UAB School of Health Professions

The SHP Advisory Board works in partnership with the dean to advance the school toward its goals of excellence and achievement in education, research, and service. Recognizing the importance of health professions education and the continuing interest of alumni and both government and industry leaders, the board is dedicated to the creative development of the School of Health Professions.

The membership consists of business and community leaders drawn from a wide variety of backgrounds that mirrors the diversity of the school’s six departments: Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Health Services Administration, Nutrition Sciences, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy.

Reni J. Benjamin, Ph.D., Managing Director/Senior Biotechnology Analyst, Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
Neeysa Biddle, FACHE, MSHA*, EVP & COO, St. Vincent's Health System; President, St. Vincent's Birmingham
Robert Bodmer, CFM, CIFA, ChFC, Vice President, Merrill Lynch, Cary, NC
Susan Brouillette, MPH, MBA, CEO, Alacare Home Health & Hospice
Randy Carpenter, MSHI*, Senior Vice President & CIO, HealthSouth Corporation
Brenita Crawford, MSHA*, President, Amara Management Services
Charles Faulkner, FACHE, MSHA*, President, Baptist Health Centers, Inc., retired
Larry G. Hornsby, CRNA*,  Senior Executive Vice President, AmSol
Mike Horsley, Esq., President, Alabama Hospital Association
William Todd Jackson, Vice President & Division Manager, Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Narendra Kini, MD, MSHA*, President & CEO, Miami Children's Hospital
William T. Mills III, Principal, Highland Associates, Inc.
Janet Perry Stewart, MSHA*, VP, Health Information Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, retired
Charles Stokes, FACHE, MSHA*, COO, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX
Kerry Teel*, President, Premier Anesthesia
Jessie L. Tucker, III, MBA, Ph.D.*, FACHE; SVP/Administrator, Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital, Houston, TX
Michael David Tucker, Attorney, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
Sherri S. Van Pelt, MPA, OTR/L*, Development Director, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jon E. Vice, MSHA*, Senior Advisor & Adjunct Professor, UAB School of Health Professions; Board of Directors, HealthTeacher
Michael R. Waldrum, MD, MS, MBA, CEO, University Hospital and UAB Highlands
Nancy T. White*, Associate Director, Practice Management, Department of Practice, American Physical Therapy Association
Michael D. Williams, President & CEO, Community Hospital Corporation
David Yates, Regional Business Head, North America, Nestle Healthcare Nutrition, Inc.
Sheree Chapman York*, Director Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Department Early Intervention Program, Children's Health System
Robert J. Zasa, MSHA*, Founder, Partner & Working Principal, ASD Management

*SHP Alumnus
**Former SHP Faculty

Updated: March 2011