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Meet the Voices Behind Periop Leader Week

The speakers at Periop Leader Week are leaders just like you: directors, managers, administrators, and business professionals who live and breathe perioperative services every day. They represent the full spectrum of our community: hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, perianesthesia care, sterile processing, and beyond.

These aren’t just keynote names on a program. They’re colleagues who’ve tackled the same staffing challenges, navigated the same operational pressures, and built teams that thrive in some of healthcare’s most demanding environments.

Come ready to learn from people who get it, because they’re in it with you.

Gregory Agoston, BS, MBA, CRCST, Lean Six Sigma

Vice President, Client Services

SpecialtyCare
Michelle Bassel, MBA, BSN, RN

Interim Perioperative Manager/Director

Aya Healthcare
Hazel Boyd, MBA

Operations Manager, Transition & Occupancy Planning

Boston Children's Hospital
Hope Byer-Everd, BSN, RN, LNC

Clinical Education Consultant

Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP)
Kenneth Campbell, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL, FCS, CLSSBB, BS

Founder

Time to Talk Studios
Robert Campbell, PharmD, BCSCP

Vice President of Accreditation/Certification Program Development and Accreditation Management

Joint Commission
Brooke Cardile

Director of Client Value Management

Optum
Janet L. Carlson, MSN, BSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE

CEO and Co-Founder

Vertex Surgical Solutions
Tala Christensen, MPH

Customer Outcomes Manager

LeanTaaS
Leiran Cornish, MBA-HM, BSN, RN, LSSGB

Assistant Vice President, Surgical Services

St. Joseph's Health
Melissa Covington

Operations Manager of Surgery COE

Children’s National Health System
Shawn Craddock, DNP, RN, CNOR, NE-BC

Senior Consultant

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting
Peter Daigle, CRCST, CER

Executive Director

Healthcare Workforce Access Standards Commission
Thomas Davis, PE, MBA

Director

Huron Consulting Group
Matthew J. Dellaquila, MD, MBA, FACHE, FASA

Service Chief and Medical Director, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Management, and Perioperative Medicine, Henry Ford Jackson Hospital

Henry Ford Health
De André Delsol, MOL, CHL, CRCST

Director of SPD, System

Chike Healthcare Partners
Dina Dent, DNP, RN, CCRN, CNL, NEA-BC

CEO/Founder

Medconsult
Becky Douglas, MBA, CLSSBB

System Administrator, Perioperative and Cardiovascular Services, Springfield Memorial Hospital

Memorial Health
Katherine Dziak, MS

Product Development Director, Gloves

Mölnlycke Healthcare
Chris Eaton

Senior Product Manager

LiveData
Geri Eaves, BSN, RN, CASC, CNOR

Vice President of Ambulatory Services

MedHQ/Avanza Strategies
Jeffrey Eckdahl, RN, BSN, MBA, CSSM

Director of Surgical Services

Guthrie Lourdes Hospital
Robert Eisenberg, MBA, RN, CASC

Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Surgery Lead

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting
Daniel Enger, MBA, MS-HSM

Product Director

Vizient, Inc.
Laurie Farmer, MSN, RN

Principal Consultant

Patton Healthcare Consulting
Chad Flora, BSN, RN, CNOR

Clinical Director

Mölnlycke Healthcare
Nyleen I. Flores, BA, FMSP, CPMSM, CPCS, CPCO, CPES, CASC

Administrator

Lake Oconee Orthopedics
Loveleen Freeman, MS-HSA, CPHQ, LSSGB, PMP

Business Director, Perioperative Services | Chair, MedStar Abdominal Thoracic Robotics Operations Committee

MedStar Health
Edna Gilliam, DNP, MBA, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC

Assistant Vice President, Perioperative Services and SPD, DV

Nemours Children's Health
Katherine Gonzales, RN, BSN, MSM, CSSM, CNOR

Director of Surgical Services

Memorial Healthcare System
Sharon Goodman, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CPNP

