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Alumni Fellows Listing
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Current and Alumni Listing
| Name | Title | Organization | Year | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Anderson | Executive Director | Renew, Grant Behavioral Health and Wellness | 2024 | Health Care |
| Catherine Boltz | Senior Director of Manufacturing | Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) Managed by Honeywell | 2024 | Manufacturing |
| Kirstie De Biase | Provost | West Coast University | 2024 | Education |
| Aphriekah DuHaney-West | Senior Vice President/Area Manager, Central Valley | Kaiser Permanente | 2024 | Health Care |
| Michael Kenney | General Counsel and Advisor on Governmental Affairs | Center for Organ Recovery and Education (CORE) | 2024 | Nonprofit |
| Michael Molnar | Advanced Manufacturing Program Director | National Institute of Standards and Technology | 2024 | Government |
| Romel Muex-Pullen | Associate Superintendent, Quality and Strategy Management | Metro Technology Centers | 2024 | Education |
| Vanessa Murray | Director of Finance | Adventist HealthCare, Fort Washington Medical Center | 2024 | Health Care |
| David Pierce | Chief Medical Officer | Rochester General Hospital | 2024 | Health Care |
| Neil Roy | Chief Medical Officer | Adventist Healthcare, Shady Grove Medical Center | 2024 | Health Care |
| Veronica Sandoval | Chief Tribal Operations & Communications Officer | Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians | 2024 | Nonprofit |
| Sara Schumacher | Executive Director | Washington Health System Foundation | 2024 | Health Care |
| Tammy Snyder | President and Chief Operating Officer | Rochester General Hospital | 2024 | Health Care |
| Amanda Stevens | VP, Strategic Philanthropy | Create Healthy | 2024 | Health Care |
| Summer Stout | Multi-Specialty Practice Manager | University Medical Center of El Paso | 2024 | Health Care |
| Ian Taylor | Strategic Services Director | Freese and Nichols | 2024 | Service |
| Stacey Vokrot-Mello | Global ERP Excellence Lead Food & Bio | Cargill | 2024 | Manufacturing |
| Philip Zeccardi | Vice President | Bryan Health | 2024 | Health Care |
| Seleem Choudhury | Chief Operating Officer | Shady Grove Medical Center | 2023 | Health Care |
| Coby Davis | Compliance Officer and Organization Development Vice President | U.S. Braille Corporation | 2023 | Manufacturing |
| Kirk Dohne | Associate Director, Engineering Laboratory | NIST | 2023 | Government |
| Kenneth Fisher | Vice President & Chief Medical Officer | Adventist Healthcare, Fort Washington Medical Center | 2023 | Health Care |
| Anita Gordon | Director, Eye Bank Operations & Tissue Recovery | Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) | 2023 | Nonprofit |
| Jill Graziano | Senior Vice President | Rochester Regional Health | 2023 | Health Care |
| Preston Hendrickson | Executive Director of Quality Operations | Wellstar Health System | 2023 | Health Care |
| Raed Khoury | Vice President Quality & Safety and Clinical Value | Valley Children's Healthcare | 2023 | Health Care |
| Bob Linton, II | Chief Medical Officer | Howard University Hospital | 2023 | Health Care |
| Oanh Maroney-Omitade | Vice President of Organizational Excellence | Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. | 2023 | Nonprofit |
| Larry Pantuso | Vice President, Strategy and Clinical Services | Washington Health System | 2023 | Health Care |
| Margaret Pfeiffer | Vice President Clinical Operations | West Coast University | 2023 | Education |
| Peter Scheuer | Director - Mission Assurance | Kansas City National Security Campus managed by Honeywell | 2023 | Manufacturing |
| Heidar Thordarson | Chief Financial Officer | Rideout Memorial Hospital, Adventist Health | 2023 | Health Care |
| Nate Zelinske | Vice President of Risk and Strategy | St. Louis Federal Reserve | 2023 | Nonprofit |
| Catherine Andrews | Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | Wellstar Kennestone & Windy Hill Hospitals | 2022 | Health Care |
| Brian Copello | Executive Officer, Communications Technology Laboratory | National Institute of Standards and Technology | 2022 | Government |
| John Deledda | Chief Medical Officer | Henry Ford Hospital | 2022 | Health Care |
| John Gannon | Physician System Director, Surgical and Procedural Services, Urologist | Bozeman Health | 2022 | Health Care |
