Meet the 2023-2024 Mentors

The Next Generation Leaders Fellowship welcomes its 2023 cohort of mentors. Each of the 43 fellows of the Next Gen Leaders Fellowship is matched with an executive level health care leader during this 12-month program. Fellows and mentors work closely throughout the year on a capstone project and other professional development goals.

 
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Khalid Almoosa, MD, MS, MBA

Khalid Almoosa, MD, MS, MBA

Chief Medical Officer

Memorial Hermann Health System

 

 
Rob Anderson

Rob Anderson, MBA

CEO

Tenet Healthcare - The Hospitals of Providence

 

 
Jackie Anhalt

Jackie Anhalt, RN, MS, MSN, NEA-BC

Chief Nursing Officer

ThedaCare Health System

 

 
Vi-Anne Antrum

Vi-Anne Antrum, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, CENP, FACHE

System-wide Chief Nursing Officer & Senior Vice President

Cone Health

 

 
Caroline Blaum

Caroline Blaum, MD, MS

Senior Research Scientist

National Committee for Quality Assurance

 

 
Brooke Buckley

Brooke Buckley, MD, FACS

Chief Medical Officer

Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital

 

 
David Burwell

David Burwell, MD, MBA

Chief Quality Officer, Vice President

UPMC

 

 
Charles Callahan

Charles Callahan, PhD, MBA

President-Memorial Hospital Group & President/CEO-Springfield Memorial Hospital

Memorial Health System

 

 
Kimberly Chamberlin

Kimberly Chamberlin, MSN, RN, CENP

Vice President Patient Services/CNO

MercyOne North Iowa

 

 
Zafar Chaudry

Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA

SVP - Chief Digital Officer & CIO

Seattle Children's Hospital

 

 
John Chessare

John Chessare, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACHE

President & CEO

GBMC HealthCare System

 

 
Elissa Chessari

Elissa Chessari, PT, MPT, MBA, FACHE

SVP, COO

WMCHealth

 

 
Praveen Chopr

Praveen Chopra

Chief Digital and Information Officer

Bellin and Gundersen Health System

 

 
Kenneth Cochran

Kenneth Cochran, DSc, RN, FACHE

President & CEO

Opelousas General Health System

 

 
Robin Damschroder

Robin Damschroder, CPA, MHSA, FACHE

EVP & CFO

Henry Ford Health

 

 
Jim Diegel

Jim Diegel

Healthcare Consultant and Executive Coach

 

 
Denise Dugas

Denise Dugas

Senior Director of Mental and Behavioral Health

University Medical Center New Orleans

 

 
John Englehart

John Englehart

SVP, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer

HSS | Hospital for Special Surgery

 

 
David Feldman

David Feldman, MD, MBA CPE, FAAPL, FACS

CMO

The Doctors Company

 

 
Karen Grimley

Karen Grimley, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

Chief Nursing Executive

UCLA Health

 

 
Dan Gross

Dan Gross, RN, MS, DNSc

Retired Executive

Sharp Healthcare

 

 
Kyle Hunter

Kyle Hunter, MSN, CENP, CPHQ

Administrator

Ascension Calumet Medical Center

 

 
Barbara Jacobs

Barbara Jacobs, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC

Former CNO

Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center

 

 
Laurie Jacobs

Laurie Jacobs, MD, FACP, AGSF

Associate Dean for the Office of Chair Support & Development, and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine

Hackensack Meridian Health

 

 
Linda Knodel

Linda Knodel

Former Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive

Kaiser Permanente

 

 
Lew Lipsitz

Lew Lipsitz, MD

Chief of Gerontology, Director, and Professor of Medicine

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Hebrew SeniorLife, and Harvard

 

 
Tammy Lundstrom

Tammy Lundstrom, MD, JD

SVP, Chief Medical Officer

Trinity Health

 

 
Wilhelmina Manzano

Wilhelmina Manzano, MA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Group SVP & System Chief Nurse Executive; COO for Periop Services

NewYork-Presbyterian

 

 
Heather Ries

Heather Ries, DNP, RN-BC, CENP

CNO

Regional Medical Center

 

 
Karen Rose

Karen Rose, PhD, MS, RN, FGSA, FAAN

Dean; College of Nursing

The Ohio State University

 

 
Jay Roszhart

Jay Roszhart, MHA, FACHE

President, Memorial Health Ambulatory Group

Memorial Health

 

 
Shehzad Saeed

Shehzad Saeed, MBBS

Associate Chief Medical Officer, Physician Lead, Patient and Family Experience

Dayton Children's Hospital

 

 
John Santopietr

John Santopietro MD, DFAPA

Physician-in-Chief, Behavioral Health Network and SVP

Hartford HealthCare

 

 
Sandra Scott

Sandra Scott, MD

Executive Director

Brookdale Hospital Medical Center-One Brooklyn Health

 

 
Peter Shamamian

Peter Shamamian, MD, MHA

Vice Chairman, Professor of Surgery, Director of Performance Improvement & Value Enhancement

Montefiore Medical Center

 

 
Kevin Stalnaker

Kevin Stalnaker, CPA

Chief Administrative Officer

Stonewell Jackson Memorial Hospital

 

 
Steven Summer

Steven Summer, MBA

President & CEO

Healthcare Institute

 

 
Pam Wells

Pam Wells, RN MSN MSA NEA –BC

Chief Nursing Officer

Sharp Memorial Hospital, Sharp Healthcare

 

 
Lynn Whelan

Lynn Whelan, DNP, NEA-BC

CNO

Encompass Health Hospital

 

 
Williams LaDonna

LaDonna Williams, MPA

Senior Vice President, & Chief Operating Officer

Franciscan Health Physicians

 

 
Helene Wolk

Helene Wolk, MBA

Chief Operating Officer

Englewood Health

 

 
Robert Zorowitz

Robert Zorowitz, MD, MBA, CMD

Regional Vice President, Health Affairs, for the Northeast

Humana