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Dr. Ellner is the President and CEO of Centura Health Physician Group, a 600 provider, employed multi-specialty group headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. Centura Health is a 17 hospital health system focused on connecting Colorado and western Kansas to affordable, world-class care with $1.3 billion in annual revenues. Dr. Ellner has completed a Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship with the American Hospital Association (AHA) and National Patient Safety Foundation. He is a Senior Fellow with the Health Research Educational Trust and a member of the AHA Committee on Clinical Leadership. His work focuses on communication and culture change in the healthcare workplace to improve patient outcomes. He was Chairman and founding member of the Connecticut Surgical Quality Collaborative, a statewide, data sharing framework for all Connecticut hospitals to learn from one another using best practices. As an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Dr. Ellner created a four-year patient safety curriculum for medical students and a yearlong "Leading Surgical Quality" curriculum for the surgical residents. He has written numerous peer-review articles on the subject of patient safety and is considered to be one of the "50 Leading Experts" on the subject by Becker’s Hospital Review. Dr. Ellner holds a Master’s Degree in Health Care Management from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and has written case studies on surgical quality for the school to use as part of their curriculum. Dr. Ellner has appeared live on the Today Show, Larry King Live, NBC CT 30, NPR and has had articles in the CT Mirror, the Hartford Courant, the Wall Street Journal, Hartford Magazine, Hartford Business Journal, the HFMA e-Bulletin, Outpatient Surgery Magazine, Becker's Clinical Review, the American College of Surgeons Bulletin and the AHA Hospital and Health Networks Online Magazine for patient safety and health care quality improvement.

Jay Cahalan is a Chief Executive Officer/President at Columbia Memorial Hospital, Board Member at GREENE COUNTY BANCORP INC, and Board Member at Bank of Greene County. He has experience at Windham Hospital and has worked as Chief Operating Officer/VP at Columbia Memorial Hospital. Jay studied at Champlain College, University of Connecticut, and Southern Connecticut State University.

Paula Baker is a :President & CEO at Freeman Health System and is based in 1102 W 32nd St, Joplin, Missouri. She has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Ozarks Medical Center and CEO at Ozark Center. Paula works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Connect2Culture, BOARD MEMBER at Missouri Hospital Association, and BOARD MEMBER at HEALTHCARE SERVICES GROUP INC. She attended Pittsburg State University between 1976 and 1980.

Carolyn Simonsen is a VP/Interim CEO/CAO/Chief Compliance OFC at Meritus Health and Executive Vice President at Meritus Health. She works or has worked as VP:Business Integrity at Meritus Health, MEMBER at National Association For Healthcare Quality, and MEMBER at Maryland State Bar Association.

K Scott Wester is a Board Member at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital Inc, Chief Executive Officer at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital Inc, and CEO & Pres:OUR Lady of The Lake Hospital at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System.

Melinda Estes is a President and Chief Executive Officer at Saint Luke’s Health System and is based in Prairie Village, Kansas. She has worked as President and CEO at The University of Vermont Medical Center. Melinda studied at CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY between 1993 and 1995 and The University of Texas Medical Branch between 1974 and 1978.

Ben Moore is a Chief Executive Officer at River Hospital Inc.