Executive Program Speakers

Dr. Michael Ash is the Chief Transformation Officer for Nebraska Medical Center. He graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy and earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1998.  Following an internal medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, he joined an internal medicine practice. In 2003, he joined Cerner in Kansas City, Missouri working in health information technology to make healthcare safer, more efficient, and of higher quality. “I’ve had the unique opportunity to see how health systems operate all over the world.   The way in which we access, administer and reimburse care is changing rapidly. More care will be delivered at nursing facilities, clinics and within the patient’s home and all of it needs to be coordinated. As Chief Transformation Officer, the question is how do you pull all of this together to ensure high-quality efficient healthcare?”

Frans van Houten is CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Board of Management of Royal Philips, a position he has held since 2011. His team is leading the company into the next decisive phase of its transformation: the creation of two world-leading companies in HealthTech (Royal Philips) and Lighting (Philips Lighting), due to be effectuated in the first half of 2016. Royal Philips will be uniquely positioned to help reshape and optimize population health management using big data to deliver care across the health continuum, from healthy living and prevention to diagnosis, treatment and home care.

Appointed in 2014, Dr. Nevin is dedicated to advancing The Christiana Care Way, the health system’s promise to serve its community with expert, respectful care in partnership with patients and their families in ways they value and can afford. Under her leadership, Christiana Care was one of only 17 U.S. hospitals to receive the 2015 Truven 100 Top Hospitals Everest Award for the greatest rate of improvement over five years. Christiana Care was also one of only 15 major teaching hospitals in the U.S. with a 2015 Truven Top 100 Hospital ranking.

In 2015, Christiana Care earned redesignation as a Magnet organization for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and was named among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

Dr. Nevin has established a clinical service line structure at Christiana Care to support the consistent delivery of safe, affordable, high-quality, high-value care across the continuum. Each service line develops clinical pathways to address the needs of people with specific conditions or diseases before, during or after they seek treatment. This can reduce variations in care – which in turn can reduce cost – while ensuring that patients are getting the optimal, evidence-based care, at the right time, with the right team.

As leader of the largest health system in Delaware, Dr. Nevin is pioneering care in a population health model to ensure optimal health outcomes for the people Christiana Care serves. To meet this objective, Christiana Care Quality Partners, a clinically integrated network of physicians, hospitals and other health care providers, aims to improve collaboration of care, clinical quality and value.

Dr. Nevin was named among 100 Physician Leaders to Know in 2015 by Becker’s Hospital Review.

Since joining the faculty at Christiana Care in 2002, Dr. Nevin has advanced the health system’s commitment to optimal health and exceptional experience through her leadership positions, including Chief Medical Officer, Chief Patient Safety Officer and Chair of Family and Community Medicine. She led the transformative and strategic shift in care processes at Christiana Care, improving quality, safety and patient experience by directly involving patients and families as partners in their care. Through her leadership, patient- and family-centered care is a central tenet of Christiana Care’s culture. Today, more than 150 patient and family advisors are active participants in Christiana Care programs and projects.

A native Delawarean, Dr. Nevin serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Delaware and the Delaware Community Foundation and is a member of the Delaware Health Care Commission, Delaware Public Policy Institute, Delaware Business Roundtable Executive Committee, and Delaware Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors and she is a founding member of the Wilmington Leaders Alliance.

Dr. Nevin has numerous publications and national presentations to her credit, with focus on medical education and family medicine.

She is a former president of the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors and was a member of the Project Leadership Committee for the Future of Family Medicine Project. She chaired the Family Medicine Review Committee for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and was a member of the landmark 2010 ACGME Duty Hours Task Force, which recommended workplace standards for medical residents to ensure excellence in medical education and safe, high-quality patient care.

Dr. Nevin graduated from Harvard University in 1981 and earned her medical degree with honors from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in 1987. She completed her family medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1990 and received her master’s degree in public health in community health services from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public Health in 1992. She also completed a two-year faculty-development fellowship in family medicine at St. Margaret Hospital in Pittsburgh, a program in executive education at Harvard Business School in 2010, and a fellowship in physician executive leadership at the Health Management Academy in 2009.

Dan Wolterman joined Memorial Hermann Health System in 1999 and was named president and CEO in 2002.  Under Mr. Wolterman’s inspired and strategic leadership, Memorial Hermann has experienced robust year-over-year double digit growth, resulting in its ascent to the largest not-for-profit health system in Southeast Texas. Mr. Wolterman’s stewardship of Memorial Hermann saw the system grow to 13 hospitals and 201 outpatient care sites, more than 24,000 employees and 5,000 affiliated physicians, and garner numerous national quality and patient safety awards. The system annually generates $4.5 billion of revenue; has more than 2 million patient visits; and, in 2014, provided $438 million of free services to the community’s indigent population.

Mr. Wolterman has more than 35 years of experience in health care, and is perennially recognized as one of the industry’s most influential leaders and policy experts. His career has seen him hold a range of senior managerial positions in hospitals from Florida and Indiana to Utah and Texas.

Mr. Wolterman’s leadership of Memorial Hermann has been adept and visionary, and has transcended just building a fiscally sound health system.

Mr. Wolterman also has been a prolific community servant volunteering his time to chair numerous organizations, including: the Greater Houston Partnership, Texas Hospital Association Board of Directors, and Voluntary Hospitals of America-Texas Board of Directors, American Heart Association-Houston Board of Directors, Air Quality Task Force (at the request of a former Houston mayor) and the 2011 National Senior Olympic Games.

He is also a board member of the 2017 Houston Super Bowl Host Committee and past board member of the American Heart Association Houston Region and the Greater Gulf Coast Chapter of United Way. He has also served on many national committees. Mr. Wolterman is also an adjunct professor at The University of Texas School of Public Health, and serves on the University of Houston – Clear Lake Healthcare Administration Program Advisory Council. 

Mr. Wolterman has received numerous recognitions, including: the Texas Hospital Association’s Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Heath Care Administration; American Hospital Association Grassroots Champion Award; Health Access Texas Public Health Award, for a leader who has a strong belief in prevention and better access to healthcare; the InterFaith CarePartners Sustaining Presence Award, for activities that constitute an exemplary contribution to the creation of caring communities; Xavier University Distinguished Alumni Award; and a past recipient of Community Partners Father of the Year Award. He has also been annually voted one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine.

Mr. Wolterman is married to Lori Genitempo Wolterman, and they have three children: Daniel, Savannah and Linleigh.  In addition to his commitment to his family, Dan is an avid golfer with a scratch handicap.