Leadership Experience and Selected Impact

Leadership & Governance

Board Chair of 1,500-physician, $600M medical group and $40M Charity

President, Oregon Medical Association

Delegate, American Medical Association House of Delegates

Policy & External Affairs

Helped lead two statewide ballot measures

Director of $1B medical group government relations program for two states

Sustainability & Social Impact

Developed and moderated the opening plenary session for the National Academy of Medicine’s national Climate and Health Summit, bringing together experts to envision a resilient, climate-aligned U.S. health sector.

National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

  • Steering Committee for Decarbonization of Healthcare

  • Co-Chair of Health Care Delivery Work Group

Developed and led a major corporate social responsibility program

Led highly successful sustainability actions saving money and emissions

Authored one of the first Climate Action Plans for any major medical group

Extensive speaker and panelist history on health care sustainability

Member of Kaiser Permanente’s National Environmental Sustainability Group

Coaching & Physician Development

Executive coach to physician leaders, helping them strengthen leadership effectiveness, communication, executive presence, and effectiveness in new or evolving leadership roles.

Designed CEO and board assessment tools, coached & mentored board members

Integrated two-way hospital leadership direct communication with medical group

Shadowed and mentored physicians with low patient satisfaction scores

Department Chair for head and neck surgery 

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