Lisa has worked in healthcare for over 25 years. She began her nursing career in the acute care setting working with cardiac patients before transitioning to the ASC setting where she has spent the past 18 years, serving in a variety of clinical and quality leadership roles. Lisa currently serves as a Sr. Director of Clinical Services for Surgical Care Affiliates where she is responsible for evaluating, selecting, and deploying system wide clinical applications, data and performance analysis, strategic planning, oversight of organization quality outcomes reporting, and benchmarking. Additionally, she has developed clinical quality related policies, tools and resources, and leads and serves a team of highly talented nurse and analyst leaders. Lisa holds a graduate degree in Nursing, majoring in Nursing Informatics, serves on the ASC Quality Collaboration’s Technical Expert Committee, and is extremely passionate about patient safety, continuous improvement, and investing in the betterment of others.

Dr. Lerner is President of Chesapeake Urology Associates and Medical Director of their Summit ASC division. Summit comprises 18 ASCs throughout the state of Maryland and performs over 50,000 surgical procedures on an annual basis. He also oversees the QAPI and Peer Review programs and is a surveyor for AAAHC. He has previously presented at ASCA and Becker's ASC Business and Operations meetings on urology related topics and received the CASC designation. Dr. Lerner is a member of the Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA) Leadership Development Committee and the American Urology Association Business of Urology Task Force. He has been involved in the regulatory, clinical, financial and operational aspects of ASCs since 1995.

Terry is Vice President of Ambulatory Surgery Centers for Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tennessee. The CHS portfolio includes over 100 hospitals and 25 ASCs throughout the United States. Terry served as President of the national ASC Association (ASCA) from 2014 to 2016 and as President of the California Surgery Center Association (CASA) from 2012 to 2014. Terry was Vice President of Operations for two national surgery center companies and has managed surgery centers and surgical hospitals in 15 different states.

Terry is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC). He holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and an undergraduate degree in Accounting. He served as faculty for the University of Florida as adjunct assistant professor in their Masters in Healthcare Administration program. He retired as Commander in the United States Navy Reserve after 24 years of military service.

Ms. Sariego, RN, BS, CASC, joined Physicians Endoscopy in 2011 and has over 30 years of healthcare industry experience focused in the hospital and outpatient surgery center setting. She has a strong background in business and clinical operations in ambulatory surgery center arena, including ASC/hospital joint ventures, with extensive knowledge of state, federal and accrediting agency regulatory and compliance standards. She oversees business and clinical operations for PE’s New York and New Jersey Centers, holds the CASC credential, and serves as a member of the board of directors for the ASCA PAC.

Brian Orgen, Senior Vice President, Operations oversees PE Practice Solutions (PEPS) day-to-day business operations. He has served in operational roles in the healthcare industry for the past 15 years, most recently as the national Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management for Privia Health, Inc. His areas of expertise include scaling operational efficiency, strategic planning, identifying/activating new growth opportunities, performance management and launching population health strategies.

I have worked extensively with ambulatory surgery centers since 1996 in a variety of roles including operations, development, and sales. This experience includes working for both a large multi-national healthcare operator and a privately owned independent ASC. Over this timeframe I have successfully dealt with a wide variety of governing board physicians and their diverse personalities in order to improve surgery center operations.

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Christopher M. Dembny R.Ph. is president and owner of Dembny Pharmacy Consultants LLC. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy and has been a consultant pharmacist since 1991. He currently provides consulting services to over 160 healthcare entities, including ambulatory surgery centers, free-standing emergency rooms, specialty hospitals, and physician office practices. He served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Pharmacy Association for five years, most recently serving as the vice-president in 2011-12. He also served for 5 years on the Texas State Board of Pharmacy. He provides years of expertise and experience as a consultant pharmacist.

Dr. Eric Donnenfeld is a founding partner at Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island and Island Eye Surgicenter, New York, one of the largest practices in the United States and on the private equity board of directors. He is a clinical professor of ophthalmology at New York University. As one of the leading refractive and cataract surgeons in the United States, he is an internationally recognized expert with over 215 peer-reviewed papers, 45 book chapters, and 3 books as well as many lectures around the world on these subjects. He has participated in over 60 FDA trials and consults with over 50 ophthalmic companies. Dr. Donnenfeld is a past president of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group and, Trustee of Dartmouth Medical School, Editor in Chief of EyeWorld, and the incoming President of the International Intraocular Implant Society.