| Jennifer Giusti | Vice President, Clinical Outcomes | WellStar Health System | 2022 | Health Care |
| John Kueven | President | Northeast Georgia Medical Center | 2022 | Health Care |
| Lance Millburg | System Administrator, Quality and Performance Improvement | Memorial Health System | 2022 | Health Care |
| Pravina Raghavan | Director of Manufacturing Extension Partnership | National Institute of Standards and Technology | 2022 | Government |
| Trey Roeder | Chief of Staff | Sport Clips | 2022 | Service |
| Deirdre Salanger | Vice President Operations | Henry Ford Health System | 2022 | Health Care |
| John Six | VP Medical Affairs & Chief Medical Officer | Washington Health System | 2022 | Health Care |
| Shane Sommers | Vice President of Professional Services | Hendricks Regional Health | 2022 | Health Care |
| Glenn Strausser | Director, Infrastructure and Facilities | Kansas City National Security Campus (KCNSC) Managed by Honeywell | 2022 | Manufacturing |
| Doris Tetz Carpenter | Human Performance Executive, Talent Strategy | Adventist Health | 2022 | Health Care |
| Jennifer Abele | Chief Medical Officer | Sibley Memorial Hospital | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| John Brennan | Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Integration Officer | WellStar Health Care System | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Dolan Dalpoas | President and Chief Executive Officer | The Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| William Daniel | Vice President for Health System Affairs, Chief Quality Officer | UT Southwestern Medical Center | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Victoria Dune-Chari | Assistant Vice President, Innovation and Excellence | Kennestone, Windy Hill, AMC & AMC South Hospitals | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Jennifer Eslinger | President | Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Keith Everett | Chief Executive Officer | Hospice of Acadiana, Inc. | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Debra Fox | Vice President, Surgical Services & Hospital Medicine | AtlantiCare Health System | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Kevin Lee | Chief Organ Operations Officer | Mid-America Transplant | 2020-2021 | Nonprofit |
| Margaret Ozan Rafferty | Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Director - Health Administration Program | Loyola University Chicago | 2020-2021 | Education |
| Diane Reidy-Lagunes | Associate Deputy Physician in Chief, Clinical Operations | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Colleen Sullivan | Director of Public Affairs and Donor Family Services | Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) | 2020-2021 | Nonprofit |
| Natalie Michelle Tierney | Vice President Organizational Development and Innovation | Southcentral Foundation | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Cinderella Tollefsen | Chief Executive Officer | Alaska Health Services, LLC | 2020-2021 | Health Care |
| Hidde Van Hoeven | Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing | Hypertherm, Inc. | 2020-2021 | Manufacturing |
| Martha Boudreau | Executive Vice President | AARP | 2019 | Service |
| William Byers | Chief Information Officer | Western Maryland Health System | 2019 | Health Care |
| Mary Chatman | President | WellStar Health System - President Kennestone Hospital & Windy Hill Hospital | 2019 | Health Care |
| Jennifer Eden | Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center Director | Tanana Chiefs Conference | 2019 | Health Care |
| Thomas Field | Associate Vice Chancellor for Organizational Improvement | University of Kansas Medical Center | 2019 | Education |
| Sandy Goodman | President | CRGA Design | 2019 | Small Business |
| Laura Hendricks-Jackson | Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer | Sibley Memorial Hospital - Johns Hopkins Health System | 2019 | Health Care |
| Eileen Jaskuta | System Vice President Quality and Patient Safety | Main Line Health System | 2019 | Health Care |
| Anil Kotru | Director Pediatric Transplant | Geisinger Health System | 2019 | Health Care |
| Brandy Oki | Chief People Officer | HAWAIIUSA Federal Credit Union | 2019 | Service |
| Jill Ostrem | VP, Operations United Hospital | Allina Health | 2019 | Health Care |
| Marilyn Powell | Vice Provost, Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership; College of Management and Technology; and Academic Residencies | Walden University | 2019 | Education |
