NASHVILLE HEALTHCARE COUNCIL - Key Persons
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- Director
- CEO Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
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- Coordinator of Events and Sponsorship Fulfillment at the Nashville Health Care Council
- Coordinator, Events and Sponsorship Fulfillment
Abby Banks serves as the coordinator of events and sponsorship fulfillment at the Nashville Health Care Council. In this position, she is responsible for the execution and management of Council events, including Leadership Health Care (LHC) activities.
Prior to joining the Council, Abby spent four years at Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee, where she served as the Special Events & Marketing Manager. A Nashville native, Abby earned her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Alabama.
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- Healthcare Enterprise Strategy Advisor PwC
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- Managing Partner Finn Partners
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- Immediate past Chair
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- Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
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- President
- Chief Marketing Officer for the Greater Memphis Chamber
- President Nashville Health Care Council
Over the past 19 years, Apryl has helped translate data driven insights into strategies that transform organizations and the communities they serve. Her research insights have helped shape nationally recognized placemaking and policy efforts.
Prior to joining the Nashville Healthcare Council, Apryl served as Chief Marketing Officer for the Greater Memphis Chamber and Executive Director of the Center for Economic Competitiveness.
As Chief Marketing Officer for the Greater Memphis Chamber, Apryl worked to promote Memphis and Shelby County's strong economic assets to the world.
In her tenure at the Greater Memphis Chamber, Apryl led the launch of Memphis Moves, the Memphis region's first national economic development marketing initiative. In 2020, Apryl worked with public sector partners to help Memphis secure a spot as one of three markets selected to participate in Brookings Institution's Inclusive Economic Indicators Lab, a project aimed at developing tools for tracking and driving inclusive economic outcomes for cities. In 2021, she led the launch of the Center for Economic Competitiveness, a public-private partnership that engages the region's top business, academic, and elected leaders in collective action to improve the region's competitiveness and galvanize the region's pursuit of quality jobs.
Prior to joining the Chamber, Apryl spent seven years at the helm of customer insight and brand strategy firm Hyphen Market Solutions, which she founded in 2011. Through that company, she worked with leaders across nine regional healthcare organizations to create a strategic plan for the Memphis Medical District, providing research that drove key decisions for the district's growth. Her research has been featured in numerous publications and she is frequently cited as an expert source on the impact of generational trends.
Apryl spent her early career working in medical device marketing, helping launch products for Smith & Nephew and Medtronic.
Apryl currently serves on the boards of the New Memphis Institute and Music Export Memphis. She is an alumnus of the New Memphis Institute Fellows and Leadership Development Intensive programs. She has been named a Memphis Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 honoree. She served as a 2020 Tennessee Valley Authority Innovation Academy delegate.
Apryl is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. Apryl is originally from Mississippi. She and her husband have one daughter.
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- President and CEO Healthways
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- Director
- President, Operations and Service Lines Group HCA Healthcare
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- CEO Vanderbilt Health System
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- Vice President of Marketing and Communications for the Nashville Health Care Council
- VP, Marketing and Communications
Christa Pittaluga serves as the vice president of marketing and communications for the Nashville Health Care Council. In this position, she is responsible for overseeing the Council's integrated communications, marketing and social impact strategy. In this role, Christa protects and strengthens the Council's reputation by guiding external, internal and digital communications.
Christa has over ten years of project management, marketing and communications experience. She recently worked at Envision Healthcare, leading the marketing and communications project management team before transitioning to strategic development and implementation.
Educational background includes a Bachelor of Science from Hardin Simmons University with a focus in English/Communications, a Master of Arts degree in international relations from the University of Oklahoma, and a PMP certification through the Project Management Institute. She enjoys volunteering for the Special Olympics and has supported the Red Cross and USO out of Ramstein AFB when stationed in Germany.
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- Director of Membership Services
Danielle Wood serves as the Director of Membership Services for the Council. In this position, Danielle works with the NHCC membership network to help connect members to key stakeholders in the industry, while identifying additional opportunities that will increase membership value for member companies. Danielle joined the Council after two years with the Nashville Technology Council, where she most recently served as the Member Services Manager. As a Nashville native, she earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee.
