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Meet the Consultants

Michael Allen
- Strategic Planning & Organizational Development
- Clinical Quality & Performance Management
- Transformational Leadership & Team Building
- Service Line Development, Expansion & Optimization

Stuart Buttlaire, Ph.D.
- Strategic Planning For Mental Health & Substance Use Delivery Systems
- Behavioral Health Financing & Policy Reform
- State & Federal Legislative & Regulatory Strategy
- Behavioral Health Policy Authorship & Thought Leadership

Marisa Collins
- Strategic Planning
- Sales & Account Management
- Marketing Strategy & Implementation
- Communications, PR & Media Relations

Paul Duck
- Strategic Planning & Strategy Implementation
- Integrated Primary Care Models & Clinical Operations
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
- Health Plan Outreach & Contracting

David Goff
- Growth Strategies & Business Development
- Revenue cycle management
- Financial Analysis, Market Analysis, Strategic Planning, & Management

Sharon Hicks, MBA, MSW
- Financial Management Of Health & Human Service Organizations – Both Service Provider Systems & Health Plans
- Health Information Management & Management Of Electronic Medical Recordkeeping Systems
- Technology Selection & Implementation
- System Integration Including Computerizing Clinical Workflows

Lydia Kerr
- Brand Strategy— Brand architecture, positioning, messaging, naming, and narrative development. Discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews, and research-driven insights
- Marketing Strategy— Integrated, multi-channel campaigns across organic and paid social, email marketing, brand activations, and event marketing
- Graphic Design & art direction— Brand identity systems, visual direction, and execution across print and digital; brand guidelines, campaign assets, and photo/video art direction
- Website and online— Website design, UX/UI, wireframing, and responsive front-end development

Joseph Naughton-Travers, EdM
- Development & Implementation Of Payer & Provider Strategic Alliances
- Organizational Re-Engineering & Operations Management
- Strategic Planning & Metric-Based Management
- EHR & Other Technology Selection & Implementation
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Innovative Partnership Development
- Service Line Assessment & Development

Melinda Schriver
- Health care strategy, operations, and performance improvement
- Digital health, technology strategy, and service innovation
- Aging services, aging-in-place, and chronic care
- Strategic planning, financial analysis, and business case development

Rachel Steinmetz
- Strategic and operations management – strategy, program development, budget management, & social media strategy
- Technology optimization – EHRs, data analytics, CRM, project management software, AI/automation tools
- Marketing strategy and strategy implementation – social media, content creation, brand partnerships, advertising campaigns, customer engagement, graphic design, video editing, web design, ROI tracking, event planning
- Marketing communications – Email campaigns, grant writing, proposal writing, public relations

