Meet our clinician leaders

Behind every healthcare strategy are clinical experts who understand the realities of care and see what’s possible beyond them. With experience at the bedside and in the boardroom, Huron has over 130 clinicians that help organizations deliver better care and achieve lasting results.

Physicians

Adam Holzberg

Senior Director

Dr. Adam Holzberg brings more than 25 years of clinical practice experience and 15 years as a physician leader. He collaborates with healthcare organizations to improve provider engagement, operational efficiency, and patient experience, drawing on his background in academic medicine, clinical leadership, and data-driven performance improvement.

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Dan Smith

Principal

Performance Improvement, HCM

Dr. Dan Smith is a physician executive with more than 20 years of healthcare experience.

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Chaya Venkata

Managing Director

Dr. Chaya Venkata leads our healthcare digital analytics work. She creates value for healthcare clients by leveraging advanced analytics to improve revenue, performance, and outcomes. She has more than 20 years of experience using targeted insights powered by digital strategies and custom analytics to enable healthcare organizations to deliver personalized care to consumers, engage providers, and enhance benefits to communities.

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John Young

Principal

Dr. John Young works with healthcare leaders to improve operations, drive revenue growth while maintaining quality performance, and establish cultures of trust and accountability. He is a physician executive with more than 25 years of healthcare experience, practicing medicine and serving in leadership roles across a wide range of care settings.

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Nurses

Vikki Choate

Principal

Healthcare Performance Improvement, Clinical Enterprise

Vikki has over three decades of healthcare leadership experience that she brings to her role helping organizations achieve quality, safety and high reliability as they pursue transformative, lasting clinical and operational change.

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Jessica Duke

Senior Director

Jessica brings extensive clinical and telehealth operations experience, combining her nursing background with deep expertise in virtual care delivery. With a strong understanding of how innovative technology supports patient-centered care, she helps organizations design and implement effective digital health programs that enhance access, efficiency, and quality. Jessica collaborates closely with clients to streamline workflows, optimize technology, and strengthen provider and patient engagement across rapidly evolving healthcare environments.

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Angie Esbenshade

Principal, National Speaker

Angie is a consultant, nurse executive, and national speaker with more than 30 years of healthcare experience. She draws on deep clinical and operational expertise to help clients strengthen workforce engagement, improve care delivery, and elevate the patient experience across organizations ranging from rural hospitals to major academic medical centers.

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Eileen Gillespie

Principal

Healthcare Performance Improvement, Clinical Enterprise

With over 35 years of healthcare experience, Eileen harnesses clinical, operations, and performance improvement expertise to lead hospitals and health systems in designing structures and processes that improve quality, reduce cost, and expand services aligned to the organization’s strategic plans and operational goals.

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Pam Lastrilla

Senior Director

Pam has more than 15 years of experience in healthcare consulting.

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Katie Rose

Senior Director

Katie is a healthcare workforce strategist and operations executive with more than 20 years of experience transforming labor performance, workforce strategy, and financial results across complex healthcare organizations. Leveraging her unique background as a registered nurse and workforce executive, she enables health systems to solve complex challenges, maximize labor investments, and create sustainable workforce models that strengthen caregiver experience, improve patient outcomes, and drive long-term organizational success.

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Jeff Wood

Coach

Jeff has more than three decades of emergency healthcare services experience in a variety of settings, ranging from bedside care to executive leadership roles in some of the highest-volume healthcare centers in the country.

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