| Lindsay Radu | Senior Director | Kaiser Permanente | 2019 | Health Care |
| Meera Riner | Chief Operating Officer | Nexion Health Management, Inc. | 2019 | Health Care |
| Sanjeev Srinivasan | Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy | Hypertherm, Inc. | 2019 | Manufacturing |
| Alandra Washington | Vice President of Quality and Organizational Effectiveness and Transformation Lead | W.K. Kellogg Foundation | 2019 | Nonprofit |
| Kent Bishop | President and CMO Women’s Service Line ProMedica | ProMedica Physicians Group | 2018 | Health Care |
| Chuck Callahan | Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer | Memorial Health System | 2018 | Health Care |
| Travis Clegg | Operations Executive | Adventist Health Castle | 2018 | Health Care |
| John Collins | Director (Chief Executive Officer) | VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System | 2018 | Health Care |
| David Condoluci | Senior Vice President, Chief of Patient Safety and Quality Officer | Jefferson Health | 2018 | Health Care |
| Brian Erling | President & Chief Executive Officer | Centura Health | 2018 | Health Care |
| Ronald Fowler | Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities | KU Medical Center | 2018 | Service |
| Scott Frisch | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer | AARP | 2018 | Service |
| Timothy Heckler | Vice President, Treasury Division | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | 2018 | Service |
| Laurel Leslie | Vice President, Research | American Board of Pediatrics | 2018 | Nonprofit |
| Michele Martz | Vice President, Physician Enterprise | Western Maryland Health System | 2018 | Health Care |
| Jim Miller | Vice President, Operations; Vice President & General Manager Light Industrial Businesses | Hypertherm, Inc. | 2018 | Manufacturing |
| Jatin Motiwal | Chief Operations Officer | Swedish Medical Group and Ambulatory Care Network | 2018 | Health Care |
| Kerry Stacy | Vice President of Enterprise Performance Excellence | Del Norte Credit Union | 2018 | Service |
| Erik Wangsness | CEO | AdventHealth Wesley Chapel | 2018 | Health Care |
| Wendy Watson | Regional Vice President, Ambulatory Care & Clinical Support Services | Kaiser Permanente Northwest | 2018 | Health Care |
| David Zaas | President | Duke Raleigh Hospital | 2018 | Health Care |
| Hasan Anwar Zia | Interim President & Chief Executive Officer | Sibley Memorial Hospital | 2018 | Health Care |
| Angela Brandt | Chief Operating Officer | ProMedica Physicians Group | 2017 | Health Care |
| Antonio DePaolo | Vice President of Transformation and Continuous Improvement | University of Maryland Medical System | 2017 | Health Care |
| Mishaela Duran | Director, Office of Regional Operations | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | 2017 | Nonprofit |
| Veronica Muzquiz Edwards | Owner and Chief Executive Officer | InGenesis | 2017 | Service |
| Matthew Fenwick | Vice President, Strategy and Relationships | American Hospital Association | 2017 | Nonprofit |
| James Karstetter | Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer | Western Maryland Health System | 2017 | Health Care |
| Cynthia Lewin | Partner | Venable (LLP) | 2017 | Service |
| Ryan Stephen Lilly | Medical Center Director/Chief Executive Officer | VA Maine Healthcare System | 2017 | Health Care |
| Michael McDermott | President and Chief Executive Officer | Mary Washington Healthcare | 2017 | Health Care |
| Alysha Metzger | Human Resources Director | Hill Country Memorial Hospital | 2017 | Health Care |
| Anu Mullick | Chief of Staff | Sibley Memorial Hospital Johns Hopkins Medicine | 2017 | Health Care |
| Cynthia Pellegrini | Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs | March of Dimes Office of Government Affairs | 2017 | Nonprofit |
| Kristen Pulio | Vice President, Revenue Management; Associate Vice President, Reimbursement | Adventist HealthCare | 2017 | Health Care |
| Damian Kirk Soileau | Chief Executive Officer | Natchitoches Regional Medical Center | 2017 | Health Care |
| Courtney Thomas | Director | Allegany County Department of Social Services | 2017 | Nonprofit |
| Michele Wall | Chief Operating Officer / Vice-President, Operations | American Board of Pediatrics | 2017 | Nonprofit |
| Jon Basden | Vice President | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | 2016 | Service |
