administration, from the Medical University of South Carolina. Her work in palliative care, and dissertation, Evaluating Palliative Care as a System: Consideration of General System Theory as a Potential Methodology led her to an assignment as Texas Health Resources palliative care project director for Texas Health Resources. Dr. Wylie’s work in palliative care culminated in the adoption of a system-wide palliative care program for 24 hospitals.
Prior to her doctorate, she received two master’s degrees from Texas Woman’s University in Healthcare and Business administration, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Wylie is an active member of the community and serves as a board of director member for several community boards. Dr. Wylie is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Alpha Eta Society and the Upsilon Phi Delta Society Chapters of the Medical University of South Carolina.
Achievements and awards include a Healthcare Administration Fellowship from the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the Texas Hospital Association.
She currently is an adjunct professor for Texas Woman’s University, University of Texas at Dallas and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Wylie volunteers at Preston Hollow Presbyterian church, and enjoys water sports, traveling, playing the piano, tennis, cycling, and golf.

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ACHENTX Virtual Happy Hour Fellowship Informational Session
2020-07-14 17:00 - 18:00
Take your career to the next level!

Do you want to be recognized and valued for your knowledge and expertise, and continue to build your network? Becoming an ACHE Fellow represents your lifelong commitment to continuous performance improvement and sets you on a path to personal and professional growth. Learn more about how to become a Fellow and hear from leaders who understand the value this recognition adds to your career.
Join with your favorite beverage for a relaxed & engaging dialogue about your future as a healthcare leader.
Date: Tuesday, July 14
Time: 5pm-6pm
Guest Speaker: W. Scott Hurst, FACHE

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Check-In with the Chiefs
2020-07-23 06:00 - 19:00
We are excited to bring to you our first-ever Check-In with the Chiefs event, a virtual version of our extremely popular and frequently sold out Cocktails with the Chiefs.
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Our presenters will include:
Josh Floren, FACHE
President
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano
Ken Hutchenrider, Jr. FACHE (Moderator)
President
Methodist Richardson Medical Center
Stephanie Speights, PhD
Senior Vice President of Talent Management Development & Chief Learning Officer
Parkland Hospital and Health System
Laura Tortorella
Executive Vice President, Operations
Steward Health Care System

Speakers’ Bios:
Josh Floren, FACHE, is the president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano.
Josh joined Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano in 2013. Prior to joining the hospital, he worked as the executive vice president of operations at Parkland Hospital. Josh has an extensive background in business development, physician relations, financial management, strategic planning, hospital operations, performance and quality improvement.
Josh earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University and a master’s in health administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed a fellowship at Charleston Area Medical Center in Charleston, WV and while there became a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt by GE.
Josh currently serves on multiple community boards including the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center and is a past president of the North Texas Chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He currently participates on the Texas Hospital Association’s Policy Council and is on Texas A&M University’s Biomedical Science Advisory Board.
Josh received the American College of Healthcare Executive Reagent’s Award in 2016 and was awarded Texas A&M University’s Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2017
Josh has been married for 15 years to his wife Valerie. They have 3 children, Jackson (12), Brooks (9) and Charlotte (6). He is active in his church and spends much of his time coaching the kid’s baseball and soccer teams.

Ken Hutchenrider, FACHE, joined Methodist Richardson Medical Center as President in July, 2010.
He has more than 25 years of executive experience with a result oriented record of substantially increasing financial stability and strengthening team management to build a tradition of providing the best care possible to the communities served.
During his tenure, Ken administered the assimilation of the hospital into the Methodist Health System, as well as the development of a $120M replacement hospital and its subsequent and ongoing expansions. Pam Stoyanoff, Chief Operations Officer of Methodist Health System has said “Ken is an outstanding leader with a proven track record in operational excellence.”
Additional accomplishments include the establishment of a new wound care center, recruitment and stabilization of the NICU physician group, development of the Da Vinci surgical program, and the successful recruitment/employment of new medical staff members. Under his direction, Methodist Richardson has received accreditations as a Chest Pain Center, a Stroke Center, and achieved nursing Pathway to Excellence.
Prior to July 2010, Ken served as the Chief Executive Officer of Galesburg Cottage Hospital, in Galesburg, Illinois. There, he successfully and effectively managed all facets of the 173 bed acute care facility, including a skilled nursing unit, inpatient psychiatric unit, a joint venture outpatient therapy unit, and a joint venture dialysis unit.
Previously in his career, Ken served in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute, Indiana and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Ken started his career in a clinical position as a Paramedic Shift Supervisor in Pasadena, Texas.
He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Healthcare Administration from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.
Ken has received many accolades, including the American Heart Association SOAR Award, the Community Health System Outstanding Achievement Award, and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is actively involved in the community and has served as the Chairman of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce and President of the Plano Independent School District Foundation. Ken is an enthusiastic supporter of the PISD Health Sciences Academy. Currently, Ken serves as the Regent for Northern Texas for the American College of Healthcare Executives and has recently been elected to the Richardson City Council in Place 5.
On a personal note, Ken and his wife Melinda have two teenage daughters. When he’s not spending time with his family, you are most likely to find Ken on the golf course. He is also a private pilot.

