HEP ADVISORY BOARD

Russell L. Carson
General Partner
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Since 1978 Mr. Carson has been a General Partner of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS), one of the Country’s largest private investment firms, which he co-founded. Over the past 30 years, WCAS has raised 15 institutionally funded limited partnerships with total capital in excess of $20 billion and has invested in more than 250 companies. The firm has evolved into the leading specialist in the buyout of privately owned companies in the information services and healthcare industries. Unlike many buyout firms, WCAS emphasizes the growth of acquired businesses and ultimately seeks its financial returns through access to the public stock market. Mr. Carson has focused on WCAS’s healthcare investment activities and is currently a director of three portfolio companies. 

William F. Miller III
Operating Partner
Highlander Partners

Mr. Miller joined Highlander Partners in 2006 to facilitate private equity investments in healthcare companies. Mr. Miller has served as the Chairman of HMS Holdings (Nasdaq: HMSY) since 2000 and as CEO from 2000 to 2005 and currently is a Director of this company. From 1983 to 1999, Mr. Miller served as President and COO of EmCare Holdings, Inc., and prior to that, he held financial and management positions in the health care industry. Mr. Miller is also a Director of Lincare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LNCR), a provider of oxygen and other respiratory therapy services, Chamberlin Edmonds, a provider of eligibility services for hospitals, and Pioneer Surgical Technology, a manufacturer of spinal and orthopedic implants.

Dr. Michael Shrift
CMIO and Vice President
Allina Health and Hospitals

Dr. Michael Shrift is Chief Medical Information Officer and Vice President, Clinical Knowledge Management at Allina Health and Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Allina, an eleven hospital, one hundred clinic integrated delivery network, has attained national prominence through leadership in patient care quality and safety.  This is facilitated by the Excellian implementation, a technology suite including the Epic EMR  that earned Allina the Davies Award in 2007.  Dr. Shrift joined Allina in September 2008 to leverage Excellian for patient care workflow, quality and safety improvements.   His teams have rolled out real-time best practice decision support tools and algorithms (Guardrails and Cattleprods) that advance core measure and national patient safety goal compliance.  These were presented at the Epic International Users’ Group as first to market innovations.  They have contributed to Allina attaining best-in-nation diabetes care. 

Lisa Zuckerman
Vice President, Treasury Services
Catholic Healthcare West

Lisa Zuckerman is VP, Treasury Services at Catholic Healthcare West (CHW), the fourth largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the US.  CHW operates 41 hospitals in California, Arizona and Nevada, with nearly $9 billion in revenue and over $11 billion in assets. Lisa’s responsibilities include management of CHW’s nearly $5 billion investment portfolio, as well as debt and capital structure management, investor relations, and oversight of cash management functions. Prior to joining CHW, Lisa Zuckerman spent ten years at Standard & Poor’s Corporation, most recently as a Director in Standard & Poor’s San Francisco office, as health care sector leader for the western region.  Lisa served on the Board of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA), and is past chair of the California Society of Municipal Analysts.