EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP PROFILES
CEO & President
Dr. M. A. Perez, MD, RN, DPN, FACS, is a distinguished healthcare executive, clinician, and transformational leader with more than 35 years of experience as a Registered Nurse and extensive leadership experience across complex healthcare organizations. As Chief Executive Officer and President, Dr. Perez brings a rare combination of frontline clinical expertise, advanced medical knowledge, and executive leadership to advancing high-quality, patient-centered healthcare.
Throughout a career spanning more than three decades, Dr. Perez has served in progressively influential roles, including Registered Nurse, Director of Nursing, and Chief Nursing Officer within a large and highly complex health system. These experiences have provided a comprehensive understanding of healthcare delivery—from direct patient care and clinical operations to system-wide strategy, organizational leadership, quality, safety, workforce development, and operational excellence.
Dr. Perez’s clinical background includes advanced expertise in pediatric oncology and a deep understanding of the complex needs of patients and families navigating serious illness. This clinical perspective has remained central to Dr. Perez’s leadership philosophy: healthcare excellence begins with compassionate care, strong clinical teams, evidence-based practice, and a relentless focus on the patient experience.
As a Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Perez provided executive leadership for nursing and clinical services within a large, complex healthcare system, partnering with physicians, executives, clinicians, and multidisciplinary teams to strengthen quality outcomes, patient safety, workforce performance, and organizational effectiveness.
Today, as CEO and President, Dr. Perez leverages more than three decades of healthcare experience to lead with vision, integrity, and a strong commitment to innovation and excellence. Dr. Perez is passionate about building high-performing organizations, developing exceptional healthcare professionals, improving access and outcomes, and creating sustainable models of care that meet the evolving needs of patients, families, and communities.
With a career grounded in clinical service and elevated through executive leadership, Dr. Perez brings a unique perspective to healthcare leadership—one that connects the realities of patient care with the strategic vision required to lead complex organizations into the future.
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Liz Mandelson, MD, FACS, is a distinguished physician executive with more than 30 years of experience in large, complex, and academically focused healthcare organizations. Throughout a career spanning clinical care, medical education, research, and executive leadership, Dr. Mandelson has helped advance high-quality patient care while strengthening the academic and scientific missions of leading healthcare institutions.
With extensive experience across sophisticated academic healthcare environments, Dr. Mandelson brings a comprehensive understanding of the intersection between clinical medicine, healthcare operations, medical education, research, and innovation. Dr. Mandelson has held leadership roles with significant responsibility for clinical programs and multidisciplinary teams, working closely with physicians, nurses, researchers, educators, administrators, and executive leadership to advance institutional priorities and improve patient outcomes.
As a practicing physician and medical leader, Dr. Mandelson has maintained a strong commitment to exceptional clinical care and evidence-based medicine. Dr. Mandelson's experience encompasses the development, leadership, and advancement of complex clinical programs, with a focus on quality, patient safety, clinical effectiveness, physician engagement, and the continuous improvement of care delivery.
Dr. Mandelson has also made significant contributions to medical education and physician development, supporting programs that prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals and promote lifelong learning. Through leadership in academic medicine, Dr. Mandelson understands the importance of integrating clinical excellence with education and professional development to build high-performing healthcare teams.
In addition, Dr. Mandelson brings substantial experience supporting and advancing clinical and translational research programs, fostering collaboration among clinicians, scientists, academic leaders, and external partners. Dr. Mandelson recognizes research and innovation as essential components of modern healthcare and has contributed to environments that translate scientific discovery and emerging technologies into meaningful improvements in patient care.
As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Mandelson provides strategic physician leadership and serves as a critical bridge between clinical practice, healthcare operations, technology, innovation, and executive strategy. Dr. Mandelson is particularly focused on ensuring that emerging healthcare technologies—including artificial intelligence—are clinically meaningful, evidence-based, safe, ethical, and designed around the realities of patient care and clinical workflows.
Dr. Mandelson brings a physician's perspective to the development and implementation of innovative healthcare solutions, helping ensure that technology supports—not complicates—the work of clinicians and improves the experience and outcomes of patients. Dr. Mandelson works closely with clinical leaders and healthcare organizations to identify meaningful opportunities for innovation, establish clinical governance, evaluate outcomes, and promote responsible adoption of emerging technologies.
A respected physician leader and advocate for academic healthcare excellence, Dr. Mandelson combines more than three decades of experience in clinical medicine, medical education, research, physician leadership, and complex healthcare systems. This breadth of experience provides a strong foundation for guiding clinical strategy and ensuring that the organization's solutions remain grounded in the fundamental principles of medicine: evidence, safety, compassion, quality, and better outcomes for patients.
As a member of the executive leadership team, Dr. Mandelson brings the credibility of a seasoned physician, the perspective of an academic healthcare leader, and a forward-looking commitment to transforming healthcare through responsible innovation.
