Meet Our Scholars

ACHE is proud to introduce the newest class of Career Accelerator Program Scholars. These outstanding leaders participated in this professional development program to help put them on the path to cultivating healthcare organizations that are more responsive to the diverse communities they serve.


The scholarships provided to this program are made possible through the generous support of donor contributions to ACHE’s Fund for Healthcare Leadership.

2024 Scholars

Phillip Baer, FACHE
Director, Medical Imaging
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Dunlap, Ill.

LT Chelaya Bartlett
Healthcare Administrator
U.S. Navy

Kassandra Brooks
Physician Practice Administrator
OhioHealth Physician Group
Newark, Ohio

Florencia Campbell
Associate Director
Tandigm Health LLC
Philadelphia

Anne Coltman, FACHE, FAND
Senior Director, Quality, Interoperability and Standards
Commission of Dietetic Registration
New Lenox, Ill.

Deidra Dace-Murkey, RN
Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Encompass Healthcare
Shiloh, Ill.

Chance Davis
Radiology Manager
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Durant, Okla.

Michelle DuJardin, JD, FACHE, FACMPE
Executive Director, Administration
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, Fla.

Aminata Dumbuya
Assistant Director, Emergency Management
Mount Sinai West
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Ahmed Elhenawy, FACHE
Managing Director, Support Services
Kaiser Permanente
Pasadena, Calif.

Megan Falzon, CDFM, DoD FMCP2, DAWIA FM
Management Program Analyst
Defense Health Agency

Catina Gordon-Oates, RNNE-BC, PED-BC
Director, Outpatient Pediatrics
Ochsner Health
Waggaman, La.

James H. Hayes, FACHE
Director, Practice Operations
Banner MD Anderson
Chandler, Ariz.

Brian Hokamp
Director, Emergency Management Services
Christian Hospital
Moro, Ill.

Michaele Linden Johnson, FACHE
Senior Director, Clinical Trials and Business Development
MCA Foundation
Broomfield, Colo.

Sripriya Krishnan
Clinical Program Manager/Project Manager
WellMed Medical Management Inc.
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Rosalba Lozano, FACHE, FACMPE
Director, Support Services
Sentara Healthcare
McLean, Va.

Douglas McGill, CPHQ
Managing Directory, Advisory Solutions
Q-Centrix
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Jill McIntyre, RN
Director, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellness
Tift Regional Health System
Tifton, Ga.

LT Kionna Myles, FACHE
Director, Mission Support
U.S. Navy

Ayodeji Oke-Owo, PharmD
System Director of Pharmacy
Total Health Care
Ellicott City, Md.

Erik Ostrowski
Manager, Ambulatory Patient Care Services
Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee (Okla.)

Brian Ratajczak
Clinical Director, Operations
Acadia Healthcare
Chula Vista, Calif.

Bryan Jason Rivera, FACHE, CPHQ, RN
Director, Oncology, Neuroscience Services and Clinical Research
Sutter Health
Vallejo, Calif.

Dwayne L. Simmons, PharmD
Director, Women and Infant Services
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC.

AshleyRose Simms, DPT
Director, Rehabilitation
UCHealth Parkview Medical Center
Colorado Springs, Colo.

LeaAnn Teague
Senior Director, Performance Improvement
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, La.

Evelyn Terrell, OTD, FACHE
Director, Telehealth and Special Projects
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, Fla.

MAJ Lindsey Umlauf, DPT, FACHE
Executive Officer
Medical Readiness Command, West

Stacey Venditto
Regional Manager
Hartford Healthcare
New Britain, Conn.

Meet Past Career Accelerator Program Scholars