Next Generation Leaders Fellowship Mentors
Meet the 2024-2025 Mentors
The Next Generation Leaders Fellowship welcomes its 2024 cohort of mentors. Each of the 35 fellows of the Next Gen Leaders Fellowship is matched with an executive level health care leader during this 12-month program. Fellows and mentors work closely throughout the year on a capstone project and other professional development goals.
Anthony Ashby, FACHE, MBA
Interim CEO
CHI Health Immanuel
Kelly Barton, MPH, FACHE
President, Behavioral Health
MaineHealth
Doug Brown, JD
Former President of Community Hospitals & Chief Administrative Officer
UMass Memorial Health
Mark Brown, DHA, MSHA, CRA
Chief Operating Officer
Nashville General Hospital
David Burwell, MD, MBA
Chief Quality Officer, VP, Chief Medical Information Officer
UPMC Altoona
Zafar Chaudry, MD, MIS, MS, MBA
SVP – Chief Digital Officer & CIO
Seattle Children’s
John Chessare, MD, MPH
President & CEO
GBMC HealthCare System
Elissa Chessari, PT, MPT, MBA, FACHE
SVP & COO
WMCHealth
Mary Dolansky, PhD, RN
Principal Investigator JAHF Age-Friendly Health Systems Ambulatory Care, Associate Professor CWRU School of Nursing
Case Western Reserve University
David Feldman, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAPL, FACS
Patient Safety Expert
--------
Jason Fischer, CHCIO, FCHIME, CDH-E
System Chief Information Officer
PIH Health
Loraine Frank-Lightfoot, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
VP, Greater Winston Salem Market CNO
Novant Health
Dan Gross
Former EVP & COO
Sharp Healthcare
Melanie Heuston, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
System Chief Nursing Executive
WVU Medicine
Barbara Jacobs, MSN, NEA-BC, RN
Former CNO
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center
Donna Jones, MHA, MSN, RN, CPHQ, FACHE
Chief Quality Officer & Ambulatory Administrator
Erie County Medical Center Corporation
Jim Keller, BS, MD, MHSA
Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital
Ronda Lehman, PharmD, MBA, FACHE
President, Mercy Health Lima Market
Mercy Health – Lima
Lew Lipsitz, MD
Chief of Gerontology, Director, & Professor of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Hebrew SeniorLife, and Harvard
Tammy Lundstrom, MD, JD
SVP, Chief Medical Officer
Trinity Health
Jennifer O’Neill, DNP
Chief Operating Officer
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Melinda Patterson, DNP, MSN, RN, NE- BC
Chief Nursing Officer
HCA Healthcare
Heather Ries, DNP, RN-BC, CENP
Chief Nursing Officer
Regional Medical Center
Karen Rose, PhD, MS, RN, FGSA, FAAN
Dean & Professor, College of Nursing
The Ohio State University
Shehzad Saeed, MD
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Physician Lead Patient & Family Experience
Dayton Children’s Hospital
John Schooley, MHA, MBA, BSN, RN
Enterprise Vice President of Quality
Advocate Health
Andrea Schwartz, MD, MPH, AGSF
Associate Professor of Medicine, Co- Chair VA Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative National Steering Committee
Harvard Medical School and VA Boston
Mitchell Schwartz, MD, MBA
Chief Physician Executive, President Luminis Health Clinical Enterprise
Luminis Health
Sandra Scott, MD
Interim CEO
One Brooklyn Health
Jennifer Siciliano
Chief External Affairs Officer
UVA Health
Steven Summer, MBA
President & CEO
Healthcare Institute
Christine Waszynski, APRN
Former President, Coordinator of Inpatient Geriatric Services
American Delirium Society, Hartford Hospital
Pamela Wells, RN, MSN, MSA, NEA-BC
Former Chief Nursing Officer
Sharp Memorial Health
Peter J. Wright, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Northwestern Medical Center
Claire Zangerle, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAONL, FAAN
Nurse Executive, Principal
CMZ Strategies, AONL