Invitation to Healthcare Finance Executive Presentations

The USC SPPD Health Management & Policy Program is pleased to invite all USC students and faculty to the following executive presentations, to be held in:Ralph & Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) 100FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006Session A, 1:30-2:30 pm: Thomas Hennessy, President & CEO Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (SFO), "Report from the Frontlines: Hospital Leadership Today"Session B, 2:30-3:30 pm: Mark Gamble, Regional Vice President, Hospital Association of Southern CaliforniaSATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006Session C, 11:00 a.m.-Noon: LeAnne Trachok, Vice President, Revenue Services, Catholic Healthcare WestAs part of our course, HMGT 565: Managing the Organization's Financial Health, Prof. Patrick Lash has agreed to open these portions of his class to the SPPD and university community.Space is limited! Please RSVP to: shirose@sppd.usc.edu. Please indicate Session A, Session B, Session C or your preferred combination. Business/business casual attire requested.SPEAKER BIOS:Thomas Hennessy currently serves as president and CEO of Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. He has spent more than 20 years in the investor-owned segment of hospital management, including as the head of the European Group for National Medical Enterprises (now known as Tenet Healthcare). He led a research team to Baku Azerbaijan, and led hospitals in Los Angeles, San Diego, Palm Beach and Boston.For the past eight years Mr. Hennessy has worked with Catholic Healthcare West and its 42 hospitals. A "systems" innovator, he was co-director of the CHW productivity project. His work has been instrumental in establishing more effective staffing models critical to CHW's financial viability. He currently acts in interim management roles, having served as president over seven CHW hospitals.Mr. Hennessy received his BS in biological sciences at the University of California at Santa Barbara. After receiving his commission in the US Army he went on to receive a joint degree in business and hospital administration from Cornell University.Mark Gamble, regional vice president of the Greater Los Angeles Area for the Hospital Association of Southern California (HASC) since September 2003, provides leadership in public policy and advocacy programs associated with health care for more than 120 constituent hospitals and health care systems in the greater Los Angeles area.Mr. Gamble has held a variety of positions within HASC since he joined the organization in 1995, allowing him to gain a broad level of experience in health care and association management. He is a member of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Committee and Rotary International. He was a Big Brother with Big Brothers of Greater Los Angeles for more than 11 years and currently serves on the board of directors for the Wellness Community–Foothills, a support group for cancer patients and their families.A native of Southern California, Mr. Gamble earned his MBA from Woodbury University and his bachelor's degree in business administration from California Lutheran University.Le Anne Trachok is vice president of revenue services for Catholic Healthcare West, the largest not-for-profit hospital chain on the west coast. Headquartered in San Francisco, Catholic Healthcare West has annual net revenues of $6 billion. Ms. Trachok provides strategy, guidance and oversight for the revenue cycle operations for CHW's 42 hospitals across three states.Ms. Trachok has more than 20 years of experience working with healthcare providers and payers to improve financial performance. Prior to joining Catholic Healthcare West in 2002, she was with Andersen Business Consulting, UCLA Medical Center and National Medical Enterprises (now Tenet Healthcare). Her experience includes not-for-profit, for-profit and teaching institutions and crosses hospitals, clinics and physician group practices. During her career she has worked with over 150 entities across the U.S.Ms. Trachok is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA.

Location: Ralph And Goldy Lewis Hall (RGL) - 100

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum