Shannon BahrkeShannon Bahrke was born and raised in Lake Tahoe, CA and moved to Salt Lake City, UT in 1998 to pursue her dreams of earning a spot on the U.S. Ski Team and ultimately competing for the USA at the Winter Olympic Games. She made the U.S. Ski Team that very same year and continued on the path of success for the next twelve years. She competed on 6 World Championship Teams, 3 Olympic Teams, brought home 2 Olympic Medals, 7 World Cup wins, 1 Overall World Cup Title, and 6 National Titles.
Since her retirement in 2010 she and her husband, Matt, opened their first company, Silver Bean Coffee, which they sold in 2013. She wrote a children’s book titled “Mommy, Why Is Your Hair Pink?” and launched a leadership development team building company called Team Empower Hour. She was also named a 2019 Utah Business Forty Under 40 award winner! She continues to keep her plate full by integrating Team Empower Hour into a multitude of businesses, delivering inspirational keynotes around the globe, working as a Ski Champion for Deer Valley, and raising a 8-year-old little girl named Zoe and a 3-year-old boy named Tucker.
Anita JenkinsAnita L.A. Jenkins is the chief executive officer of Howard University Hospital (HUH). She assumed her new duties on February 17, 2020.
As a seasoned executive and leader, she comes to HUH with more than 20 years of successful healthcare experience. Jenkins most recently served as president of Sycamore Medical Center near Dayton, Ohio, part of the Kettering Health Net-work. She also oversaw Kettering Behavioral Medical Center and the Senior Division. Sycamore Medical Center is rated a 5-Star Hospital by CMS; an “A “Hospital by Leapfrog; and one of the top 100 Hospitals in the country by IBM Watson Health.
Jenkins joined the Kettering Health Network in 2015 as chief operating officer for the 500-bed Kettering Medical Center. During her four years in that role, she was responsible for the daily operations of clinical services and CV and Ortho service lines, both inpatient and outpatient. Prior to working for Kettering, Jenkins served in a variety of leadership and administrative roles at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton.
Jenkins’ career in healthcare started as a respiratory therapist in Pittsburgh at UPMC, and then in Huntsville, Ala. She then moved to a healthcare leadership role in Danville, Va. Beginning her career serving patients has been the guiding force behind how Jenkins approaches the business and administrative side of healthcare. Jenkins states that she has been blessed with opportunities to follow her interests in data and management without losing her desire to connect with and serve patients.
Jenkins holds an MBA from Walden University in Minneapolis, Minn., and a bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from Averett University in Danville, Va. She has a passion for volunteering for health organizations, including: the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association; the March of Dimes; and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Jenkins and her husband, Kevin, have five children.
Amanda MewbornAmanda Mewborn is Enterprise Vice President of Planning, Design, and Construction at Atrium Health, where she is responsible for managing over $4 billion in projected construction spend over the next five years, including more than 1,500 construction projects across more than 40 campuses in four states. In her previous role of Vice President of Facilities and Support Services at Atrium Health Navicent, Amanda was responsible for more than 500 teammates, leading many services for the Central & South Georgia Market. Before joining Navicent, Amanda worked at Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta where she led development of a $452 Million, almost 1 million square foot expansion to an urban hospital with the tenth highest acuity in the country, completing the project under budget and opening early to provide additional capacity for patients with COVID-19.
Amanda earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech, a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Georgia State, and a Master of Science degree in health systems from Georgia Tech. She is also a registered nurse, Lean Black Belt from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, and quality and process improvement Black Belt from Mercer University. She currently serves as President of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, founding member and Advisory Board Chair for the Georgia Chapter of Women in Healthcare, Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives as well as serving on the programs committee for the Georgia chapter, and Diplomate and past president and past board member for the Society for Health Systems. In 2018, she was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as a “Top 40 Business Leader Under Age 40,” and in 2021, she was recognized by Women in Healthcare as “Outstanding Leader of the Year.”
Melinda HancockMelinda Hancock is a Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Sentara Healthcare. Appointed to the position in August 2021, Ms. Hancock is responsible for the Internal Audit, Compliance, Legal Services, Risk Management and Privacy teams, as well as Supply Chain, Enterprise Analytics, Strategy. and Mergers and Affiliations. Before joining Sentara, Ms. Hancock served as the Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer at VCU Health System. During her 5 years at VCU Health System, she made significant contributions to advance the infrastructure of the health system. Prior to that, she spent 2 years as a partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman focused on the implementation of payment models and value-based reimbursement. Previously, Ms. Hancock was the Chief Financial Officer with the Virginia market of Bon Secours Health System and assisted with the leadership of the system wide clinical transformation work. Previously, Ms. Hancock was the Chief Financial Officer with the Virginia market of Bon Secours Health System and assisted with the leadership of the system wide clinical transformation work.
