AMN Healthcare CEO and leadership

Susan R. Salka is serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. since 2005, and a director of the company since 2003. She has served in several other executive roles since joining the company in 1990, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Development. She was formerly a director of Beckman Coulter Inc. and Playtex Products. Susan Salka has been a director of the Company since October 2014. She is a member of the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee.

Mark Hagan, Chief Information and Digital Officer of AMN Healthcare, is responsible for the company’s digital strategy, technology R&D, enterprise information technology infrastructure, operations, development, security, and program management operations.

Mr. Hagan brings to AMN a tremendous amount of experience in systems integration and platform rationalization, innovation, and leading the enterprise technology execution and evolution for multiple acquisitions.

Prior to joining AMN, Mr. Hagan was Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of IT at Envision Healthcare, a diverse healthcare services and technology company and a leading provider of physician-led services, post-acute care, ambulatory surgery services, and related management services. Prior to Envision, Mark was IT Director at TeleTech, where he developed and executed the company’s IT strategy for expansion and global infrastructure, including deployments in Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States.

He has experience driving and supporting major deployments of core business applications, leading digital transformations, and developing and launching new software products. Mr. Hagan is also dedicated to innovation: he has introduced robotic process automation, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, and other forms of innovation to evolve and streamline operations.

Cole Edmonson, DNP, RN, FACHE, FAONL, NEA-BC, FNAP, FAAN is the Chief Experience and Clinical Officer for AMN Healthcare. In his role, Dr. Edmonson oversees the company’s clinical and credentialing organizations, learning and research programs, and is responsible for clinical quality. Dr. Edmonson is also responsible for client and clinician experience and marketing.

Dr. Edmonson comes to AMN from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, a three-time Magnet hospital with a highly respected and decorated nursing staff, where he has been Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer since 2010. He held the same position at other hospitals since 1998. He brings three decades of experience as a nurse leader, along with deep involvement in research, professional organizations, health policy development, and community service. He has a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Texas Christian University, Master and Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees from Oklahoma University. He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American Academy of Nursing, National Academy of Practice, and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership as well as being credentialed as a nursing executive advanced, board-certified by ANCC.

Dr. Edmonson is well known for his success in elevating the nursing leadership role and creating collegial teams across the clinical delivery continuum. He is a highly sought after national speaker and a published author of articles and a co-author and contributor to several books. Dr. Edmonson has served on the board of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and is currently on the American Nurses Credentialing Center. He is an alum of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Executive Nurse Fellow program. Throughout his tenure as a nurse leader, he has initiated and led innovative programs to advance clinical quality, education, professional practice, patient experience and safety, and clinician safety.

Denise Jackson is a Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at AMN Healthcare.

James Taylor is a Group President & COO, Physician & Leadership Solutions at AMN Healthcare and is based in Dallas, Texas. He has worked as President at Delaware North, Chief Operating Officer Sportservice at Delaware North, and PRESIDENT - Senior Services at SODEXO SERVICES CO LIMITED. James works or has worked as OFFICER at Generations United and BOARD MEMBER at Greater Sacramento Urban League. He attended Arkansas Tech University, University of Maryland Baltimore County between 2009 and 2011, and SMU between 1998 and 2000.

Landry Seedig, Group President and Chief Operating Officer, Nursing and Allied Solutions, is responsible for the leadership of the AMN nurse and allied staffing businesses, and revenue cycle solutions.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Seedig was Division President, Nursing, for AMN Healthcare. Demonstrating a proven ability to drive and manage large-scale business initiatives, as well as offering extensive experience in operations management, marketing, integrations and business development, Mr. Seedig has been in the healthcare staffing sector since 2001, and had worked in the IT staffing sector prior to that time.

Mr. Seedig is passionate about helping team members achieve professional development goals and takes an active role in AMN committees such as mentoring, traveler benefits, and government compliance. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Texas A&M University.

Susan R. Salka is serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. since 2005, and a director of the company since 2003. She has served in several other executive roles since joining the company in 1990, including Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Development. She was formerly a director of Beckman Coulter Inc. and Playtex Products. Susan Salka has been a director of the Company since October 2014. She is a member of the Audit Committee and the Governance Committee.

Marcia Faller, PhD, RN is a Chief Clinical Officer at AMN Healthcare.