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Cynthia Armistead has served as the Administrator of Campbell Clinic Surgery Centers since October of 2006. The Campbell Clinic Surgery Centers are owned and operated by the orthopaedic surgeons and physicians of Campbell Clinic P.. , Established in 1909 by Dr. Willis C. Campbell as the first orthopaedic practice in the world, the physicians of Campbell Clinic perform over 10,000 orthopaedic procedures annually in the Ambulatory Surgery Center setting. Ms. Armistead was a member of the development and implementation team of surgeons, clinical , and business office staff developing policy, procedures ,and protocols for total joint arthroplasty procedures to be successfully completed in the ambulatory surgery center setting. Since June of 2013, approximately 2500 total hip, total knee, total shoulder and total ankle procedures have been successfully completed in the Campbell Clinic Surgery Centers.

I have 32 years of experience as a operating room nurse. The last 18 years I have worked as the O.R. coordinator and then the clinical manager for Campbell Clinic Surgery Center in Germantown, Tennessee. In this role, I helped establish a very successful outpatient total joint program in our ASC. I have worked closely with this program from the beginning and have worked closely with the individual surgeons to help develop their pre-op, intra-op, and post -op protocols.

Paul Richmond serves as senior vice president of market development at BridgeHealth, leading efforts to expand the company's national panel of Centers of Excellence. He is an expert in provider relations with more than 14 years of experience in healthcare, particularly intraoperative consultative sales, negotiating system level agreements for medical devices and capital equipment, and value-based care initiatives. Paul has served in numerous leadership roles in healthcare, most recently as an Account Executive serving Fortune 500 clients in the surgical management benefit space. His unique blend of experience, responsibilities and relationship-building skills have given him a holistic perspective on the types of mutually beneficial solutions employers and healthcare providers are looking for in value-based care programs. Paul received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Baylor University in 2006.

Sarah Smithey has served as corporate counsel at BridgeHealth since 2018. She is an expert in market access, reimbursement, price negotiations and contracting with provider facilities. Since 2013, she has developed and implemented pricing strategies in the healthcare space, including creating mutually beneficial risk-based agreements with c-suite leadership at national providers. Prior to that, Sarah served as a business attorney, partner and founder at The Potter Law Firm from 2002 until 2013, where she represented a number of surgeons and physicians in contracting and hospital access issues. Sarah received her Doctor of Juris Prudence in 2002 at the University of Colorado at Boulder and her Bachelor of Arts in History in 1999 at the University of Oregon.

Kim has more than 30 years of healthcare experience leading operations and sales management teams. She has held leadership roles on the provider side of the industry at the Iowa Health System and on the benefits side with American Republic Insurance Company and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. At BridgeHealth, Kim is responsible for all aspects of the Provider Strategy, including building the panel of providers, negotiating the bundled case rates and managing the relationships. Kim holds an undergraduate degree in Accounting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a MBA from Drake University.

Debbie currently provides healthcare consulting services to ASC’s focusing on developing and maintaining comprehensive Infection Control and Quality programs. She assists facilities with survey readiness for CMS and accreditation agencies. Prior to consulting, she was a VP of Operations for a management company overseeing the operations and development of ASC's and surgical hospitals. She has worked in the ASC industry in California since 1993, beginning as an Administrator of a surgery center. Debbie served on the Board of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association for 15 years; including Past President. She continues to date to serve as Chair of the Education Committee, including developing the CASA Infection Control Seminar for over 12 years.

Involved in Hospital Facility Management for 27 years, the last 15 years as the Facility Maintenance Manager at a hospital. Retired from this position November of 2020. Prior to working in Healthcare I spent 10 years as a HVAC service manager. I have been working as a Life Safety Surveyor for AAAHC the last 4 years. I have been an active member in New England Healthcare Engineers Society, New Hampshire Society of Healthcare Facility Managers and the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) since 2006.

Joan Dentler is president and chief executive officer of Avanza Healthcare Strategies, which provides healthcare organizations with strategic guidance, with a focus on outpatient services and community collaborations. For more than 25 years, Joan has been consulting on, developing or operating ambulatory surgery centers, hospital outpatient services and community health initiatives. She founded ASC Strategies in 2007 and Outpatient Strategies in 2011, unifying the two companies under a single brand, Avanza Healthcare Strategies, in 2013.