Ms. Hancock’s current professional affiliations include Healthcare Financial Management Association (Fellow and Past National Chairman), William & Mary Business School Foundation (Board Member), Virginia Health Information (Board Member), American Hospital Association (Regional Policy Board Member), and Virginia Center for Health Innovation (Board Member and Chair). Ms. Hancock has been a frequent speaker on leadership and value-based payment models and has co-authored several articles on related topics.
Toni ArdabellToni Ardabell serves as Chief, Clinical Enterprise Operations for Inova. In this role, she leads all clinical sites of care and 11 service lines.
This is Toni’s second tour at Inova. She spent 28 years in a variety of positions starting as a staff nurse in critical care at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital.
In addition to her primary role with Inova, she serves as executive sponsor for Inova’s Community Health work, Equity & Outcomes, and sustainability. She takes a special interest in the Forensic Nurses & Anti-Human Trafficking work. She is also is the co-sponsor for Inova’s Women’s Team Member Resource Group.
Having joined Inova with more than twenty years of experience, Toni demonstrates practical, innovative leadership to meet today’s dynamic healthcare industry challenges. Driven by a passion for the health and well-being of our community, she exemplifies a servant leader with particular interest addressing the needs of the underserved.
Prior to re-joining Inova, Toni was the Chief Executive Officer of Bon Secours Virginia, where she enhanced clinical access and efficiency focusing on patient access and experience. In addition, she launched the clinically integrated Network CENERGY with more than 800 physician partners in the Richmond market as well as partnering to create a Bon Secours insurance product for small employers.
Ever community minded, Toni created the Richmond Community Health Coalition in partnership with Bon Secours and community leaders, underscoring pediatric asthma and trauma informed care and launched the Sarah Garland Jones Center for Healthy Living to improve the health and well-being of residents of the East End of Richmond. The organization also partnered with Safe Harbor to open two shelters for victims of human trafficking. Recognized for her work, she has been bestowed the Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn State; cited as one of the YWCA’s 2016 Outstanding Women; named Remarkable Woman of the Year by the Richmond Urban League and selected by Richmond’s Style Weekly for the Executive Woman in Business award.
Toni received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Pennsylvania State University, her Master of Science in Nursing (Cardiovascular) from Catholic University of America, and her Master of Business Administration from Marymount University.
Dr. Gerda MaisselGerda Maissel, MD, BCPA, CPE is known as “Dr. Gerda The Medical Sherpa”. She is board-certified as both a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician and a Patient Advocate. Dr. Maissel is a Certified Physician Executive. She has served in a number of c-suite roles including Chief Medical Officer, Chief Transformation Officer, or President inside several health systems. During the pandemic, she left corporate leadership and founded “My MD Advisor”. As a personal patient advocate, she now guides clients with extremely complicated issues through the health care maze so that they receive the best care possible.
Sarah Campbell HoltonSarah is a doctorly prepared Nurse Clinician for HKS Advisory Services. She successfully completed her doctoral of nursing studies in leadership and critical event preparedness at the high of the COVID19 global pandemic. Sarah brings over 25 years of health experience including, surgery, trauma, cardiac, mental, and behavioral health, and day medicine clinics in adult and pediatric populations. Her primary objective is to enable healthcare clients to better serve their patients, staff and communities with strategic planning that optimizes their assets and operations. Sarah’s background included a nurse residency in orthopedic surgery, executive leadership roles, and nearly two decades as a lean leader and facilitator. Further, Sarah has and has robust experience in direct care and operational leadership. She has extensive experience interacting with physicians, administrators and interprofessional project teams on an executive level in both hospital and ambulatory care operations.
Diane ReinhardDiane Reinhard, DNP, MBA, MSCIS, RN, CRRN, NE-BC, is vice president of Vice President of Hospital Services & Community Impact at Craig Hospital. Craig, a national, not-for-profit, top 10 rehabilitation and research hospital specializes in spinal cord and/or traumatic brain injury.
At Craig, Diane oversees the utilization of human, fiscal, and material resources allocated to Quality control, food services, pharmacy, infection control, respiratory and Community relations. She led the program to establish Target Zero, a campus-wide initiative to reduce (or eliminate) all hospital-acquired harm/infections. As a member of Craig’s leadership team, she helped Craig earn its designation as a Magnet facility for excellence in nursing four times and received the NDNQI® award six times for the highest quality outcomes in nursing care in a rehabilitation facility. In 2021 Craig Hospital became a Civic 50 Colorado Honoree.
Diane serves on the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation Board of Directors, Downtown Development Authority for the City of Englewood and other community taskforces and advisory committees.
