2024 Executive Health Care Conference

Aaron Adams has worked in a variety of health care executive leadership roles since 2000, including hospital president, chief financial officer, and vice president of enterprise transformation. He has expertise in hospitals, ambulatory, and health system operations; strategic and financial planning; transformative change; and leadership development.

Adams assists health care organizations in achieving their operational, patient safety, clinical quality, and financial priorities. He also supports large scale transformations and financial turnaround efforts and provides executive coaching and development.

Anas Daghestani, MD, is an internal medicine physician and chief executive officer (CEO) and president of Austin Regional Clinic (ARC). ARC is a 450-physician and advanced-practice-clinician (APC) multispecialty medical group that serves the greater Austin metropolitan area with 36 clinical locations. ARC provides care to approximately 700,000 Central Texans in 14 cities and four counties. He’s also president and CEO of Covenant Management Systems (CMS), an Austin-based organization that delivers a full spectrum of medical group management and billing services to multispecialty medical groups.

Additionally, Dr. Daghestani serves as chief medical officer for the Seton Health Alliance, an accountable care organization (ACO), in partnership with the Seton Healthcare Family. He serves on the board of Westlake Hospital, and he’s chairman of the board for America’s Physician Groups (APG), a national organization representing over 350 medical groups.

Dr. Daghestani received his medical degree from Damascus University and completed his internship and residency at the University of Illinois St. Francis Hospital. He received additional training at the University of Kentucky in Lexington and is board certified in internal medicine.

Andrew Colbert is a senior managing director at Ziegler and founding member of Ziegler's health care investment banking practice. He advises physician practices on strategic and financing alternatives including M&A, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships. Colbert is also involved in Ziegler's principal investing efforts and serves on the strategic leadership committee at Ziegler.

Colbert has completed over 65 M&A and capital raising transactions totaling over $5.7 billion in value across a wide spectrum of healthcare subsectors including physician groups management systems organizations, health care information technology, telemedicine, wellness, managed care, provider and payer outsourcing, and revenue cycle management. He takes pride in developing long-term relationships with his clients and brings creative structuring insights and deep domain knowledge to achieve premium outcomes.

Colbert is the author of over 25 publications, recipient of the Emerging Leaders Award by the M&A Advisor, and a frequent speaker at many conferences and industry events. Prior to joining Ziegler, Colbert was an investment banker in the health care group at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co.

Ashley Weber began with Ochsner Health in 2008 as manager of operations at the Ochsner Sports Medicine Institute before pivoting to the information services (IS) division and the physician academy team. Weber then specialized in electronic medical record education and support. Weber led her team in system-wide initiatives for five years and became the director of the enterprise imaging (EI) team in 2018. Her responsibilities encompassed the management of EI systems, cardiology, radiology, and gastroenterology documentation.

Weber also took charge of the 3D-printing team in 2021, which plays a vital role in surgical preparedness for complex cases at Ochsner. Her team excels in reconstructing bones, joints, and organs, contributing significantly to patient care and outcomes. In 2023, Weber oversaw all Epic procedural applications and in 2024 she assumed oversight of ancillary services applications, including lab, IS governance, billing, health information management (HIM), and provisioning as the vice president of IS ancillary services. Her teams continue to be integral to the success and innovation of Ochsner Health as a comprehensive health care system.

Weber earned her bachelor of science in psychology from Millsaps College in 2006 and a master of health administration from Tulane University in 2008.

Dr. Brendan Lloyd, a board-certified dermatologist, first joined St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group in 2011 and established the group's inaugural dermatology practice. He currently holds the position of interim chief medical officer at the Providence Clinical Network and serves as the physician champion for Providence’s clinical delivery model, spanning a seven-state footprint. Dr. Lloyd is dedicated to enhancing access and patient experience, boosting physician engagement and alignment, and delivering top-tier clinical care.

Additionally, Dr. Lloyd is the chief administrative officer for the Providence Clinical Network in Southern California. In this role, he leads strategic initiatives, drives financial performance, and champions access and innovation projects, while also promoting physician alignment and leadership development.

Brenton W. Hill is the head of operations and general counsel at the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), health care’s leading not-for-profit thought partner organization dedicated to providing guidelines for the responsible use of AI in health care.

