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  Steven M. Scott
  Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Georgia Regents Medical Center
  Previously, Scott served as Executive Administrator for Professional Services at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Facilities and Ancillary Services for the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County – Wishard Health Services in Indianapolis. Additionally, he worked as an administrator at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and a faculty practice director at Columbia University – Harlem Medical Center. Scott earned a master’s degree in Public Health in Health Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems. He recently served on the board of the Pacific Northwest Blood Services Region of the American Red Cross.
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  Peter F. Buckley, MD
  Interim CEO, Georgia Regents medical Center
  Dean, Medical College of Georgia

  Buckley, Chairman of the Physicians Practice Group Board of Trustees, served as Chairman of the GHSU Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior before being named Dean of the Medical College of Georgia in 2011. He also serves as a Professor of Radiology, Psychiatry/Health Behavior, Pharmacology/Toxicology and Graduate Studies. He has extensively researched and treated schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorders. He earned his medical degree from the University College of Dublin.

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  Laura Brower, RN, MSN
  Chief Nursing Officer, Georgia Regents Medical Center

  Laura Brower, a nursing executive with more than 30 years of experience, has been named Chief Nursing Officer at Georgia Regents Medical Center and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the College of Nursing at Georgia Regents University.

  Brower began her nursing career as a pediatric staff nurse at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and most recently served as Chief Nursing Executive for Methodist Healthcare System, in San Antonio, Texas, where she managed a team of 3,500 nurses at eight hospitals.

  Other leadership positions include Director of Home Care, Hospice, and Private Duty Nursing; Vice President of Nursing Support and Clinical Services; and Chief Nursing Executive and Vice President for Professional Services during her 23 years at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, and 11 years as Office Manager for South Mississippi Home Health and Rehabilitation Agency in Hattiesburg.

  Brower received both her master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi, in Hattiesburg. She is the recipient of various awards, including the 1995 Top 40 Under 40 Business Award; and the 1992 Recruiter of the Year and 1996 Administrator of the Year awards from the Mississippi Nurses Association. She was named one of Mississippi’s 50 Leading Business Women in 2002 and Women of Success in 2008. Brower was inducted into the Mississippi Nurses Hall of Fame in 2010 and received the Excellence in Nursing Award from the San Antonio Medical Rotary Club in 2012.

  She is a member of the Premier CNO Executive Board; American Organization of Nurse Executives; Texas Nurses Association; American College of Healthcare Executives; and Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society. She also served nine years on the Mississippi Board of Nursing, including three as president.

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  Greg Damron
  Vice President of Financial Services
  Damron is responsible for the decision support, supply chain management, business planning and controller functions.
  
  Prior to joining the health system, Damron held progressively responsible positions at Durham Regional Hospital, a division of Duke University Health System, most recently serving as Divisional Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he was a Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young, LLP.
  
  Damron earned a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a M.S. degree in Accounting from UNC’s Kenan-Flager School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
  
  He is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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  Charles R. Enicks
  Chief Information Officer
  Mr. Enicks was the enterprise Chief Information Officer for the University of Mississippi Medical Center, with oversight of information technology for five health-related schools, five hospitals and a 550-member physician practice. Before joining the University of Mississippi Medical Center, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Senior Executive at Healthlink Inc., Chief Information Officer for the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System and Chief Information Officer for Emory Healthcare, among other positions.
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  Kevin C. Dellsperger, MD, PhD
  Chief Medical Office, Georgia Regents Medical Center

  Mr. Dellsperger is a native of New Orleans, LA, and received his Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University in Biomedical Engineering. After obtaining his MD and PhD at LSU Medical Center in Shreveport, LA he completed his Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa. Following his Chief Residency and Cardiology Fellowship, he joined the faculty at the University of Iowa in 1989 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to Professor in 2001. He served as Chief of Staff at the Iowa City VAMC and Associate Dean for Veterans Affairs of the Carver College of Medicine from 1997 to 2003. From 1999 until 2001, he also served as Chief Medical Officer for the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 14 and later as the Medical Director of the Primary Care and Specialty Care Service Line for VISN 23 from 2001 until his departure from the VA in 2003. He also served as President of the AHA, Heartland Affiliate and Governor for Iowa of the American College of Cardiology.
  
  In 2003, Dr. Dellsperger was recruited to the University of Missouri, Columbia as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine. Currently he is Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, and Pathology and Anatomical Sciences at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He holds the Marie L. Vorbeck Chair in Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and American College of Physicians. In September, 2009, he assumed the position of Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Outcomes at MU. In addition, he is the Director of the Tom and Anne Smith MD/PhD Program. He served as a Member of the Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for three years and as a Senior Examiner in 2013. His current research interest are broad in that he has collaborations in the field of coronary and pulmonary arterial and microvascular function in health and disease, exercise physiology in metabolic syndrome and education and patient safety. His research laboratory has been funded through the NIH, VA, American Diabetes Association, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the American Heart Association. He is a member of the MU Center for Health Care Quality and has been involved in numerous performance improvement projects at MU. He reviews manuscripts for many of the leading Journals in the field of Cardiology, Medicine and Patient Safety and Quality and serves on the Editorial Board for 3 Journals. He is the author of more than 120 papers, review articles and book chapters in the fields of basic research, clinical cardiology and patient safety..

