Adrienne Y. Crowe
Retired Bank of America Executive
Sacramento

Adrienne Y. Crowe is a retired Bank of America executive who served in a variety of executive roles in her 27 year career with Bank of America. Most recently, she was regional senior vice president for Bank of America's Sacramento Regional Commercial Banking Office.

Ms. Crowe currently serves on the boards of Mercy Housing, Inc., The California Endowment, and the Investment Committee of Mercy Foundation. She was a board member of the Catholic Health Association of the United States from 2011-2016. In 2010, she completed 16 years of service on boards and board committees of San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West. Her commitment to community service is exemplified by more than 20 years of board service for several nonprofit organizations including Valley Vision, the United Way, Neighborhood Housing Service, Mercy Education Resource Center, and the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce.

Ms. Crowe holds a master of business administration degree with an emphasis in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.

Kathy Curran
Senior Director, Public Policy
Catholic Health Association
Washington, D.C.

Kathy Curran is senior director of public policy at the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). Ms. Curran coordinates the development of public policy positions for the association and works with other CHA staff to interact with Congress and the Executive Branch to promote CHA's advocacy agenda. Previously, Ms. Curran was with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops where she served as interim director of the Office of Domestic Social Development and as a policy advisor on health and welfare issues. She has also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor and on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education and Pensions. Prior to coming to Washington, DC, she practiced law in Boston, following a year serving with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Ms. Curran received her law degree from the University of Virginia and her undergraduate degree from Yale University.

Lloyd Dean
President/Chief Executive Officer
Dignity Health
San Francisco

Lloyd H. Dean is president/CEO of Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems with a 22-state network of approximately 9,000 physicians, 62,000 employees, and more than 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging centers, home health and primary care clinics. Dignity Health provides integrated, patient-centered care to more than six million people annually.

Mr. Dean is responsible for the organization's $17 billion in assets, overall management, governance, strategy and direction. He has led Dignity Health through significant strategic, operational and financial transformations and has brought the organization to its current status as a leading health care organization recognized for high quality, compassionate care, operational excellence and strong financial results.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Wells Fargo & Company, chairperson for its Board Human Resources Committee, and serves on its Board Corporate Responsibility Committee, Board Risk Committee and Board Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Dean also is a board member of the McDonald's Corporation and serves on its Board Audit and Finance Committee and Board Compensation Committee.

Previously, Mr. Dean served on the boards of Navigant Consulting, Inc., the Catholic Health Association of the United States, Mercy Housing California, and Cytori Therapeutics, an international leader in regenerative medicine and adult stem cell research.

A strong advocate for health care reform, Mr. Dean has been actively engaged with the Obama administration on health care issues and was appointed to the State Health Care Cost Commission charged with developing practical state policies to contain health care costs in the nation.

Mr. Dean holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Western Michigan University, and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of San Francisco. In 2016 he was ranked number 16 in Modern Healthcare's "100 Most Influential People in Healthcare" and also is consistently named to Modern Healthcare's "Top 25 Minority Leaders in Healthcare."

Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP
Vice President, Care Excellence
Ascension
St. Louis

Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP is vice president, care excellence for Ascension based in St. Louis.  She leads various efforts of safety and quality improvement for the Ascension Network (including the Ascension Medical Group). She also serves as the clinical executive lead for system service line priorities and is leading efforts of health care equity through the identification and elimination of disparities in health outcomes.

Prior to joining Ascension, Dr. Duperval-Brownlee served as chief medical officer/CEO of clinical services of a large FQHC in Central Texas and was clinical assistant professor of family medicine at Texas A & M University Health Sciences Center. In that role, she led care transformation for the organization and served in an advisory capacity to a regional collaborative to develop a clinically integrated system of care focused specifically on underserved populations. She also served on the inaugural Texas Health and Human Services State Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Committee, created by the Texas Legislature to provide recommendations and input to HHSC on the statewide implementation and operation of Medicaid managed care.

Her previous experience includes serving for more than a decade as medical director for Mile Square Health Center, a public sector FQHC in Chicago and as an assistant professor of clinical family medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.  She oversaw three-fold growth of clinical services and access for underserved populations, and served in regional policy/advocacy commissions for the state and national Academy of Family Physicians.

Dr. Duperval-Brownlee earned a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Upon completing a residency in family medicine, she was a Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellow in Minority Health Policy at Harvard Medical School and earned a master's degree in public health with a concentration in maternal child health. She is a board-certified family physician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. She has a master of business administration from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Antoinette Green
Vice President, Professional Coaching Services and Equal Opportunity Programs
Trinity Health
Livonia, Mich.

Antoinette "Toni" Green is vice president of professional coaching and equal opportunity programs for Trinity Health based in Livonia, Mich. In addition to maintaining the development and integrity of the system's internal coaching community, she ensures the delivery of high quality, business-results-focused coaching services and assessment feedback to executives and management.

