The Risky Health Care Business

What he does:  Esmond is the Chief Information Security Officer of Steward Health Care and has over two decades of experience leading IT and security programs and safeguarding vital sectors in multiple industries.  At Steward, Esmond’s focus has been on transforming Steward's approach to information practices security, threat and risk management to comply with industry frameworks, and regulations and best practices. Prior...

What she does:  Kim is a partner at Dickinson Wright in Michigan and Chair of Dickinson Wright’s Healthcare Litigation and Telehealth Task Forces.  Kim has over 20 years’ experience as a commercial litigator who represents healthcare providers, insurers and benefit plans in healthcare contract litigations (including enforcing and defending non-compete agreements), licensing and regulatory disputes, governmental fraud and ...

What she does:  Dr. Wiens is a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Penn Master’s in Medical Education Program and the Penn Health Professions Education Certificate Program, and academic director of the PennCLO Master’s Program, as well as teaching various graduate-level and executive-format courses.  Dr. Wiens is also co-founder and chief research officer of Big Sky Leadership Labs, where she ...

What he does: Mark is the Founder & CEO of Animal Policy Group and a long-time political strategist, government regulatory advisor, corporate executive and former litigator.  Mark focuses his advocacy practice on providing high-level strategic advice and services to clients with needs at any level of government, and key trade/industry associations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Mark specializes in animal health, animal ...

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Dr. Debra Henneberry, EdD is an Assistant Professor in the College of Aviation and Transportation Technology at Purdue University. She's an experienced commercial pilot, flight instructor, and aeronautics professor.  Prior to her current role she served as Assistant Professor in the Aviation Department at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York City.  She also served as a government adm...

What she does: Rebecca is the founder of Adelman Law Firm in Tennessee.  Her practice is concentrated in healthcare and insurance defense and business litigation, and includes representation of insurance companies and long-term care providers and their insurers - both regionally and nationally. The firm also provides claims management services to senior living insurance companies.  Rebecca is involved in state and nation...

What she does:  CJ is a partner at Dickinson Wright in Phoenix, Arizona and spearheaded the formation of Dickinson Wright's Distressed Health Care Restructuring Group. CJ's experience includes creating complex plans of reorganization for multi-million dollar companies in a wide-range of industries, including healthcare, mortgage lending, and real estate among others. She has also guided numerous boards and senior managers in d...

What she does: Sam is the is the Senior Director of Advertising, Analytics, and Partnerships at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio where she works to shape the institution's global brand and achieve transformative results in healthcare marketing.  She leads the enterprise’s advertising efforts, creative development, strategic partnerships, and data science teams.

On risk: "There's too much information for a doctor to be the sole provid...

What he does: Ron is the President and Chief Executive Officer for DoveLewis in Oregon. At DoveLewis Ron is responsible for the vision and strategic initiatives that as a nonprofit serves its customers, donors, and veterinary community. His career spans 40 years in human and animal health care with roles including insurance, joint ventures, rural health networks, and marketing, public relations, and communications.

On risk: "Th...

What he does: Brett is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Sharp HealthCare in California. At Sharp he has direct accountability and oversight for the daily and strategic operations of Sharp's four acute care and three specialty hospitals, three medical groups, ambulatory and clinical service lines, and facilities management and development. His career spans nearly 30 years of health care management experi...

What she does:  Beth is the Executive Director of the Virginia Rural Heath Association, immediate Past-President of the National Rural Health Association Board of Trustees, and past Chair of the National Rural Health Association Government Affairs Committee.

On risk: "If you said risk and rural to me, the first thing that would pop into my mind was the hospital closures we've had all over rural America.  Those hospital cl...

What he does:  Dr. Casamassimo is a board-certified pediatric dentist, Professor Emeritus at the Ohio State University, and an attending dentist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, in Columbus, OH.  Dr. Casamassimo currently is Chief Policy Officer at the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's Pediatric Oral Health Research and Policy Center, as well as a past-president and editor emeritus. He is a past-president of the...

What he does:  Dr. Parente is a health care economist, Professor in the Department of Finance and the Minnesota Insurance Industry Chair of Health Finance in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, as well as Associate Dean of the Global Institute. As a finance professor, he specializes in health economics, information technology, and health insurance.  He has been the principal investigator on l...

What he does: Colin is the Chief Executive Officer at CARR. During his career Colin has been active in local, regional, and national real estate transactions involving landlords, sellers, tenants, buyers, and investors.

On risk: "When it comes to risk, if you're looking at purchasing there are a number of lenders across the country that are willing to do 100% financing, but that does mean that you're borrowing more. And so you ne...

What he does: Marc is the Chief Strategy Officer at Kaweah Health in Visalia, California.  His areas of responsibility include strategic planning, business development, marketing and communications, media relations, physician recruitment and relations, and government affairs.

On risk: "There's really risk in everything that we do.  There's even risk of things that we decide not to do.  And then there's certainly risk...

What she does: Erin is a dental practice administrator in Washington, DC.  She is the president of the Washington DC/Maryland/Virginia chapter of the American Association of Dental Office Management and is on the Board of Directors of the American Dental Assistants Association.

On risk: "On the clinical side the obvious health risks, not watching someone's health history and understanding there might be contraindications betwe...