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- Senior Vice President of Membership and Growth
David Greider serves as senior vice president of membership and growth for the Council. In this position, he is responsible for overseeing the Council's diverse membership network, building strategies for engagement and guiding initiatives to nurture Nashville's health care innovation ecosystem. This position is a key point of contact between members and the Council and includes relationship building with industry leaders. He joined the Council in 2015 as director of membership services.
Before joining the Council, Greider served as membership and outreach manager for the Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM). For five years, he directed all aspects of CNM's membership, a network of more than 800 nonprofit agencies. Greider received his M.B.A. from Lipscomb University and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Tennessee State University. He led Nashville's Young Nonprofit Professional's group for four years and is a 2012 Nashville Emerging Leaders alumni.
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- Director
- CEO Sarah Cannon
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- Chairman
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- Senior Vice President, Growth and Development Contessa ( LHC Board Chair )
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- Vice President OneOncology
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- Director
- CEO Surgery Partners
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- VP, Enterprise Analytics GI Alliance
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- Chairman and CEO Winchase Gulf Coast Properties
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- Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Emeritus Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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- Director
- Chief Physician Executive BDO USA
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- Manager, Membership Database and Technology
- Membership Database and Technology Manager for the Nashville Health Care Council
Honey Hopkins is the membership database and technology manager for the Nashville Health Care Council. In this role, she manages administrative activities and provides key support to Council initiatives.
Prior to this position, Honey served as director of the Music City Music Council and as executive assistant, economic development, at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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- Director
- VP, People & DEI Syllable AI
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- Retired Chairman and CEO HCA
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- Chairman Signature Hospital Corporation
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- President and CEO Meharry Medical College
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- Director
- AVP, Strategic Operations Monogram Health
As Chief Operating Officer, Jamie is responsible for the organization's internal process and support functions, as well as the execution and implementation of Council and Leadership Health Care events including sponsorship sales and retention.
Immediately prior to joining the Council, Jamie was manager of marketing and public relations at Cross Country Education, a national continuing education company for health care professionals. She also served as vice president of sales and marketing for Envision, Inc., producers of educational video programs for the health care industry.
Jamie holds a bachelor's in business administration, with an emphasis in marketing, from Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee.
Read Bio jlee@healthcarecouncil.com Phone: 615-743-3148
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- Director
- President and CEO Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dean Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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- Chairman and CEO Acadia Healthcare
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- Chief Executive Officer BreatheAmerica
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- Director
- Vice President, Communications TEAMHealth
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- Director
- Founder Uniti Health
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- Director
- Relationship Executive, Healthcare Services J.P. Morgan
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- Director
- Senior Director, Strategy, Solutions & Innovation Envision Healthcare
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- Director
- Shareholder, Healthcare Valuations Services LBMC
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- Director
- Senior Vice President Product UnitedHealthcare Community and State
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- Ken Melkus Senior Advisor
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- Director, Events and Sponsorships
- Senior Director of Events and Sponsorships
Kimberly Burge serves as the senior director of events and sponsorships for the Council, providing logistical execution and budget management for all Council and Council initiative events. She is also responsible for the development and management of the event sponsorship platform for the Council, Fellows and Leadership Health Care (LHC).
Burge joined the Council after seven years with the American Cancer Society, where she most recently served as a Health Systems Manager. An Indiana native, she earned her bachelor's degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette.
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- Senior Vice President, Stars and Clinical Quality Optum ( Fellows Class 2022 )
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- President Belmont University
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- Key Account Client Success Manager KirkpatrickPrice
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- President and CEO TeamHealth
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- Senior Director
- Senior Director, Fellows and Content Strategy
Lydie Marc is the senior director of fellows and content strategy at the Nashville Health Care Council. Prior to joining the Council staff, Marc served as a performance improvement coach at the American Hospital Association where she developed and provided strategic support for quality improvement and patient safety initiatives to hospitals and health systems across the nation.