Ms. Green is an accredited certified coach with the International Coaching Federation and supports talent management initiatives for assimilation, assessment and select coaching engagements. She also serves as the human resources liaison to the system's legal team to ensure compliance with federal, state and local EEO requirements.

Ms. Green joined Trinity Health in 2007 as director of diversity and inclusion, and was promoted to vice president of inclusion and collaboration in 2011. She launched standardized collection of patient demographic data to advance equitable care, a national mentor program, and led seven business resource groups to increase colleague engagement, retention and development. 

Prior to joining Trinity Health, she was the human resources compliance & diversity manager at CenterPoint Energy's corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Ms. Green is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR) through the Human Resources Certification Institute and is certified as a mediator for alternative dispute resolution. She serves on the board of the Mercy Education Project and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Currently, she is co-chair of the Greater Detroit Area Health Council's Race, Ethnicity and Language Committee.

She has a bachelor's degree in business management from LeTourneau University and a master's degree in cross-cultural Studies from the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Sr. Mary M. Haddad, RSM
Vice President, Sponsorship and Mission Services
Catholic Health Association
St. Louis

Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM, a Sister of Mercy of the South Central Community, is vice president of mission services for the Catholic Health Association of the United States. Prior to her appointment in 2016, she was senior director of sponsor services since 2009.

Sr. Mary oversees critical areas of sponsorship, mission, ethics, leadership formation and learning integration for CHA, including development of diverse educational programs, resources and initiatives for association members. She consults with sponsors, CEOs, board members, ministry leaders and church officials to advance the mission of Catholic health care in the U.S. and collaborates on strategic planning and advocacy for the association. She initiated and leads CHA's Sponsor Formation Program for Catholic Health Care that prepares current and prospective members of ministerial juridic persons to carry out their responsibilities as stewards of the health ministry of the Catholic Church.

Prior to joining CHA in 2009, Sr. Mary was administrative fellow at Saint Anthony's Health System in Alton, Ill. She previously served on the regional leadership team of the Sisters of Mercy, St. Louis and has held various positions in ministries of health care, social services and education, including service in Belize and Trinidad.

Sr. Mary received her master's degree in business administration in health care from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and a master's degree in social work from Saint Louis University. She has a bachelor's degree in education from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. Sr. Mary is a member of Alpha Sigma Nu, the Honor Society of Jesuit Institutions of Higher Education

Sr. Mary serves as a member of the CHRISTUS Health Mission Integration Committee.

Eve Higginbotham, SM, MD
Vice Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
Perlman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Eve Juliet Higginbotham, SM, MD is the inaugural vice dean for inclusion and diversity of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics and professor of ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Her previous positions include serving as visiting scholar in health equity at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. and as dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. She was professor and chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Maryland in Baltimore for 12 years.

Dr. Higginbotham is a graduate of MIT with undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemical engineering and earned a Doctor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a member of the board of Ascension and the Defense Health Board, an advisory board to the Department of Defense. She is a vice chair of the NEI-supported Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study and is currently a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Opthamology, the American Academy of Opthamology, the American Clinical and Climatological Association, National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Higginbotham is a former member of the Board of Overseers at Harvard University, former member of the MIT Corporation and a former chair of the FDA’s Ophthalmic Devices Panel. She is the past president of the Maryland Society of Eye Physicians & Surgeons and the Baltimore City Medical Society.

Dr. Higginbotham has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and has co-edited four ophthalmology textbooks. She continues to remain active in health policy and patient care at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sister Carol Keehan, DC
President & Chief Executive Officer
Catholic Health Association 
St. Louis

Sister Carol Keehan, DC, is the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA). She assumed her duties as of October 2005. She is responsible for all association operations and leads CHA's staff at offices in Washington, D.C., where she is based, and in St. Louis.

Sister Carol has worked in administrative and governance positions at hospitals sponsored by the Daughters of Charity for more than 35 years. Most recently, she was the board chair of Ascension Health's Sacred Heart Health System, Pensacola, Fla. Previously, she served for 15 years as president and chief executive officer of Providence Hospital, which includes Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Washington, D.C. Sister Carol has held influential roles in the governance of a variety of health care, insurance and educational organizations. She is a representative to the International Federation of Catholic Health Care Associations (AISAC) of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Health Care and serves on the board of Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore. She has served on several health, labor and domestic policy committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Her numerous awards and honors include the American Hospital Association's Trustee Award; the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (Cross for the Church and Pontiff), bestowed by Pope Benedict XVI; and the Medal of Honor, the Monsignor George C. Higgins Labor Advocacy Award from the Archdiocese of Washington and the 2009 Vision Award given by Catholic Charities USA. Sister Carol has received honorary doctorates from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.; The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.; Niagara University, N.Y.; St. John's University, Queens, N.Y., Marymount University, Arlington, Va.; and DePaul University, Chicago. She earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing from St. Joseph's College, Emmitsburg, Md., where she graduated magna cum laude, and a master of science degree in business administration from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., from which she received the School of Business Distinguished Alumna Award in 2000 and was honored in 2009 as "an outstanding alumna who has served others in a manner that goes beyond what is required by the individual's job or profession."

