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Ernie Sadau is responsible for day-to-day operations of CHRISTUS Health and lends extensive expertise in developing programs to improve quality and clinical integration and preparing the organization to capitalize on the opportunities of the future. Ernie joined CHRISTUS as Senior Vice President of Patient and Resident Care Operations in 2006. His title was changed to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2008 as he expanded his role and oversight within the organization. Ernie also served as the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for CHRISTUS Health, developing the strategic initiatives and processes to ensure that CHRISTUS is living out its commitment to valuing differences and strengthening the ministry's culture of inclusion. Before joining CHRISTUS, Ernie served in many roles at Adventist Health System from 1983-2006, holding various executive positions in the organization's many hospitals and systems, including Chief Financial Officer, Administrator, and President and CEO of Adventist Health System/Midwest in Hinsdale, Ill., which includes five hospitals, over 60 physician practices, surgery and imaging centers and several home care agencies. During his tenure with Adventist, Ernie led successful hospital acquisitions and joint ventures; implemented thriving physician recruiting, community relations and employee development programs and developed many necessary medical services in the communities he served, including opening the only freestanding Emergency Room in Illinois and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Ernie holds a master's degree in Hospital Administration from Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of North Texas. Ernie is a Fellow of the American College of Health Care Executives, and was named an Up & Comer by Modern Healthcare magazine in 2000, an award that honors rising young stars in the health care management field.

Dee Tom are a President and CEO at Southwestern Vermont Health Care.

Barclay Berdan is a VP/Administrator at Texas Health Resources; Chief Executive Officer at Texas Health Resources; and Board Member at PREMIER, INC. and is based in Arlington, Texas. He has experience at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and TENET and has worked as Senior Exec VP:Performance at Texas Health Resources, Senior Exec VP/COO at Texas Health Resources, and Executive Vice President at Texas Health Resources. Barclay works or has worked as MEMBER at CASCADE PACIFIC COUNCIL BOY; BOARD MEMBER at American Excess Insurance Exchange, Risk Retention Group; and CHAIRMAN at American Heart Association of Tarrant County. He attended University of Chicago Booth School of Business between 1976 and 1978 and Texas Christian University between 1971 and 1976.

With years of clinical leadership experience, Dr. Kevin Klauer brings valuable and innovative talents to the team. Dr. Klauer is a proven leader and brings his expertise and knowledge to the company as the chief medical officer for Emergency Medicine, chief risk officer for TeamHealth, and executive director of TeamHealth’s Patient Safety Organization. He works hard to develop cutting-edge patient safety and clinical best practices throughout the organization and directs clinical risk management. Dr. Klauer is responsible for: • risk management initiatives • clinical education • litigation support • patient safety • assistance with training medical directors • promotion of effective communication with physicians and advanced practice clinicians Concurrent with his role at TeamHealth, Dr. Klauer is an assistant clinical professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and serves as the medical editor-in-chief for ACEP Now, the monthly publication of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). He previously served as editor-in-chief for Emergency Physicians Monthly. Dr. Klauer has published three risk-management books, Emergency Medicine Bouncebacks: Medical and Legal, Risk Management and the Emergency Department: Executive Leadership and Protecting Patients and Hospitals, with a third, Pediatric Bouncebacks, released in March 2015. Dr. Klauer also served as a speaker of the ACEP Council. Dr. Klauer received the ACEP National Teaching Faculty Award in 2001 and the Emergency Medicine Resident's Association Robert Dougherty ACEP/Emergency Medicine Foundation Teaching Fellowship. In 2014, he was the recipient of ACEP's Honorable Mention Outstanding Speaker of the Year Award and was recognized by the Ohio Chapter of ACEP with the Bill Hall Award of Service. Dr. Klauer earned his Executive Juris Doctor with honors from Concord Law School in 2011.

Marcy Doderer is a Board Member at Encore Bank and President & CEO at Arkansas Children's Hospital and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas. She has worked as Administrator at Chldren's Hospital of San Antonio. Marcella works or has worked as FELLOW at American College of Health Care Executives. She attended University of Iowa between 1990 and 1992, Little Rock Central High School, and Trinity University between 1985 and 1989.

Mike Rose is a Chief Executive Officer at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and is based in Nashua, New Hampshire. He has worked as Senior Vice President / Chief Financial Officer at Cooper University Health Care, Director Of Operations at Medical College of Virginia Hospital, and Director Of Internal Audit at Medical College of Virginia Physicians. Mike attended Virginia Commonwealth University and Longwood University.

Executive Associate Dean Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine; CEO Texas Tech Physicians; Adjunct Professor TTU