Stephanie Speights, PhD, is Senior Vice President of Talent Management Development & Chief Learning Officer at Parkland Hospital and Health System. An experienced health care executive, Stephanie is tasked with aligning talent development programs, employee engagement, and workforce management consulting to grow a highly skilled and competitive workforce. Prior to joining Parkland in July 2019, Stephanie spent 10 years at Children’s Health, most recently as the Vice President of Talent Management & Chief Learning Officer.
At Children’s Stephanie led talent acquisition, learning and leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and workforce development integration.
Recent Presentations & Recognition

Texas Hospital Association (THA) Leadership Fellow, class of 2018
Conference Speaker, ASHHRA 2018 Annual Conference and Exposition: Going Beyond the Usual Suspects: Unleash the Power of Quiet Leadership, September 2018
National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL) 2018 BOLD Award Recipient: Best Organizations for Leadership Development
AXIS Awards, including 2018 Best in Show, Dallas Association for Talent Development (ATD)

Laura Tortorella is the Executive Vice President of Operations of Steward Health Care System. In this role, she oversees labor management, supply chain, and hospital operational initiatives as well as the system’s predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and operational platforms. Ms. Tortorella has over 14 years in health care business management. Before joining Steward, she held management positions overseeing the respiratory disease division at Children’s Hospital, Boston. Ms. Tortorella earned a Bachelor of Arts in biology from Harvard College and MBA from Babson College’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business.

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A special thanks to The Medicus Firm for hosting this event!

COVID-19: A Public Health Crisis - Health Disparities
2020-08-18 18:00 - 19:30
A panel discussion on what the COVID-19 pandemic reveals about health disparities.

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This event is being presented to you by the ACHE of North Texas Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
Thanks to the University of North Texas Health Science Center for hosting this event on their webinar platform.
Preamble by: Stephan Davis, DNP, MHSA, FACHE
MHA Director/Assistant Professor, Dept of Health Behavior and Health Systems
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Moderator: Tracy Brown
President
Intentional Inclusion Incorporated
Panelists will include:
Jim Allard, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
VP Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer
Medical City Children’s Hospital / Medical City Women’s Hospital – Dallas
Tiffany Capeles, FACHE
System Director, Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
CHRISTUS Health
Ajith Pai, PharmD, FACHE
President
Texas Health/Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne
Carlos Ramirez, MD, MBA, FACHE, CHCQM
VP and Regional Medical Officer, Emergency Medicine Physician
SCP Health

