Tag: Healthcare Operations

D. Leslie Boney: Building Healthcare Organizations Through Growth, Partnership, and Operational Excellence

After approximately four decades in healthcare, I have had the privilege of helping organizations grow, navigating mergers and acquisitions, developing healthcare platforms, leading sales and development teams, improving operations, and building meaningful partnerships across the post-acute healthcare continuum. My career has given me the opportunity to work alongside exceptional executives, clinicians, operators, and healthcare organizations, and I look forward to continuing to apply those experiences through leadership, board, and advisory opportunities. Here is my biography.

Anthony Cox: Turning Operational Complexity into Organizational Strength

I am pleased to share a closer look at the professional journey that has shaped my approach to leadership, from my foundation in the United States Navy Nuclear Power Program to more than three decades of leading people, operations, transformation, and performance within complex healthcare organizations. Throughout my career, I have remained committed to developing strong teams, creating accountability, improving organizational performance, and delivering sustainable value while leading with reliability, trust, loyalty, and integrity. As I continue expanding my contribution through board and advisory opportunities, I look forward to bringing these experiences and perspectives to organizations seeking thoughtful, disciplined, and collaborative leadership. Here is my biography.

Elizabeth St. Sauveur: Leading with Clarity, Communicating with Purpose, and Bringing a Human Perspective to Complex Organizations

I’m pleased to share my executive biography, reflecting more than three decades of leadership across healthcare operations, provider relations, managed care, marketing, corporate communications, and organizational strategy. After an extensive executive career and a period away from full-time corporate leadership, I’m excited to explore opportunities where I can contribute my experience, perspective, and passion for helping organizations and people succeed, particularly through board and advisory service.

Kelly Cromer, PharmD, RPh, CPBS: Chief Pharmacy Officer at PCA Rx

Throughout more than 25 years in healthcare and pharmacy, I have had the opportunity to work across clinical practice, pharmacy benefit management, Medicare and Medicaid programs, regulatory affairs, operations, and executive leadership. Each chapter of my career has strengthened my commitment to transparency, informed decision-making, and creating meaningful value for patients and organizations. As I continue expanding my involvement in board and advisory opportunities, I look forward to applying these experiences to help organizations navigate an increasingly complex healthcare landscape. Here is my biography.

R. Michael Stanley: Leading with Clarity, Operational Discipline, and a Commitment to Serving Others

Throughout more than three decades in healthcare and pharmacy operations, I have had the opportunity to lead talented teams, manage complex multi-site organizations, improve operational performance, and help create better experiences for customers and the people we serve. As I look to expand my contribution through board and advisory service, I am excited to share more about the experiences, leadership principles, and commitment to service that have shaped my professional journey. Here is my biography.

Dionna Pendleton, MD, MBA: Dionna Pendleton, MD, MBA: Bridging Clinical Excellence, Healthcare Strategy, and Executive Leadership

I am pleased to share a closer look at my professional journey in healthcare leadership, physician governance, quality improvement, hospital medicine, and strategic management. Over the course of my career, I have had the opportunity to lead clinical teams, support complex healthcare organizations, and contribute to initiatives focused on patient safety, operational excellence, physician engagement, and innovation. As I continue expanding my involvement in board and advisory opportunities, I look forward to using my experience to help organizations navigate meaningful growth and change. Here is my biography.

David S. Goldberg: Turning Strategy into Performance and Purpose into Progress

After more than 25 years of leadership across healthcare operations, strategic planning, organizational transformation, philanthropy, innovation, and board service, I remain energized by opportunities to help organizations grow while advancing quality, service, and meaningful community impact. My career has given me the opportunity to lead complex healthcare enterprises, work alongside outstanding physicians and teams, contribute to boards and community organizations, and help turn ambitious strategies into measurable results. As I continue expanding my board and advisory work, I look forward to applying these experiences to organizations navigating growth, transformation, and new opportunities. Here is my biography.