Chief Nursing & Clinical Transformation Officer
Dr. Mary J. Johnson, RN, BS, DPN, MBA, is a distinguished nurse executive and healthcare leader with more than 35 years of clinical, operational, and executive leadership experience across large, complex academic healthcare systems and national healthcare organizations. Throughout an exceptional career, Dr. Johnson has combined extensive frontline clinical experience with advanced education in nursing, leadership, and business administration to advance clinical excellence, healthcare transformation, and organizational performance.
Dr. Johnson has held progressively senior leadership roles within some of the most complex healthcare environments, providing strategic leadership across nursing, clinical operations, workforce development, quality, patient safety, and organizational transformation. This breadth of experience provides Dr. Johnson with a unique understanding of healthcare from the perspective of the patient and frontline clinician to the executive leadership and enterprise levels.
As a senior nursing executive, Dr. Johnson has led multidisciplinary teams and complex clinical organizations through periods of growth, transformation, and change. [Name] has been instrumental in developing high-performing clinical environments, strengthening nursing practice, advancing evidence-based care, improving patient outcomes, and fostering cultures centered on safety, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Dr. Johnson's experience in large academic healthcare organizations has provided extensive exposure to the intersection of clinical care, education, research, technology, and healthcare operations. [Name] understands the complexity of academic medicine and the importance of integrating clinical excellence with education, research, innovation, and the development of future healthcare professionals.
With an MBA in addition to advanced nursing and leadership education, Dr. Johnson brings a strong business and operational perspective to clinical leadership. This combination enables Dr. Johnson to connect clinical priorities with organizational strategy, financial stewardship, workforce needs, operational performance, and long-term sustainability.
As Chief Nursing & Clinical Transformation Officer, Dr. Johnson provides strategic leadership at the intersection of nursing, clinical practice, healthcare operations, technology, and innovation. A key focus is ensuring that emerging technologies and artificial intelligence solutions are designed around the realities of clinical practice and meaningfully improve the work of nurses, physicians, and multidisciplinary care teams.
Dr. Johnson brings particular expertise in clinical workflow transformation, nursing innovation, workforce transformation, patient safety, quality improvement, clinical operations, evidence-based practice, change management, and frontline clinician engagement. Dr. Johnson works closely with clinical and executive leaders to identify opportunities where technology and AI can reduce administrative burden, improve care coordination, enhance decision-making, and enable clinicians to spend more time focused on patients.
As an advocate for nurses and the broader healthcare workforce, Dr. Johnson understands that successful healthcare transformation requires more than sophisticated technology. It requires meaningful clinician engagement, thoughtful workflow design, strong leadership, education, trust, and measurable improvements in patient and organizational outcomes.
Dr. Johnson is also a strong champion of interdisciplinary collaboration, partnering with physicians, nurses, technology leaders, researchers, administrators, and other healthcare professionals to develop solutions that are clinically relevant, operationally practical, and sustainable at scale.
With more than three decades of experience spanning clinical practice, nursing leadership, academic healthcare, national healthcare organizations, business administration, and healthcare transformation, Dr. Johnson brings an unparalleled frontline and executive perspective to the organization's mission.
As a member of the executive leadership team, Dr. Johnson serves as a critical bridge between innovation and implementation—ensuring that healthcare AI solutions are not only technologically advanced, but also clinically meaningful, intuitive, safe, adoptable, and capable of delivering measurable value to patients, clinicians, and healthcare organizations.
Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer
Dr. Sam Olson, MD, MS, FACS, serves as Chief Quality & Patient Safety Officer, leading enterprise-wide initiatives to elevate clinical excellence, advance health equity, and build a sustainable culture of high reliability. A board-certified surgeon and healthcare executive, Dr. Olson brings extensive expertise in integrating clinical rigor with systems-engineering principles to transform care delivery.
Throughout his executive tenure, Dr. Olson has designed and executed comprehensive quality frameworks that significantly reduced preventable harm, optimized clinical workflows, and improved patient outcomes across complex health systems. Under [his/her/thier] leadership, the organization achieved national recognition for clinical quality and error prevention, including prestigious honors such as the Joint Commission Award for Patient Safety. Dr. Olson is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). Driven by a passion for continuous improvement and psychological safety in clinical environments, Dr. Olson frequently speaks and publishes on high-reliability organizational strategies, physician engagement in quality, and data-driven harm reduction.
Vice President of Marketing & Public Relations
Dr. J. Williamson, Ph.D., is a seasoned healthcare marketing, communications, and public relations executive with more than two decades of experience shaping organizational brand strategy, strengthening institutional reputation, and advancing strategic growth across complex healthcare and academic environments.
