CAHME Executive Team
Accreditation Operations
Staff Functions
Faculty Partners
Organizational Charts
Standing Board and Councils
Board of Directors
Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA Chair Chief Partnership Executive Healthcare Financial Management Association |
Bankole Olatosi, PhD, MPH, MS, FACHE Chair Elect Clinical Associate Professor University of South Carolina |
Forest Kim, MA, MBA, MHA, PhD Past Chair Program Director Baylor University |
Ronald Holder, MHA, FACHE Secretary/Treasurer Chief Operation Officer Medical Group Management Association |
Curt Hohman, MHA, FACHE Member Senior Vice President of Managed Facilities Avera McKennan Sioux Falls, SD |
Jeffrey Connor Member Principal Layer Cake |
Dolores G. Clement, DrPH, FACHE Member Sentara Professor Emerita Virginia Commonwealth University |
Allyson G. Hall, PhD Member Professor & Program Director Healthcare Quality and Safety Programs The University of Alabama at Birmingham |
David Nash, MD, MBA Member Founding Dean Emeritus Jefferson College of Population Health |
Jennifer Pitts Member Vice President of Programs, Products and Certification National Association of Healthcare Quality |
Al Faber, MA Member President & CEO The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award |
Quint Studer, MS Member Founder & CEO Studer Community Institute |
Christine C. Winn, MHA, MS, FACHE Member Senior Vice President Ambulatory Operations Cooper University Healthcare |
David Bartholomew, MA Member Senior Vice President of Learning American College of Healthcare Executives |
Maureen Connelly Jones, PhD, RN Member MHA Program Director University of Kentucky |
Michael Mittelman, OD, MPH, MBA, FAAO, FACHE Member President Salus University |
Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO CAHME |
Corporate Members
Ronald Holder Jr., MHA, FACMPE, FACHE Member President & CEO Medical Group Management Association |
David Bartholomew, MA Member Senior Vice President of Learning American College of Healthcare Executives |
Thomas M. Priselac, MPH Member President & CEO Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
Jennifer Pitts Member Vice President of Programs, Products and Certification National Association of Healthcare Quality |
Jen Porter, Ed.D, MBA Member Senior Vice President, Field Engagement American Hospital Association |
Quint Studer, MS Member Founder & CEO Studer Community Institute |
Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA Member Chief Partnership Executive Healthcare Financial Management Association |
Dan Gentry, PhD, MHA Member President & CEO Association of University Programs in Health Administration |
Accreditation Council Members
Oversees the accreditation processes and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors on accreditation decisions.
Christine C. Winn, MHA, MS, FACHE Chair Senior Vice President Ambulatory Operations Cooper University Healthcare |
Carla Stebbins Member Director Health Systems Administration Rochester Institute of Technology |
Stuart H. Fine, DHA, MBA, LFACHE Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Joel Port, MHSA, FACHE, CMPE Member Senior Vice President Delaware Valley ACO |
Annie Steelman, MBA, FACHE Member Vice President RWJ Barnabas Health |
Christopher Johnson, PhD Member Director of the Institute of Health Administration Professor and Chair Georgia State University |
Daniel B. Kline Member President New York State Podiatric Medical Association |
Julie Robbins, PhD Member Assistant Professor – Clinical, MHA Program Director Ohio State University |
Lynn Downs, PhD, MBA, FACHE Member Associate Professor University of Incarnate Word |
Neil S. Fleming, PhD Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Jami Jones, PhD, MHA Member MHA Division Director Medical University of South Carolina |
Maureen Connelly Jones, PhD, RN Member MHA Program Director University of Kentucky |
Kevin Broom, PhD Member MHA Program Director University of Pittsburgh |
Nancy Levitt-Rosenthal, MPH, FACHE Member Adjunct Professor University of New Haven |
Anthony Montagnolo Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President and CEO CAHME |
Standards Council Members
Continuously reviews and improves the accreditation criteria and recommends revisions for approval by the Board of Directors.
