Meet Our Team & Advisory Board

Meet Our Team
Led by renowned industry thought leader, Monica E. Oss, our nationally-recognized team consists of 75+ advisors with deep expertise and comprehensive experience in the eleven sectors of the health and human service field serving complex consumers. Most team members are based in Gettysburg, with others working out of our satellite offices in North Carolina, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Montana, California, Maryland, Oregon, Kansas, and New Jersey. Get an overview of our full team below, or click on a specific team member to learn more and read their biography.
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60+Industry Experts
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40+Senior Associates
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50+Board Members
OPEN MINDS Senior Advisors

Murray Beachtel
Formerly Data Analyst, Quality Associates, Summit Container

Ken Carr
Formerly Chief Financial Officer, Elite DNA Therapy Services

Carol Clayton, Ph.D.
Formerly Vice President of Behavioral Health Solutions Integration, Relias

Deanne Cornette, MHA, GPC
Formerly Vice President of Strategic Development, Tampa Family Health Centers

Joseph M. Costa
Formerly Chief Executive Officer & President, Hillsides

Dee DeWitt
Formerly Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Momentum for Health.

Paul M. Duck
Formerly Vice President of Business Development, Netsmart Technologies

Elise Freedman
Formerly Marketing Consultant, CIGNA

Nicole Garris
Formerly Director of Marketing, Culinary Services

Rob Hickernell, MBA
Formerly Digital Marketing and Strategy Consultant, Live Oak Associates, LLC

Sharon Hicks, MBA, MSW
Formerly Chief Operating Officer, Community Care Behavioral Health

Allegra Landers
Formerly Chief Marketing Officer, Concord Technologies

Daniel Marama
Formerly Chief Executive Officer, Marama Marketing

Nancy Martin
Formerly AVP, Risk Adjustment, Molina Healthcare

Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M.
Senior Associate & Executive Editor, Management Newsletter

Ramona Osburn
Formerly Regional Vice President of Operations, Strategic Behavioral Health

Ross Robinson, MBA MA
Formerly Executive Director, Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disability Centers

Jeremiah Witherow
Formerly Case Manager, North Spring Behavioral Healthcare

Raymond Wolfe, J.D.
Formerly Chief Operating Officer, Pittsburgh Mercy Health System
OPEN MINDS Market Intelligence Team

Wyatt Delaney, MAIOP
Market Intelligence Director

Stacey Fox
Vice President

Nicole Javitt, J.D.
Executive Vice President

Jason Lippman
Vice President

Cory Thornton, MS, MFA
General Manager, Market Intelligence

Joe Naughton-Travers, Ed.M.
Senior Associate & Executive Editor, Management Newsletter
OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership

Monica E. Oss
Chief Executive Officer

J. Jay Mackie, Ph.D
Chief Financial Officer

Casey A. Bell
Chief Operating Officer

Lauren Evangelist
Chief Revenue Officer

Kimberly Bond, MS, LMFT
Executive Vice President

Emily Del Vecchio
Executive Vice President

Dawn Kingsley, MSHA
Vice President, Business Development

Richard Louis, III
Vice President, Western Region

Laird Sapir
Vice President, Web Services

Josue Santoyo
Vice President, Accounting & Administration

Benjamin Smith
Vice President, Technology & Analytics Infrastructure
OPEN MINDS Subject Matter Experts

Dale Anderson
Formerly Executive Vice President, Resources for Human Development (RHD)

Ken Anderson
Vice President of Public Sector Business Development, Optum

Stephanie Asper
Formerly Administrative Assistant, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Office of Health Policy

Susan Bergeson, M.B.A.
Formerly Principal and Owner, Recovery, Resiliency, Empowerment and Activation Partners, LLC.

