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

Robert (Bobby) A. Frist Jr. (Chairman) Co-founder, CEO, President and Chairman HealthStream
Christopher A. Holden (Vice-Chairman) President and CEO Envision Healthcare

Directors

Tim Adams President and CEO Saint Thomas Health
Lucinda (Cindy) M. Baier President and CEO Brookdale Senior Living
Michael Burcham CEO Narus Health
Stuart (Stu) Clark CEO Premise Health
Neil de Crescenzo President and CEO Change Healthcare
Nancy-Ann DeParle Partner and Co-Founder Consonance Capital Partners
David Dill President and CEO LifePoint Health
Steve F. Flatt CEO National Healthcare Corporation
Craig Gardella Executive Vice President Renasant Bank
Sam Hazen President and CEO HCA Healthcare
R. Milton Johnson (Immediate Past Chairman) Former Chairman and CEO HCA Healthcare
A.J. Kazimi CEO Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
Paul Kusserow President and CEO Amedisys
Ken Marlow Partner and Chair, Healthcare Dept. Waller
Lynn Massingale, M.D. Executive Chairman TEAMHealth
Jennifer Meyers Managing Director Marwood Group
Frank G. Morgan Managing Director: Equity Research RBC Capital Markets
Debra (Debbie) Osteen CEO Acadia Healthcare
Colby Paxton Area President Gallagher
Thomas Payne Dean, College of Business Tennessee Tech University
Keith Payet CEO United Healthcare Community Plan of Tennessee
C. Wright Pinson, M.D. Deputy CEO, Chief Health System Officer Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Saurabh Sinha Founder and CEO emids
Dee Anna Smith CEO Sarah Cannon
Matt Smith Partner BKD
Fahad Tahir President and CEO St. Thomas Midtown & West Hospitals
Russ Thomas CEO Availity
Jessica Wells AVP, Education & Research HCA Healthcare

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

R. Milton Johnson (Immediate Past Chairman) Former 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