Intermountain Health Care Inc.

With more than 40 years experience in the health care industry, Mr. Jeppson has a deep understanding of the mounting financial challenges facing today's hospitals and physician organizations. Mr. Jeppson, retired executive vice president of Intermountain Health Care, a multi-state not-for-profit health care system based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is former chief executive officer of University of Colorado Medical Center as well as the University of Washington Medical Center. He served as regent, governor and board chairman to the American College of Health Care Executives and board chairman to the Health Care Forum. Author of numerous articles on the industry, Mr. Jeppson is a guest lecturer to U.S. universities and an international consultant to health care organizations in the Republic of South Africa, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Western Europe.

Brent C. James, MD, is Executive Director of the Institute for Health Care Delivery Research and Vice President of Medical Research and Continuing Medical Education at Intermountain Health Care. For more than 20 years, Dr. James has championed the standardization of clinical care through data collection and analysis on a wide variety of treatment protocols and complex care processes. In the tradition of medical pioneers Florence Nightingale and Abraham Flexner, James has devoted himself to using quality improvement tools to better understand the cause and effect relationship between various practice and environmental factors. Today, nearly 100 years after his mentors' groundbreaking discoveries, Dr. James firmly believes that the practice of medicine and delivery of health care stands at another critical crossroads. If the health care field is to successfully bridge the quality chasm defined by the Institute of Medicine, a new and innovative approach to the practice of health care is mandatory. Dr. Brent James feels strongly that the time has come to shift from the "craft-based" practice to evidence-directed teams focused on patient care. In addition to his duties at Intermountain Health Care, Dr. James is adjunct professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine. He also holds a Visiting Lectureship in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health. In addition, Brent James is a member of a number of national taskforces and committees that examine health care quality and cost control, including AHRQ and his most recent appointment by the Federal Comptroller to an advisory group on making American health care more accessible and affordable. In 2005, Dr. James received an award from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recognizing his vision and energy in making the U.S. health care system better.

Dr. Angie Panos is a licensed psychologist with over 20 years specializing in the treatment of traumatic stress. She is currently the director of the Crisis Response Program for Intermountain Health Care. She is a member of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. She has consulted internationally to organizations affected by effects of violence and trauma. She assisted the government of Kuwait in the planning and implementation of the postwar recovery efforts, including rape recovery, crisis mental health services as well as community education. These efforts won her recognition and an award from the Crown Prince of Kuwait. Dr. Panos has presented worldwide to organizations regarding trauma, including the United Nations World Congress on the Family. She has consulted with over 100 different organizations nationally to assist them in dealing with murder, suicide or traumatic death in the workplace. She has directed the response to major traumas, including airline crashes.

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Kent Murdock joined O.C. Tanner as the company's president in 1991 and was elected CEO in 1997. Since his election, Murdock has led the charge to innovate service and performance recognition with state-of-the-art products, services, and strategy. Murdock has published in President and CEO magazine and has appeared on CNN and CNBC to discuss strategic recognition. Murdock is a director of the O.C. Tanner Company, vice chair of Intermountain Health Care's board of trustees, trustee of the Tanner Lectures on Human Values, trustee of the Utah Foundation, trustee of the Tanner Charitable Trust, a private foundation, and a member of the Partnership Board of the College of Humanities and the National Advisory Board of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Murdock graduated from the University of Utah with a bachelor's degree in 1972 and J.D. in 1975. Prior to joining O.C. Tanner, he practiced law as a litigation partner in the Salt Lake City firm of Ray, Quinney & Nebeker.

Robert H. Garff is a member of the Board of Vehix. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Garff Enterprises, Inc.; a Salt Lake City based Property-holding Corporation with real estate in Utah and Idaho. Mr. Garff is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 and serves as Chairman of the Board for Deseret Book Company. In addition, Mr. Garff currently serves as a board member for Intermountain Health Care, the Salt Lake Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Utah Commission on Volunteers. Mr. Garff has held various community, business and religious leadership positions during his career, including Speaker of the House of Representatives for the State of Utah.