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Thomas A. Atchison, EdD

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<div id="pastingspan1"></div><div id="pastingspan1">Thomas A. Atchison, EdD, is president and founder of Atchison Consulting LLC. Since 1984, Dr. Atchison has consulted with healthcare organizations on managed change programs, team building and leadership development. His clients include senior executives, managers, trustees and physician leaders. He has also consulted the military, healthcare vendors and government agencies on the intangible aspects of healthcare.</div><div> </div><div id="pastingspan1">Dr. Atchison has taught several courses on leadership and change management for ACHE. He has also written numerous articles about motivation, managed change, teambuilding and leadership. His book, <em>Turning Healthcare Leadership Around</em>, was published in October 1990. His newest book, <em>Engagemen</em>t, will be available in the fall 2021.</div><div> </div><div id="pastingspan1">He earned his doctorate degree in organizational behavior at Loyola University of Chicago and is a member of ACHE.</div><div></div><div>Dr. Atchison serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:</div> <ul> <li> Leading and Managing in Changing Times</li> <li>Achieving Superior Outcomes Through Executive-Physician Partnerships</li> </ul> <p>Dr. Atchison also authored the following Health Administration Press publications:</p><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2447I" title="Reigniting Employee Engagement: A Guide to Rediscovering Purpose and Meaning in Healthcare"><em>Reigniting Employee Engagement: A Guide to Rediscovering Purpose and Meaning in Healthcare</em></a><br /></li><li><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2004I"><em>Followership: A Practical Guide to Aligning Leaders and Followers</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2056I"><em>Leadership's Deeper Dimensions: Building Blocks to Superior Performance</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2118I"><em>Leading Healthcare Cultures: How Human Capital Drives Financial Performance</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/1131I"><em>Leading Transformational Change: The Physician-Executive Partnership</em></a></li> </ul> </div> <quillbot-extension-portal></quillbot-extension-portal>

Brian J. Silverstein, MD

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<div>Brian Silverstein is a director with The Chartis Group in Chicago. Dr. Silverstein is a national healthcare thought leader with extensive consulting and operational expertise, including a focus on population management. He previously was managing partner, HC Wisdom LLC, in Glencoe, Ill., and senior vice president at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, where he ran one of the country’s largest primary ACO/PCMH programs with over 1 million patients and 3,500 providers. Dr. Silverstein’s consulting career included roles as managing director of the Geisinger Consulting Group and senior vice president at the Camden Group. Dr. Silverstein received his medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his internship in internal medicine with McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.</div><div> </div><div>Dr. Silverstein serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:</div><div><ul><li>Achieving Superior Outcomes Through Executive-Physician Partnerships</li></ul></div>

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About Brian J. Silverstein, MD
Chief Population Health Officer
Innovaccer

Laura W. Synnott, FACHE

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<p>Laura Synnott is associate teaching professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She provides operations, project management and strategy-development consulting services to healthcare providers. Ms. Synnott previously served as a hospital operations vice president overseeing ancillary and support departments, as well as construction projects. She has overseen numerous projects including an outpatient surgery addition, an emergency department expansion and a credentials verification organization. She also has served in dozens of consulting engagements.</p><div> </div><div>Ms. Synnott serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminar:</div><div><ul><li>Leadership and Accountability in Project Management and Programs  </li></ul></div>

William Garrison

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William Garrison is a Chicago-based independent health care consultant. He previously led The RTI Center for Health Care Advancement, headquartered in North Carolina, where he leveraged RTI's payment/policy, care delivery and HIT/clinical informatics strengths, enabling transformation. Prior to RTI, he held executive roles with two regional health care systems and a private equity backed provider. With expertise in strategy and operations, he currently helps organizations identify and execute growth strategies. Mr. Garrison's skills in marketing, sales management, enterprise and business-unit strategic planning, and joint venture evaluation and execution puts him at the forefront of change management and business model redesign. He earned his MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and his BA from Northwestern University. <br /><br />Mr. Garrison serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminar: <ul> <li>Applying Design Thinking to Healthcare's Most Pressing Challenges</li> </ul>

Leslie Wainwright, PhD

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<div>Leslie Wainwright is chief funding and innovation officer, Parkland Center for Clinical Innovations, Dallas. Her experience includes academic research, pharma/biotechnology and healthcare delivery; working with startups and multinational executive teams in creating growth strategies and alternative business models; and evaluating emerging clinical\care delivery technologies. Dr. Wainwright speaks on future of healthcare, enabling technologies, disruptive innovation and emerging business models. Prior to joining Parkland, she oversaw RTI International’s Innovation Advisors health practice, guiding the development and adoption of healthcare innovation. She has held executive roles with Sg2, AVIA and Business Models Inc. Dr. Wainwright earned her doctorate in microbiology at Northwestern University, and completed postdoctoral research training at the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development.</div><div> </div><div>Dr. Wainwright serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:</div><div><ul><li>Applying Design Thinking to Healthcare's Most Pressing Challenges</li></ul></div>

Richard J. Priore, ScD, FACHE

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<div></div><p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Richard Priore</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, ScD, FACHE,</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> is president/CEO, Excelsior HealthCare Group, St. Paul, Minn. Excelsior is an outcomes-driven healthcare management consulting firm specializing in the assessment, execution and speed of measurable results in improving organizational performance. Dr. Priore is also a Distinguished Service Professor at St. Paul's University of St. Thomas, also in St. Paul, teaching graduate economics and management courses. He has served as the CEO for several investor-owned hospitals and as a hospital turnaround expert and managing director for the Hunter Group.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Dr. Priore serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:</span></p> <ul style="0in" type="disc"> <li><span style="font-size: 18px;">Breakthrough Physician Alignment: Creating a Win-Win for Optimizing Organizational Performance</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Integrating Quality and Cost in a Pay-for-Value Era </span></li><li><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Direct Contracting with Employer Groups: What Healthcare Leaders Should Know</span></li><li><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Making the Business Case for Quality<br /></span></li></ul>