Joan's breadth of experience and disarming nature help her quickly build trust and establish credibility with clients and other stakeholders. She is known for her incisive business acumen and elegant solutions to complex problems. Before founding Avanza, Joan worked in healthcare administration, serving as a hospital liaison for physician-hospital joint ventures and as an administrator of community-based women's health and pediatric primary care facilities.

Carole S. Guinane, MBA, RN, CPHQ, is the executive director for ASC operations at Cedars Sinai. Guinane has extensive experience as the chief clinical officer, corporate vice president interim president and vice president levels at health care systems in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Colorado. From steering system-wide initiatives and introducing/expanding orthopedic service lines, to leading the charge on opening multi-million dollar ambulatory surgery centers, Guinane has delivered demonstrated successes. She served as vice president at one of six hospitals in the country to adopt quality improvement strategies as implemented in manufacturing and industry, and the hospital was featured in the book Striving Toward Improvement: Six Hospitals in Search of Quality published by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Guinane has authored and co-authored numerous books on various health care topics, including outpatient policies, improving quality in the outpatient setting and analyzing clinical care pathways. She also has published several articles in the Journal for Healthcare Quality and the American Heart Hospital Journal, and presented at national and regional conferences for organizations such as the National Association for Healthcare Quality, Becker ASC Conference, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement on topics such as health care quality, leadership, data analysis, service line strategy, and process improvement. Guinane is the National Chairperson for The Competency Commission for Healthcare Quality and serves as the 2020 president for the National Association for Healthcare Quality.

Todd Eich is the Director of Training and Implementation in supply chain for United Surgical Partners International in Addison, TX. He has over 25 years of experience in Healthcare and 20 years of experience in supply chain management. He has been a Certified Surgical Technologist for 25 years and is a Certified Materials & Resource Professional and a member of the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM). He is also a Registered Yoga and Certified Meditation Teacher. Todd earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from South Dakota State University.

Ann Geier is Chief Nursing Officer for Surgical Information Systems (SIS), a leader in perioperative information systems. In this role, she consults with clients on best practices and strategies to enhance efficiency, improve compliance and deliver high quality patient care.

Ann Geier has worked in the ASC industry for over 30 years, and is a recognized expert. She has been responsible for every aspect of ASC financial & clinical operations, and has been a surveyor for Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) since 2006.

Ann’s extensive clinical background is in the operating room, where she served in every capacity. She is an active member of AORN and ASCA, and she represented ASCA on the Board of Directors of AAAHC.

She was selected by the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification (BASC) Nominating Committee serve on the BASC Board through 2019 and is currently the secretary/treasurer.

Ann has an MS in Health Services Administration from the University of St. Francis. She is CASC & CNOR certified. She regularly speaks at national meetings and contributes articles to Outpatient Surgery Magazine, ASC Focus, Becker’s ASC Review. She has written an e-book, Admin 101: What Every New ASC Administrator Needs to Know available at www.sisfirst.com.

She is a world traveler; enjoys teaching and mentoring up-and-coming ASC leaders, and public speaking.

Dennis Wichern is a partner in Prescription Drug Consulting LLC, focusing on medical prescriber protection, compliance, and risk mitigation. His experience includes 30 years of public service as a DEA Special Agent retiring in 2018 as the Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division where he directed all federal operations in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota with a team of approximately 550 employees.

Dennis is a recognized expert on the dangers of heroin and the prescription drug opioid epidemic and routinely speaks to healthcare providers to identify methods to better safeguard their practices and reduce the professional and operational risks emanating from these threats. Dennis was the first to develop basic and advanced CME prescription drug classes focusing on prescriber safeguards, ASC's, DEA compliance, MAT, pain and drug destruction.

Lisa Berus is Director of Clinical Education and Training for Surgical Care Affiliates. Lisa has 30 years of experience in the ASC industry and has been doing infection prevention for over 25 years. She has developed programs to train new infection preventionists and is certified in sterile processing and holds the CAIP certification.

Lisa has worked in every area of the surgery center including circulating, scrubbing, safety officer, infection preventionist, business office manager, administrator and corporate clinical leader. She has been the project manager for multiple de novo surgery center builds and renovation projects. Lisa is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. Lisa has a BSN from the University of Cincinnati and a MSN and MEd from Xavier University.

