GUEST FACILITATORS

Sara J. Kimble, FACHE, MSN

( Graham Hospital, Chief Quality Officer & Chief Nursing Officer)

Responsible for the direction of quality initiatives at Graham Health System. Continued responsibility in collaboration with the President/CEO and Nursing Directors for the di

Dr. Norman Estes, M.D.

(University of Illinois College of Medicine Department of Surgery, Program and Chairperson)

Dr. Estes received his medical degree from the University of Kansas in 1971, served his internship in straight medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center from 1971 to

Lisa Boesen, MAOM, PHR

(Creating Compassionate Connections, President & CEO)

Lisa Boesen is a Houston-based speaker, author, facilitator, coach and founder of Creating Compassionate Connections ™. She has over 35 years of clinical, management and hum

Dr. Tim Appenheimer, M.D.

(Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital, Chief Medical Officer)

Tim Appenheimer is a Dixon native and a member of the Dixon High School Class of 1971. He majored in biology at North Central College in Naperville. Appenheimer earned a Docto

John Whittlesey, M.A

(iVantage Health Analytics | Vice President )

John Whittlesey is a Vice President with iVantage Health Analytics (formerly HMC) in Boston, a firm specializing in hospital benchmarking, performance improvement and business