Review Course Faculty

  • John H. Daniels, FACHE

    Speaker

    <div>John H. Daniels, FACHE, is CEO of BICSI in Tampa, a global not-for-profit professional association supporting the advancement of the information and communications technology profession, including healthcare. Mr. Daniels has more than 30 years&#8217; experience in incorporating IT best practices into healthcare organizations and advising health system executives around the world in the effective use of healthcare information technology.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mr. Daniels serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminar:</div><div><ul><li>Healthcare Technology and Information Management, Board of Governors Exam Review Course&nbsp;</li></ul></div>
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    Chief Executive Officer
    BICSI
  • Carson F. Dye, FACHE

    Author

    <p>Carson F. Dye, FACHE, President &amp; CEO of Exceptional Leadership, LLC, is an executive recruiter and leadership consultant with over 40 years of leadership and management experience. He has taught many individuals over the past 30-plus years with ACHE, UAB, and Ohio State University. For the past 24 years, Carson has conducted over 700 leadership searches for health systems, academic medical centers, and universities. For 20 years he worked in healthcare administration at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Clermont Mercy Hospital, Cincinnati. He teaches in the ACHE Board of Governors course and serves as lead faculty in several courses including leadership, physician engagement and clinical integration. He has authored 15 books including three ACHE Book of the Year winners. He has served on the boards of Lourdes University, The Sight Center / Toledo Society for the Blind where he served as board chair, and the Visiting Nurses Association. Carson earned his M.B.A. at Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH and his B.A. at Marietta College, Marietta, OH.</p>
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    President & CEO
    Exceptional Leadership LLC
  • Sarah F. Fontenot, JD

    Author

    <p>Sarah Freymann Fontenot, JD, served as the adjunct professor for health law in the Department of Health Care Administration at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas for 26 years and retired in 2023. A former nurse and practicing attorney, she is also a professional speaker who specializes in explaining how healthcare is evolving and what those changes mean for providers. Fontenot also has taught extensively for physician organizations including the Texas Medical Association and for ACHE since 2007, for which she is an online instructor for the Board of Governors Examination Review course, Health Law Essentials. Previously, Fontenot taught in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale Medical School in New Haven, Connecticut. </p>
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    Adjunct Professor, Health Law, Department of Healthcare Administration
    Trinity University (Retired, 1997–2022)
  • Bernard Horak, PhD, LFACHE

    Speaker

    <div>Bernard Horak is a professor and program director of health systems administration at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he teaches courses in quality improvement, strategic planning and organizational behavior. Previously, Dr. Horak was director of strategic planning and total quality management at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He earned a doctorate from The George Washington University with specialties in health services administration and organization behavior and development.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Dr. Horak serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminar:</div><div><ul><li>Quality and Performance Management, Board of Governors Exam Review Course&nbsp;</li></ul></div>
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    Organizational Effectiveness Advisor
    MITRE
  • Michael Nowicki, EdD, LFACHE

    Author

    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>&nbsp;</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&#8212;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>&nbsp;</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&#8212;Central &amp; 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&#8212;ACHE.</div> <div>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;</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:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,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>
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  • J. Larry Tyler, LFACHE

    Author

    <p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">J. Larry Tyler, FACHE, FAAHC, FHFMA, CMPE</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">, is the founder/president, Tyler &amp; Company, Atlanta, a healthcare executive search firm. He began the firm in 1978 and has since conducted over 160 CEO searches for hospitals across the United States. In 2008, <em>BusinessWeek</em> magazine named him one of the 100 most influential executive search consultants in the world. Mr. Tyler is also an adjunct professor in the health administration programs at the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Ala. He is also a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Mr. Tyler serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:<br /></span></p><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><ul><li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 13.5pt;">Governance and Organizational Structure, Board of Governors Exam Review Course</span></li><li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 13.5pt;">Transitioning From the Military to Civilian Healthcare</span>&nbsp;</li></ul></div> <p>&nbsp;</p><div><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Mr. Tyler also authored the following Health Administration publication:<br /></span></div><div style="text-indent: 0px;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Symbol;">&#183;<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;</span></span><em style="font-size: 13.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;Times New Roman&quot;;color:blue"><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2163I"><span style="color: blue;">Tyler's Guide: The Healthcare Executive's Job Search, Fourth Edition</span></a></span></u></em></div><p>&nbsp;</p>
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  • Kenneth R. White, PhD, APRN, LFACHE

    Author

    <p>Kenneth R. White, PhD, AGACNP, ACHPN, FACHE, FAAN, is the University of Virginia Medical Center-endowed professor of nursing and associate dean for strategic partnerships and innovation in the School of Nursing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. He holds additional faculty appointments in the McIntire School of Commerce, the Darden School of Business and the UVA School of Medicine. Dr. White has more than 40 years&#8217; experience in healthcare organizations working in clinical, administrative, governance and consulting capacities. He is also a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner with specialty board certification in palliative care. Dr. White is ACHE&#8217;s 2018 Gold Medal Award winner.</p> Dr. White serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars: <ul> <li>Healthcare Knowledge, Board of Governors Exam Review Course</li> <li>Management and Leadership, Board of Governors Exam Review Course</li> <li>Business Leadership, Board of Governors Exam Review Course</li> </ul> Dr. White has also authored the following Health Administration Press publications: <ul> <li><em><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2334I">Boost Your Nursing Leadership Career: 50 Lessons that Drive Success</a></span></u></em></li> <li><u><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2381I"><span style="color:blue"><em>The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization, Ninth Edition</em></span></a></u></li> <li><em><u><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2166I">Reaching Excellence in Healthcare Management&nbsp;</a></u></em></li> <li><em><u><a href="https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/2277I"><span style="color:blue">Take Charge of Your Healthcare Management Career: 50 Lessons That Drive Success</span></a></u></em></li> </ul>
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