Trained as an attorney and a health care administrator, Hill approaches his work from a risk-informed and operationally feasible perspective, which helps CHAI move with agility to accomplish its mission and best serve its members.

Prior to his role at CHAI, Hill served as the regulatory strategy and compliance manager for Mayo Clinic Platform assisting Platform in identifying its approach to emerging AI regulation and risk mitigation strategies. As part of his role, he served as a member of Mayo Clinic’s SaMD Review Board, which provides governance for AI models being implemented at Mayo Clinic. Additionally, he served as Mayo Clinic’s first legal-trained administrative fellow. After his first year in the fellowship program doing traditional hospital operations, Hill pivoted and spent the next year exclusively focused on digital health regulation and AI implementation where he gained a passion for responsible AI governance and adoption.

He’s passionate about connecting the entire health sector to CHAI’s work and providing a collaborative community that can help define how AI can help solve some of the health sector’s most pressing issues.

Brian Conner has practiced public accounting since 1993, providing audit, tax, and consulting services to integrated health systems, hospitals, ancillary providers, mental and convalescent health facilities, and medical groups. Brian has extensive experience providing advice and counsel in areas of audits, financial reporting, and tax-exempt financings. He performs technical reviews for health care clients and has served as an instructor and lecturer for the firm’s Health Care Group.

Conner holds several leadership roles as partner-in-charge of the firm’s Sacramento and Stockton offices, co-leader of the health care consulting group, and a member of the health care industry group’s leadership team. Previously, Conner served as the national practice leader for the Moss Adams Hospital Practice for over a decade.

Conner is the former chair of the Health Care Financial Management’s (HFMA) Principles and Practice Board and is a current member of the AICPA’s Health Care Entities Expert Panel and the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB’s) Not-for-Profit Advisory Council.

Conner also has the privilege of serving as the emcee of the annual health care executive conference for Moss Adams.

Chris Pritchard, CPA, MHA, is a partner national practice leader in Moss Adams Health Care Practice. He has practiced public accounting since 1991, serving integrated health systems, federally qualified health centers, managed care organizations, ambulatory surgery centers, Knox-Keene licensed health plans, rural and regionally integrated hospitals, rural and community-based primary care facilities, outpatient care facilities, outpatient surgery centers, large medical groups, independent physician associations, and third-party payers.

In addition to his experience auditing and supervising audit engagements of health care entities, Pritchard manages consulting engagements, including internal audits. He assists organizations with strategic management decision engagements, cash flow projections, budgeting projects, and other operational engagements.

Pritchard was an active member of the AICPA’s national Health Care Expert Panel, where he provided technical guidance on various publications. He’s published national articles and speaks frequently on health care financial reporting and other current topics.

Dr. David Bollard has served multiple positions in the community and state throughout his career, including as the president of the medical group, chairman, and vice chairman of the department of family practice at Newton Medical Center, team physician for the New Jersey Cardinals minor league baseball team, and director of Sussex County Health Department.

While serving on the county and state medical societies, he was elevated to president of the osteopathic state medical society for two terms—only the second physician to serve two terms in the organizations’ 100-plus year history. Additionally, he has served as president of the SOM Alumni Association. He received honors from the New Jersey legislature for his contributions to medical education and was named the New Jersey Osteopathic Physician of the Year for 2021.

During his time in clinical medicine, Dr. Bollard has seen the transformation from private practice to group and now integrated practice. A strong proponent of physician ownership, he was tasked with finding a strategic partner for his medical group—Premier Health Associates—in 2022. Enlisting the assistance of Andy Corbet at Ziegler, the medical group went to the marketplace in the Spring of 2023. Because of the group’s strong platform, high quality providers, and regional dominance, there was extraordinarily strong interest in the group, with over 100 NDAs signed.

The next four months were spent walking through opportunities and determining which could make most sense for the community PHA served, the current employees and owners, as well as the creation of future ownership potential. Working through the process, Dr. Bollard was able to establish a joint venture with Atlantic Health System that allows the group’s owners the ability to tap into a large health system’s business acumen, tie into its large clinical integrated network, capitalize on group ownership and, through rate lift and shared ownership, participate in the profitability of the group created.

Through this process, Dr. Bollard learned a lot about what’s important in establishing a group that has financial stability and management expertise, coupled with a group that prioritizes physician ownership. His model will appeal to physicians who want the benefits of a large health system with a potential for backstream revenue and equity.