John Goehle is the Chief Operating Officer and partner with Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, LLC - a Rochester, New York-based ASC management and consulting services company.

Prior to forming AHS, Mr. Goehle developed and managed two Rochester New York-based ambulatory surgery centers, and provided management consulting services for a wide range of health care organizations, primarily in the Northeast.

Mr. Goehle has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh Scotland, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Ithaca College in Upstate New York. He holds the prestigious Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC) credential. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Mr. Goehle is also an accreditation surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC).

Mr. Goehle is the host of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle available on iTunes and Google Play. He is also is frequent speaker on health care finance, technology and administration and has authored or co-authored eight books related to the ASC Industry including Ambulatory Surgery Center Governance - A Guide for Ambulatory Surgery Center Owners & Governing Body Members and The Survey Guide for ASCs – A Guide to the CMS Conditions of Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers. He is a former board member with the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association and one of the founders of the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

Karen Reiter is currently the CEO of DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach, she has spent over fourteen years running multi specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers each of which have been a driving force for cutting edge management of complex outpatient spine surgeries.

Karen has overseen the growth of her current facility from a concept to a company that now has annual revenue of over $50 million, almost exclusively in Spinal Surgery.

Karen is a member of AORN’s Ambulatory Surgery Specialty Assembly Coordinating Council.

She has authored for AORN on patient education for outpatient spinal surgery, and has written several articles for Outpatient Surgery magazine as well she has presented many times at Becker’s, AORN Congress, ASCA, CASA and OR Excellence Conferences.

Naya Kehayes is a Principal and Ambulatory Surgery Practice Leader at ECG Management Consultants. Prior to ECG, she was the Founder and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting. She has spent more than 25 years in the healthcare industry and 20 years in consulting. She has devoted her career to working with ASCs, surgical hospitals and surgeons, and has a proven track record as a strategic adviser to clients in ASC operations, managed care contracting, reimbursement, and financial analysis. Naya is a member of the ASCA Government Affairs Committee. She is a board member, the Payment Policy Chair and past President of the Washington Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. She has numerous publications, is a national speaker and a lecturer at Yale University School of Public Health. Naya earned a B.A. from the University of Rochester and a Masters of Public Health from Yale University.

John Goehle is the Chief Operating Officer and partner with Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies, LLC - a Rochester, New York-based ASC management and consulting services company.

Prior to forming AHS, Mr. Goehle developed and managed two Rochester New York-based ambulatory surgery centers, and provided management consulting services for a wide range of health care organizations, primarily in the Northeast.

Mr. Goehle has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh Scotland, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Ithaca College in Upstate New York. He holds the prestigious Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC) credential. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Mr. Goehle is also an accreditation surveyor with the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC).

Mr. Goehle is the host of the ASC Podcast with John Goehle available on iTunes and Google Play. He is also is frequent speaker on health care finance, technology and administration and has authored or co-authored eight books related to the ASC Industry including Ambulatory Surgery Center Governance - A Guide for Ambulatory Surgery Center Owners & Governing Body Members and The Survey Guide for ASCs – A Guide to the CMS Conditions of Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers. He is a former board member with the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association and one of the founders of the New York State Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers.

Debbie currently provides healthcare consulting services to ASC’s focusing on developing and maintaining comprehensive Infection Control and Quality programs. She assists facilities with survey readiness for CMS and accreditation agencies. Prior to consulting, she was a VP of Operations for a management company overseeing the operations and development of ASC's and surgical hospitals. She has worked in the ASC industry in California since 1993, beginning as an Administrator of a surgery center. Debbie served on the Board of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association for 15 years; including Past President. She continues to date to serve as Chair of the Education Committee, including developing the CASA Infection Control Seminar for over 11 years.

Sandra Jones is President of Ambulatory Strategies, providing management, development, regulatory compliance, accreditation preparation, ASC licensing and CMS certification compliance consulting, and risk management services to surgical centers. Sandra is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management, Certified Administrator Surgery Center, Certified in Health Care Quality Management, and Fellow of the Health Care Financial Management Association. She is a contributor on the subject of risk management, regulatory compliance and operational issues for several professional publications. Sandra is an AAAHC accreditation surveyor, serves on the Standards Development Committee for the AAAHC and is a former board member of AAAHC. For nine years, she served on the board of the ASC Association where she served on Governance, Strategic Planning, HIPAA Compliance and other committees. She recently was on the board of the Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety and serves on the Advocacy Committee.