| Cindy Bo | Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer | Nemours Children's Health System, Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children | 2016 | Health Care |
| Hollis Bradwell | Executive Vice President & Chief Enterprise Strategy and Innovation Officer | AARP | 2016 | Service |
| Christine Carr | Vice President-General Manager | Griffith Foods, Inc. | 2016 | Manufacturing |
| David Deininger | Healthcare Facility Master Planning Consultant | 2dplanning | 2016 | Service |
| Luckner Denord | Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Quality Officer | Jessie Trice Community Health Center, Inc. | 2016 | Health Care |
| Dennis Franks | Chief Executive Officer | Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center | 2016 | Health Care |
| Maureen Frye | Consultant | Safe and Reliable Healthcare, LLC | 2016 | Health Care |
| Sophia McIntyre | Chief, Clinical Quality and Physician, Leadership Development | Hudson River Healthcare, Inc. | 2016 | Health Care |
| Joanne Miller | Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer | Jupiter Medical Center | 2016 | Health Care |
| Timothy Mottet | President | Colorado State University | 2016 | Education |
| James Rathmell | Professor and Chair Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School | 2016 | Health Care |
| Brent Reitz | President | Adventist HealthCare Rehabilitation | 2016 | Health Care |
| Susan Stuart | President/Chief Executive Officer | Center for Organ Recovery & Education | 2016 | Nonprofit |
| Michael Suk | Chairman, Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute | Geisinger Health System | 2016 | Health Care |
| Roy Turley | Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer | Western Maryland Health System | 2016 | Health Care |
| Rajan Wadhawan | Chief Medical Officer & Chief of Neonatology | Florida Hospital for Children/Walt Disney Pavilion | 2016 | Health Care |
| Barbara Wadsworth | Senior Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer | Main Line Health | 2016 | Health Care |
| Andrea Benin | Senior Vice President Quality and Patient Safety | Connecticut Children's Medical Center | 2015 | Health Care |
| Helen Burstin | Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Office | Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) | 2015 | Nonprofit |
| Marcus Cano | Market Director of Program Execution | Sierra Providence Health Network | 2015 | Health Care |
| Ruth Cardiello | Vice President of Enterprise Risk Management | Stamford Hospital | 2015 | Health Care |
| Connie Clemmons-Brown | Dignity Health | Regional Vice President, Patient Care Services | 2015 | Health Care |
| Jennifer Convery | President, North America Business | Griffith Foods, Inc. | 2015 | Manufacturing |
| Debra Johnson | Vice President of Public Affairs and the Inside the Economy® Museum | Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | 2015 | Service |
| Jeffrey Kaser | Vice President, Midwest Area | Packaging Corporation of America | 2015 | Service |
| Lisa Marsh Ryerson | President | AARP Foundation | 2015 | Nonprofit |
| Eric Moll | Chief Executive Officer | Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics | 2015 | Health Care |
| Theresa Reilly | Senior Vice President, Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer | Abington Jefferson Health | 2015 | Health Care |
| Deborah Sanford | Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer | Eastern Maine Medical Center | 2015 | Health Care |
| Jeffrey Sedlack | President of Alaska Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, LLC and Medical Director for Surgical Services | Providence Alaska Medical Center | 2015 | Health Care |
| Eunmee Shim | Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning for Adventist HealthCare | Adventist HealthCare | 2015 | Health Care |
| Erika Sockaci | Vice President Health Services Administration | AltaMed | 2015 | Health Care |
| Marty Basso | Senior Vice President, Finance/Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | Sibley Memorial Hospital | 2014 | Health Care |
| Brian Condit | Vice President/Chief Medical Office, Northeast Market | Ballad Health | 2014 | Health Care |
| Brian Griffith | President – Griffith Laboratories Asia | Griffith Laboratories U.S.A., Inc. | 2014 | Manufacturing |
| Julie Kapp | Associate, Professor | University of Missouri School of Medicine | 2014 | Education |