Speakers Bios:
Dr. Jim Allard is the Chief Nursing Officer at Medical City Children’s Hospital and Medical City Women’s Hospital – Dallas. Jim’s clinical and leadership tenure has span 22 years in nursing. As a frontline clinician he worked in pediatric critical care with a focus on pediatric congenital heart. As a driven nurse leader since 2008, Jim’s interests include civility, shared governance, evidence based practice, MAGNET and Just Culture principles. Jim’s current responsibilities include strategic development and oversight of nursing services, inclusive of all Women’s and Children’s areas.
Prior to his most recent role, Jim has served in various leadership roles in HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Medical City Children’s, Children’s Health Dallas, Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Jim earned a Doctorate of Nurse Practice at Texas Christian University, and Masters in Nursing Administration from the University of Texas Arlington. He holds a certification from ANCC as a Nurse Executive Advanced and is a member of ANA, TNA, TONE, AONE and ACHE. He has served on the TONE Membership Committee, Texas Team Practice Committee and was appointed to the TNA Policy Council where he has chaired the Maternal Mortality Task Force and most recently serves as the Workplace Advocacy and Practice Committee Chair. Community service includes serving on the ANA Professional Issues Panel as a Steering Committee member, updating the fatigue position statement. Jim has been an ACHE member for 3 years and joined the LGBTQ Forum in late 2019, and most recently the Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Jim’s personal leadership vision is “To develop the leader in every nurse.”
Tracy Brown is a nationally recognized expert and author whose clients rely on her advice about leadership development, diversity strategy and employee engagement. Her company, intentional inclusion inc, has provided training to more than 400,000 people and she has been recognized twice for Innovation in Diversity by the Celebrate Diversity Awards sponsored by Ernst & Young.
Tracy is an accomplished speaker and author of 12 books who is known for her ability to engage people in sensitive conversations. Her interactive presentation style is engaging and encourages participants to take personal responsibility for making change in their lives and in their organizations. She has produced or hosted six different internet radio programs since 2006 and has been featured in Texas Business Monthly, Dallas CEO, HR Magazine, Money Magazine and many other publications.
In addition to her business experience, Tracy has served as a board or advisory council member for more than a dozen professional associations or nonprofit organizations. She co-founded Dallas Dinner Table (Healing Race Relations One Dinner at a Time) and co-designed The Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership curriculum sponsored by Southern Methodist University and The Center for Nonprofit Management. Tracy completed serving 3 consecutive years as the Chair of the governing body for Centers for Spiritual Living worldwide.
Tiffany Capeles is the System Director for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at CHRISTUS Health. CHRISTUS Health is an international Catholic, non-profit health system comprised of 60 hospitals, long-term care facilities, 175 clinics and outpatient centers, and many other health ministries and ventures. In in her role, Capeles leads system efforts to improve patient health outcomes, and sets the strategy for diversity and inclusion within the organization.
Prior to joining CHRISTUS, Capeles was the Program Director at Children’s Health in Dallas, Texas. In this capacity, she led multiple community workgroups to address childhood asthma exacerbation rates, consisting of nearly 60 members. The community collaborative resulted in partnerships with the city in issuing citations to property managers for health violations, revisions to the housing code, training of compliance code enforcement officers on health-related issues, and community education. The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Center for Healthy Housing hailed the program for its innovation and impact; and later the American Hospital Association conferred the 2017 NOVA Award.
Prior to Children’s Health, Capeles served in multiple roles at Adventist HealthCare. There she implemented the Qualified Bilingual Staff Program that became a state hospital association endorsed standard; developed online cultural competency training modules; race, ethnicity, and language data collection trainings; conducted 360° Organizational Cultural Competency assessments; and secured continuation of a state accreditation for the certified nursing assistant program.
Her work has led to CHRISTUS receiving the 2016 Equity Care Award from the American Hospital Association, as well as the 2017 National Diversity Council Excellence Award for Healthcare Diversity, at the Dallas Chapter. In 2019, she earned Fellow status, from the distinguished American College of HealthCare Executives, and was recognized as a Tomorrow’s Leader by the Catholic Health Association. A recent publication of her work can be found in the Journal of Healthcare Management’s September/October 2019 issue titled, “What Happens When an Organization Tackles Unconscious Bias and Promotes Diversity of Thought?”