Vangie Dennis is the AVP of AnMed Health in the Anderson, South Carolina. She is on the editorial board for the Journal: Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery, OR Today and Outpatient Surgery.

Vangie serves on the Board of Directors for Laser Institute of America, chair for the National Certification on Lasers, Board of Laser Safety Commissions, representative for the ANSI and presently the National Treasurer for AORN Board of Directors.

She is the recipient of the 1996 Nursing Excellence Award from the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery, 2011 R. James Rockwell Jr. Educational Achievement Award, 2011 AORN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Nursing Education, 2018 Distinguished Nurse of the Year for the Georgia March of Dimes and 2019 OR Manager of the year, and the perioperative nurse of the year for the Georgia Council of Nurses. Vangie is currently running for President -Elect for National AORN.

Clinton Flume is a Managing Director at VMG Health in the Dallas office. Over his 12 year tenure, his focus has been on developing client relationships and providing valuation, transaction advisory, and operational consulting services in the healthcare services industry. He has significant experience with the ambulatory surgery centers. Having conducted over 350 ASC valuations, Mr. Flume has provided FMV opinions and ASC development consulting services to for-profit and not-for-profit health systems, ASC management companies and private equity.

Colin Park is a Director at VMG Health and is based in the Dallas office. His focus has been on developing client relationships and providing valuation, transaction advisory, and operational consulting services in the healthcare services industry. Specifically, he has significant experience with ambulatory surgery centers, acute care and specialty hospitals, oncology centers, diagnostic imaging centers, dialysis centers, physicians groups, and numerous other ancillary healthcare service business segments. In addition to the extensive valuation experience for transaction planning and financial reporting purposes, he has consulted on numerous development, feasibility, and denovo business development engagements. Clients include for-profit and not-for-profit health systems, ancillary services providers, development companies across several healthcare industry sub-specialties, and other publicly owned and privately held healthcare entities.

I have worked as a teacher, supervisor, professor, instructional designer, change leader, mentor, and facilitator. I have a bachelor's in Sociology and a Master's in Anthropology and in Information Science. For over 20 years I have helped teams develop and grow. I have certifications in DiSC, Change Style, Teamwork, and Facilitation. I have worked with non-profits, NGO's, government, higher education, and corporate groups to grow individuals, create team, and impact customer experience.

Terry is Vice President of Ambulatory Surgery Centers for Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tennessee. The CHS portfolio includes over 100 hospitals and 25 ASCs throughout the United States. Terry served as President of the national ASC Association (ASCA) from 2014 to 2016 and as President of the California Surgery Center Association (CASA) from 2012 to 2014. Terry was Vice President of Operations for two national surgery center companies and has managed surgery centers and surgical hospitals in 15 different states.

Terry is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC). He holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and an undergraduate degree in Accounting. He served as faculty for the University of Florida as adjunct assistant professor in their Masters in Healthcare Administration program. He retired as Commander in the United States Navy Reserve after 24 years of military service.

Lori Pacheco is a Certified Registered Nurse in Ophthalmology (CRNO) with 27 years of ophthalmic experience. Lori’s background primarily lies in the ambulatory care setting. She has extensive experience in the intraoperative environment as a scrub nurse and circulator.

In addition to her work as an intraoperative staff nurse, Lori worked as the Director of Clinical Services for one of the largest physician owned ophthalmic practices in the United States and as the Clinical Director for their multispecialty ophthalmic surgery center in Cape Cod.

Lori has served in various volunteer capacities in nursing and outreach projects in developing countries around the globe. Lori currently works for ORBIS International as the Sr. Manager of Volunteer Faculty Relations.

Lori has written publications and lectured on the industry standards and guidelines in central sterile processing and most recently on the care and handling of hazardous drugs and USP 800.

Lori is on the Board for the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses and dedicated to being a resource for ophthalmic nurses on a national and international platform.