Marc has a passion for public health and over a decade of direct experience managing and developing programs. A Boston native, Marc received her MPH in Health Services Policy and Management from University of South Carolina, a bachelor's degree in Community Health from Georgia Southern University, and certificate in Project Management from Georgia State University.
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- Senior Member Epstein Becker Green
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- Senior Vice President, Member Lockton Companies
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- Director of Accounting for the Nashville Health Care Council
- Director, Accounting
Mark Richard is the director of accounting for the Nashville Health Care Council. He is responsible for overseeing general accounting and financial reporting services for the organization and for providing financial insights to the team that leads to proactive decision making.
Prior to working with the Council, he served as director of accounting with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. In this role, Mark worked closely with affiliate organizations, providing day-to-day accounting support. He also had responsibilities in the Chamber's payroll and HR functions.
Mark holds a bachelor's degree in business administration, with an emphasis in finance, from Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., and a master's degree in theology from The School of Theology at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn. He serves as a deacon in the Diocese of Kentucky.
Read Bio mrichard@healthcarecouncil.com Phone: 615-743-3141
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- Chairman and CEO RegionalCare Hospital Partners
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- Director
- Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Ardent Health Services
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- Vice President, Growth and Strategic Accounts Optum
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- Principal Product Manager Experian Health
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- Executive Partner Shore Capital Partners
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- Assistant Director, Marketing & Engagement Vanderbilt Health
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- Senior Director
- Senior Director of Leadership Health Care
Molly Vice serves as the senior director of Leadership Health Care (LHC), an initiative of the Council dedicated to nurturing the talents of Nashville's next generation of health care industry leaders. She previously served as director of events and sponsorship fulfillment for the Council where she was responsible for the execution, implementation and management of Council events, including Council Fellows and Leadership Health Care (LHC) activities.
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- Director, IT Integration Envision Healthcare
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- President and CEO Change Healthcare
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- Assistant Vice President, Strategic Operations LifePoint Health
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- CEO and Chairman Amedisys
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- Retired Chairman and CEO HCA Healthcare
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- Director
- Senior Consultant Deloitte
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- President and CEO Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
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- CEO SwitchPoint Ventures
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- Director
- Immediate past Chairman
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- Director, Digital Marketing Centerstone
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- Student Seat Lipscomb University
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- Founder and CEO Emids
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- President Kraft Healthcare Consulting
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- Coordinator
- Coordinator, Council Fellows and Content Development
Stacey Riddick is the coordinator of council fellows and content development at the Nashville Health Care Council. Prior to joining the Council, Riddick served as a ORISE Fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where she provided programmatic and technical support to the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch and was deployed to the Community Intervention and Critical Populations Task Force on the COVID-19 Response.
Riddick is an emerging health care visionary with demonstrated leadership skills in implementing diversity, inclusion, and accessibility practice inside and outside the health care arena.
She plans to use natural science and social justice knowledge base to create national public health strategies to promote equity, health, and holistic wellness for all. She holds a bachelor's degree in Biology and Public Health from Spelman College and is a current David Satcher Public Health Scholar at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
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- Director
- Healthcare Operations Manager Monogram Health
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- Director
- CEO National Healthcare Corporation
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- Director
- AVP, Product Management HealthTrust
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- Director
- CEO Premise Health
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- Office Administrator
- Office Administrator for the Nashville Health Care Council
Susan Martin is serving as the Office Administrator for the Nashville Health Care Council. In this position, she directly supports the President and Chief Operating Officer, acting as an executive assistant. Other duties include general office management and assisting with Fellows and Leadership Health Care. She has an administrative/support background that she carried with her while traveling across the U.S. as a 20 year military spouse. She is a Tennessee native and earned her bachelor's degree from Liberty University.
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- CEO and Founder Virsys12
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- Healthcare Investor LLR Partners
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- Co - Founder and Chairman Emeritus HCA
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- Chairman Emeritus Healthways
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- Director
- President and CEO Saint Thomas Health
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- Director
- CEO Community Health Systems
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- Chairman and CEO Community Health Systems
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- Ken Melkus Senior Advisor
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- Chairman and CEO LifePoint Health