Sadia Choudhury: Empowering Organizations to Deliver Safer, Smarter Healthcare

I’m honored to share my executive biography, which reflects my journey as a healthcare executive dedicated to improving quality, compliance, patient safety, and organizational performance. Throughout my career, I have been fortunate to lead transformative initiatives, collaborate with exceptional teams, and help organizations achieve meaningful and measurable outcomes while remaining committed to continuous improvement and service.

Tiffany Burkhart: When People, Purpose, and Performance Align, Extraordinary Organizations are Built

I’m excited to share my professional biography, which reflects my 30-year journey leading global operations, customer success, healthcare transformation, and business process outsourcing. Throughout my career, I’ve remained committed to aligning people, purpose, and performance to help organizations build stronger client relationships, develop exceptional leaders, and achieve lasting business success. As I continue exploring opportunities to serve on corporate boards, I look forward to contributing my experience to organizations focused on growth, innovation, and operational excellence.

Krystal Atkinson: Empowering People, Elevating Care, and Transforming Healthcare Through Purpose-Driven Leadership

I'm excited to share my professional biography, reflecting more than 30 years of leadership dedicated to improving healthcare through operational excellence, quality improvement, executive leadership, and mentoring future leaders. My journey from perioperative nursing to senior executive leadership has been guided by a passion for serving others, transforming organizations, and creating meaningful, lasting impact. I look forward to continuing that mission through board service and strategic leadership opportunities.

Phillip Koren, MD, FACC: Experience That Strengthens Healthcare from the Bedside to the Boardroom

After more than 35 years in cardiology, physician leadership, healthcare operations, and executive management, I've had the privilege of helping patients, physicians, and healthcare organizations grow through innovation, collaboration, and strategic leadership. I'm excited to continue sharing my experience in healthcare, medical technology, AI, and organizational governance through board and advisory opportunities. Here is my biography.

Kathleen “Kat” DeGeiso: Building Stronger Organizations Where Strategy, Innovation, and Humanity Thrive Together

I’m honored to share my executive biography, reflecting more than twenty years of leading healthcare organizations through growth, transformation, and innovation. My passion has always been helping people, strengthening systems, and building organizations that create lasting value through strategic leadership and human-centered collaboration. I’m grateful for the mentors, colleagues, and teams who have been part of this journey, and I look forward to continuing to serve organizations through executive and board leadership.

Micki Schaefer: Leading with Compassion, Driving Transformation, and Creating Healthier Futures Through Strategic Leadership

I’m excited to share my executive biography, which reflects more than 30 years of leadership in healthcare operations, hospice and palliative care, value-based care, strategic growth, and organizational transformation. Throughout my career, I’ve been fortunate to lead exceptional teams, improve patient outcomes, and help healthcare organizations navigate change while remaining committed to compassionate, patient-centered leadership. As I continue exploring opportunities to serve on corporate and advisory boards, I look forward to contributing my experience, strategic perspective, and passion for making a meaningful difference.

Heather Kurkierewicz: Empowering Leaders, Building Teams, and Creating Lasting Impact

I am excited to share my executive biography, which highlights my 30+ years of experience in operations leadership, executive coaching, leadership development, customer experience, and building high-performing teams across multiple industries. Throughout my career, I have been passionate about helping organizations grow, developing leaders, and creating meaningful impact through strategic leadership and operational excellence. As I continue supporting startups and growth-stage companies, I remain committed to empowering people, strengthening organizations, and driving sustainable success.

Allan Cussen: Building Strong Operations, Developing Stronger Leaders

After more than forty years of leading organizations across healthcare, retail, and consumer operations throughout Canada and the United States, I've had the privilege of helping businesses grow, transform, and develop exceptional teams. As I continue exploring new executive and board opportunities, I'm grateful for the experiences, partnerships, and lessons that have shaped my leadership journey. Here is my biography.

The Role of Strategic Planning in Healthcare Distribution

Strategic planning is the foundation of long-term success in healthcare distribution, where reliability, operational efficiency, and financial discipline directly impact patient care. By aligning sales, inventory, logistics, and infrastructure around clear business objectives, distributors can improve customer satisfaction, strengthen profitability, and position themselves for sustainable growth in an increasingly competitive market.