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Richard J. Liekweg is president and chief executive officer of BJC HealthCare, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit, integrated health care delivery organizations with over $6 billion in net revenues and more than 32,000 employees serving the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and mid-Missouri regions. BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefit in Missouri, providing more than $800.8 million in financial assistance, education of health professionals, safety net services and community outreach programs. BJC’s patients have access to the latest advances in medical science and technology through a formal affiliation between BJC and the renowned Washington University School of Medicine, which consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the country. Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital rank among the most highly regarded teaching hospitals in the nation. BJC’s community and rural hospitals are also regularly recognized for excellence. Liekweg joined BJC HealthCare in 2009 as president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and group president for BJC HealthCare. In 2015, Liekweg was promoted to executive vice president and subsequently president of BJC. He was named president and chief executive officer in January 2018. Before joining BJC, Liekweg served as chief executive officer and associate vice chancellor for the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center from 2003-2009. Liekweg also spent more than 16 years at Duke University Health System, including serving as chief executive officer of Duke’s Durham Regional Hospital. He currently serves on the boards of several professional and community organizations including Vizient, Washington University, Missouri Hospital Association, Cortex, St. Louis Regional Health Commission, Greater St. Louis, Inc., BioSTL and Forest Park Forever. Liekweg holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and master’s degrees in health services administration and business administration, both from the University of Michigan.

Mike Pykosz is a Chief Executive Officer at Oak Street Health and is based in Chicago, Illinois. He has worked as Principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Mike studied at Harvard Law School between 2004 and 2007 and University of Notre Dame between 2000 and 2004.

Expertise with Start-ups companies in various Industries ranging from Medical to Sports Rehabilitation. Mr.Merlina can easily find the strengths and gaps in your organization. He exploits the strengths and minimizes the gaps. Dom's deliverables range from building and developing start-up foundations, in/external structure, strategic verticals, executive assessments from hiring to Sales productivity; Increasing pipelines, proposals, conversations, training and ultimately sales. He has helped increase top-line revenue averages, customer and employee satisfaction, retention, and client referrals for various companies. Dominic has been in the Medical equipment, BioPharma and Sports Rehab industry for 35 yrs. Dominic served on three Board of Directors for companies in a Diagnostic Imaging, Data Analysis and Construction industries. Mr.Merlina has worked for start-up companies such as Genentech Inc, COR Therapeutics, DoubleTwist Genomics, Fujisawa Pharma., BioNutrition Research and now Graston Technique LLC. With these companies Mr. Merlina has held Global Sales Director, Divisional executive roles and Chief Executive Officer positions. His leadership roles and experiences range from launching 13 different products to hiring and building four different sales forces and successfully managing teams of 75 up to 240. Dominic has met or exceeded overall sales quotas but that is only second to his passion and accomplishments for working with people and helping them achieve their goals. Specialties: Managed various departments from Sales Management, Sales engagement training, Strategic Planning, Business Partnership Development, Product Launches, Medical Technology, Devices & Equipment, Market Position & Branding, Mentoring, Commercial Recruitment & Acquisitions alliances.