Demetri Giannikopoulos focuses on health care technology implementation, clinical workflow and care coordination optimization, and interdisciplinary team development. His highly collaborative and creative approach has been shaped by over two decades in health care technology.

Giannikopoulos is active in the health care community, having served as an industry and patient representative on committees including the Coalition for Imaging & Bioengineering Research (CIBR) executive steering committee (2018¬¬–2020), American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Radiology (ABAIR), American College of Radiology (ACR) Patient and Family Advisory Council, ACR Appropriateness Criteria Committee, and as a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) ambassador.

Giannikopoulos graduated cum laude with a BS in computer science from Florida State University.

Eric Klein, Esq., is the team leader of Sheppard Mullin’s 200+ attorney national Health Care Practice, which was recently named Law360’s Health Law Practice Group of the year for the third time in seven years.

Klein has over 35 years of practical legal and business experience, and his multisector practice focuses on health care transactions and regulation and current industry trends of population health management, global risk-bearing entities, consolidation, convergence, payor and provider alignment, the transformation to value and risk-based reimbursement systems, and private equity.

Known in the business community for his creative solutions and deal-making ability, Klein uses deep industry knowledge, entrepreneurial solutions, sophisticated negotiation skills, and effective legal process to meet the complex business and legal needs of both established and emerging companies.

Klein represents physician groups, hospitals, health plans, ancillary service providers, and private equity and strategic investors. He works with publicly traded and privately held companies across the country and advises both for-profit and not-for-profit clients on mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures, operational and contracting matters, strategic planning, HMO licensing and compliance, regulatory matters and information technology transactions. Klein was listed as a 2021 BTI M&A Client Service All-Star, named The Deal’s Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech Dealmaker of the Year in 2020, and twice named Healthcare Law National MVP by Law360.

Gabriel Drapos is chief operating officer at Pearl Health, a health care technology company with a mission to help primary care organizations deliver more proactive, whole-patient care through data insights, financial tools, practice enablement technology, and a broad range of value-based care services.

Before joining Pearl, Gabriel was a leader on the product team at Centivo, where he built the company’s first value-based networks across the country, in partnership with 14 regional health systems. Prior to Centivo, Gabriel was an early employee at Oscar Health Insurance, where he served in several roles, including director of product operations, head of marketing, and chief of staff to the chief executive officer. Gabriel received his AB in philosophy, magna cum laude, from Harvard University with a focus on medical ethics.

Dr. Jackie Ejuwa is a health care futurist who envisions how health care could be transformed. Eluwas’s three decades in health care have been in a variety of roles across sub-Saharan Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, within both the health care delivery and managed health care/payor systems.

She is currently vice president of health transformation at Blue Shield of California, where she is the strategic owner for health equity and additionally responsible for Blue Shield’s virtual care, clinical health data, and health reimagined strategies.

Jackie has a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Florida, and an executive master of health care leadership from Brown University. She is passionate about affordable, high quality, consumer-oriented health care, health equity, racial and social justice, and diversity and inclusion.

Jeffrey Vinson is a globally recognized cybersecurity executive, a retired military officer and a former technical director at National Security Agency. He’s been involved with information security for over 25 years and has expert experience in the military, federal government, financial services, and healthcare industries. Jeffrey has led penetration testing exercises while working at the National Security Agency as a technical director, served on the FBI counterintelligence taskforce and has created security operations teams and GRC teams for financial services and health care organizations. Now with Celerium, Vinson provides expert security advice and guidance to small and large companies as well as advisory boards to help them integrate cybersecurity and risk into their overall strategic plans.

Jennifer Urban, a partner with Foley & Lardner, is dedicated to helping clients navigate compliance with evolving US and global privacy and data security laws, frameworks, and guidance governing the privacy of consumer, employee, health, biometrics, and other sensitive data, such as Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidance, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), HIPAA, 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 2, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), among many others.

Urban is the vice chair of the firm’s Technology Transactions, Cybersecurity, and Privacy Practice, and serves as co-chair of the Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Team within the firm’s Innovative Technology Sector. She also advises on data protection programs, incident management, breach response and recovery, monetization of data, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence (AI), de-identification, and other emerging hot topics by leveraging her deep understanding of the complex risk, operational, and legal concerns companies must address to maintain their data. She regularly advises boards on current best practices and conducts tabletop exercises to help organizations prepare for cyberattacks. Jennifer is one of the founding members of the Midwest Cyber Security Alliance (MCSA).