Joni Blymire
Art Director & Graphic Designer, Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Brent Bowers
Director of Business Development, Aurora Las Encinas Hospital

George Braunstein, RN, FACHE
Formerly Executive Director, Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB)

Marion Brown
Formerly Executive Vice President, AMG Health Care, LLC

Margaret M. Conner-Levin, MSW
Formerly Chief Executive Officer, Archway Programs

Christine Cox
Formerly Instructional Video Editor, Cyber Vista

Peggy DeCarlis, MSSA
Formerly Chief Operations Officer & Chief Innovation Officer, New Directions Behavioral Health

Daniel Dow
Formerly Director of Marketing, International Institute for Restorative Practices

Greg Downing, D.O., Ph.D.
Founder, Innovations Horizons, LLC

Abimbola Farinde, PhD
Per-Diem Pharmacist, Cornerstone Hospital

Shannon Freedle
Formerly Chief Executive Officer, TeamBuilders Counseling Services

Brian Friedman, Psy.D.
Formerly Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Clinical Director, Ann Klein Forensic Center

Miguel Garibay
Formerly Vice President of Administration and Operations, Center Point, Inc

John Giglio, MA, J.D.
Formerly Executive Director, The National Association of State Energy Officials.

Cathy Gilbert
Formerly Vice President II, Network Development, Magellan Healthcare, Inc.

Anneliese Hanson
Formerly Behavioral Health Network Market Manager, Western Region Behavioral Network, Cigna Healthcare

Robert Hess III MPH, PMP, CPHQ, SSBB
Formerly a Private Consultant, designing, implementing, and optimizing health systems

Sharon Hohler, RN, BSN, CNOR
Formerly PRN CN IV Staff Nurse, St. Francis Medical Center

William Holicky, MSW, ACSW
Formerly Chief Executive Officer, The House of the Good Shepherd

Stephen Holoviak, Ph.D.
Professor of Management, Penn State University

Mirna Holton, AM
Formerly Chief Development Officer, McGaw YMCA

Jerry Jeffe, MS
Formerly Executive Director, The California Association of Local Behavioral Health Boards and Commissions

Rafi Khan
Formerly Chief Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Hartford Behavioral Health

Alice Kuchinskas
Formerly Vice President, Payer Relationship & Utilization Review, Elements Behavioral Health/Promises Behavioral Health

Kelly Woods Lynch
Formerly Creative Director, Copywriter, & Copy Editor, KWL Communications

Angela McMahon, Ed.D.
Formerly The National Clinical Liaison, Elements Behavioral Health

Rudolph Moni, Jr.
Peer Support Associate, Trinitas Regional Medical Center

Mary Parra, MPH, FACHE
Formerly Director of Operations, Neighborhood Healthcare

Linda Pophal
Formerly Communication Consultant, Strategic Communications, LLC

Jerri Regan, MS, MPA, RN
Formerly Grants Administrator, The Centers

Chris Reist, MD, MBA
Medical Director of Psychiatry, Science37

Rosalind Richmond, CCS
Interim Coding Compliance Officer, A Coding and Billing Service

Sandy Rogers
Formerly Freelance Writer

Nancy Ross Bell, MBA, RN, FACHE, CPHQ
Principal Owner, NRB RN, LLC

Dorn Schuffman, MA
Formerly Director, The State of Missouri Department of Mental Health

Marian Sutton
Formerly Regional Account Executive for Optum Rx, UnitedHealth Group

John Talbot, Ph.D.
Formerly Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Jefferson Center for Mental Health (JCMH)

Dan Thorne
Formerly Director, Harbor View Community Services Center

Jim Trexler
Consultant, The National Security Agency, Office of the Director of Compliance

John Van Camp
Formerly President & Chief Executive Officer, Southwest Solutions

Michael Varadian, J.D., MBA
Formerly Senior Vice President & National Director of Health Reform, Providence Service Corporation

Edgar Wiggins, MHS
Executive Director, Baltimore Crisis Response, Inc

Grady Wilkinson, MSW
Formerly Chief Executive Officer, Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center

M. Arthur Williams
Formally Medical Economist & Senior Program Manager, The State of Pennsylvania Department of Human Services

William Wood, M.D., Ph.D.
Formerly The Managing Medical Director, Anthem/Amerigroup

David Young, MBA
Formerly Chair of the Board & Chief Marketing Officer, Raiven Healthcare
OPEN MINDS Advisory Board Members

Deb Adler
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Navigator Healthcare, Inc