In 2004, I graduated with my BSN in nursing and began my nursing career in a hospital setting. In 2007, I received a job opportunity with Roanoke Valley Center for Sight LLC (RVCS), an ophthalmic ambulatory surgery center located within my community. I served as a floor nurse for the next 9 years working with multiple ophthalmic surgeons and their patients in the high volume, two operating room facility. In 2016, I was offered the Clinical Director position at RVCS. At the time, construction had just begun on a second ophthalmic ASC and I took over responsibility for this project from the previous director. The second ASC opened for patient care in January 2018, right as it was decided that construction of a third ASC would begin that same year. Our third facility opened in August 2019 and a fourth surgery center is planned to open in 2021.

As a nationally recognized ASC revenue cycle leader, Rebecca has successfully managed all areas of revenue cycle management for more than 15 years. Rebecca began in ASC leadership as Business Director for two high volume, multi-specialty surgery centers in south Florida.

Rebecca joined SurgCenter Development in 2008 as Director of A/R & Materials where she worked to help develop over 15 ASCs with a focus on deploying successful revenue cycle and business office processes. Rebecca then went on to become VP, Revenue Cycle & Managed Care Contracting for a surgery center/surgical hospital management company directing a CBO for its 18+ Clients.

Currently Rebecca serves as President of NSN Revenue Resources, where she has built an unmatched team with diversified experience. NSN currently has 111 ASC clients, 160+ team members and prides itself on serving its clients through excellence in customer service, reimbursement strategy, company culture and team development.

Michelle George is Senior Director of Clinical Services with Surgical Care Affiliates. Michelle has over 35 years of experience as a registered nurse. She has worked in various areas of nursing including critical care, emergency and trauma, and surgical services. Michelle has served in multiple hospital and ambulatory surgical center leadership roles, served on professional advisory boards, as affiliate faculty to a nursing program and professional speaker to professional and state healthcare organizations. She has authored various nursing journal articles and been contributing author to a healthcare textbook. Michelle completed a Master’s in Nursing Administration program at San Diego State University and holds a Certified Administrator Surgery Center certification. She serves on the ASCA Education Committee, is the immediate past-president for ASC Quality Collaboration Board of Directors and is the current President for California Ambulatory Surgery Association.

Ann Geier is Chief Nursing Officer for Surgical Information Systems (SIS), a leader in perioperative information systems. In this role, she consults with clients on best practices and strategies to enhance efficiency, improve compliance and deliver high quality patient care.

Ann Geier has worked in the ASC industry for over 35 years and is a recognized expert. She has been responsible for every aspect of ASC financial & clinical operations, and has been a surveyor for Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) since 2006.

Ann’s extensive clinical background is in the operating room, where she served in every capacity. She is an active member of AORN and ASCA, and she represented ASCA on the Board of Directors of AAAHC.

She was selected by the Board of Ambulatory Surgery Certification (BASC) Nominating Committee to serve on the BASC Board through 2021 and is currently the secretary/treasurer.

Ann has an MS in Health Services Administration from the University of St. Francis. She is CASC & CNOR certified. She regularly speaks at national meetings and contributes articles to Outpatient Surgery Magazine, ASC Focus, Becker’s ASC Review. She has written an e-book, Admin 101: What Every New ASC Administrator Needs to Know available at www.sisfirst.com.

She is a world traveler; enjoys teaching and mentoring up-and-coming ASC leaders, and public speaking.

Surgery Center Administrator since 2008 in various facilities of different sizes and specialty mix. Strong performance of increasing block utilization through physician recruitment.

Kevin Flounders joined SIB Fixed Cost Reduction in November 2018 after more than 25 years in the telecom industry. His decades of leadership success helps drive SIB’s growth by continually improving operations, employee retention, and business development while expanding SIB’s service offerings. Kevin’s focus at SIB revolves around client and employee engagement.

Kevin’s telecom career began at 19 when his father, who owned a one-man residential cabling company, fell ill. Kevin took over the company and grew it into Comstar Technologies, a technology integration firm focused on VoIP, data, and physical Infrastructure. Comstar grew from $136K in revenue to $50 million through organic growth, acquisitions, and strategic partnerships.

Karen Reiter is currently the CEO of DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach, she has spent over fourteen years running multi specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers each of which have been a driving force for cutting edge management of complex outpatient spine surgeries.

Karen has overseen the growth of her current facility from a concept to a company that now has annual revenue of over $50 million, almost exclusively in Spinal Surgery.

