Joseph S. Sanfilippo, MD, MBA, is a Distinguished Alumnus of the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine, Chicago Medical School. His postgraduate work includes completing the Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)/Wyeth-Ayerst Academic Leadership Skills Program at the Wharton School and being awarded an MBA from Chatham University (for which he has served on the Board of Trustees as well as the MBA Advisory Board). He is currently Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility as well as Director of the Center for Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology at Magee-Women's Hospital.Eric J. Bieber, MD, MSHCM received his MS in Healthcare Management from Harvard University and his MD from Loyola-Stritch School of Medicine. An obstetrician/gynecologist, his clinical subspecialty is reproductive endocrinology. Dr.

Bieber is currently System Chief Medical Officer, University Hospitals and President, University Hospitals Accountable Care Organization (University Hospitals Health System, Cleveland, OH). His responsibilities include the creation of UH ACO's current management structure, encompassing 1,700 independent physicians and 1400 employee physicians. In addition to overseeing graduate medical education, he helped developed annual patient quality/safety conferences which draw more than 800 attendees.David G. Javitch, PhD is an organizational psychologist and President of Javitch Associates, a business consulting firm. He received his PhD from Ohio State and is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants, the American Psychological Association, and is the Vice President of the Men's Association of the Rehabilitation Center for the Aged. Dr. Javitch conducts management seminars (in English and in French) for executives from a variety of businesses around the world.

In this capacity, he has worked with the European Union, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean Nations, several Ministries of Health, the US Department of State, and the US Agency for International Development. Richard B. Siegrist, Jr., MS, MBA, CPA is chief innovation officer of Press Ganey Associates, a South Bend Indiana based firm that focuses on health care performance improvement. Over half of all U.S. hospitals currently use Press Ganey's help to improve their clinical and business outcomes and enhance the patient experience. He was previously the company's CEO for 2½ years.

Richard Siegrist is also adjunct lecturer on management at the Harvard School of Public Health where he teaches physician, graduate, and executive education courses on financial management, cost accounting, and management control. He is currently the interim academic director of the masters in healthcare management program for physicians at HSPH. He received the Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award for 2008.