Deborah AddoAs executive vice president and chief operating officer for Penn State Health, Deborah Addo provides oversight to the hospital presidents and ensures consistency, efficiency and excellence across the health system’s acute care facilities.
Deborah has more than 30 years of leadership experience in health care operations and management. Prior to joining Penn State Health, she spent more than seven years as senior vice president of Inova Health System, first as CEO of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, Va., and then, most recently, as CEO of Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, Va., where she developed a track record of leading hospitals and physician groups through times of transition. Before joining Inova, she was chief operating officer and senior vice president of Meritus Health in Hagerstown, the largest health care provider in Western Maryland.
She has been named multiple times by Becker’s Hospital Review as one of the “50 Great African American Leaders in Healthcare to Know.” Her areas of expertise include financial management, LEAN, organization reengineering, strategic planning, physician engagement and population health.
Deborah earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and a master’s degree in public health from Walden University. Reverend Addo is also a licensed minister ordained through the Church of God.
Lenetra King, FACHE Lenetra King is founder of Watch Me EXCEL™, a boutique leadership development firm that works in a pioneering way with organizations to deeply engage, empower and retain exceptional leaders, especially those from underrepresented populations.
After more than 15 years as a hospital C Suite executive where she led significant people, culture and operational turnarounds, improvements in patient and consumer experience, and multi-million dollar margin impact initiatives in competitive markets around the country, she used her expertise to create LeadAmplifyEXCEL™, a proprietary framework that helps executives amplify their personal brand and maximize leadership performance. She is a certified practitioner of several leadership assessment instruments including Hogan and Everything DiSC.
As an international speaker, Lenetra has been called on to share her expertise on such topics as executive presence and image, navigating workplace politics, and the role mentorship and sponsorship play for the career success of women and Leaders of Color.
Earlier this year, she was appointed Executive In Residence at University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Health Services Administration, and is the first woman and African American named to this role.
In addition to her entrepreneurial pursuits, she is passionate about healthcare equity, mental health access, and youth development and education.
Lenetra received a B.S. degree from the Florida A&M University, a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and a Master of Business Administration from Rockhurst University. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Clare MorrisonClare Morrison, MPH, PCC, is the founder of Clare Morrison Performance Coaching. As a sought-after speaker and coach, she helps driven professionals who “have it all” to get off the hamster wheel of perfection and instead design a life where they thrive.
Clare’s pivot away from the hamster wheel began when her competitive amateur equestrian career came to a screeching halt during a horse show due to debilitating performance anxiety. How was it possible for a successful, competent professional woman who had presented technical health policy issues in boardrooms and the halls of Congress, to be overwhelmed by going into the horseshow ring?
The truth of the matter is that perfection is exhausting. The operating system that called for perfection needed to be upgraded. Now she finds excellence energizing.
Clare has an excellent foundation in the neurology, physiology, biochemistry and psychology of high performance from her undergraduate degree in psycho-biology, through her graduate studies, and her passionate study of high performance frameworks. Her ongoing competitive equestrian career has included appearances at the highest levels of national amateur competition. She holds a PCC (professional coaching credential) from the International Coach Federation (ICF), a certification in Life Design, and uses research-validated mind/body techniques such as HeartMath and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to help her clients become resilient, elite performers in their own, meaningful lives.
Katie RadelKatie Radel is the founder of Ripple Consulting Group, a public relations firm in Nashville. She is a former marketing and PR executive for large healthcare and financial services organizations and has led PR and marketing initiatives for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and nonprofits.
Katie is an Ohio native and lives in Nashville with her husband, son, and rescue dog. She is a people connector, dog and horse lover, and enjoys good food and good conversation. She is fiercely committed to giving back to the community and supporting women in their career journey.
Katie serves as mentorship co-chair on the board of Nashville Women in Healthcare, she is an advisory board member for Saddle Up!, she is a Nashville Entrepreneur Center advisor and facilitator, and she is a member of 100 Women Who Care and Impact100 Nashville.
Jennifer MannierJennifer Mannier, Associate Director Workplace Transformation at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is a passionate workplace strategy and change management expert driven to create environments where people can thrive, learn, grow and perform. After twenty years in various workplace strategy and design consultancy firms, working on projects across real estate portfolio strategy, programming, workplace strategy, and change management, she joined MSK’s Facilities team two years ago. Since then, she has built a network of partners in MSK’s HR, Enterprise Change and Technology teams to develop and implement new and integrated workplace strategies across people, technology and space to support MSK’s mission in an evolving work environment. Jennifer has a Master’s degree in Management, as well as a Bachelor in Business Administration. She is Prosci Certified and a LEED AP, and is an NYU Certified Organizational and Leadership Coach.