Dr. Jonathan Dinh is a visionary leader at the forefront of health care transformation, renowned for driving cost-effective solutions that enhance both patient care and financial efficiency. With over 25 years of experience in clinical practice and health care management, his expertise ranges the full spectrum of value-based care, particularly in Medicare Advantage, accountable care organization (ACO) reach, and Medicaid platforms.

As chief executive officer and cofounder of Guidant Health Plan, Tri-Valley Internal Medicine Group independent physicians association (IPA), and Sequoia Health IPA, Dinh leads initiatives to elevate the standard of care with substantial cost savings for primary care clinics throughout California.

His expansion into central California in partnership with a leading federally qualified health center reflects his dedication to improving patient access, advancing quality measures, and implementing cost-efficient health care models in underserved communities. Dinh's strategic blend of clinical insight and business acumen has paved the way for innovative contracting models, ranging from minimal risk exposure to full global risk.

He holds an MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School and a Bachelor of Science and MBA from the University of California, Irvine.

Dinh has spoken at numerous conferences on the economics of value-based care, most recently serving as an expert panelist at the 2024 JP Morgan Nashville Healthcare Leadership Summit.

Karl Kotalik brings over 30 years of experience in the design, development and implementation of technology solutions for government agencies, commercial businesses and large enterprises.  Karl’s experience includes serving as VP and General Manager of Global Risk Intelligence at Everbridge where he led a team of intelligence analysts and was responsible for product strategy for risk intelligence. He's held a variety of positions in systems development, strategic planning, business development and product management.

Karl Rebay is a partner and leads Moss Adams Strategy & Integration Health Care Consulting Services. He has over 25 years of experience in the health care industry. He provides high-impact health care advisory services to help the firm’s industry clients navigate and succeed in the rapidly evolving national health care landscape. His clients include health systems, hospitals, health plans, long-term care organizations, and independent physician associations, among others.

Rebay is primarily responsible for the development and delivery of a broad range of strategy services in the areas of growth, planning, financial performance, provider operations, and achieving maximum effectiveness and efficiency in health care environments. His specific expertise includes full-spectrum financial and operational consulting, market strategy and intelligence, project and strategy feasibility, capitation and value models, negotiation and analysis of managed care contracts, and physician compensation consulting.

Prior to joining Moss Adams in 2011, Rebay held senior leadership positions within the health care industry—including serving as the chief financial officer of one of the largest associations of physicians in private practice and serving as the director of finance for a publicly traded health system. Rebay has also served as senior administrative director of a large academic medical center.

Rebay is a frequent speaker at health care industry conferences and provides and facilitates regular training, both within the firm and to clients.

Kelly O. Elmore is an accomplished 26-year US Navy veteran, physician C-suite executive, published author, and health equity innovator. Dr. Elmore graduated summa cum laude from Xavier University of Louisiana and received her medical doctorate (MD) from The University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine.

She is a board-certified obstetrician gynecologist who navigated her MBA while building a full-time group practice and private health equity consulting agency. Since 2016, Dr. Elmore has been a dynamic leader in the C-suite. As chief of staff at (emeritus), Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, she managed a $1 billion dollar budget, successfully implemented a new electronic health record that’s used by 10,000 providers, and created a multicultural marketing and branding team focused on closing the gap in health inequity. As a consultant, Dr. Elmore guides professionals into the C-suite while uncovering health technology innovations from the most diverse and creative minds.

Krista Hollinger, MPH, serves as the chief operating officer for Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties (PPOSBC), the second largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the country with over 270,000 medical visits last year. In her role, Hollinger has the privilege of overseeing clinical operations for the organization’s nine health centers in two counties, which provide reproductive health services and primary care seven days a week. She also oversees human resources as well as strategic initiatives and programs to respond to community needs. With her leadership and data-driven focus on improving the patient experience, the affiliate has continued to increase patient access year over year and has seen a double-digit increase in health care visits on the weekends.