Karen is a member of AORN’s Ambulatory Surgery Specialty Assembly Coordinating Council.

She has authored for AORN on patient education for outpatient spinal surgery, and has written several articles for Outpatient Surgery magazine as well she has presented many times at Becker’s, AORN Congress, ASCA, CASA and OR Excellence Conferences.

Experienced nurse with 35 years Med/Surg and OR experience including ASC Manager through Executive level experience. Currently working as the Director of Clinical Operations for Surgical Management Professionals. The current role allows previous experiences in the front line and in a middle manager role to take a seat in discussions at the board level related to operational efficiency and clinical excellence needs. Experience and involvement in starting or turning around 10 new ASC's including establishing best practices in the facility to meet accreditation standards, staffing patterns/ moral and in the materials management arena based on KanBan concepts and just in time delivery methods has lead to successful and profitable ASC's throughout the nation as well as centers with low staff turnover rates. Frequent contributor on clinical and operational topics on ASCA listserve, speaker at Becker's as well as an article contributor to ASC Focus, Outpatient Surgery.

Rena Courtay is currently the President of Solutions for Outpatient Surgery, an ASC consulting firm. Prior to this Rena was the Vice President, Executive Director of HSS (Hospital for Special Surgery) Florida. Rena has over 25 years of experience in the ASC industry and has been an operating room nurse, a DON, a surgery center Administrator and spent over 15 years as an RVP for HCA and Surgical Care Affiliates. Rena is also on the Board of Directors of the Florida Society for Ambulatory Surgery Centers and its immediate Past President. She is the Education Chair for the Florida Society and also serves on the ASCA education committee. Rena earned her BSN from The Ohio State University and her MBA from Youngstown State University.

I have served our Healthcare industry for 20 years. I have carried various positions such as a nurse's aide, surgical technologist, OR Circulator, Prep/PACU Manager, Director of Nursing and now an Executive Director/Administrator. I am proud to have walked the path of the team members that I serve as well as dedicating my life to an industry of helping others. I am thrilled to share my experiences and knowledge to bring value to ASCA and other ASCs across the country.

Sandra Jones is President of Ambulatory Strategies, providing management, development, regulatory compliance, accreditation preparation, ASC licensing and CMS certification compliance consulting, and risk management services to surgical centers. Sandra is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Risk Management, Certified Administrator Surgery Center, Certified in Health Care Quality Management, and Fellow of the Health Care Financial Management Association. She is a contributor on the subject of risk management, regulatory compliance and operational issues for several professional publications. Sandra is an AAAHC accreditation surveyor, serves on the Standards Development Committee for the AAAHC and is a former board member of AAAHC. For nine years, she served on the board of the ASC Association where she served on Governance, Strategic Planning, HIPAA Compliance and other committees. She recently was on the board of the Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety and serves on the Advocacy Committee.

Will graduated from the University of California, San Diego, in 1986, and graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1989. Will is an Equity Partner with the San Diego, California, law firm of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP, and is Chairperson of the Firm’s Health Care Group. For the past 31 years, Will’s practice has included civil trial litigation, with an emphasis in the representation of healthcare clientele in both State and Federal courts.

Will represents healthcare clientele in their business litigation, administrative law, and medical malpractice matters; to date, he has represented both national, and state-wide, healthcare clientele in over 500 matters. His clients include Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Hospitals, Physicians, and other Allied Health Professionals.

Will has received the highest rating (A-V) available from Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and ethics, has been distinguished as a designated “Super Lawyer for Southern California” by Thomson Reuters, the “Best of the Bar” by the San Diego Business Journal, and a “Top Lawyer” by San Diego Magazine.

Debra Stinchcomb has 30 years of health care experience including development, clinical, administrative, operations and sales. The last 20 years have been focused exclusively in the ASC industry.

Her responsibilities have included budget development/management, revenue/expense management, contract negotiation, licensing/certification/accreditation compliance, marketing, risk management, quality improvement and benchmarking.

Debra is a Registered Nurse having received her BSN and MBA. She is the founder/past President of Arkansas Ambulatory Surgery Association and has served nationally as a past board member of FASA and the ASC Association. She is currently the past President of the Arkansas Ambulatory Surgery Association. She received her CASC credential in 2002.

