Catholic Health Initiatives

Ross has been married to Jennifer for 13 years and they have three children: Spencer (6), Grant (3 ), and Abigail (2 ). He has lived in Colorado since 1994 when he was stationed at Fort Carson. Although he is no longer in the Army, Ross and Jennifer decided to remain in the area and have live in Monument since 2004, when they also began attending Tri-Lakes Chapel. Ross works as a Project Manager in the Information Technology department of Catholic Health Initiatives, a not-for-profit healthcare system. Ross is excited to see how God is working in the lives of the men at Tri-Lakes Chapel.

Cindy is currently employed with Catholic Health Initiatives working at Littleton Adventist Hospital in Clinical Engineering in an Administrative Support position. She started her career in Biomed at St Anthony Central as logistics support in 1978 and assisted in the development of B.E.S.T. maintenance software. Cindy was previous employed with HSS from 1989 2006 holding various positions within HSS. Cindy was the Y2K Logistics Coordinator and traveled extensively during 1997 1999. Cindy directed the Courier Services division at HSS and during this time also, worked as a contractor for Bonfils Blood Center as Logistics Transportation Coordinator. Cindy has an Associate Degree in Electronic Technology from ACC.

P. Terrence O'Rourke, M.D. is a practicing general surgeon in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is the Medical Director of the Penrose Cancer Center and the Cancer Liaison Physician to the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Centura Health and chaired that Board for seven years. He is a member of the Centura Board Quality Committee and also chairs the Board Quality and Patient Safety Committee of Catholic Health Initiatives. He is a past member of the Board of the Catholic Health Association and chairs the Physician Committee of Catholic Health Initiatives. Dr. O'Rourke is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the Western Surgical Association, the Southwestern Surgical Congress and the Denver Academy of Surgery.

Daniel Harrington is the Chief Financial Officer of Saint Lukea s Foundation. He is responsible for the Financial Management functions including accounting, investment management, treasury, budget and financial reporting. He coordinates the activities of two committees of the Board of Trustees; the Finance Committee and the Investment Committee. Dan has over forty years of financial management experience including seven years at the Saint Lukea s Foundation, twenty-seven years at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation retiring as Chief Financial Officer in 1999, and four years at Ernst & Young. Dan has a degree in accounting from John Carroll University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. Dan is also a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

David R. Lincoln is President/CEO of Covenant Health Systems. He has held this position since 1989 providing leadership to the diverse health and human service organizations which comprise the system, including services targeted at older adults: assisted living; skilled nursing; elderly housing and acute care. He is responsible for developing and implementing corporate strategies, system integration and operational performance. Mr. Lincoln has repositioned Covenant Health Systems to capitalize on its significant strengths in Elder Care. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Covenant. Prior to his current position, Mr. Lincoln was Covenant's Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Planning and had originally joined the senior management team of Covenant in 1984. Prior to joining Covenant, Mr. Lincoln held several senior administrative positions at Memorial Health System and Memorial Hospital, South Bend, Indiana. In those positions, he provided leadership in strategic planning, sales, marketing and new service development at Memorial. In addition, Mr. Lincoln has served as adjunct faculty at Notre Dame and the University of Lowell teaching Masters level students strategic business planning. Mr. Lincoln serves on numerous boards of not-for-profit organizations involved in healthcare delivery, including Catholic Health Initiatives and Catholic Healthcare Partners. He has served as past president of the American Hospital Association's Society for Health Care Planning and Marketing, and he currently serves as a member of the American Hospital Association's Section for Health Care Systems Governing Council. He is a past officer of the Board of Trustees of the New England Healthcare Assembly, is currently the Chairperson of Yankee Alliance and is the former Chairperson and Speaker of the Membership Assembly for the Catholic Health Association. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Mr. Lincoln received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College and Masters Degrees in Regional Planning and Health Care Administration from the University of Iowa.

Mary Jo Potter, a nationally recognized compliance and governance expert, is the Managing Partner and CEO of Highperlink, an international human capital management consulting firm. Prior to joining Highperlink in 2004, Ms. Potter was Senior Vice-President-Governance Practice Leader at Sibson Consulting Group, where she was responsible for client development for the technology, healthcare, financial services and professional services sectors. While Ms. Potter has previously served on a number of public and non-profit boards, she currently serves on the board of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and is the Compensation Committee Chair of the Compli Board of Directors. In addition, she is a board member and Chair of Strategic Planning for the Hanna Center and Hope Unlimited International in Brazil and on the board of Siena Heights University.

Dr. Mary Wakefield is associate dean at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota; director and professor (tenured) of the Center for Rural Health at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of North Dakota, in Grand Forks, ND. She has served as Center Director since November 2001. Established in 1980, the Center for Rural Health has a full complement of programs to assist researchers, educators, policymakers, health care providers and, most importantly, rural residents to address changing rural environments by identifying and researching rural health issues, analyzing health policy, strengthening local capabilities, developing community-based alternatives, and advocating for rural concerns. Dr. Wakefield has expertise in rural health care, quality and patient safety, Medicare payment policy, workforce issues, and the public policy process. She has presented nationally and internationally on public policy and strategies to influence the policymaking and political process. She has authored many articles and columns on health policy and she is on the editorial board of a number of professional journals, including the editorial board for the Journal of Rural Health, Nursing Economics, and Annals of Family Medicine. From January 1996 - December 2001, Dr. Wakefield served as professor and director of the Center for Health Policy, Research, and Ethics at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. From January 1993 - January 1996, Dr. Wakefield was the chief of staff for United States Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND). From 1987 until 1992, Dr. Wakefield served as legislative assistant and Chief of Staff to Senator Quentin Burdick (D-ND). Throughout her tenure on Capitol Hill, Dr. Wakefield advised on a range of public health policy issues, drafted legislative proposals, worked with interest groups and other Senate offices. Dr. Wakefield serves on many health-related advisory boards on the local, state and national levels. Currently, she is co-chair, National Quality Forum's Committee on Hospital Performance Measures; a member, Catholic Health Initiatives Board of Trustees; and member, Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System of the Institute of Medicine. Locally, she is a member of the Board of Directors at the North Dakota Health Care Review, (Quality Improvement Organization) and serves on the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Board of Directors. In the past, Dr. Wakefield was commissioner on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, 1999 - 2005, (which is responsible for advising the U.S. Congress on the Medicare program); a member of the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Commission on VA Nursing in Washington, D.C. April 2002-2004; from 2000-2004, was a m ember and chair, of the National Advisory Council, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); 1997-1998 served as member and subcommittee chair, for President Clinton's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry; 1999-2003 she was a member of the National Advisory Committee to the Office of Rural Health Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and co-chair of the Hospital Performance Measures Committee of the National Quality Forum in Washington, D.C., among others. Dr. Wakefield received her Master of Science in nursing and her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. Her Bachelor of Science in nursing is from the University of Mary at Bismarck, ND. She was a Kodak Fellow in the Program for Senior Managers in Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Dr. Wakefield is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.