Dr. Ron Anderson

Ron J. Anderson, M.D. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System, the general public hospital for Dallas County, Texas and the primary teaching hospital for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Anderson became Chief Executive Officer of Parkland in 1982. He previously served as Parkland's Medical Director for Ambulatory Care and Emergency Services. Dr. Anderson has remained on the faculty of the Medical School as Professor of Internal Medicine and continues to see patients and teach house staff physicians at Parkland.

Dr. Paul Convery

Dr. Paul Convery has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the Baylor Health Care System in Dallas, Texas since 2006. In this role, he works with physician and operational leadership to advance health care improvement throughout the Baylor Health Care System.

Ruben Esquivel

Ruben E. Esquivel is Vice President for Community and Corporate Relations of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, a position he has held since 1995. UT Southwestern is one of the nation's leading academic medical centers, patient-care providers and research institutions. Its 1,600-member faculty includes four Nobel laureates, 18 members of the National Academy of Sciences, and 18 members elected to the Institute of Medicine.

Harvey Fishero

Harvey Fishero was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Medical Center of Plano from 1996-2008. He was an executive staff member of the Hospital Corporation of America for 35 years. Today he is an active community volunteer and serves as a healthcare consultant.

W. Stephen Love

Mr. W. Stephen Love is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council which promotes collaboration, cooperation and advocacy on behalf of its 75 member hospitals. DFWHC also has approximately 50 Associate (business and industry) Members including prominent accounting, legal and consulting firms. The primary mission is to promote patient safety, quality healthcare and coordination in the delivery of healthcare within the North Texas market.

Chuck Lyles

Chuck Lyles is a Perot Systems Corporation vice president and leads the healthcare industry group. He is responsible for Perot Systems healthcare group's strategy, management, operations, and business development. His responsibilities are worldwide, and he has been in this role for four years.

Dr. Matthew Murray

Matthew Murray, M.D. is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and health information technology (IT) advocate with a broad range of clinical and health IT experiences. He has provided patient care for over 20 years in a variety of clinical settings. Dr. Murray currently practices medicine at the Texas Christian University Brown Lupton Health Center.

Dr. Elizabeth Poster

Dr. Elizabeth Poster has been a Dean and Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing since 1995. She has been the Editor of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing since 1992.

Scott Robins, M.D.

Scott Robins M.D. is the Chief Medical Officer for the North Texas Division of Hospital Corporation of America. The North Texas Division encompasses 10 acute care hospitals and 14 Ambulatory surgery centers in the DFW metroplex. Dr. Robins practiced Internal Medicine for 27 years and was CMO for the Covenant Health System in Lubbock, Texas prior to his role with HCA.

Dr. Merlyn Sayers

Dr. Merlyn Sayers has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Carter Bloodcare since its formation in 1998. He is an internist with 25 years of experience in blood banking and transfusion medicine.

Pam Stoyanoff

Pam Stoyanoff was recruited to the Methodist Health System in Dallas as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer. She has responsibility for the hospital campuses as well as various Corporate functions (IT, Materials Management, Quality) and the Residency programs.

Ferdinand Velasco, M.D.

Ferdinand T. Velasco, M.D., is Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer of Texas Health Resources (THR), located in Arlington, Texas. He is the physician champion for THR's medical informatics initiatives and provides clinical and executive leadership for the organization's electronic health record initiative.

Regina Montoya

Regina Montoya is the Senior Vice President, External Relations and General Counsel at Children's Medical Center Dallas. In her role at Children's, Regina oversees several departments including legal affairs, public affairs, governance, government relations, community relations and compliance/internal audit. Regina is a Harvard-trained attorney who was one of the first Latinas to earn partnership in a major law firm in the United States.

Dr. Baron Hamman

Dr. Baron Hamman is the Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas and a Cardiac Surgeon at Heartplace in Dallas and the Texas Health Heart and Vascular Hospital in Arlington. Board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, he has authored numerous medical articles.

Steve R. Newton

Steve R. Newton is president of Baylor Health Care System West Region, including Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine and Baylor Medical Center at Irving. He is also the President of Baylor All Saints Medical Center, a 530-bed facility serving Tarrant County.