Shattuck Hammond is very pleased to have the following exceptional healthcare leaders on our Strategic Advisory Board:

Richard L. Blair
Chief Financial Officer (retired)
Allina Health System
Minneapolis, MN

Dick Blair is presently Chairman of Christus Health Board of Directors, Dallas, Texas; Chairman of Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota; and Vice Chair of Benedictine Health System, Duluth, Minnesota. Dick is also Chairman of the Investment Committee and member of the Finance Committee, St. Joseph Health System, Orange, California; Member of the Audit Committee of Ascension Health, St. Louis, Missouri; and member of the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee of St. Cloud State University Foundation. Before Retirement, Dick was CFO of Allina Health System, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dick was the CFO for Allina and one of it’s family tree members (United Hospitals, Healthone, Health One, Health Span) for 28 hears. Prior to Allina, Dick was with Arthur Anderson and Co for 10 years. Dick has been the State and National Chairman of HFMA and has been a member of various not-for-profit boards of directors.


Donald A. Brennan
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
Ascension Health
St. Louis, MO

 Mr. Brennan is currently Chairman of the Washington Health Care Forum and a member of the Board of Directors of Swedish Hospital Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. Prior to Ascension Health, Mr. Brennan served in senior leadership roles with Providence Health System, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, and the University of Colorado Medical Center. He has held appointments on the faculty of the University of Colorado, University of Washington and St. Louis University teaching in the area of health administration and policy.


Mark W. Durishan
Chief Financial Officer (retired)
ExtendiCare, Inc.
Markham, Ontario
Canada

Mark Durishan has an extensive background in a wide variety of healthcare financial settings. Most recently he was CFO (retired) of Extendicare, Inc. one of the largest North American providers of post-acute care, with a market cap of over 1 billion dollars. Mr. Durishan’s prior appointments include CFO for BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota and CFO of the Graduate Health System. At Coopers & Lybrand he was the partner responsible for health care consulting for the Mid-Atlantic region. Mr. Durishan also held a faculty appointment at Temple University where he was a professor of finance in the graduate health program.


Ben W. Latimer
Past Vice Chairman
Premier, Inc.
Charlotte, NC

Mr. Latimer served as Vice Chairman of PREMIER, Inc. until his retirement in mid-2001. Prior to becoming Vice Chairman, he served as the chief executive officer of SunHealth Alliance, Inc. and its predecessor companies from the organization’s inception in 1969. A member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, he has served as an elected member of the American Hospital Association House of Delegates and in 1987 was chairman of the Governing Council of the American Hospital Association’s Section for Health Care Systems. He is a former national president the Hospital Management Systems Society(now HMISS), and has served as a member of the Editorial Board of Hospital and Health Services Administration.


Judith C. Pelham
President, Emeritus
Trinity Health
Novi, MI

Mrs. Pelham currently serves on the Board of Directors for Amgen, Inc., a human therapeutics company in the biotechnology industry & Hospira, Inc. a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company. Prior to her position at Trinity Health, Mrs. Pelham was President and CEO of Mercy Health Services in Farmington Hills Michigan and was President and CEO of Daughters of Charity Health Services of Austin, TX/ Seton Medical Center. She was Assistant Vice President at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Peter Bent Brigham Division. Mrs. Pelham was a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. She holds a B.A. from Smith College and a M.P.A. from Harvard University.


Thomas L. Robertson
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
Carilion Health System
Roanoke, VA

Mr. Robertson spent his entire healthcare career rising through the ranks of the CarilionHealth System to the position of President and CEO. During his tenure the system grew to become a twelve-hospital system serving western Virginia. Mr. Robertson is a member of the board of directors of Roanoke Electric Steel, Shenandoah Life Insurance Company and Virginia Tech. He previously served as a member of the board of PREMIER, Inc.,SunHealth, Inc. and the Virginia Hospital Association.