Hollinger has nearly 25 years of experience working in health care and public policy including roles at University of California at Irvine Health. She earned a master in public health with a focus on health care administration and public policy from University of California at Los Angeles. Hollister is a lifelong advocate for reproductive justice and supporting women’s career development.

A partner and health care lawyer with Foley & Lardner, Larry Vernaglia has three decades of experience representing hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, and a variety of other health care providers. His practice involves regulatory and transactional matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement compliance advice and appeals; M&A and financings; state regulatory issues, including licensing, change of ownership, and CoN/DoN; survey and certification appeals; fraud and abuse/Stark law analyses; managed care contracting; and general corporate and business planning in health care. Vernaglia’s the department chair for Foley & Lardner’s Industry Teams Department, responsible for overall strategy and leadership across all industry teams. Prior to that, he served for eight years as chair of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group. Vernaglia is also co-chair of the firm’s Health Care & Life Sciences Sector’s Providers of Health Care Services Area of Focus.

Vernaglia serves as outside policy counsel for the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association and runs strategic planning programs for senior management and governing boards. A lecturer at Boston University’s School of Law and a frequent contributor to national health care conferences and publications, Larry is committed to encouraging the next generation of health care lawyers.

Lucy Sutphen, MD, MACP is an internist and consultant in clinical programs. She works primarily with Federally Qualified Health Centers, assisting senior governance with a wide range of projects. Her experience as a clinician, chief medical officer, and leader in a not-for-profit health plan gives her a unique perspective. She’s an advisor, coach, and strategic innovator.

For more than 20 years, Sutphen served as a primary care provider at Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC). She was a founding member of the Center for Women’s Health, a member of the Section of General Internal Medicine, and an Associate Program Director for VMMC’s internal medicine residency program. Her clinical practice at VMMC coincided with the organization’s entry into lean health care; her extensive hands-on training has been invaluable. Sutphen was elected to the VMMC Executive Board and the Board of Governors. A role as medical reporter on local television provided an opportunity to advise a wide audience on clinical topics.

A desire to expand her expertise to population-based projects led her to leave primary care practice to become the Network Medical Director and then Interim Chief Medical Officer at Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW). She was the clinical liaison to CHPW’s Community Health Network, working with FQHCs across Washington State on projects issues including quality metrics, clinical guidelines, and practice management.

She now works directly with community health centers and others as a clinical programs consultant, advising others on practice efficiency, patient access, provider satisfaction, value-base care, team-based care, implementation of electronic health records, and maximizing financial goals. Health care organizations rely on her for deep dives into strategic planning, change management, and the provision of tools and practices clinicians and staff need to bring the best care to their patients and communities.

Marnee Pierson Iseman is a partner in Moss Adams Lean Health Care Practice. She has more than 17 years of experience practicing lean health care and brings first-hand expertise on the application of the Toyota Management System to health care organizations.

She serves a range of health care clients, from those with ambulatory services to large integrated systems, guiding them on leadership development, kaizen, innovation, and access services. She has received several health care awards and has presented to the health care community nationwide on topics including lean and the Toyota Production System as it applies to ambulatory care, process improvement, patient access, supply and demand, and quality.

Her experience gives her a first-hand perspective of the challenges in transforming health care. She has managed the strategic planning, operations, and financial performance of multiple suburban satellites offering primary, specialty, ancillary, and ambulatory surgery services; department of medicine; department of pediatrics; and ambulatory surgery centers. She understands present day health care challenges, including the obstacles providers face in implementing successful electronic health records (EHR) programs. She provided leadership and direction for the accelerated development of EHR with Providence and its ambulatory partners. She has led employed-physician practices across a five-state system including more than 3,100 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

She was previously on the faculty of the Institute for Health Care Improvement and held roles as chief of community outreach and business development, chief operating officer, and ambulatory vice president for regional medical centers. She served as a principal at Rona Consulting Group (RCG) until it combined with Moss Adams in 2017. RCG’s founders were early adopters of the Toyota Management System in the health care setting.

Melanie Matthews is an esteemed health care executive with a distinguished career spanning over 27 years. As CEO of Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW) and president of MultiCare Connected Care (MCC), she has led transformative initiatives in value-based care and diversified PSW’s business lines to include various advisory and management services such as credentialing, compliance, and implementation of CMS innovative payment models.

