Jim Rohan – Chairman
As one of the original founders of SullivanCotter, Jim is a Managing Director in the Chicago office and is the firm’s Chairman of the Board. For more than 30 years, he has worked with a wide variety of health care organizations, helping their boards and senior leadership think through talent issues related to recruiting, rewarding, engaging and retaining top executives and physician leaders.
Ted Chien – President and CEO
With more than 25 years of health care management and consulting experience, Ted leverages a deep, 360-degree understanding of the industry and its stakeholders – providers, payers, employers and the government – to help him advise health care leaders in the board room and at the C-Suite level.
Robert Oberrender – Treasurer and Independent Director
Robert Oberrender is a decorated financial executive who recently retired as the Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer of UnitedHealth Group in October 2018. He has built and managed successful teams as an executive in a variety of organizational settings for early-stage organizations and large multinational blue-chip companies.
Chris Terranova – Independent Director
As a Managing Director at SullivanCotter, Chris has more than 35 years of experience advising health care organizations in the New York marketplace by helping high-profile organizations compete for top talent and mitigate regulatory risk. She also helps them to develop total rewards programs to support value-based reimbursement, innovative team care and population health.
Brian Dunn – Independent Director
Brian Dunn is an experienced consultant who recently retired as the Chairman of McLagan and the CEO of Performance, Reward and Talent at Aon Consulting. He currently serves on the Cornell University faculty where he teaches Executive Compensation and Managing Compensation.
Meg Garrison – Shareholder Director
Meg is a Managing Director at SullivanCotter. With over 20 years of consulting experience, Meg specializes in executive compensation and works with a variety of organizations, including large multi-hospital, multi-state health systems, academic medical centers and more, to design reward programs to support the achievement of organizational goals.
Kathy Hastings – Shareholder Director
Kathy is a Managing Director and the Executive Workforce Practice Leader at SullivanCotter. She has over 25 years of compensation consulting experience advising large and complex not-for-profit health care organizations to develop comprehensive executive compensation and benefits strategies to recruit, retain and engage top leadership talent.
Paul Keckley – Independent Director
Paul H. Keckley is Managing Editor of The Keckley Report, a health care policy analyst and widely known industry expert. He is a frequent speaker and advisor to health care organizations focused on long-term growth, sustainability and advocacy strategies. In addition to the weekly Keckley Report, he has published three books and 250 articles.
Deborah McGuinness –
Independent Director
Deborah is an informatics and web research leader with more than 35 years of experience. She is the Founder and President of McGuinness Associates where she helps new and established companies and not-for-profits realize the potential of emerging technology solutions and artificial intelligence.
Terry Pflager – Shareholder Director
Terry is the Chief Operating Officer and the Employee Workforce Practice Leader for SullivanCotter. With over 30 years of human resources and management consulting experience, Terry has long served as a trusted adviser to a number of large employers across the country.
Technology Advisory Council
Ted Chien – President and CEO
With more than 25 years of health care management and consulting experience, Ted leverages a deep, 360-degree understanding of the industry and its stakeholders – providers, payers, employers and the government – to help him advise health care leaders in the board room and at the C-Suite level.
Deborah McGuinness –
Independent Director
Deborah is an informatics and web research leader with more than 35 years of experience. She is the Founder and President of McGuinness Associates where she helps new and established companies and not-for-profits realize the potential of emerging technology solutions and artificial intelligence.
Sali Osman – Advisory Board Member
A globally recognized C-level digital transformation executive, Sali leverages her extensive experience in technology governance, risk, and digital strategies to create growth and value realization for global organizations. In addition to her many successful senior leadership roles, she is also a sought-after Subject Matter Expert providing expert counsel to Fortune 20 Boards, International Monetary Fund (IMF), venture capitalists, private equity firms, and banks. Sali has demonstrated success in a wide range of sectors ranging from Industrial, Oil & Gas, Finance, Consumer Goods, Hospitality, Higher Education, and Not-For-Profits.
Mike Erickson – Chief Technology Officer, Clinician Nexus
Mike Erickson is the Chief Technology Officer at Clinician Nexus. As a dynamic technology executive with a proven track record for leading high-performing teams as they solve complex business and operational issues, he leverages more than 20 years of experience working within innovative health care start-ups and consulting environments. Mike utilizes his longstanding expertise in software architecture, development, and implementation to deliver new products and resources to market and better support hospitals and health systems as they grow and scale in a rapidly changing marketplace. He is responsible for driving ongoing strategy and design for the company’s suite of clinical workforce technology products, and his work is critical in helping clients improve performance and streamline operations throughout all stages of the clinical workforce lifecycle.
Andrew Lewis – Managing Principal
Andy Lewis is a Managing Principal at SullivanCotter. He helps health care institutions restructure compensation programs to be more efficient and reflective of new market trends. Leveraging more than 20 years of consulting experience, he leads the Executive Workforce practice’s Innovations Team, which develops new ways to use our nationally known research and tools to solve emerging client issues. In addition, Andy works extensively for tax-exempt research institutions, including Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and national labs, as well as think tanks, membership associations, and foundations.
Jason Tackett – Managing Principal
Jason Tackett is a Managing Principal at SullivanCotter. He also serves as the Physician Workforce Solutions and Strategic Growth Leader as well as co-leading the Physician Design Practice. Jason specializes in physician compensation related matters in pediatric hospitals and academic medical centers. He has worked with more than 100 health care organizations, which include hospitals, health systems, medical schools, academic medical centers and physician groups.
Traci S. Granston – Advisory Board Member
Traci is an award-winning surgeon and advisory board member currently serving as Medical Director for Cohere Health, a high-growth healthtech startup. She has more than 20 years of experience delivering compassionate care while simultaneously overseeing a growing private practice. She brings a combination of business, governance, and clinical expertise to board rooms and executive teams looking to make an impact in the healthcare industry. Traci was named Seattle Met’s “Top Doc” in 2020, 2021 and 2022. As a leading surgeon in an industry in which only 6% of surgeons are female, she is a sought-after speaker and thought leader on topics including women’s health issues, equity, and mentorship.
Teresa Duran – Advisory Board Member
Teresa is a senior executive recognized for advising and leading companies through significant transformational change and modernization strategies across corporate and non-profit sectors from Fortune 100 to mid-sized companies. She is an accomplished and results driven executive with over 20 years of technology experience with a proven ability to align executives and lead digital transformational company strategies including revenue growth, customer retention, and risk management. Teresa is recognized for her multidisciplinary skill set and ability to articulate the business value technology provides through new business models and product innovations. She has extensive experience in cybersecurity, regulatory, and HIPPA environments.