Karey Witty
EXPERIENCE Karey Witty has over 30 years of experience and has held executive level roles in healthcare companies ranging from large, publicly traded to small, privately held. He is the former Executive Vice President & COO of Envision Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: EVHC), a national medical group that delivers physician and advanced provider services to more […]
Marc Watkins, MD
EXPERIENCE Dr. Marc Watkins is the Chief Medical Officer for the Kroger Company (NYSE: KR). The Kroger Company is one of the largest self-insured employers in the country and operates 2,300 community pharmacies, 11 specialty pharmacies and more than 220 clinics across the U.S. Marc’s role includes enterprise-wide leadership through the development and implementation of […]
Larry Van Horn
EXPERIENCE Larry is Associate Professor of Economics and Management and Executive Director of Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, where he oversees the Health Care MBA and Master of Management in Health Care programs. He also is the Co-Director of the Nashville Health Care Council’s Fellows Program, a unique program that […]
Curt Thorne
EXPERIENCE Curt served as the President and CEO of MedSolutions, a medical cost management company that grew to over $1 billion of revenue and 1,200 employees under his leadership before selling to CareCore in 2014 (with the combined company being re-branded eviCore). Prior to joining MedSolutions in 1998, Thorne was President and COO of Adesso […]
Don Taylor
EXPERIENCE Don was previously a senior executive at Healthways (NASDAQ: HWAY) from 2002 to 2007, where he served as EVP and COO and had responsibilities that included sales, marketing, and strategic alliances. During Don’s tenure at Healthways, the company grew from approximately $70 MM of revenue to nearly $700 MM of revenue. Prior to Healthways, […]
Meade Sutterfield
EXPERIENCE Meade has spent the past 20 years as an angel investor in Atlanta. He also created a holding company for telecommunication interests, where he currently serves as President and CEO. Previously, he co-founded and was President of PowerFone, Inc. until it was merged into Nextel. Prior to PowerFone, he purchased and was President of […]
Wayne Smith
EXPERIENCE Wayne joined Community Health Systems (CHS) (NYSE: CYH) in 1997 as President and Chief Executive Officer and was named Chairman of the Board in February 2001. In January 2021, Wayne transitioned to his current role as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. During his tenure at CHS, net revenues have grown from $742 […]
Andy Smith
EXPERIENCE Andy Smith is the former CEO & President of Brookdale Senior Living, a $5 billion senior living and post-acute care provider with more than 1000 communities with a resident capacity in excess of 100,000 people across 46 states. Among other achievements, Andy led Brookdale through the industry’s largest merger in 2014 and previously was […]
Luke Simmons
EXPERIENCE For over twenty years, Luke was Co-Senior Partner of J.C. Bradford & Co. in Nashville, Tenn. Following the sale of J.C. Bradford & Co. to UBS in 2000 for $620 million, he remained active with UBS as a senior advisor to the UBS healthcare investment banking team. He has expertise in the financing of […]
Jeff Rice, MD
EXPERIENCE Dr. Rice is the Founder, former CEO and current Executive Chairman of Healthcare Bluebook, a provider of quality ratings and fair pricing information to consumers, employers, and providers. Healthcare Bluebook works with over 7,000 employers to help their employees reduce healthcare costs and improve quality of care. Dr. Rice previously served as Executive Vice […]
