Our Team

We strive to understand what needs to evolve and bring data-driven and research-backed ideas forward. The team is made of clinicians, strategists, and change-makers who seek to empower and engage partners and individuals to impact health care forever.

Our Leadership

Claude
Pirtle, MD, MBA, MSACI

Interim Executive Director

John
Findley, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Casey
Solomons, MBA

Associate Vice President, Health Care Transformation

Sarah
Bemis, DNP, BA, RN

Associate Vice President, Workforce and Policy Affairs

Our Staff

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Waylon
Abernathy III, RN, MSDS

Clinical Informatics Manager | Digital Product Lead

Paul
Brown, MS, RD

Senior Health Research Analyst
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Samantha
Culpepper

Senior Project Manager
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Hattie
Douglas

Senior Project Manager, Operations

Stevie
Emmons

Health Communications Specialist

Sophia
Fox

Industry Research Analyst

Adrienne
Jackson, MS

Project Manager, President's Office

Alison
Käseberg Worth

Program Coordinator, Value-Based Initiatives

Chelsea
Kilburn

Daily Operations Coordinator
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Sunny
Konoplev, PMP, SASM

Senior Project Manager, IT Health

Kenny
Vermilion, MEd

Community Engagement Coordinator