Director of Clinical Professional Development, Pediatric Service Line

Northwell Health Cohen Children's Medical Center
Sharon Greene-Golden, FHSPA, CRCST, CER, SME

National Director of Compliance and Competency

SIPS Healthcare Solutions
Jennifer Greisen

Principal, Strategic Solutions

Aesculap
Patty Gursky, CNOR, CRCST

Executive Director of Sterile Processing

Baptist Health
Renee Hege, CST, AGE

Director, Clinical and Educational Services

SureCount Surgical
Randy Heiser, MA, BA

President

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting
Amanda Heitman, BSN, RN, CNOR

Perioperative Educational Consultant

Periop Anew
Cindy Hess, MSN, RN, FNP-C, CNAMB

Director of Nursing

Northeast Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, CLI

Administrator/Clinical Director

Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center
Melissa Higgins, CST

Director, Customer Advancement

Censis Technologies
Karen Hinsley, MSN, RN, CCRN

Clinical Operations Manager, Transition & Occupancy Planning

Boston Children's Hospital
Tracy Hoeft-Hoffman, MBA, MSN, RN, CASC

Administrator

Heartland Surgery Center
Garrett Hollembeak, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER, CIC

Editor-in-Chief

Transmission Control
Jenna Houtz, MBA, BSN, RN

Senior Manager of Customer Success

LeanTaaS
Dekeisha Howard, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Director of Perioperative Services

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Georgina Hurley, MSN, RN, CNOR

Senior Clinical Director, Perioperative Nursing, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine
Sinéad Ingersoll, FACHE, FACMPE, MHA

Chief Operating Officer

St. Lawrence Region of Rochester Regional Health
Jake Tayler Jacobs, DBA, MBA, B.Ed.

President and Chief Operating Officer

SIPS Healthcare Solutions
Leslie Jebson, MHA, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE

System Administrator, The Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute/Outpatient Therapies

Prisma Health
Jacqueline Jenkins, RN, MSN, CNOR

Director of Perioperative Services

Nemours Children's Health
Jennifer Jump, DNP, MSN, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CRNFA-E, CNOR

CEO

JenVo Strategies
Beverly Kirchner, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB

Vice President of Compliance

TriasMD
Karlye Kucenic, MS, CIC

Infection Preventionist

Nemours Children's Health
Malcolm Ladines, MS, MLS, BSN, RN, CSSBB, CQIA

Business Director, Perioperative Services, Baylor University Medical Center

Baylor Scott & White Health
Lee Levanduski

CEO

TriasMD
Carter Lonsberry

Founder

Healthcare Workforce Access Standards Commission
Darius Love, DNP, MHA, RN, CENP

System Chief Nursing Officer

Sinai Chicago
Julie Lynch, MS, BSN, RN

Director, Institute for Quality Improvement

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
Paige MacConnell, MHA

System Manager, Business Operations | Surgical Services

The Guthrie Clinic
Jacquelyn Mancini, MBA

Director, Perioperative Business Services, Lehigh Region

Jefferson Health
Barry A. McElyea, MSN, RN, CNOR, NE-BC, FACHE

System Vice President, Perioperative Services

The Guthrie Clinic
Rebecca McKenzie, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Enterprise Assistant Vice President, Perioperative and Procedural Services

UK HealthCare
Randy Robbins. MD

President

Valiant Anesthesia Associates, PLLC
Christian T. Melendez, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR, CNL

Director, Perioperative Services, Parkridge Baptist Hospital

Prisma Health
Kathleen Meyer, MBA, BSN, RN, CPPM

Manager, Pre-Procedural Operations, Procedural Care Unit

Silver Cross Hospital
Ann Marie Morris, MSN, RN, CNOR, CSSGB

Associate Clinical Director, Perioperative Quality, Safety, and Education, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Penn Medicine
Jeffrey Oliver, Lt Col, Ret., CCNS, CNOR