Maureen Connelly Jones, PhD, RN Chair MHA Program Director University of Kentucky |
James Lineberger, PhD, FACMPE Past Chair Executive Director Anesthesia Associates of Boise, PA |
Richard Hirth, PhD Member Chair and Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy University of Michigan |
Elizabeth McNutt, FACHE, MS, PMP Member Associate Vice President RWJ Barnabas Health |
Mary Cooper MD, JD Member Program Director Thomas Jefferson University |
Soumitra Bhuyan, PhD Member Assistant Professor Rutgers University |
Cherise Bridgwater, MBA, FACHE Member Director, Accreditation & Operations Baylor University |
Cynthia (Sinde) Hahn, FACHE, CAE Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Steve Szydlowski, DHA, MBA, MHA Member Assistant Professor of Health Administration Director, Graduate Health Administration Program University of Scranton |
Matthew Bates, MPH Member Managing Director Kaufman Hall and Associates Inc. |
Arthur Mora, PhD, MHA, CPHQ Member Associate Professor and Chair, Health Behavior and Health Systems University of North Texas Health Science Center |
Christopher E. Johnson, PhD Member Director of the Institute of Health Administration Professor and Chair Georgia State University |
Anthony Armada, MHA, FACHE Member Executive Vice President/ Chief Transformation Officer Generations Healthcare Network |
Ken Johnson, PhD, FACHE Member Associate Dean & Professor of the Dumke College of Health Professions Weber State University |
Joseph Cero Member President Cer-Mac, Inc |
Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President and CEO CAHME |
Board Committees
Executive Committee
Acts in lieu of the board when the board is not in session
Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA Chair Chief Partnership Executive Healthcare Financial Management Association |
Bankole Olatosi, PhD, MPH, MS Chair Elect Clinical Associate Professor University of South Carolina |
Forest Kim, MA, MBA, MHA, PhD Past Chair Program Director Baylor University |
Ron Holder, MHA, FACHE Secretary/Treasurer Chief Operation Officer Medical Group Management Association |
Jeffrey Connor Member Principal Layer Cake |
Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President and CEO CAHME |
Finance and Audit Committee
Reviews the ongoing financial performance of CAHME and has oversight of the board’s investment policy.
Ronald W. Holder Jr., MHA, FACMPE, FACHE Chair Chief Operating Officer Medical Group Management Assocation |
Bankole Olatosi, PhD, MPH, MS Past Chair Clinical Associate Professor University of South Carolina |
Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA Member Chief Partnership Executive Healthcare Financial Management Association |
Forest Kim, MA, MBA, MHA, PhD Member Program Director Baylor University |
 | Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President and CEO CAHME |
Governance Committee
Acts as the nominating committee and is responsible for identifying potential candidates for board, council and committee assignments. They are responsible for board orientation and other board development activities.
Forest Kim, MA, MBA, MHA, PhD, FACHE Chair Program Director, Baylor University |
Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA Member Chief Partnership Executive Healthcare Financial Management Association |
Robert S. Bonney, JD, MBA, MSPH, FACHE Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Banky Olatosi, PhD, MPH,MS,FACHE Member Assistant Professor University of South Carolina |
Steve Ullmann, PHD Member Director, Center for Health Management and Policy Miami Herbert Business School University of Miami |
James Spann Member Independent |
 | Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President and CEO CAHME |
Strategic Issues Committee
Monitors the progress of the organization toward meeting the Strategic Goals and Metrics. This committee also identifies issues and ideas that need to be considered asa a part of the long term planning process.
Jeffrey Connor Chair Principal Layer Cake |
Steve Ullmann, PhD Member Director, Center for Health Management and Policy Miami Herbert Business School |
Don Avery, MBA/MHS, FACHE Member Chief Executive Officer Fairview Park Hospital |
David Bartholomew, MA Member Senior Vice President of Learning American College of Healthcare Executives |
Dolores G. Clement, DrPH, FACHE Member Sentara Professor Emerita Virginia Commonwealth University |
Michael Cole, MBA Member President Regence Blue CrossBlue Shield of Oregon |
Quint Studer, MS Member Founder & CEO Studer Community Institute |
Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO CAHME |
Mentorship Circle Committee
Cynthia (Sinde) Hahn, FACHE, CAE Chair Former Healthcare Executive |
Neil S. Fleming, PhD Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Julie Robbins, PhD Member Assistant Professor – Clinical, MHA Program Director Ohio State University |
Mark Herzog, MHSA, FACHE Member Adjunct Professor and Executive in Residence Department of Health Management and Policy University of Michigan |
Stuart H. Fine, DHA, MBA, LFACHE Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO CAHME |
Global Committees
Global Advisory Council
Daniel J. West, Jr., PhD, FACHE, FACMPE Chair Professor and Chair Department of Health Administration and Human Resources University of Scranton |
William Aaronson, PhD Member Associate Professor and Chair Temple University |
George Valiotis Member Interim Executive Director European Health Management Association |
Michael Counte, PhD Member Professor and Director International Center for Advances in Health Systems Management Saint Louis University |
Ron Lavatar Member Chief Executive Officer The International Hospital Federation |
Pamela C. Fralick, Practitioner Member President Innovative Medicines Canada |
Gary L. Filerman, PhD Member President Atlas Health Foundation |
S. Robert Hernandez, DrPH Member Professor University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Bernardo Ramirez, PhD, MD, MBA Member Associate Professor; Director of E-MSHSA Program and Global Health Initiatives University of Central Florida |
Jim Rice, PhD, FACHE Member Managing Director Governance & Leadership Integrated Healthcare Strategies |
Margaret Schulte, DBA, FACHE, CPHIMS Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Stephen M. Sammut Member Senior Fellow, Health Care Management University of Pennsylvania |
Ara Tekian, PhD Member Professor of Medical Education University of Illinois at Chicago |
Steven Ullmann, PhD Member Director, Center for Health Management and Policy Miami Herbert Business School |
 | Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO CAHME |
Accreditation Committees
Substantive Change Committee
The Substantive Change Committee will review all substantive changes that Programs request or that are otherwise brought to the notice of CAHME and referred to the Committee by the CEO. It will also review the Multiple Program Track Survey responses submitted by Programs in advance of site visits.
