Authors
Ashton Dietrich is a healthcare litigation associate at Thompson Coburn.
Austin Littrell is the associate editor of Medical Economics, a sister publication of Chief Healthcare Executive.
Javay Walton is the Vice President of Community Impact and Social Responsibility at Vituity.
Ron Southwick is lead editor of Chief Healthcare Executive®, a division of MJH Life Sciences. He has spent more than 30 years as a journalist, including work at newspapers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and covering national policy in Washington, D.C. He lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Sandy, and son, Jason.
Kate Black is a partner at Kelley Drye.
Chris Gardella is senior vice president of H1.
Noelle Stango is senior manager, strategic partnerships, for MJH Life Sciences.
Lauren Gordon is the Strategic Content Lead at Managed Healthcare Executive.
Ricky Choi, MD, MPH, is Strategic Medical Advisor at Xealth, and Head of Digital Health at Samsung Electronics America.
Mason Fitch is special counsel at Kellye Drye.
Jeff Hall is senior editor of Diagnostic Imaging, a sister brand of Chief Healthcare Executive.
Jane C. Edmond, MD is the President of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Chris Mazzolini is a content vice president at MJH Life Sciences, overseeing a roster of health care brands, including Chief Healthcare Executive.
Kevin Thilborger is chief revenue strategy officer of Unlock Health.
Dr. Arti Masturzo is chief medical officer at CCS, a leading chronic care management company, providing clinical solutions and home-delivered medical supplies.
Mackenzie Wallace is a healthcare litigation partner at Thompson Coburn.
Kurt Forsyth is president of Delta Community Hospital and Fillmore Community Hospital, two Intermountain Health hospitals in rural Millard County, Utah. Under his leadership, Delta earned a Level IV trauma designation. Fillmore ranked first and Delta second in caregiver satisfaction across their Intermountain region. Becker’s Hospital Review named him one of its critical access hospital leaders to know in 2024.
Forsyth worked at Dell before moving into health care, and he directed a community health center in Nebraska before joining Intermountain. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah and a master’s degree in health administration from Weber State University.
Bruce Springer, CEO of Prolucent, Inc., a healthcare workforce optimization company based in Dallas
Melissa Powell is the President & COO of The Allure Group. She is the former COO of Genesis HealthCare.
Jeff Fink serves as Director of AWS Alliance at Securonix, where he drives the company’s strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services, aligning co-build, co-market, and co-sell to accelerate customer time to value. A partner-first operator based in Austin, Jeff focuses on repeatable programs with AWS teams and cloud-native buyers, translating platform capabilities into outcomes for regulated and high-growth enterprises. His work spans enablement, executive alignment, and GTM frameworks that scale across regions and industries, supporting Securonix’s Unified Defense SIEM adoption in the cloud.