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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

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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 and clinical leadership, Adam works with clients to implement data-driven strategies, strengthen team alignment, and create meaningful, sustainable improvements in care delivery and organizational performance.

Bill Satterwhite

Bill Satterwhite

Principal

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Healthcare Performance Improvement, Physician Enterprise

Dr. Bill Satterwhite brings more than 20 years of experience as a clinician, physician administrator, and innovator as he leads healthcare organizations through performance improvement and care transformation. He has deep experience in ambulatory care process improvements, as well as designing new value-based care models, that save the self-funded employers money, improve worker health, and increase health system revenues.
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Dan Smith

Principal

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Performance Improvement, HCM

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

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.

Nurses

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Vikki Choate

Principal

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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

Angie is a consultant, nurse executive, and national speaker with over 30 years of healthcare experience. She draws on her deep clinical and operational expertise to help clients strengthen workforce engagement, improve care delivery, and elevate the patient experience. Angie has delivered comprehensive consulting services to clinical operations nationwide, ranging from rural hospitals to major academic healthcare centers, tailoring solutions that enable clients to achieve their objectives.

Eileen-Gillespie

Eileen Gillespie

Principal

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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 has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare operations and workforce optimization. She works with healthcare executives to solve complex challenges in labor management, productivity, and financial performance. Drawing on her experience leading workforce strategies across a multistate health system, Katie helps clients develop innovative labor management models that enhance flexibility, reduce costs, and support long-term organizational success in complex and evolving healthcare environments.

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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.