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Current Leadership Health Fellows Class

  1. Katherine Acuff, JD, MBA, President/CEO, LSU Health Foundation, New Orleans
  2. Kourtni Atkins Luster, DNP, Owner/Operator, Healthcare First Medical Clinic, Grosse Tete/Baton Rouge
  3. David Bellar, Ph.D., President/CEO, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge/Zachary
  4. Stephanie Berault, State Representative, Louisiana Legislature, Slidell
  5. Amber Bessard, Founder, Train With Amber Fitness and the Fit Fête Foundation, Lafayette
  6. Stephanie Bushart, MBA, System VP of Operational Finance/CFO, Ochsner Health, New Orleans/Prairieville
  7. Tristi Charpentier, MA, VP People-Centered Initiatives, Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation, Baton Rouge/Gonzales
  8. Michelle Clement, Vice President of Communications & Public Relations, Louisiana Hospital Association, Baton Rouge
  9. Lyla Corkern, MA, Owner/CEO, Finding Solace, West Monroe/Calhoun
  10. Glynis Cowart, MPA, Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer, Woman’s Hospital, Baton Rouge
  11. Chris Davis, MBA, Chief Operations Officer, Desoto Regional Health System, Mansfiled/Bossier City
  12. Thomas Edward Groves, MHA, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Health Services, Louisiana Blue, Baton Rouge
  13. John Hall, MHA, NP, Director of Clinical Services, RoyOMartin, Alexandria
  14. Logan Hunt, Police Juror, Lincoln Parish Police Jury, Ruston
  15. David Janz, MD, MS, Associate Chief Medical Officer, LCMC, New Orleans
  16. Jeff Johnston, Partner, Symbiotic Global/Protega Pharmaceuticals, Mandeville
  17. Jeremiah Juneau, MBA, Vice President Clinic Operations, Ochsner CHRISTUS Health Center, Lake Charles
  18. Jack Khashou, MS, M.Ed., Chief Operating Officer, St. Tammany Health System, Covington
  19. Blake Kramer, JD, CEO/President, Franklin Medical Center/Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Winnsboro
  20. Katye Magee, Deputy Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health, Baton Rouge
  21. Jassoni Martin, MHA, Executive Director of Pharmacy & Retail Services, Lane Regional Medical Center, Zachary
  22. Gabriela Mustata Wilson, Ph.D., Director, Louisiana Center for Health Innovation, Lafayette
  23. Brach Myers, Senator, Louisiana State Senate, Lafayette
  24. Cady Pruitt, MSW, MHA,  CEO, Oceans Behavorial Healthcare, Baton Rouge
  25. Judith Rhodes, Ph.D., MSW, Acting Associate Dean, College of Human Sciences & Education’s Research Centers, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
  26. Jennifer Rood, Ph.D., Interim Senior Vice Chancellor and Executive Director, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge
  27. Dario Scalco, MPA, Executive Director, Community Provider Association of Louisiana (CPAL), Baton Rouge
  28. Joe Spell, MBA, CEO, Tides Medical, Lafayette
  29. Emily Stevens, MBA, MSW, Senior Director, Operations, FMOL Health/Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, Baton Rouge
  30. Ashley Stewart, MPH, Director of Programs, The Rapides Foundation, Alexandria/Pineville
  31. Sheree Taillon, MPA, Executive Director, Medicaid Partners of Louisiana, Baton Rouge/Gonzales
  32. Danielle Vauclin, DNP, MSN, Dean of Nursing & Allied Health, Fletcher Communnity College, Schriever/Gray
  33. William Weaver, MBA, Group CEO, Brentwood and River Oaks Hospitals, Shreveport
  34. Jomel Whittington, MHA, President, Physician Network, AVALA, Covington/Prairieville
  35. Erica Williams, MS, Director of Government Relations, American Heart Association, Metairie/Slidell
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