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An innovative leader who has worked in bold strokes to get health care right for the patients and communities served by Allegheny Health Network (AHN), Cynthia Hundorfean is the CEO and president of the eight-hospital, $3.3 billion health care system based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since she joined the network in 2016, Ms. Hundorfean’s extraordinary efforts to transform AHN have been recognized both regionally and nationally. In 2019, she was selected by Modern Healthcare magazine as one of the nation’s “Top 25 Women Leaders,” joining a distinguished list of executives whose work positively influences American health policy, care delivery models, and the industry as a whole. Ms. Hundorfean has directed AHN’s impressive financial recovery. For the decade preceding her arrival, the network and its predecessor organization sustained substantial annual operating losses. But under her leadership, the network has now reported two straight years of positive operating and net income. In 2018, AHN also closed on $1 billion in long-term bond financing, the network’s first ever public financing vehicle and a strong indicator of the network’s solid financial foundation.

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.

David Schandel is a Board Member at Florida Health Care Plans, CFO/Assoc CEO/Treasurer/Secy at Florida Health Care Plans, and Vice President at Florida Health Care Plans. He has experience at Ernst & Ernst and Deloitte. David attended University of Central Florida.

As President and CEO of IASIS Healthcare, Carl Whitmer provides the strategic vision, leadership and oversight that enable the company to fulfill its mission of providing high-quality, cost-effective healthcare through its acute care hospitals and managed care risk platform. When Whitmer assumed the company’s top leadership position in 2010 after having served the company as CFO, he brought with him many years of management experience, including 20 years in healthcare leadership and executive roles. During Whitmer’s tenure as CEO, IASIS has expanded its footprint in new and existing markets, formed new local and national partnerships, and transformed its single-state managed health plan into a multi-state operation with adjacent business lines. Today, IASIS Healthcare is a $3.0 billion healthcare services company with 13,000+ employees and 17 acute care hospitals, one behavioral health hospital, multiple other access points, including 148 physician clinics, outpatient surgical units, imaging centers, investments in urgent care centers and on-site employer-based clinics, and Health Choice, IASIS’ managed care risk platform, which delivers services to approximately 624,000 covered lives through its multiple health plans, accountable care networks and third-party management and administrative services. Prior to IASIS, Whitmer held the CFO, Vice President of Finance and Treasurer positions at PhyCor, Inc., a physician practice and IPA management company, and the senior manager role at KPMG LLP. In addition to serving on the IASIS Healthcare Board of Directors, Whitmer serves on the boards of directors for NorthStar Anesthesia, the Nashville Health Care Council, and the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and as Chair-Elect of the Federation of American Hospitals.

John Cruickshank is a CEO:Lovelace Medical Group at Lovelace Health System and Chief Medical Officer at Lovelace Health System.

Founder, Chairman and CEO of Steward, a community-based accountable care organization that offers a full range of health care services to patients in Massachusetts. Steward includes 3,000 physicians, 10 hospital campuses, 24 affiliated urgent care providers, 6 ambulatory surgery centers, home care, hospice and other services.http://ralphdelatorre.com/