About Richard J. Priore, ScD, FACHE
Associate Professor
Tulane University - - New Orleans, LA

Mark J. Werner, MD

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<div>Mark Werner is national director, Clinical Consulting, with The Chartis Group and Chartis Physician Leadership Institute in Chicago. In this role, he leads clinical consulting efforts across the firm, focusing on enterprise physician alignment and leadership, medical group performance, adoption and change management, performance innovation, population health, provider-payer relationships and the translation of strategy into clinical operations. Dr. Werner brings more than 25 years’ experience providing transformational healthcare leadership in integrated health systems, academic medical centers, clinically integrated networks, multispecialty physician groups and health plans.</div> <div> </div> <div>Dr. Werner serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:</div> <div> <ul> <li>Breakthrough Physician Alignment: Creating a Win-Win for Optimizing Organizational Performance</li> </ul> </div>

John M. Harris

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<p><strong></strong></p> <p>John Harris is a managing director with VMG Health, a leading healthcare consulting firm for business performance. His work focuses on strategy, physician engagement, value-based care, governance as well as partnerships, mergers and acquisitions. He advises health systems and hospitals, physician groups, clinically integrated networks, accountable care organizations, health plans and others. </p> <p>Harris serves as faculty for ACHE seminars including Physician Strategy for Hospitals: How to Align Independents, Fix Employment, Beat Disruptors, Succeed in Value, Ensure Access and Grow; Hospitals and Health Systems of the Future: Transforming to Thrive; and Strategic Planning: From Formulation to Action. Mr. Harris has also co-authored <a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2337I" target="_blank"><em>Healthcare Strategic Planning, Fifth Edition</em></a>, a Health Administration Press publication. </p>

Mark J. Dubow

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<div>Mark Dubow is the Pacific region director for Veralon, a national healthcare consulting firm with expertise in strategy, valuation, mergers and transactions, and clinical transformation. He is an expert in strategy development, with an emphasis on helping providers capitalize on emerging innovations. Mr. Dubow’s focus is on strategy, mergers and alliances, alignment and enhancing the effectiveness of clinical service lines. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, a MSPH from UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Colgate University.</div><div> </div><div>Mr. Dubow serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminar: </div><div><ul><li> Hospitals and Health Systems of the Future: Transforming to Thrive  </li></ul></div>

Jody R. Rogers, PhD, LFACHE

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<div>Jody Rogers is a professor in the healthcare administration graduate program at Trinity University in San Antonio. Dr. Rogers has more than 30 years of experience as a healthcare executive in public and private healthcare organizations and is a certified master facilitator of The Leadership Challenge. He obtained his master’s degree in healthcare administration from the U.S. Army–Baylor University and his doctorate in health services research, policy and administration from the University of Minnesota.</div><div> </div><div>Dr. Rogers serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:</div><div><ul><li>The Courage to Lead: Critical Skills for Healthcare Leaders </li></ul></div>

About Jody R. Rogers, PhD, LFACHE
Visiting Professor
Trinity University

Michael Nowicki, EdD, LFACHE

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Michael Nowicki, EdD, FACHE, is a professor of health administration at Texas State University, where his teaching, research and service have been recognized with several university awards. <div> </div> <div id="pastingspan1"></div> <div id="pastingspan1">Prior to joining academe, Dr. Nowicki was director of process management in the Hospital Division of Humana for six years. Dr. Nowicki has also held a variety of administrative positions at Valley Medical Center, Fresno, Calif.; Hutzel Hospital, Detroit; Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and Lubbock (Texas) Medical Center. Dr. Nowicki has provided training support to healthcare organizations such as University of California—San Diego, Defense Health Agency, Spectrum Health, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Cardinal Health, Kaiser Permanente, HCA, Baylor Healthcare System and Howard University Hospital.</div> <div> </div> <div id="pastingspan1"></div> <div id="pastingspan1">Dr. Nowicki is board certified in healthcare management as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He served ACHE as Regent for Texas—Central & South, chair of the Book of the Year Committee and as a member of the Finance Committee. He is also a co-founder and past president of the Central Texas Chapter—ACHE.</div> <div> </div> <div id="pastingspan1"></div> <div id="pastingspan1">He received his doctor of educational policy studies and evaluation from the University of Kentucky, his master of healthcare administration from The George Washington University and his bachelor of political science from Texas Tech University.</div> <div> </div> <div id="pastingspan1"></div> <div id="pastingspan1">Dr. Nowicki has written numerous articles on leadership in financial management and has presented financial management seminars to audiences worldwide and in the U.S.</div> <div></div> <p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#231F20"></span></p> Dr. Nowicki serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars: <ul> <li>Fundamental Financial Skills for Healthcare Organization Success</li> <li>Healthcare Finance, Board of Governors Exam Review Course</li> </ul> <div> Dr. Nowicki also authored the following Health Administration Press publication:</div> <div> <ul> <li><em><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2443I">Introduction to the Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations, Eighth Edition</a></em></li> </ul> </div>

About Michael Nowicki, EdD, LFACHE

Erik Rasmussen

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Erik Rasmussen is vice president of the Advocacy and Public Policy Group in the Federal Relations Department of the American Hospital Association. He is responsible for representing AHA’s interests before the U.S. Congress. Mr. Rasmussen’s primary goals are to promote hospitals’ interests with primary congressional committees with greatest importance to hospitals and play a leadership role in developing AHA’s strategies and articulating AHA’ s policies on assigned congressional committees.

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