She is an active member and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and currently serves additional roles with the National Association of Health Service Executives, and the National Association of Latino Health Executives. Capeles earned her Master of Business Administration in Finance from Hood College in Maryland, and her Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration from Kent State University in Ohio. She resides in the suburbs of Dallas, TX with her husband, and two daughters.
Stephan Davis, DNP, MHSA, FACHE, serves as MHA director and assistant professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health. He is a fellow and national faculty member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and serves as the national Chair of the ACHE LGBTQ Forum committee. He is co-chair of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee at the School of Public Health and serves as the alumni co-chair of the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Action Solutions (IDEAS) council at Yale University, School of Nursing. Dr. Davis’ prior work related to diversity and inclusion resulted in organizations achieving leadership designation in healthcare equality with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC). He has provided talks and seminars across the nation on healthcare leadership and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. His graduate education includes a doctorate of nursing practice in healthcare leadership, systems, and policy from Yale and a master’s degree in health systems administration from Georgetown. In addition to fellowship with ACHE, he holds several board certifications in healthcare finance, quality, education, and nurse executive leadership. He is also a Myers-Briggs Certified Practitioner and a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach.
Ajith Pai, PharmD, FACHE, is President of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne. In the role of president, Ajith oversees day to day operations, works to advance physician engagement and promote effective employee, governance and community relations. Together with Texas Health Cleburne’s chief nursing officer and chief medical officer, he is responsible for ensuring the achievement of the hospital’s goals for patient safety, clinical and non-clinical quality, operational performance and patient, physician and employee satisfaction.
He began his career with Texas Health Resources, at Texas Health HEB in 1999 as a certified pharmacy technician. In 2011, he became the director of Pharmacy at Texas Health Kaufman where he oversaw the day to day operations and championed safe, quality-driven patient care through the implementation of best practices and improved clinical monitoring. His leadership continued as he served as the professional and support services officer working closely with the Texas Health Kaufman triad to meet system and entity objectives. Under Ajith’s leadership, the hospital achieved the highest performing Consumer Focus metrics in 2017, in the hospital’s ambulatory patient experience scores.
Ajith received his Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) from Texas Tech School of Pharmacy and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Ajith enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife of 11 years, Myriam, and their three-year-old daughter, Elyse. He’s also an avid runner and has participated in more than 15 marathons throughout the country and remains involved in the community through memberships on various committees. Ajith is a member of the Texas Health Huguley Community Board, Texas Health Surgery Center Cleburne Board of Managers, City of Cleburne Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Cleburne Tuesday Forum, Cleburne Rotary, ACHE Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum, Texas Hospital Association Leader Fellowship, Leadership North Texas and ACHE North Texas.
Dr. Carlos Ramirez brings an array of experience to his role with SCP Health. As Vice President and Regional Medical Officer, he is responsible for the Emergency Medicine practices at multiple facilities including UHS, HCA and Driscoll Health System, among others.
In this role, he ensures consistent patient care and management practices in Emergency Medicine that ensure the highest quality and dependable performance while maintaining a financial viability of those practices.
He formerly served as the Chief Medical Officer for a Health Plan and prior to that, he served as a Regional Medical Director of a large group of physician practice in Texas.
He holds an MBA/MHA from Baylor University and advanced training in Business Analytics from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. As a diplomat of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physician, he has served as a Physician Advisor for UR at several facilities. He is also a Board certified in Family an Emergency Medicine and he is a fellow of the ACHE.
He continues to enjoy the practice of Emergency Medicine and works at several of the STHS facilities.