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  Tad A. Gomez, RPh, MS, FASHP
  Vice President for Professional Services at Georgia Regents Medical Center

  In this capacity, he has operational oversight for Pathology and Laboratory Services, Pharmacy, Radiology, Rehabilitation Services, Respiratory Care, Cardiovascular Service Line (which includes the Adult and Pediatric Cath Labs, EP Lab and Cardiothoracic Surgery), Patient Transport, Dialysis, Pastoral Counseling and GRMC’s strategic partner relationships with Doctors Hospital and Trinity Hospital of Augusta.
  
  Mr. Gomez previously served as the Administrative Director of Pharmacy, Rehabilitation and Respiratory Care Services and the Director of Pharmacy Residency Programs at Georgia Regents Medical Center. Earlier in his career, he held various pharmacy management positions at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida and Harris County Hospital District in Houston, Texas.
  
  Mr. Gomez was recently selected to participate in the inaugural class of Georgia Regents University’s Executive Leadership Excellence Program and has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). He also holds an appointment as a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. Tad earned his BS Pharmacy from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas and his MS Hospital Pharmacy from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Additionally, he completed a 24-month Pharmacy Practice Residency with an emphasis in Health System Pharmacy Administration at The Ohio State University Medical Center. Since 2004, Tad has served on the Board of Directors at Health Center Credit Union, including Chair of the Board in 2010-2011, and currently serves as Treasurer and member of the Board of Directors for Lakeside Panthers Pop Warner Football and Cheer Organization.

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  Phillip Howard
  Vice President of Facilities Support Services
  Before joining the health system, Howard was Vice President of Campus Services at LifeBridge Health in Baltimore, Md. Previously, he served as Director of Facilities Management and Construction at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C.; as a Project Manager at Kroll Construction in Owings Mill, Md.; and as Director of Facilities at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. Howard has also served in various capacities in facilities management at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
  
  Howard received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in College Park and a Master of Science degree in Business Management from Johns Hopkins University.
  
  He is a member of the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, the American College of Healthcare Executives and the University of Maryland Alumni Association. He is also an alumnus of Leadership Baltimore County.
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  James (Jim) Mumford, MHSA, FACHE
  Administrator, Children’s Hospital of Georgia and Practices

  Munford joined the health system in 2008 as Administrative Director of Pediatrics in Ambulatory and Network Services. He is currently Business Leader, Pediatric Patient Care Services for GRHealth.
  
  Before joining GRHealth Mumford served as the hospital administrator and chief administrative officer of Tod Children’s Hospital and physician practices at Forum Health - Western Reserve Care System in Youngstown, Ohio. Prior to that, he served as corporate director at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville and as administrator of P.T. Services, Inc./Select Medical Corporation in Tiffin, Ohio.
  
  He earned a master’s degree in health services administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati and graduated cum laude from St. Meinrad College in St. Meinrad, Ind., with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Arts & Sciences. Mumford also earned an AA in business management from National College in Colorado Springs, Colo., and a Certificate in Medical Technology from Community College of the Air Force at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas.
  
  He is a Board Member for YMCA Marshall Branch, healthcare management instructor, and is a recipient of the Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Good Conduct Medal and the Air Force Inspector General’s Medical Service Award.
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  Susan Norton
  Enterprise Vice President of Human Resources
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  Bernard Roberson
  Administrative Director of Patient Family Centered Care

  Roberson joined health system in 2000 as a Social Worker/Case Manager. In 2007, he was promoted to Director of Family Services Development. Previously, he served as the Director of Community Development at the United Way of Aiken County in South Carolina, and was the Resident Services Coordinator at the Aiken Housing Authority.
  
  Roberson earned a B.A. degree in Psychology at Augusta College and an M.S. degree in Management/Hospital Administration at Troy State University. He holds a Human Services Certification from the University of Georgia’s Fanning Leadership Center and a Certification in Public Housing Management from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Organization and has successfully completed TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer Preparation Course from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Mr. Roberson also completed the United Way of America’s Train-the-Trainers Course for Outcomes Measurements.
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  Joseph Thornton, MS
  Vice President of Ambulatory Care

  Thornton is responsible for overseeing the budgetary and financial management of Ambulatory Care Services. In addition Thornton is responsible for Ambulatory Patient Access Services which includes management of the Call Center, Financial Quality Services, Desk Operations and Emergency Department Registration.
  
  Thornton joined the health system in 2001 as Director of Eye Care Services before assuming his responsibilities as Administrative Director of Ambulatory Care Patient Access Services. Prior to that, he was an Administrative Manager for Dermatology, Audiology, and Ear, Nose and Throat for the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
  
  He earned both a Master of Science degree in health systems and a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta

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