2023/2024 Executive Leadership Speaker Series

“The purpose of the Executive Leadership Speaker Series is to help develop and encourage future leaders by exposing them to different leadership perspectives and styles from past and current trailblazers throughout the healthcare ecosystem. 

“Our diverse speakers, who come from the public and private sectors, share their experiences to highlight the role leadership plays in the rapidly changing healthcare environment. Through dialogue and facilitated discussions, our students learn how to lead effectively through change. A key emphasis of the Executive Leadership Speaker Series is servant leadership. We are appreciative to all the speakers who shared topics of relevancy to our students during the 2023/2024 academic year.”

—        Joel Allison, Robbins Institute for Health Policy and Leadership Executive in Residence and former CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health

SEPTEMBER 2023

“Hospital Leadership”

1          Charles Williams, MBA, MOT, FACHE 

            President, DFW West Region, President of Baylor Scott & White All Saints 

            Fort Worth, Texas

“Physicians and Administrators”

22        John Anderson, MD, FACS

            Senior Physician/Executive Coach MEDI Leadership (a division of NAVVIS)

            Waco, Texas

OCTOBER 2023

“Executive Healthcare Leadership”

27        Blake Allison 

            Chief Executive Officer

            Employers Health Network, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

NOVEMBER 2023

“Physicians and Administrators”

     3     Albert Hergenroeder, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Section Chief,
            Section of Adolescent Medicine and Sports Medicine

            Texas Children’s Hospital/BCM, Houston, Texas

            Dan DiPrisco, Executive Vice President 

            Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas 

“Budgeting and Financial Planning” 

23        Chase Ogden, MBA ’11

            AVP-Finance 

            Community Hospitals Memorial Hermann, Houston, Texas 

“Executive Healthcare Leadership” 

26        Allen Harrison, MBA 

            President and CEO Medical City Healthcare

            HCA, Dallas, Texas

“Creating a Strategic Plan”

30        Macy Scott, MBA ’22

            Practice Administrator

            Baylor Scott & White Health, College Station, Texas 

FEBRUARY 2024

“Physician Support and Contracting for Inpatient Organizations” 

2          Stephen Garner, JD, MBA

            Chief Executive Officer

            Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital at Tenet Healthcare, Phoenix, Arizona 

“Role and Challenges of the Healthcare CFO”

5          Brian Elisco, MBA, FACHE (Class of 2011)

            CEO, Arizona Group, CEO, Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital

            Abrazo Arrowhead Hospital at Tenet Healthcare, Phoenix, Arizona

“Government Relations” 

9          David Tesmer, MPA

            Chief Community and Public Policy Officer

            Texas Health Resources, Arlington, Texas

“Medical Practice Operations & Physician Compensation”

21        Jason Reinhardt, MBA ’07 

            Vice President, Operations

            Concentra-South Central Region, Addison, Texas

“Marketing in Healthcare”

23        Nikki Mitchell, BA

            Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications

            Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas

“Creating a Financial Case for Labor”

21        Sarah Jeon, MBA ’23

            Director of Surgical Development

            St. David’s Healthcare, Austin, Texas

MARCH 2024

“HCA”

1          Mark Eubank 

            Director of Development at HCA Physician Services 

            HCA, Kansas City, Missouri 

            Cindy Bergmeier

            Chief Executive Officer

            HCA, Nashville, Tennessee

“Preparing for the Monthly Budget Review”

11        Darrell Leggett, MBA ’19

            Director of Physician Services, Palm Beach Market 

            HCA Physician Services Group, Palm Beach, Florida 

“Physician Leadership” 

15        Lauren Barron, MD

            Clinical Professor and Director

            Medical Humanities Program at Baylor University, Waco, Texas

APRIL 2024

“Population Health Management and Finance”

2          Wesley Bryan, MBA ’13

            Manager, Business Development

            Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas

“Mergers and Acquisitions” 

5          Mark Rountree, MAcc/Tax, CPA

            Ernst & Young, LLP, Dallas, Texas

“Service Line Development/Pro Formas/Dashboards/ KPIs”

10        Justin Pond, MBA ’13

            Vice President, Hospital Operations 

            Baylor Scott & White Health, Waxahachie, Texas

“Revenue Cycle Management, Chargemaster Integrity, and Pricing"

19        Reece Fitzgerald, MBA ’14 

            Director, Revenue Integrity

            Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas

            Kate Johnston, MBA 

            Director- Pricing Strategy & Analytics

            Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, Texas

MAY 2024

“Leading Change”

3          Linda Livingstone, PhD

            President, Baylor University, Waco, Texas