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Virtual: COVID-19: What We Learned: Leadership
2020-08-27 15:30 - 17:00
This panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits.

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Moderator: Michael Sanborn, RPh, FACHE
President & CEO
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center Fort Worth
Panelists:
Ralph Baine, MD
President
Emergency Medical Consultants of TeamHealth
Nikhil Bhayani, MD
Infectious Disease Consultant, Associate Professor
TCU/UNTHSC Medical School
Steven Love
President
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council
Mary Robinson, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Reliable Health for Texas Health Resources
Speaker Bios:
Ralph Baine, M.D., FACEP, serves as one of three Clinical Sr. Vice Presidents in TeamHealth’s West Group over the Emergency Medicine and Hospital Medicine service lines. Prior to accepting this position, he served as President at Emergency Medicine Consultants (EMC) since April of 2014, in addition to being a practicing physician.
Dr. Baine’s clinical history began in 1991 as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department (ED) at one of Texas Health Resources’ largest facilities, Texas Health Fort Worth (THFW). He is recognized as a national leader in process improvement throughout the country. Under his leadership and vision, the THFW ED was bestowed the Quality Cup Award from the Rochester Institute of Technology and USA Today. Dr. Baine went on to graduate in 2010 from UT Southwestern Medical Center Emergency Medicine residency and has held numerous leadership positions before joining TeamHealth.
He lives in Fort Worth, Texas, with his wife Jennifer and has four daughters and two granddaughters. He enjoys golf, traveling, and spending time with his family.
Certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Nikhil Bhayani earned a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Utah. He subsequently graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from the Ross University School of Medicine.
Upon graduating from medical school, he completed a residency in internal medicine at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center between 2003 and 2006. Subsequently, Dr. Bhayani pursued a fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago and became a consulting physician for Infectious Disease Doctors, PA, from 2008 until 2016.
In the years since, Dr. Bhayani has excelled as the owner of Nikhil K. Bhayani, MD, PA. He has also been active as a physician advisor with Texas Health Resources. As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Bhayani is involved with clinical care and medical administration, and he liaises with various hospitals, clinical pharmacies and administrators to ensure that medical policies and safeguards are in place to prevent hospital-acquired infections.
Dr. Bhayani maintains his professional alignment with the Infectious Disease Society of America as a Fellow, the Texas Medical Society and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin in order to remain aware of industry changes and network with others in the field.”
Due to his outstanding work in the field, Dr. Bhayani has been recognized as a Top Doctor in Greater Fort Worth since 2012. Over the years, he also accepted the Physician of the Year Award from Texas Health Arlington Memorial. A member of the Leading Physicians of the World, Dr. Bhayani was presented with a Recognition Award from the Illinois Math and Sciences Academy for mentoring students and developing a rapid HIV testing protocol at the University of Illinois, Chicago Medical Center Emergency Room.
Mr. W. Stephen Love is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council which promotes collaboration, cooperation and advocacy on behalf of its 90 member hospitals. The Hospital Council also has approximately 100 Associate Members (business and industry), including prominent accounting, legal and consulting firms. The primary mission is to promote patient safety, quality healthcare and coordination in the delivery of healthcare within the North Texas market. He served as 2015 Chair for the Conference of Metropolitan and Regional Hospitals Association in the United States. He serves on the Dallas American Heart Association; Cure Glaucoma Foundation Advisory Board; North Texas Eye Research Institute; Children at Risk, the Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Prism Health North Texas and Mothers Against Drunk Driving Dallas. Mr. Love has worked in healthcare management for over 40 years. He has demonstrated leadership in tax exempt, investor-owned, specialty and private hospitals in operations, finance and corporate governance. Prior to joining the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Mr. Love was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a Fortune 500 healthcare company that owned over 50 hospitals and managed approximately 200 facilities in the United States.