Debra was an AAAHC surveyor 2001 - 2007 and is Past Chair of the Ambulatory Joint Commission Professional and Technical Advisory Committee.

Debra is Chair of the Quality Committee of ASCA.

Colin Park is a Director at VMG Health and is based in the Dallas office. His focus has been on developing client relationships and providing valuation, transaction advisory, and operational consulting services in the healthcare services industry. Specifically, he has significant experience with ambulatory surgery centers, acute care and specialty hospitals, oncology centers, diagnostic imaging centers, dialysis centers, physicians groups, and numerous other ancillary healthcare service business segments. In addition to the extensive valuation experience for transaction planning and financial reporting purposes, he has consulted on numerous development, feasibility, and denovo business development engagements. Clients include for-profit and not-for-profit health systems, ancillary services providers, development companies across several healthcare industry sub-specialties, and other publicly owned and privately held healthcare entities.

I have worked as a teacher, supervisor, professor, instructional designer, change leader, mentor, and facilitator. I have a bachelor's in Sociology and a Master's in Anthropology and in Information Science. For over 20 years I have helped teams develop and grow. I have certifications in DiSC, Change Style, Teamwork, and Facilitation. I have worked with non-profits, NGO's, government, higher education, and corporate groups to grow individuals, create team, and impact customer experience.

Lori Pacheco is a Certified Registered Nurse in Ophthalmology (CRNO) with 27 years of ophthalmic experience. Lori’s background primarily lies in the ambulatory care setting. She has extensive experience in the intraoperative environment as a scrub nurse and circulator.

In addition to her work as an intraoperative staff nurse, Lori worked as the Director of Clinical Services for one of the largest physician owned ophthalmic practices in the United States and as the Clinical Director for their multispecialty ophthalmic surgery center in Cape Cod.

Lori has served in various volunteer capacities in nursing and outreach projects in developing countries around the globe. Lori currently works for ORBIS International as the Sr. Manager of Volunteer Faculty Relations.

Lori has written publications and lectured on the industry standards and guidelines in central sterile processing and most recently on the care and handling of hazardous drugs and USP 800.

Lori is on the Board for the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses and dedicated to being a resource for ophthalmic nurses on a national and international platform.

Lisa Berus is Director of Integration Management for Surgical Care Affiliates. In this role, she serves as the project manager for multiple de novo surgery centers. Lisa has over 28 years of experience in the ASC industry and has been doing infection prevention for 25 years. She has developed programs to train new infection preventionists and is certified in sterile processing.

Lisa has worked in every area of the surgery center including circulating, scrubbing, safety officer, infection preventionist, business office manager, administrator and corporate clinical leader. Lisa is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. She has previously worked for her County Health Department as the epidemiologist and bioterrorism nurse. Lisa has a BSN from the University of Cincinnati and a MSN and MEd from Xavier University.

Terry is Vice President of Ambulatory Surgery Centers for Community Health Systems in Franklin, Tennessee. The CHS portfolio includes over 100 hospitals and 25 ASCs throughout the United States. Terry served as President of the national ASC Association (ASCA) from 2014 to 2016 and as President of the California Surgery Center Association (CASA) from 2012 to 2014. Terry was Vice President of Operations for two national surgery center companies and has managed surgery centers and surgical hospitals in 15 different states.

Terry is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC). He holds a master’s degree in Healthcare Administration and an undergraduate degree in Accounting. He served as faculty for the University of Florida as adjunct assistant professor in their Masters in Healthcare Administration program. He retired as Commander in the United States Navy Reserve after 24 years of military service.

Michelle George is Senior Director of Clinical Services with Surgical Care Affiliates. Michelle has over 35 years of experience as a registered nurse. She has worked in various areas of nursing including critical care, emergency and trauma, and surgical services. Michelle has served in multiple hospital and ambulatory surgical center leadership roles, served on professional advisory boards, as affiliate faculty to a nursing program and professional speaker to professional and state healthcare organizations. She has authored various nursing journal articles and been contributing author to a healthcare textbook. Michelle completed a Master’s in Nursing Administration program at San Diego State University and holds a Certified Administrator Surgery Center certification. She serves on the ASCA Education Committee, is the immediate past-president for ASC Quality Collaboration Board of Directors and is the current President for California Ambulatory Surgery Association.