Prior to her current roles, Matthews held executive positions in post-acute care, home health, and hospice organizations, where she oversaw regulatory compliance for skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies. Her extensive experience encompasses health care operations and population health strategies.

In addition to her corporate achievements, Matthews is actively engaged in political advocacy. She serves as the chair-elect for NAACOS and occupies leadership roles in various industry boards and committees, notably Accountable for Health, America’s Physician Groups, and the Health Care Transformation Task Force. Recognized as a National Political Ambassador by the American Health Care Association, her political astuteness and health care expertise render her a pivotal figure in shaping health care policy.

Her combination of experience, leadership, and political acumen positions Matthews as an authoritative voice, poised to make significant contributions to the health care landscape.

Michael Hunn is the CEO of CalOptima Health. He oversees its mission as the county organized health system for Orange County, California, serving more than 900,000 members, with a network of more than 10,000 providers. He works with the board of directors, board committees, members, and key community stakeholders to set and implement the mission, vision, and strategic priorities for the agency.

In addition, Hunn engages with the Orange County Health Care Agency, Orange County Social Services Agency, Orange County Board of Supervisors, state and federal elected officials, as well as state and federal regulators to administer the Medicaid CalAIM and Medicare programs through CalOptima Health.

Hunn has more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in president or CEO roles for large hospitals and health systems in Southern California.

Sara Bennett joined Marsh & McLennan Agency in 2003, and is a principal in the Business Insurance Division. Sara currently leads MMA West’s Healthcare Practice, and is also the leader of MMA’s National Healthcare Practice.

Earlier in her career, Sara was honored with the Women to Watch award from Business Insurance Magazine. This international award honors 25 women annually for their professional achievements, influence on the marketplace, and contributions to the advancement of women in business.

More recently, Sara was honored by the San Diego Business Journal and named one of San Diego’s Next 40 Top Business Leaders Under 40, by San Diego Magazine as a Woman of the Year finalist, and again by the San Diego Business Journal as a Business Woman of the Year finalist.

Sara proudly serves a number of associations and not-for-profit organizations. She currently serves as secretary of the Sharp HealthCare System Board, director on the Sharp HealthCare Foundation Board, chair of the Corporate Directors Forum Board, and a board member and grant committee chair of the Rancho Santa Fe Women’s Fund. She is the former chairwoman of GROW, MMA’s internal women’s initiative which helps to advance the role of women at MMA and serve as a springboard for leadership opportunities.

Sheila Brown's extensive 35+ years of experience in health care administration highlights her significant contributions to the field. Starting her career at BJC Health System in St. Louis, MO, she gained foundational skills in hospital operations and management. Her transition to Palomar Health in California in 1992 outlines her growth and adaptability, as well as her commitment to improving health care services in different regions.

Brown's current role as a health care executive in an advisory capacity for Palomar Health underscores her strategic influence within the organization, particularly in shaping and guiding strategic priorities. Her previous position as COO from 2018 to 2022 highlights her leadership in managing operations and driving organizational strategy.

Brown also served as the vice president of continuum care, overseeing the operations of the Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Unit, Skilled Nursing Facility, Home Health Services, Ambulatory Care Services, and Palomar Health Expresscare Clinics.

Brown's contributions to Palomar Health demonstrate her impactful leadership in health care facility development and service expansion. Her instrumental role in projects like the Palomar Health Rehabilitation Institute, the outpatient pharmacy, the retail center, and placing a Starbucks in the hospital lobby reflects her commitment to enhancing patient and community services.

Moreover, her leadership in the development and implementation of the Crisis Stabilization Unit highlights her focus on addressing mental health needs, providing essential services for patients in acute crisis. The planning of the Palomar Behavioral Health Institute, a new 120-bed facility, showcases her ongoing commitment to advancing mental health care within the community. The groundbreaking in September 2024 marks a significant milestone in expanding mental health resources.

Brown is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. In 2017, she was recognized by the Daily Transcript as one of the Top 50 Influential Leaders in San Diego for her contributions to health care in our region.

Stacy Stelzriede is a partner and national practice leader for Moss Adams Hospital Practice. She has worked in the health care industry since 1990. She provides audit and consulting services to not-for-profit and for-profit health care organizations, including hospitals, long-term care organizations, medical groups, and health plans with revenues ranging from $20 million to over $1 billion.