Throughout a career spanning more than 20 years, Dr. Williamson has provided strategic leadership for marketing, public relations, communications, media relations, community engagement, brand development, and organizational positioning. Dr. Williamson has worked closely with executive leadership, physicians, clinicians, researchers, academic leaders, community partners, and external stakeholders to develop integrated strategies that elevate organizational visibility and strengthen trust among patients, families, employees, providers, and the communities served.
As Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations, Dr. Williamson leads comprehensive marketing and communications strategies designed to align organizational mission, brand identity, business objectives, and community impact. Dr. Williamson brings extensive experience translating complex healthcare services, clinical innovations, academic achievements, and organizational initiatives into clear, compelling, and accessible messages for diverse audiences.
Dr. Williamson has particular expertise in healthcare brand strategy, strategic communications, public relations, media relations, crisis communications, digital marketing, community engagement, executive communications, reputation management, content strategy, and integrated marketing campaigns. Dr. Williamson has successfully guided organizations through periods of growth, transformation, expansion, and change while maintaining a strong focus on credibility, transparency, and stakeholder trust.
A strategic partner to executive leadership, Dr. Williamson understands that effective healthcare communications extend far beyond traditional marketing. Successful healthcare organizations must communicate their value to patients, attract and retain exceptional talent, build physician and community relationships, engage employees, support organizational growth, and establish a trusted public presence.
Dr. Williamson has also played a key role in positioning healthcare organizations and their leaders as trusted voices within their communities and the broader healthcare landscape. Through strategic media engagement, thought leadership, community partnerships, digital platforms, and targeted communications initiatives, Dr. Williamson has helped amplify institutional achievements and create meaningful connections between healthcare organizations and the populations they serve.
With extensive experience in complex and highly regulated healthcare environments, Dr. Williamson understands the importance of balancing compelling storytelling with accuracy, privacy, compliance, ethics, and organizational responsibility. This perspective enables Dr. Williamson to navigate sensitive issues, protect institutional reputation, and communicate effectively during both periods of opportunity and times of crisis.
As a member of the executive leadership team, Dr. Williamson brings a collaborative, innovative, and results-oriented approach to organizational strategy. Dr. Williamson is passionate about using marketing and communications as strategic tools to advance healthcare access, strengthen patient and community relationships, support organizational growth, and communicate the impact of exceptional clinical, academic, and research programs.
With more than 20 years of experience in healthcare marketing and public relations, Dr. Williamson brings a powerful combination of strategic vision, healthcare expertise, communications leadership, brand development, reputation management, and community engagement to organizations seeking to strengthen their presence and impact in an increasingly competitive and rapidly evolving healthcare environment.
Chief Artificial Intelligence & Chief Information Officer
Dr. Geoff Ovwigho, Ph.D., MS, CHCIO, is a distinguished healthcare information technology executive and transformational leader with more than 25 years of experience advancing technology, innovation, and digital transformation across large, complex, and academic healthcare organizations. A recognized leader at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and organizational strategy, Dr. Ovwigho has held senior IT leadership positions responsible for building and transforming technology organizations within some of the nation’s leading healthcare and academic institutions.
Throughout a career spanning more than two decades, D. Ovwigho has led enterprise-wide initiatives involving health information technology, clinical systems, artificial intelligence, systems integration, digital transformation, cybersecurity, healthcare compliance, data strategy, and optimization of clinical workflows. Dr. Ovwigho brings a unique ability to translate complex technology opportunities into practical solutions that improve clinical operations, enhance patient care, strengthen organizational performance, and advance institutional missions.
As a Director and senior healthcare IT executive, Dr. Ovwigho has provided strategic and operational leadership for highly complex technology environments, partnering closely with physicians, nurses, clinical leaders, researchers, administrators, and executive teams. This multidisciplinary perspective has enabled Dr. Ovwigho to successfully bridge the gap between technology and clinical practice, ensuring that technology investments are aligned with patient care, operational priorities, regulatory requirements, and long-term organizational strategy.
Dr. Ovwigho has particular expertise in artificial intelligence, clinical workflow optimization, enterprise systems integration, health information systems, interoperability, healthcare compliance, and digital transformation. Dr. Ovwigho has been instrumental in developing and implementing technology strategies that support clinical decision-making, improve workflow efficiency, enhance information exchange, and position healthcare organizations to responsibly leverage emerging technologies.
A pioneer in academic healthcare IT leadership, Dr. Ovwigho has provided inaugural leadership for information technology departments within academic healthcare environments, establishing foundational strategies, governance structures, teams, processes, and technology capabilities necessary to support clinical care, education, research, and institutional growth.