As the CNO Reliable Health, Mary Robinson, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, SVP, CNO, works in a Dyadic relationship with the CMO, Reliable Health. In this role Dr. Robinson is responsible and accountable for achieving and sustaining positive differentiation of consumer focused clinical care in all segments of the core business, leveraging consumer insights and research, consumer centric design principles and relevant strategies, tactics and objectives established at the System level to design solutions that provide Reliable Health in all venues of care at THR.
Prior to this role, Dr Robinson served as Vice President for Nursing Professional Practice, Research, and Magnet for Texas Health Resources. In her current role she is responsible for system wide nursing shared governance councils and activities, the Faith Community Nursing and Patient Education Program, the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) program, the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program, and the Magnet/Pathway to Excellence Recognition Programs. She was most recently served as the Chief Nursing Officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest Hospital located in Fort Worth Texas for 10 years. In this role Dr. Robinson served as the Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer and is responsible for the clinical operations and the strategic nursing direction of this 209 bed community hospital. Additionally, she has been a Magnet Appraiser for 11 years.
Prior experience includes the following: Dr. Robinson served as the Director of Professional Practice and Education as well as the Magnet Project Director for Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth (THFW). While in this role, THFW became the first hospital in Tarrant County to receive the coveted Magnet excellence in nursing designation.
Robinson joined the Harris Methodist Fort Worth nursing team in 1981 and has served in a variety of staff and leadership positions throughout her tenure at Harris, including: ICU Nurse, ICU Unit Manager, Coordinator of Education and Research, Director of Education, and Regional Director of Clinical Education for Texas Health Resources.
Dr. Robinson received her Doctorate in Nursing and a Master of Science Degree from Texas Woman’s University. She completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Dr. Robinson has earned a number of professional awards. She was the D Magazine Excellence in Nursing Leadership Award Winner for 2015. She was named one of the Fort Worth Business Press Health Care Heroes in 2011 and one of the DFW area’s “Great 100 Nurses” in 2000; she received the YWCA Tribute to Women in Business honor in 2002 and the UTA Distinguished Alumni designation from the University’s School of Nursing in 2003. Dr. Robinson has served on the Texas Nurses Association (TNA) Board of Directors for three terms since 2003 and is currently a board member. In 2006, she was part of a group that received the TNA Leadership in Clinical Education Award that was presented to the Members of the North Texas Consortium of Schools of Nursing and their Practice Partners. In her ongoing affiliation with TNA, Dr. Robinson testified before the Texas State Senate and actively worked for passage of legislation in the form of the Hospital Safe Staffing Act (SB 476/HB 591). Her further commitment to excellence in nursing is evidenced by her role as Magnet Appraiser. She has served in this role for 9 years and visits hospitals around the country who have applied for Magnet recognition. Dr. Robinson currently serves as Vice Chair of the THR Institutional Review Board and continues to be active in her church serving as a Faith Community Nurse and Eucharistic Minister. Dr. Robinson is a native of Fort Worth, and lives there with her husband of 31 years, Paul, who is a financial consultant and their three children and is also expecting her second grandbaby! She has a very “Be Healthy” lifestyle, as her hobbies include jogging, working out and watching the Texas Rangers Baseball Team.
Michael Sanborn, MS, FACHE, FASHP currently serves as President of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth. He is responsible for the leadership and management of the 538-bed acute care hospital with more than 2,400 employees and 1,000 medical staff members. Services include transplantation, heart/vascular, oncology, trauma, and one of the largest women’s hospitals in the area.
Before joining All Saints, Sanborn served as the president of Baylor Scott & White – Carrollton where he was responsible for the hospital, three satellite medical offices and a freestanding diagnostic center. Prior to his position at Carrollton, Sanborn served as the corporate vice president of cardiovascular services for the Baylor Scott & White System. Throughout his 30+ years in health care, Sanborn has taken on increasingly complex roles, initially in pharmacy leadership and then in health care administration.
Mike holds a B.S. and M.S. in Pharmacy and Administration respectively from the University of Kansas and is a Fellow of both ACHE and ASHP. He is active in a variety of community activities, including serving on the boards of the Fort Worth Chamber, Healing Shepherd Clinic, Health Tarrant County Collaborative (Chair) DFW Hospital Council, and the Executive Committees of Near Southside and Fort Worth Adolescent and Young Adult cancer program.

