Mike Alverson (MBA, American University; MS, Engineering, Arizona State University), currently serves as VP – Deputy CIO for Texas Health Resources. THR has consistently earned national recognition for its high performing IT department. Mr. Alverson has significant experience as a CIO and IT consultant. A West Point graduate, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his service as an Air Force Officer with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. Mr. Alverson served on the Joint Commission’s national healthcare IT advisory board. In 2009, he was named DFW IT Executive of the Year by the Society for Information Management.

Michael R. Burroughs, FACHE (Master Healthcare Administration, BA Communications, both from Saint Louis University, Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives) has over 27 years of experience in the healthcare industry working with hospitals and healthcare systems of various operating and ownership models. He has an extensive background in hospital operations and financial management. He is an experienced healthcare Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Burroughs’ experience includes faith based, safety net, teaching, community not-for-profit and investor owned healthcare organizations. Mr. Burroughs has focused expertise in assisting distressed hospitals move to a position of strategic, operational improvement and financial stability. His operational expertise includes, but is not limited to, running an efficient hospital in a fiscally responsible manner with a strong adherence to clinical quality, patient satisfaction and physician partnering. He is skilled in building effective executive teams and coaching them to achieve defined goals to increase revenue, decrease expenses, improve quality and enhance corporate culture.

Don Campion has more than thirty years of experience in finance and accounting. He is a CPA and was the CFO of a primary health care center providing primary and preventive health care services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured residents of North Fort Worth and Tarrant County. Don was also Vice President of Finance for a large non-profit agency providing home health care and behavioral health services. Currently, Don is the CFO of SafeHaven of Tarrant County, an agency dedicated to ending domestic violence.

Jeff DeSimone (PhD Economics, Yale University) is an assistant professor of economics as well as a Faculty Research Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has previously taught at East Carolina University & University of South Florida. Besides health economics, his teaching & research fields include labor economics, education economics & applied microeconometrics. His articles have been published in journals such as Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Labor Economics & Biometrika.

Jack Dufon III (MHA, Trinity University) has worked for the past eighteen years as a Health Systems Specialist for the Department of Veterans Affairs. He has taught HCAD classes for The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and has an adjunct faculty appointment from Trinity University. Mr. DuFon is very involved with the development of healthcare professionals and has served as a mentor/preceptor to more than twenty-five students of UT-Arlington.

Grace Esimai (PhD, Statistics, Iowa State University), currently acts as UTA's Statistics Lab coordinator. This award-winning senior lecturer in Information Systems has been an associate dean, department head and professor at the universities in which she has taught. Dr. Esimai has also consulted for the Nigerian Government and UNICEF.

M Hollis Hutchinson JD RN (Washington and Lee University School of Law) ), Adjunct Faculty, Universities Center, Dallas, with more than thirty years experience in healthcare and healthcare law, has wide ranging interests in the field of healthcare delivery. CEO of Tutors On Tap, Inc., her areas of expertise include malpractice avoidance, technology integration, patient safety initiatives, and human patient simulations. Currently working on a textbook of Nursing Jurisprudence to address the rising incidence of nursing malfeasance and the attendant costs to Texas and its population.

James Logsdon (MBA, Cardinal Stritch College, Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration, UTA), currently serving as Vice President Business Operations for Texas Health Resources for the past 14 years. Member of American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and American Association of Healthcare Administrative Management (AAHAM). He has presented innovative healthcare business office management strategies at HFMA and other national healthcare conferences. Jim is a graduate of Officer Candidate School, United States Marine Corps.

David Mack (PhD, Management, The University of Texas at Arlington), is an Assistant Dean for Program Development in UTA's College of Business Administration, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses for the College. Dr. Mack has had extensive management experience in the insurance industry and is co-owner, with his wife, of a financial services marketing/management business in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Gary McMahan (PhD, Management, Texas A&M University), co-developed the Society for Human Resource Strategy Leadership Development Program. His current research interests include work motivation, issues in organizational change and development, empowerment/employee involvement, rewards and job design. Dr. McMahan's authorships include The New HR: Strategic Positioning of the Human Resource Function.

Larry Nelson (MHA) has been in healthcare more than 20 years He currently serves as a Community Healthcare Director at John Peter Smith Health Network and Prior to joining JPS; Nelson was a Division Administrator with UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He has also held Management positions with Nurse Finders, StarMed Healthcare, Alexian Brothers Hospital and Wilcare/Integra Hospice and Home Care in San Jose, CA. He served in the U.S; Navy Hospital Services corps for ten years where he was a hospital corpsman were he provided patient care and emergency care to armed service members and their families. Nelson received his Masters Degree from the University of San Francisco, in California and also holds a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts from Columbia College. His professional activities include serving on focus group committees on healthcare disparity, the United Way’s (Area Agency on Aging) and most recently with United Way (Strategic Development Group). He is a member of American College of Healthcare Executives, (ACHE), Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), National Association of Healthcare Executives and Leadership Fort Worth. Mr. Nelson is also a published author, who published his first book under his pen name (Lane Nelson), titled (Orphan Child).

Tyge Payne (PhD, Management, Texas Tech University) an assistant professor of Management, has research interests in strategy-structure issues, competitive strategy, and environmental influences on firm performance. Dr. Payne's research publications include Advances in Health Care Management and the Journal of Health Administration Education. He has presented at several conferences, including the Academy of Management and the Southern Management Association.

Edmund Prater (PhD, Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology) has research interests in international business and medical systems. His work has been published or accepted in journals such as Medical Group Management. Dr. Prater's experience includes acting as a Senior Manager in BellSouth's Technology Assessment Group. He has co-founded an import/export firm in Russia and has also received research grants from the French Government.

Tim Philpot (MBA, The University of Texas at Arlington), co-founded Ragsdale Harveson & Philpot, LLC in 2001, where he and his colleagues counsel privately held and family owned enterprises on business continuation, including succession and valuation issues. From 1976-1996 he served as a Chief Executive Officer at Tarrant County Hospital District. As a volunteer, Tim harnesses his experience in the hospital industry as chairman of the Texas Association of Public and Non-Profit Hospitals.

Martin Taylor (PhD, Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin), is co-author of the textbook International Accounting and Reporting and serves as Accounting PhD Coordinator. Dr. Taylor's primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of international accounting, internal auditing, and external auditing. He has published in a number of journals, including The Accounting Review and The CPA Journal.

Mike West (EdD, Adult Education, Nova University), HCAD program advisor, has been involved with health care for nearly three decades as a practitioner and administrator, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.