Leigh StringerLeigh Stringer is a workplace strategy expert and researcher whose work has been covered by a range of news media, including Fortune, CNN, BBC, and Good Morning America. She is the author of two bestselling books, The Green Workplace and The Healthy Workplace. Leigh has been a keynote/featured speaker in front of audiences ranging from dozens to thousands, including CoreNet, the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the International Facilities management Association (IFMA), the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Health Care Design, the Society for College and University Planners (SCUP), Women in Construction, the Center for Workplace Innovation, the Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO), the U.S. Green Building Council and many others. Leigh works with a wide range of clients, including corporate, government, higher education and healthcare, to help them create sustainable and high-performing workplace environments that enhance well-being and human performance. She is driving the COVID workplace response for her company and her clients, helping them rethink, reprioritize, and
plan for an uncertain future. Recently, Leigh was chosen to be the spokesperson for L.L.Bean’s award-winning “Be an Outsider at Work”promotional campaign, featuring the first ever outdoor co-working space. She is featured in an upcoming documentary largely covering her material from her latest book, The Healthy Workplace. The film is called The Workplace Garden, and content centers around the stresses and challenges of our modern work-life, produced by Conscious Content Media.
Susan SchoolfieldSusan Schoolfield has been at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), as the Senior Director of Enterprise Change Management for the past two years standing up an Enterprise Change Management Organization. Closely collaborating with senior leadership to shape, implement and coordinate efforts around transformation initiatives; helping to influence and partner to develop the required mindset and skillsets across the enterprise to successfully lead change. Susan has spent her career working in life sciences and healthcare industries; 10 years in global medical device companies with Becton Dickinson and CR Bard, leading enterprise global change management and organization effectiveness programs, and over 18 years working with major consulting firms in life sciences and healthcare organizations in the areas of strategy, people and change, organizational development, leadership development and process improvement. Susan has a Master’s in Educational Psychology, as well as Master’s in Law and Healthcare Policy, and Master’s in Business Administration. She is Prosci Certified, is a Certified Executive Coach and a Certified Master Black Belt.
Suzen HeeleySuzen L. Heeley is Executive Director, Design+Construction at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is responsible for design of an ongoing $5+ billion capital program, comprised of new construction and renovation throughout the New York tristate area. An activist for forward-thinking, patient-centered healthcare design innovation, she is a member of the NY School of Interior Design Advisory Board and the Editorial Advisory Board for Healthcare Design Magazine. Her past work in architectural/design consulting and as an Owner’s representative, includes innovative healthcare, environmental, interior and graphic design. She has been honored with achievements from The Center for Health Design, IIDA, Pioneering Women, Contract Healthcare Environment Awards, Interior Design Magazine’s Best of Year in Healthcare and as a Women in Design award recipient.
Sara MuellerSara Mueller believes we CAN have it all. She helps leadership teams and women in healthcare develop emotional intelligence, resilience, and high performance so they can increase their impact in both their work and family life.
After being burnt out in her career and hitting rock bottom in her marriage, Sara realized that her limiting beliefs and unproductive patterns were blocking balance and success in all areas of her life. So, she underwent an intense journey of self-discovery learning how to own her authentic power, presence, and purpose. She now teaches the key learnings of her transformation in her Self-Mastery Method coaching and leadership development programs.Prior to becoming a Success Coach, Sara spent nearly two decades developing optimization training programs for Fortune Global 1000 executives while also teaching mindfulness and yoga to people from all walks of life. She’s a certified Conscious Parenting Coach, a methodology Oprah calls “a paradigm shift that can change the world.” Sara received the 2021 Brainz Global 500 Award which honors 500 entrepreneurs for their achievements and dedication to helping others, and is regularly regarded as “life-changing,” “eye-opening,” and “one of the most engaging facilitators I’ve ever seen” by her beloved clients.
Susan GislerThrough her time working as a physical therapist, clinical educator, healthcare leader, and now as a leadership trainer, Susan embraces the challenge of getting to the root cause of an issue, breaking it down into understandable components, and partnering with others to bring out effective solutions. A graduate of The University of Georgia, Susan went onto earn her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Andrews University. She started her career working with neurological patients at The University of North Carolina Hospitals and quickly developed a passion for leading and teaching. That involvement led to more leadership opportunities, and during her 14-year tenure at UNC Health, she worked in several areas of leadership for rehabilitation therapy teams and obtained an MHA from the University of North Carolina. During this time of leading healthcare teams, Susan decided to make the aspects that she enjoyed most -leading, coaching, and developing others-her full-time passion. This led her to The Bell Leadership Institute in Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she now works as a leadership trainer, speaker, and coach. Susan appreciates the opportunity to develop leaders at all levels and across industries with the Bell Leadership team. Outside of work, Susan enjoys mountain biking, getting outside to enjoy the Carolinas and beyond, and spending time with her husband and two children.
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