Alison Blodgett, LBSW
Assistant Regional Director, Northeast Region, Bethesda Lutheran Communities

Leon Boyko, MBA, LCSW
Chief of Crisis & Recovery Services Officer & Chief Administrative Officer, Recovery Innovations International

Lisa Brody, LPC
Executive Director, La Frontera, Inc

Dee Brown, MSM
National Director of Community Care Organizations, UnitedHealthcare

Danielle Byron, PMP
Senior Project Manager, Molina Healthcare of Illinois

Lee Chapman, MHSA
Director of Payor Contracting, CleanSlate Centers

Robert Cuyler, Ph.D.
Chief Clinical Officer, Palo Alto Health Sciences, Inc.

Brandon Danz, MHA, MPA
Director for Value Based Care Transformation, WellSpan Health

Kristi Daugherty, LCSW, LISW-S, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Emergency Health Network

Meena Dayak
Formerly Vice President of Integrated Media and Communications, The American Public Power Association

A. Blair Elder, Ph.D.
Director of Utilization Management, Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute

Sarah Elliott
Formerly Director of Transitions of Care, Vivage Senior Living

Niels Eskelsen, MBA, CPA
Chief Business Officer, Partners Behavioral Health Management

Jonathan Evans, MS
Chief Clinical Officer, Quartet

John Falsetti
Director of Information Services, Maryville Academy

Steven Kendrick, MBA
Executive Director, S.T.E.P.S., Inc.

Michael Foust, LCSW
Area Director, The Western Montana Mental Health Center (WMMHC)

John Holton, Ph.D.
Director of Strategic Initiatives, The University of Illinois' Chicago's Jane Addams College of Social Work

Steve Hornberger, MSW
Director, Social Policy Institute, San Diego State University School of Social Work

Stephen Howe, MSW
Formerly the National Director of Foster Care and Family Services, KidsPeace National Centers

Gary Humble
Executive Director, Pinnacle Partners

Richard Knecht, MS
Integrated Services Advisor, The California Department of Social Services and Health Care Services

Shelia Kochis, Ph.D., MPA, CPA
Internal Audit Administrator, Franklin County Children's Services

Katie Lioy, MSMTI
Director of Marketing Technology, SHIFT Communications

Richard Maye, MBA
President, Strategic Integration Solutions, Ltd.

Margaret Mays
Formerly Vice President of Quality Improvement, Magellan Health Services

Ronald Morton, MPA, CBHE
Vice President of The Healthcare Division, The Meyers Group

Bruce Nisbet, LMSW, DFNAP
President & Chief Executive Officer, Spectrum Health Human Services

Perry Patel, MBA, CHA
Formerly Chief Operating Officer, Gaudenzia, Inc.

Rebecca Plonsky, LICSW
National Vice President of Development, Prospect Integrated Behavioral Behavioral Health, Prospect Alta Hospital Systems, LLC

Steven Remillard
Manager, Market Policy, Highmark

April Rhodes
President & Chief Executive Officer, Spectrum Health

Shirley Repta, Ph.D., MBA, RN
Executive Director of Inpatient Psychiatric Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Joseph Rutherford, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Gracepoint Management, Inc.

Brooke Sguardo
Director of Provider Relations, Navigator Healthcare

John Sheehan
President & Chief Executive Officer, Rochester RHIO

Scott Spreat, Ed. D.
Vice President of Evaluation & Research, Woods Services National Research and Evaluation Center

Lisa St. George
Director of Recovery Practices, RI International

Jamie Stewart, MBA, CPA
Chief Executive Officer, Grafton Integrated Health Network

Peggy Terhune, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Monarch and The Arc of Stanly County

Victor Topo, MSW
Chief Executive Officer, Center for Life Management

William D. Tynan, Ph.D.
Director, Integrated Care, American Psychological Association

Alberto Varela, M.D.
Founder & President, Inspira Group

Sun Vega, MBA
Chief Operations Officer & Executive Director, TeamBuilders Behavioral Health

David Wawrzynek, MBA
Senior Director, Coordinated Care Services Inc.
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