Board of Directors - Nashville Health Care Council

Chairman and Vice Chairman

David Dill (Chairman) Chairman and CEO LifePoint Health
Lucinda M. Baier (Vice Chair) President and CEO Brookdale Senior Living

Directors

Tim Adams President and CEO Saint Thomas Health
Jeffrey R. Balser, M.D., PhD President and CEO Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dean Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Michael Burcham Executive Partner Shore Capital Partners
Stuart Clark CEO Premise Health
Neil de Crescenzo President and CEO Change Healthcare
Eric Evans CEO Surgery Partners
Steve F. Flatt CEO National Healthcare Corporation
Robert (Bobby) A. Frist Jr. (Immediate Past Chairman) Co-founder, CEO and Chairman HealthStream
Ray Guzman CEO SwitchPoint Ventures
Tammy Hawes CEO and Founder Virsys12
James E.K. Hildreth, M.D., Ph.D. President and CEO Meharry Medical College
Tim Hingtgen CEO Community Health Systems
Drake Jarman Senior Vice President, Growth and Development Contessa (LHC Board Chair)
L Gregory Jones President Belmont University
A.J. Kazimi CEO Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
Paul Kusserow CEO and Chairman Amedisys
Scott Mertie President Kraft Healthcare Consulting
Bruce Moore. Jr. President, Operations and Service Lines Group HCA Healthcare
Leif M. Murphy President and CEO TeamHealth
Kristin Neal Senior Vice President, Stars and Clinical Quality Optum (Fellows Class 2022)
Keith Payet Senior Vice President Product UnitedHealthcare Community and State
Amy Seigenthaler Managing Partner Finn Partners
Saurabh Sinha Founder and CEO emids
Lynn Shapiro Snyder Senior Member Epstein Becker Green
Dee Anna Smith CEO Sarah Cannon
Maggie Spalding Senior Vice President, Member Lockton Companies
Herman Williams, M.D. Chief Physician Executive BDO USA
Andrea Willis, M.D. Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Ex Officio

Apryl Childs-Potter President Nashville Health Care Council
William C. O’Neil, Jr.
Ralph J. Schulz, Jr. President and CEO Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

Past Chairmen

R. Milton Johnson Retired Chairman and CEO HCA Healthcare
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