Lynn Downs, PhD, MBA, FACHE Chair Associate Professor University of the Incarnate Word |
Jill Rissi, RN, BSN, MPA, PhD Past Chair Assistant Professor of Public Administration Portland State University |
Robert S. Bonney, JD, MBA, MSPH, FACHE Member Former Healthcare Executive |
Kim Sears RN, PhD Member Associate Director, Msc(HQ) Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies |
Timothy Cousounis, MHA Member Vice President Digital Action, Inc. |
Joanne Klinedinst, M.Ed, CPHIMS, PMP, DES, FHIMSS, FACHE Member Vice President, Professional Development Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society |
 | Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President and CEO CAHME |
Candidacy Committee
Responsible for the qualification and encouragement of graduate programs in the candidacy process as defined in the CAHME Policies and Procedures.
Kevin Broom, PhD Chair MHA Program Director University of Pittsburgh |
Bren Lowe Member Chief Executive Officer McLeod Home Health, Inc. |
Christopher Johnson, PhD |
Jim Atty, FACHE Member Executive Director of Cardiology Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids |
Joel Port, MHSA, FACHE, CMPE Member Senior Vice President Delaware Valley ACO |
Teri Chenot, Ed.D, MS, M.Ed, MSN, RN, FNAP, FAAN Member Clinical Professor The Ohio State University College of Nursing |
Cherise Bridgwater, MBA, FACHE Member Director, Accreditation & Operations Baylor University |
Glenn Yap PhD, MBA, MSC Member Vice Commander of the 59th Medical Wing Air Force Medical Service |
James Lineberger, PhD, FACMPE Ex-Officio Executive Director Anesthesia Associates of Boise, PA |
Martin D’Cruz, MBA, FHFMA Member Vice President, Managed Care Baptist Healthcare System |
Kristi Pintar Member President Organizational Change and Development Christiana Care Health System |
Maureen Connelly Jones, PhD, RN Ex-Officio MHA Program Director University of Kentucky |
Alan Jones, PhD Member Assistant Professor University of the Incarnate Word |
Christine C. Winn, PhD, MHA, MS, FACHE Ex-Officio Senior Vice President Ambulatory Operations Cooper University Healthcare |
 | Anthony C. Stanowski DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) |
Healthcare Quality and Safety Committees
Healthcare Quality and Safety Council
Fran Cornelius, PhD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE Chair Chair, MSN Advanced Role Department Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions |
Billy H. Oglesby PhD, MSPH, FRSPH, FACHE Member Associate Dean for Academic & Student Affairs Jefferson College of Population Health |
Sabrina Figueiredo, PhD Member Program Director, Health Care Quality Program Department of Clinical Research and Leadership School of Medicine and Health Sciences The George Washington University |
Allyson G. Hall, PhD Member Professor & Program Director Healthcare Quality and Safety Programs The University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Deirdre McCaughey PhD, MBA Member Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary |
David B. Nash MD, MBA Member Founding Dean Jefferson College of Population Health |
Mary Reich Cooper MD, JD Member Program Director, Healthcare Quality & Safety College of Population Health Thomas Jefferson University |
Kim Sears RN, PhD Member Associate Director, Msc(HQ) Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies |
Carole Hemmelgarn, MS Member Program Director Georgetown University Director, High Reliability & Safety MedStar Health Quality & Safety Washington, DC 20008 |
Aarti Raghavan, MD, FAAP, MS (PSL) Member Program Director – Patient Safety Leadership Programs Department of Medical Education College of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago |
Jennifer S Myers, MD Member Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania |
Anthony C. Stanowski DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) |
Ara Tekian, PhD Member Professor of Medical Education University of Illinois at Chicago |
Steven Ullmann, PhD Member Director, Center for Health Management and Policy Miami Herbert Business School |
 | Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO CAHME |
Innovation Council
Innovation Council
Regi Herzlinger, DBA Co-Chair McPherson Professor Harvard Business School |
Eugene Schneller, PhD Co-Chair Co Founder at Healthcare Supply Chain Excellence and Professor Arizona State University |
Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD Member Senior Managing Director of Global Health Practice Accenture |
Quint Studer, MS Member Founder & CEO Studer Community Institute |
Steve Kraus, MBA Member Partner Bessemer Venture Partners |
Kevin Mahoney, MBA, DBA Member CEO University of Pennsylvania Health System |
Ed Schumacher, PhD Member Professor and Department Chair Trinity University |
Ed Jones Member President and CEO HealthTrust Performance Group |
 | Anthony C. Stanowski DHA, FACHE Ex-Officio President & CEO Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) |
If you are interested in joining CAHME’s Board of Directors, or a committee, please send your resume, along with a letter detailing your interest, to Eric Brichto, Esq., CAHME, Vice President of Accreditation Operations and Counsel at ebrichto@cahme.org.