Clinical Support Specialist

LiveData
Beth Orr, DNP, RN, CNOR, CSSL, NEA-BC

Director of Perioperative Services

Virginia Mason Medical Center
Shane O’Neill, FACHE

Chief Operating Officer - Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Centennial

Baylor Scott & White Health
Bobby Parker, MDiv, CRCST, CIS, CER, CHL

Vice President, Clinical Solutions

Beyond Clean
Carol Pehotsky, DNP, RN, CPAN, NEA-BC

Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Surgical, Procedural, and Dialysis Nursing

Cleveland Clinic
Kelby Perry, MHA, BSN, RN

Director of Business Operations, Surgery Administration

Tampa General Hospital
Dawn Pfeiffer, RN, CASC, CAIP

Director, Professional Services for ASC

STERIS
Heidi Pieper, MHA, LSSGB

Program Director, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Program

The Ohio State University Wexner Center
Smiley Poswolsky

Workplace Culture & Belonging Expert

Smiley Poswolsky LLC
Dykisha Potter, MPP

Workforce Operations Partner

Nemours Children's Health
Matt Relano, MHA

Director, Business Operations, Perioperative and Procedural Services

Banner University Medical Center
Douglas Reynolds, MBA

Business Manager, SLH Surgical Services, Canton Potsdam Hospital, Massena Hospital, Gouverneur Hospital

St. Lawrence Region of Rochester Regional Health
JoAnn (Starr) Richardson, CRCST, CIS, CER, LSSGB

SPD Manager, AdventHealth Redmond

AdventHealth
Jennifer Rovegno, RN, BSN, ACC

Founder

JSR Coaching
Matt Ruby

Executive Director, Perioperative Solutions

Opmed.AI
Yessenia V. Salgado, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CNOR

Senior Director of Clinical Operations, Surgical and Procedural Services

Tampa General Hospital
Barbara Shannon, DNP, MBA, MSN, BSN, RN, CNOR

Administrator, Surgery Center, Malvern

Nemours Children's Health
Brendan Shaw

Chief Revenue Officer

ReadySet Surgical
Jennifer L. Simonetti, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CPN, CPXP

Senior Director, Patient & Customer Experience; Magnet Program, Cultural Leader

Northwell Health Cohen Children's Medical Center
Carmen Sincerbeaux, MA, BSN, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC

Consulting Nurse Educator
Devin Snow

Principal, Data and Digital Sales

Vizient, Inc.
Stephen Spake, MBA, MHA, PMP, CCP-F, CST

Senior Surgery Management Consultant

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting
Amy Steele, RN, BSN, CNOR

Associate Director, Customer Success

LeanTaaS
Akshay Tavkar, MBA, FACMPE, CASC

CEO

Skyline Healthcare Solutions
Susan Torti, RN, MBA, BSN

Vice President, Perioperative Services

BayCare Health System
Sharon Udy-Janczuk, EdD, MSN, RN, CNOR-PEDS, CPN, NE-BC

Perioperative Services, Clinical Nurse Educator, Transition to Practice

Nemours Children's Health
Kate Ulrich, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Nurse Executive, Perioperative and Surgical Services Leader
Jennifer Vieau, RN, MSN, MHA, CNOR, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CER

System Director, Sterile Processing

Duke Health
Marjorie Wall, EDBA, MSCO, CRCST, CIS, CHL, CSSBB

Vice President, Processing Optimization and Customer Success

STERIS
Alexandre Warman, DBA, CEBA

Associate Vice President, Perioperative Business Services

Jefferson Health
Eric Warren, CRCST, CSPDT

Director, System Sterile Processing

The Guthrie Clinic
Wayne Zeh Wellington, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Director of Surgical Services - Procedural Care

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
David Williams, MBA-HM, CHL, CRCST, CIS

SPD Executive Management and SPD System Turnaround

SIPS Healthcare Solutions
Deb Yoder, RN, MHA, BSN, CNOR, CASC

President

Aligned Surgery & Healthcare Consulting