C. Thomas Smith
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
VHA, Inc.
Irving, TX

Mr. Smith served as president and chief executive officer of VHA Inc. from October 1991 until his retirement in April 2003. From 1977 to 1991, he served as president and CEO of Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Conn., and as president and CEO of Yale-New Haven Health Services Corp. Prior to joining Yale-New Haven, Mr. Smith was previously with Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center in Minneapolis. He presently serves on the board of IPC-The Hospitalist Company, Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Neoforma, Inc., Horizon Health and Renal Care Group. MODERN HEALTHCARE magazine named Mr. Smith one of the 25 most influential health care leaders of the last 25 years in 2001, and in 2002 the magazine’s readers selected him as #4 among the 100 Most Influential People in health care.


Michael D. Stephens
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Newport Beach, CA

Mr. Stephens currently serves as Vice Chair of CalOptima, the MediCal managed care plan for Orange County, California. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company and the AHA Health Forum.  He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the American Hospital Association and Past Chair of the California Hospital Association and the Healthcare Association of Southern California.  He was President and CEO of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian from 1975 until his retirement in September, 2005.  Prior to this position he was the Administrator of the Greenville General Division of the Greenville Hospital System in Greenville, South Carolina. He has been the recipient of numerous industry and community awards.


David S. Weiner
President and Chief Executive Officer, Emeritus
Children's Hospital & Children's Hospital Medical Center
Boston, MA

Mr. Weiner joined Boston Children’s Hospital in 1967 and rose to the position of President and CEO of the parent company, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, a position that he held from 1977 until his retirement in 2000. Under his leadership Children’s Hospital Medical Center was consistently recognized as one of the best pediatric medical programs in the country by leading publications in the field. The David S. Weiner Award, in his honor, is given each year to an individual demonstrating leadership, innovation and excellence in children’s health. He currently serves as President and CEO of the Boston Latin School Association.


Joseph A. Zaccagnino
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
Yale New Haven Health System and Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT

Mr. Zaccagnino served as President and CEO of the Yale New Haven Health System and its flagship, Yale-New Haven Hospital, from 1991 until he retired in September of 2005.  Mr. Zaccagnino previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the system and hospital from 1978-1991.  He is past Chairman of the Board of the National Committee for Quality Health Care and past Chairman of the Board of the Medical Center Insurance Company, LTD., Bermuda.  He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of: VHA, Inc. (past Chairman), New Alliance Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE) and the University of Connecticut School of Business Administration. He is a lecturer on the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and an Associate Fellow of Silliman College.  He has been recognized for his contributions including receiving Yale University’s John D. Thompson Visiting Fellowship Award and its Distinguished Alumni Award and was he inducted into the University of Connecticut’s School of Business Administration’s Hall of Fame. 

Shattuck Hammond Strategic Advisory Board Members (Emeritus)

John G. King
Past President and Chief Executive Officer
Legacy Health System
Portland, OR

Mr. King is a Past Chairman of the American Hospital Association and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the AHA Services Board, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon, HealthEast, Health Dialog and Pacific University. Prior to Legacy Health System, Mr. King served in senior leadership roles with Advocate Health Systems, Holy Cross Health Systems Corporation, Fairview Community Hospitals and the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He has received numerous industry awards including the “Distinguished Service Award” from the American Hospital Association in 2005.


Gail L. Warden
President Emeritus
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI

Mr. Warden is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He served on its Board of Health Care Services, Committee on Quality Health Care in America and served two terms on the Governing Council. He chairs its Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. He chairs the board of the National Quality Forum, the Healthcare Research and Development Institute and the newly created National Center for Healthcare Leadership. He has received numerous honors and awards and is one of the most recognized leaders in the healthcare industry. In 2001 Modern Health Care Magazine named him one of the top 25 most influential individuals in the industry over the past 25 years. Yale University presented him with the first Thompson Visiting Fellowship Award, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance gave him the Health Quality Award. In 2000 he received the American Hospital Association’s Distinguished Service Award, its highest leadership recognition, and the Health Research and Educational Trust gave him the first Walter J. McNerney Fellowship Award for Health System Improvement. In 1999 he received the American College of Health Care Executives’ Gold Medal Award, its highest honor.