Health Services Management & Policy Professional Advisory Committee

The Health Services Management and Policy department's Professional Advisory Committee is integral to our commitment to excellence in educational programming. Serving on the Committee are leading public health and health care management experts, many of whom have been internship preceptors and/or employers of our graduates.

The Advisory Committee provides valuable expertise regarding knowledge and skills (competencies) that graduates are expected to have as well-prepared professionals. The advisors also provide insight and guidance in terms of content and design of academic curricula, educational innovation, student recruitment, and related matters.

We sincerely thank the Advisory Committee members for their valuable contribution to our students, our department, and our College.

Professional Advisory Committee Members

Tyler Albrechtsen
Director, Rocky Top Healthcare (an affiliate of The Ensign Group)

Joshua Crisp
Vice President, Dominion Senior Living

Glenn Czarnecki
Regional Director, Tennessee Department of Health - Southeast Region 

Rebekah English
Director, Tennessee Department of Health Northeast Region

Ashley Fullen
Director of Quality and Risk /Director of Therapy Operations, Encompass Health

Daren Giancola/Jonah Seymore
Chief, Health Administration Service
Chief, Business Office
James H. Quillen VA Medical Center

Preston Harness
CEO/Nursing Home Administrator, Signature Healthcare

Casie Higginbotham
Academic Health Department Director
Office of Human Resources Resources and Talent Management, Tennessee Department of Health

Matthew Lazari
Corporate Director of Finance, Ballad Health 

Matthew Loos
Chief Academic Officer, Ballad Health

Paula Masters
Chief Health Disparities Office, Ballad Health

Sean McMurray
Executive Director, Wellspring Foundation of Southwest Virginia

Chris Miller
Chief Operating Officer, Ballad Health, Bristol Regional Medical Center

Cody Murdock
Johnson City Medical Center Associate Administrator, Ballad Health

Ryan Ramsey
SHIIP Coordinator, First Tennessee Area Agency on Aging & Disability

Rhonda Reeves
Southwest Market Director, Human Resources, Ballad Health

Morgan Scott
Regional Communications and Project Coordinator, Tennessee Departrment of Health

Jennifer Solomon
Division Vice President, Life Care Centers of America