The Health Care Advisory Board represents all faces of this industry—from technology to medical devices, from administration to delivery, from policy makers to risk managers. They help shape and—in many cases—convey the content of Owen’s health care programs including the MBA, the MM Health Care and the classes offered as part of the Executive Development Institute.
(Chair) William Frist, MD, Partner, Cressey & Co.
Bill Bates, Chief Executive Officer, DigiChart
Jack Bovender, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HCA
Ron Calhoun, President, The Remi Group
Jim Cooper, U.S. Representative, 5th District (TN), United States House of Representatives
Richard Cowart, Partner, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
Deke Ellwanger, Director, BH1
Catherine Gemmato-Smith, Managing Director, Jefferies & Company
Roberta Goodman, Health Care Analyst, Health Care Analytics
Joel Gordon, Chairman, The Gordon Group
Jay Grinney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthSouth
Lawrence Hanrahan, MD/MBA, Senior Manager, Clinical Information Systems, Accenture, Health & Life Sciences
Kathy Harris, Partner, Noro Moseley Partners*
Douglas Hudson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Simplex Healthcare
Joey Jacobs, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Psychiatric Solutions
Harry Jacobson, MD, Former Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
A.J. Kazimi, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals*
Ben Leedle, President and Chief Executive Officer, Healthways
Ken Melkus, Consultant, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Rock Morphis, Managing Director, Heritage Group
Holly Meidl, Managing Director, Marsh USA
Wright Pinson, MD, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Linda Rebrovick, Chief Executive Officer, Consensus Point
Thomas Sherrard, Partner, Sherrard & Roe
Brian Shipp, Southeast Region Chief Executive Officer, Amerigroup
Michael Shmerling, Special Advisor, Marsh
Tom Singleton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cambio Health Solutions
Wayne Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Community Health Systems
Mitch Steiner, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GTx
Chris Sullivan, National Director, U.S. Health Care Provider Solutions, Microsoft
Jack Tyrell, Managing Partner, Richland Ventures
Caroline Young, President, Nashville Healthcare Council
* Alumnus Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management
Members as of September 2009