Chief Financial Officer
David D. Dabie, Jr. MBA, an experienced financial leader with over 30 years of service in academic medicine and the public sector. Mr. Dabie excels at managing large budgets, guiding strategic growth, and improving financial health for complex healthcare and government organizations. Prior to coming on board, Mr. Dabie oversaw a $1.2 billion annual operating budget for hospitals and medical schools. Secured funding for a new research building worth $150 million. Cut supply costs by 22% without hurting patient care. Mr. Dabie was also the Deputy Director of Finance, State Department of Health for 12 Years where he managed public funds and federal grants for community health programs, and guided budget shifts during major public health emergencies.
Chief Product & Commercial Officer (CPCO)
Mr. Kevin Kushner, MBA. brings more than 25 years of experience spanning healthcare product strategy, commercial growth, market intelligence, and health-system innovation, Mr. Kushner brings a unique perspective shaped by leadership experience across some of the most complex healthcare environments in the United States.
Throughout a distinguished career, Mr. Kushner has led and advised on diverse product lines and commercial portfolios, translating evolving clinical, operational, and market needs into scalable products, services, and strategic growth opportunities. This experience includes leadership roles within two large, complex academic health systems and three regional nonprofit healthcare systems, providing a deep understanding of the clinical, operational, financial, and strategic dynamics that shape healthcare organizations.
As Chief Product & Commercial Officer, Mr. Kushner is responsible for connecting product strategy, market intelligence, commercialization, strategic partnerships, and customer value. The role encompasses identifying high-value market opportunities, defining and prioritizing the product portfolio, developing commercialization strategies, strengthening strategic relationships, and ensuring that products are aligned with the evolving needs of healthcare providers, patients, and health-system leaders.
Mr. Kushner's extensive experience across academic medicine and nonprofit healthcare provides a distinctive ability to bridge clinical needs, operational realities, technology innovation, and business strategy. This perspective is particularly valuable in healthcare AI, where successful solutions must not only demonstrate technological capability but also deliver measurable clinical, operational, financial, and patient-care value.
Mr. Kushner holds an MBA and has built a career at the intersection of healthcare, product innovation, commercial strategy, and market intelligence, bringing a practical understanding of how complex healthcare organizations evaluate, adopt, scale, and sustain new solutions.
Chief People Officer
Angela Becker, MS, SPHR, is a distinguished human resources executive with more than 35 years of experience leading people strategy, workforce transformation, and organizational performance across large, complex healthcare organizations. Throughout an accomplished career, Angela has built and led enterprise-wide people strategies that strengthen organizational culture, develop exceptional leaders, improve workforce stability, and align human capital with long-term financial and operational performance.
As a senior human resources executive, Angela has managed and transformed large, diverse workforces within complex healthcare environments, partnering closely with executive leadership, clinical leaders, physicians, nurses, and operational teams. Angela has consistently demonstrated the ability to translate organizational strategy into practical workforce initiatives that produce measurable improvements in employee engagement, retention, leadership effectiveness, productivity, and organizational performance.
A hallmark of Angela's leadership has been the ability to reduce workforce turnover and improve organizational stability through data-driven workforce strategies, targeted retention initiatives, leadership development, career pathways, succession planning, and cultures designed to attract and retain high-performing talent. Angela understands that in healthcare, workforce stability is directly connected to patient experience, quality, operational efficiency, and financial performance.
Angela has also played a significant role in scaling leadership frameworks and developing leadership capability across large organizations. Through structured leadership development programs, competency models, succession strategies, executive coaching, and talent management systems, Angela has helped create sustainable leadership pipelines capable of supporting organizational growth and navigating complex healthcare transformation.
With extensive experience managing large workforces, Angela has led through periods of organizational growth, restructuring, transformation, and change. Angela brings particular expertise in workforce planning, organizational design, executive and leadership development, employee engagement, talent acquisition and retention, compensation strategy, performance management, succession planning, culture transformation, and change management.
Angela holds a Master's degree in Human Resource Management and is a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). This combination of advanced HR education, professional certification, and more than three decades of executive experience provides a strong foundation for integrating best practices in human capital management with the unique operational and workforce challenges of healthcare.
As Chief People Officer, Angela serves as a strategic partner to the executive team, ensuring that people, culture, operations, and financial strategy are aligned. Angela recognizes that sustainable healthcare performance depends on creating an environment where employees are supported, leaders are equipped to succeed, accountability is clear, and organizational culture reinforces the mission and business strategy.
Angela has a proven record of delivering measurable organizational impact by connecting workforce strategy to business outcomes—including improved retention, stronger leadership pipelines, greater workforce effectiveness, and enhanced operational and financial stability.
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As a member of the executive leadership team, Angela brings more than 35 years of proven experience in human capital strategy, healthcare workforce leadership, culture transformation, organizational effectiveness, and executive development. [Name] combines strategic vision with disciplined execution to build organizations where exceptional people, strong leadership, and sustainable performance reinforce one another.
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