Board of Directors - Nashville Health Care Council

Former chairmen of the Council Board of Directors, hosts of the 20th Anniversary Chairmen’s Dinner for current and former board members.

Chairman and Vice Chairman

R. Milton Johnson Chairman and former CEO HCA
Robert A. Frist Jr. Co-founder, CEO, President and Chairman HealthStream

Directors

Tim Adams President and CEO Saint Thomas Health
Lucinda (Cindy) M. Baier President and CEO Brookdale Senior Living
William (Bill) Carpenter Former Chairman and CEO LifePoint Health
Beth Chase Senior Managing Director Ankura Consulting Group
Neil de Crescenzo President and CEO Change Healthcare
Bob Fisher President Belmont University
Steve F. Flatt CEO National Healthcare Corporation
Mary S. Flipse Chief Legal and Administrative Officer Tivity Health
Doug French Managing Director Sante Ventures
Samuel N. Hazen President and CEO HCA Healthcare
Christopher A. Holden President and CEO Envision Healthcare
Kell Holland Head of Corporate Risk and Broking Willis Towers Watson
Tom Hooper Managing Director JLL
Joey A. Jacobs Former Chairman and CEO Acadia Healthcare
A.J. Kazimi CEO Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
Paul Kusserow President and CEO Amedisys
Lynn Massingale, M.D. Executive Chairman TEAMHealth
Wes Pass Chief Strategy Officer CarePayment
Jeff Pate Principal / Chief Development Officer PYA
Keith Payet CEO United Healthcare Community Plan of Tennessee
C. Wright Pinson, M.D. (Immediate Past Chairman) CEO Vanderbilt Health System
Martin S. Rash Former Chairman and CEO RCCH HealthCare Partners
Patrick Ryan CEO Press Ganey Associates, Inc.
Saurabh Sinha Co-founder, President and CEO emids Technologies
Dee Anna Smith CEO Sarah Cannon
Jerry Taylor Partner Burr & Forman, LLP
Claire Tucker CEO and President CapStar Bank
Edna Willingham Former President, TN Health Plan Amerigroup

Ex Officio

Hayley Hovious President Nashville Health Care Council
William C. O’Neil, Jr.
Ralph J. Schulz, Jr. President and CEO Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Past Chairmen

Jack O. Bovender, Jr. Retired Chairman and CEO HCA
William F. Carpenter III Chairman and CEO LifePoint Health
Thomas G. Cigarran Chairman Emeritus Healthways
James E. Dalton Chairman Signature Hospital Corporation
Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus HCA
William Gracey Former President and CEO BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Joseph C. Hutts Chief Executive Officer BreatheAmerica
Joey A. Jacobs Chairman and CEO Acadia Healthcare
Harry R. Jacobson, M.D. Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Emeritus Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ben R. Leedle Jr. President and CEO Healthways
Ken Melkus Senior Advisor Welsh, Carson, Anderson, & Stowe
C. Wright Pinson, M.D. CEO Vanderbilt Health System
Martin S. Rash Chairman and CEO RegionalCare Hospital Partners
Harold “Rusty” Siebert Chairman and CEO Winchase Gulf Coast Properties
Wayne T. Smith Chairman and CEO Community Health Systems