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Managing Principal Kumkum M. Dilwali has extensive leadership experience in developing and implementing high-performance compliance programs for health care facilities, campus environments, government and commercial buildings. Trained at world-class institutions: Chemical engineering at MIT, and Environmental Health Management at Harvard University School of Public Health, she uses a systems approach for solving problems, creating tools and strategies to reduce institutional risk. Her current work with US Department of Health and Human Services involves successful implementation of sustainability compliance programs, development of the first environmental compliance audit program for the FDA, and groundbreaking development and implementation of a Substances of Concern (SoC) Reduction initiative for the National Institutes of Health.

James E. Shmerling was named President and Chief Executive Officer at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center on October 1, 2015. For over three decades, Dr. Shmerling has served in management roles in children’s hospitals and is nationally recognized as a leader in issues concerning children’s health and wellness. Prior to joining Connecticut Children’s, Dr. Shmerling spent the last eight years as the Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Hospital Colorado, one of the top ranked children’s hospitals in the nation. Before that, he was the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt from 2002 to 2007. He was the Senior Vice President of Methodist Healthcare and President of Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center from 1995 to 2002, and was Le Bonheur’s Chief Operating Officer from 1991 to 1995. He served as the Associate Director of Hospitals at Indiana University Hospitals and Administrator of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children from 1987 to 1991. Dr. Shmerling’s career in children’s hospitals began in the Children’s Hospital of Alabama where he progressed in administrative responsibilities from 1979 to1987, the last of which was as its Associate Administrator. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Education from the University of Tennessee in 1976. In 1980, he was awarded a Master of Science Degree in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Samford University in 1984 and his Doctorate of Health Administration from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1999. Dr. Shmerling is a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE). He is an adjunct faculty member in the Hospital Administration programs, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Additionally, Dr. Shmerling is active in several national healthcare organizations.

B. Konard Jones are a President and CEO at Northbay Healthcare and are based in Fairfield, California. They have worked as President & CEO at Broadline Medical Inc; Vice President, Professional & Support Services at Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland; and Vice President at NorthBay Healthcare System. B. attended Grambling State University.

Forty years of progressively responsible experience in the health care industry, fifteen with multi-billion dollar academic health care systems that represent some of the most complex, progressive and successful healthcare organizations in the United States, including the Johns Hopkins, MedStar and University of Maryland Health Systems in Baltimore, MD and the Jefferson Health System in Philadelphia, PA.

Lorry Bottrill, President and CEO of Mercy Care, is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 25 years experience in the health care industry.