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Virtual: Equity of Care
2020-08-27 17:30 - 19:00
This panel has been approved by ACHE National to qualify for 1.5 Face-to-Face virtual credits.

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Moderator: Matt Richardson, FACHE
Director of Public Health
Denton County, Texas
Panelists:
Ruby Blum
Health Policy Advisor
Dallas County, Texas
Joy Griffin
Director of Community Health Improvement
Texas Health Resources, Tarrant & Parker Counties
David Mansdoerfer
Special Assistant to the President
University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth
Paula Turicchi, FACHE
Chief Strategy Officer
Parkland Community Health Plan
Speakers Bios:
Ruby Blum serves as the health care policy advisor for the Office of the Dallas County Judge. She comes to Dallas after working for the Wyoming Department of Health’s Director’s Unit for Policy, Research and Evaluation. Her work in Wyoming focused on Medicaid research and exploring possibilities for coverage Expansion.
In her work for Dallas County she works closely with the county public hospital, Parkland, and the other local hospitals systems, doctor’s organizations, and various community partners. Ruby serves in a leadership position with the Enroll North Texas ACA Coalition and works closely with enrollment groups to support the coalition’s efforts. In addition to her work locally, she works with statewide partners to bring about the best legislative outcomes for health care in Texas.
She was directly involved in the county’s response to the unprecedented Ebola virus cases in Dallas, working with local, state, and federal public health experts. During the current COVID-19 response her work has focused on hospital and health care capacity and response, as well as working closely with Dallas County Health and Human Services on core public health functions.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Seattle University in Seattle, Washington, and a Masters of Health Care Leadership from the University of Texas at Dallas. Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Ruby enjoys many outdoor activities and is an avid equestrian.
Joy Griffin BSN, RN, is the Director of Community Health Improvement for
Tarrant/Parker Counties. Joy graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington (Go Mavericks!) and is a registered nurse with 23 years of experience in a variety of areas including- medical-surgical, home health, pediatrics, case management, and community health. Joy has chaired and/or served on numerous coalitions and committees including Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration and Tarrant County Homeless Coalition. Additionally, she has served as Community Health Outreach subject matter expert assisting Texas Health Arlington Memorial to attain Magnet Designation and several other accreditations including Cancer, Stroke, and Baby Friendly designations. Joy was the 2010 Community Service Award recipient and Diversity and Inclusion Mosaic Pin recipient in 2012, both during her tenure at Texas Health Arlington Memorial.
Joy has been married to Scott for 22 years, and together they rescued a black lab named Jet. She loves running, hiking, and any activities that allow her to spend time with the two loves of her life: Scott and Jet.
David Mansdoerfer, MPP, is the Special Assistant to the President at UNT Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth. David joined UNTHSC in September of 2019. Prior to joining, David served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). There, he had operational responsibility for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health including the offices of: HIV and Infectious Disease, Human Research Protection, Minority Health, Women’s Health, and Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. David also served as the HHS Chief Labor Negotiator. During his time at HHS, David worked on a variety of topics including the top Presidential initiatives of Ending HIV, Opioids, Youth Sports and Veterans Suicide.
In other capacities, David has also worked for the California State Senate, County of Orange, and served as the Chairman of the Mission Viejo Planning and Transportation Committee.
David will be primarily focused on building strategic partnerships for the Health Science Center. From philanthropy to research, David will bring his background in high level health communications and operations to increase support and visibility for the University.
Dr. Matt Richardson was appointed as the Director of Public Health for Denton County in the summer of 2014. Dr. Richardson previously served as Director with the City of Amarillo and Potter/Randall Counties for 9 years. Dr. Richardson has authored peer-reviewed publications, testified to the Texas Legislature regarding public health issues and continues to advocate for public health practice and resources for Denton County and the state of Texas.
He has a bachelor’s degree in Biology from Abilene Christian University and both Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Public Health from the University of North Texas. He is currently board certified and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Dr. Richardson also serves as an accreditation site reviewer for public health programs in universities across the US.
Matt lives in Argyle with his wife of 24 years and their two daughters.
Paula Turicchi is the Chief Strategy Officer at Parkland Community Health Plan in Dallas, Texas. The health plan serves more than 185,000 members in Medicaid’s STAR, CHIP, and CHIP Perinatal programs through a network of more than 3,000 providers and 25 facilities located in 7 counties in the Dallas service delivery area.
Previously, Paula served as the Vice President of Hospital Operations and Administrator of Women and Infant’s Specialty Health (WISH) at Parkland Health & Hospital System. She was instrumental in the design and construction of the New Parkland Hospital facility and the Moody Center for Breast Health. Paula played a key role in completing the System Improvement Agreement (SIA) and Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) from 2013 to 2018. In addition, she chaired the Women’s Health Advisory Committee of Texas which was created by Texas’ 84th Legislature to advise the Health & Human Services Commission on consolidation of women’s health programs.
Paula was a 2018 Texas Hospital Association Leadership Fellow. She is board certified in Healthcare Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trinity University and Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.

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Breakfast with the President-COO - Pamela Stoyanoff, MBA, CPA, FACHE
2020-09-01 08:00 - 09:00
A Virtual Breakfast with Pamela Stoyanoff, MBA, CPA, FACHE

For the time being we’re offering our popular Breakfast with the President series virtually. Please join us as Pam Stoyanoff , President and Chief Operating Officer at Methodist Health System shares with us her experiences, wisdom and perspectives.

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Pamela J. StoyanoffSummary Bio
Born and raised in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, Pam attended Valparaiso University (Indiana) where she obtained her Bachelors of Business Administration Degree with an Accounting major. She received her CPA in 1983. She later received her Masters in Business Administration from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Illinois.
She began her career at Arthur Andersen & Co. After several years, she accepted a position as Controller with St. Therese Hospital and Provena Health System. After nearly 16 years she left Provena and became the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for St. Vincent Health System, Little Rock, Arkansas. After 7 years, she was recruited from Arkansas to Texas where she is currently the President – Chief Operating Officer of Methodist Health System in Dallas. She is responsible for the 4 main Hospital campuses, Graduate Medical Education, Transplant Services and many centralized functions (IT, HIM, Materials Management, Quality).
Pam has often been recognized for her leadership, and was most recently named one of the Top 12 women in Healthcare in North Texas by the Health Industry Council of the North Texas Region. She was also named on of the “56 Women Hospital and Healthcare Leaders to know” by Becker’s Hospital Review and one of the top 56 women nationally in healthcare by Modern Healthcare, both in 2011.

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