Stelzriede has vast experience in internal control risk management, revenue cycle, regulatory compliance, tax-exempt bond offerings and debt covenant filings, and providing client education training related to technical accounting issues and board governance.

Additionally, Stelzriede is experienced in conducting audits in accordance with Government Auditing Standards, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.

Steven Kim joined the Barclays health care team in 2023 after spending 20 years at J.P. Morgan. He provides investment banking coverage for healthcare clients across the country with a focus on executing strategic M&A transactions for not for profit health systems and health plans. This includes structuring of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, partnerships, joint ventures (JVs) and joint operating agreements (JOAs). His transaction expertise spans across acute care, managed care, physician groups, group purchasing organizations (GPOs), value-based care and the full spectrum of continuum of care assets. He has also led over $50 billion of financings for health care clients.

Kim graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in political economy and a minor in mathematics.

Trevor Wright is the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of AdventHealth Southwest Region. The region has four hospitals throughout Texas as well as numerous ambulatory care sites and physician clinics.

Wright served as CEO of Loma Linda University Health Hospitals, an academic health system with $2.3B net patient revenue, six hospital campuses and 14,000+ employees. Loma Linda University Medical Center and Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital serve as Level 1 trauma centers across California.

A proven, forward-thinking health care leader, Wright positions hospitals to provide exceptional patient care while enhancing quality, safety, patient experiences, health equity, and outcomes. His focus lies in strategic vision, long-term planning, mission integration, and empowering organizations to provide the best possible care to patients and their families.

Becker’s Hospital Review recognized Wright in 2018 as one of the 100 great leaders in health care. He was named to the Becker's list of 60 health system CEO influencers in 2023. Wright has also presented as a keynote speaker at Becker’s on health care organization strategy and has spoken at a White House forum addressing the public health crisis on gun violence.

Wright received his master’s degree in health administration at the University of Southern California and is an active member and Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).

Troy Hawes is a managing director with the Cybersecurity Consulting practice at Moss Adams and has been providing IT consulting services since 2001. He’s adept at working with the specialty IT compliance and security needs of health care organizations, SEC registrants, private businesses, government, and Tribal entities.

He has extensive experience managing and leading technology security and compliance assessments using various security frameworks including National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework, NIST Special Publication 800-53, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27002, Cloud Controls Matrix, HIPAA privacy and security rules, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS), and others.

Hawes is experienced at managing and leading IT security audits and assessments, social engineering campaigns and penetration testing, PCI DSS audits, HIPAA security and privacy assessments, disaster recovery planning, alternatives analysis, network design and implementation, IT co-sourcing, and System and Organization Control (SOC) audits. He frequently leverages his security expertise to determine areas of potential security weakness and infrastructure needs.

He’s a frequent speaker and highly published thought leader on IT compliance and cybersecurity topics.

Dr. Tu Dao is the founder and CEO of Orthomed Anesthesia. He is a board-certified diplomate of the American Society of Anesthesia and received his medical degree from Southeastern College of Medicine, anesthesia residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch, and his business degree from Southern Methodist University.

His mission and vision is to create an exceptional corporate culture of work-life balance while delivering the highest level clinical outcomes and exceptional patient satisfaction.

In his free time, he likes to spend time with his wife and kids, golf, read theology/apologetics, and travel.

Vitaly Goldfeder is a principal at RC Capital (RCC) with a focus on health care services and health care information technology (HCIT) investments. He’s active in all aspects of the firm’s investment activities including origination, deal structure, underwriting, and portfolio company management. Vitaly sits on the board of Aligned Cardiovascular Partners, a leading provider of cardiovascular practice management services in the outpatient setting.

Prior to RCC, Vitaly worked at Enhanced Healthcare Partners as a health care services and HCIT investor, advising numerous portfolio companies as a board member and observer. Vitaly also previously worked at Levine Leichtman Capital Partners and as an M&A investment banker with Deloitte Corporate Finance. Vitaly started his career as a debt restructuring analyst with US Bancorp.

Vitaly is based in Cincinnati, Ohio where he sits on the board of trustees for the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, is a member of the Advisory Council for Adventure Crew for Teens and the Social Venture Partners Cincinnati Chapter.

Vitaly graduated with a BA in political science and economics from Denison University and later earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.