| Sharon Kiely | Senior Vice President Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer | Stamford Hospital | 2014 | Health Care |
| Steven Kravet | President | Johns Hopkins Community Physicians | 2014 | Nonprofit |
| L. Elizabeth Mullikin | Regional Service Line Executive—Neuroscience | Sutter Health East Bay Region | 2014 | Health Care |
| Susan Raether | Chief Executive Officer | LifeSource | 2014 | Nonprofit |
| Steve Schloss | Chief People Officer | United States Golf Association | 2014 | Service |
| Caroline Shafa | Vice President, Professional Services | Sibley Memorial Hospital | 2014 | Health Care |
| Patricia Shannon | Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President | AARP Foundation | 2014 | Nonprofit |
| Brett Simon | Director, Josie Robertson Ambulatory Surgery Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 2014 | Health Care |
| Steffani Webb | Vice Chancellor for Administration | University of Kansas Medical Center | 2014 | Health Care |
| Jean Alexander | Chief Operating Officer | AARP | 2013 | Service |
| DeLyle Bloomquist | President, Global Chemical Business | Tata Chemicals Limited | 2013 | Manufacturing |
| David Brucks | Director of Quality, Fluid Management Systems | Entegris | 2013 | Manufacturing |
| Richard Davis | Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Hospital and Senior Vice President/Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health System | Henry Ford Health System | 2013 | Health Care |
| Alison Ferren | Senior Vice President Integration and Performance Improvement | Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health | 2013 | Health Care |
| Jay Fox | President/Chief Executive Officer | Baylor Scott White Health- Austin/Round Rock Region | 2013 | Health Care |
| Randon Jerris | Senior Managing Director, Public Services | United States Golf Association | 2013 | Service |
| Meghan Patton | Assoc CHRO and VP HR Operations | Jefferson Health | 2013 | Health Care |
| Rhonda Rubinstein | Vice President, Total Customer Experience and Quality, Enterprise Group | Hewlett Packard | 2013 | Manufacturing |
| Morgan Whitacre | Senior Vice President, Head of Originations, PHH Mortgage Division | PHH Corporation | 2013 | Service |
| Deborah Bowen | President and Chief Executive Officer | American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) | 2012 | Nonprofit |
| Timothy Cavanagh | Chief Innovation Officer &Director of Process Innovation | Lawrence & Memorial (L&M) Hospital | 2012 | Health Care |
| John Harris | Assistant Adjutant General | USARMY | 2012 | Nonprofit |
| Jo Ann Jenkins | President | AARP Foundation | 2012 | Nonprofit |
| Kathleen Kearney | Vice President, Business Project & Process Leadership | John Deere Financial | 2012 | Service |
| Howard Nathan | President and Chief Executive Officer | Gift of Life Donor Program | 2012 | Nonprofit |
| Doug Patten | Associate Dean, Southwest Campus | Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University | 2012 | Health Care |
| Peter Pronovost | Chief Clinical Transformation Officer | University Hospitals in Cleveland | 2012 | Health Care |
| John Varley | Vice President, Global Supply Chain | Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control | 2012 | Manufacturing |
| Wayne Foraker | Senior Director-Office of Institutional Quality | University of Phoenix | 2011 | Education |
| William Griffin | President | New Solutions Consulting Group, LLC | 2011 | Service |
| Don Haag | Vice President, Mid-West Area | Packaging Corporation of America | 2011 | Service |
| Rob Hagans | Chief Financial Officer | AARP | 2011 | Service |
| Ziad Haydar | Vice President, Clinical Excellence | Ascension Health | 2011 | Health Care |
| John McCarville | Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain and IT | Griffith Labs Worldwide | 2011 | Manufacturing |
| Meg McGoldrick | President | Abington Jefferson Health | 2011 | Health Care |
| James Metcalf | President and Chief Executive Officer | USG International | 2011 | Manufacturing |
| Brad Mitchell | President | Global Logistics and Distribution, UPS Supply Chain Solutions | 2011 | Service |
| Monty Pooley | President North America Retail | Sara Lee Corporation | 2011 | Manufacturing |
| John Smith | Global Sourcing and Supply Chain Director | Thermosets, Dow Chemical | 2011 | Service |
| Michael Woronka | Chief Executive Officer | Action Ambulance Service, Inc. | 2011 | Service |