Experience/Portfolio
Governance & Leadership History
Board Chair, $600M medical group and $40M Charity
President, Oregon Medical Association
Delegate, American Medical Association House of Delegates
Board Member, America’s Physician Groups
Policy and Public Relations
Chief spokesperson for two state-wide ballot measures
Director of $1B medical group government relations program for two states
Member of the national Kaiser Permanente Health Policy Council
Sustainability Advocacy
National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
Steering Committee for Decarbonization of Healthcare
Co-Chair of Health Care Delivery Work Group
Led highly successful sustainability actions saving money and emissions
Anesthetic gasses, greening the OR, virtual visits, hospital at home
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
Mentorship and Physician Development
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
30+ years as a practicing head and neck surgeon
Top Doc for Portland Monthly Magazine 13 years
Top ranking Press Ganey scores year-over-year