Robert K. Kuramoto, MD, FACS
Managing Partner
Quick Leonard Kieffer International
Chicago

Robert Kuramoto, MD, FACS is managing partner of Quick Leonard Kieffer International, a health care executive search firm based in Chicago. He was the founder of the Physician/Hospital Institute (a health care "think tank") and health care advisor for a Big Five global consulting firm.  Currently, he is a member of the board of the Bon Secours Health System, a not-for-profit Catholic health system based in Marriotsville, Md. with hospitals, nursing care facilities, assisted living facilities and home care services in six states primarily on the East Coast.

Dr. Kuramoto practiced for 33 years in the specialty of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery with a focus on facial reconstruction.  He was assistant medical director and medical director of Christie Clinic, a 100-physician, multi-specialty group practice in Champaign/Urbana, Ill.  Previously he was chief of staff of Mercy Hospital (now Provena Covenant Medical Center) and was a board member of the hospital and the Provena Health System. More recently, he was a board member of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System. From 2008-2013, he served on the board of the Catholic Health Association of the United States.

In addition to serving on the board of the Illinois Hospital Association, Dr. Kuramoto was a member of the Regional Policy Board of the American Hospital Association. He also served on AHA's Strategic Policy Planning Committee and Hospital and Medical Staff Governance Committee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Institute of Medicine of Chicago.

Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry, J.C.L., D.D.
Auxiliary Bishop
Archdiocese of Chicago
Chicago

Bishop Joseph Perry was appointed, during the pontificate of his Holiness Pope John Paul II, Titular Bishop of Lead [an historic former See in South Dakota] and Auxiliary to his Eminence, Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago, on 5 May 1998. His episcopal consecration took place 29 June, 1998, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral.

Currently, he serves as episcopal vicar for one of six vicariates of the Archdiocese of Chicago, which currently covers 70 parishes, two missions and an oratory. In addition to his duties as an auxiliary bishop, he is an adjunct professor of canon law at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Ill., and associate judge in the Second Instance Court of Appeals for the Dioceses configured to the Province of Chicago. He is also vice president of the board for the National Black Catholic Congress in Baltimore.

Originally a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Bishop Perry was ordained by the late Archbishop William Edward Cousins, May 24, 1975 at St. John Cathedral, Milwaukee. After serving as associate pastor of St. Nicholas Parish, Milwaukee, he was assigned to the Tribunal Office of the Archdiocese in December 1976 and was sent for graduate studies in canon law at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. His priestly ministry has been spent with ecclesiastical law and education working primarily in the church courts as advocate, then as judge in the court of appeals that services the suffragan Dioceses of Superior, LaCrosse, Green Bay and Madison, and as conciliation and arbitration clerk. In 1983 he was appointed judicial vicar for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, a post he held for two six-year terms until his appointment as pastor of All Saints Parish, Milwaukee, in June 1995.

He served as chaplain of the St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin, an association of Catholic lawyers and judges. Until his appointment as bishop, he was also adjunct professor of canon law studies at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee and Sacred Heart Seminary, Hales Corners, Wis. 

In January 2010, Cardinal Francis George appointed Bishop Perry Postulator for the Diocesan Phase of the Cause for Sainthood of Father Augustus Tolton, the first priest of African descent in the United States. Fr. Tolton labored in the Diocese of Alton (now Springfield, Ill.) and the Archdiocese of Chicago.

Carolina Reyes, MD
Maternal Fetal Medical Specialist
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D.C.

Carolina Reyes, MD is a practicing maternal fetal medicine specialist at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Reyes is recognized nationally for her advocacy and commitment to improving the quality of care, especially to the underserved. Most recently, she was medical director of maternal fetal medicine at Virginia Hospital Center specializing in medical and fetal complications of pregnancy, obstetric and genetic ultrasounds, diabetes care and prenatal diagnosis.

Dr. Reyes serves on the board of Providence Health & Services based in Renton, Washington, and is a member of the Quality and Patient Safety Committee.

Dr. Reyes led a $28 million Healthy Births Initiative funded by First 5 LA, coordinating an LA Best Babies Network that was dedicated to improving the coordination of health care services for high-risk patients. She earned numerous awards for professional and community service, including the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Community Service Award for dedication to women’s health and underserved populations. She was appointed to the U.S. Preventive Health Services Task Force and the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Reyes earned her bachelor’s degree in human biology at Stanford University and a Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology and a fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She is board-certified in maternal fetal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology.