MHA Program

Heidi Crocker, DC, EdD, C-IAYT

Dr. Heidi Crocker has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, primarily in health professions education. She is a scholar-practitioner who champions whole-person health through teaching, scholarship and service.  Dr. Crocker has owned integrative wellness centers focused on family chiropractic and yoga therapy. She is an educator with the mission to promote health

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Betty Lucente, PhD, MS, RN

Dr. Lucente has more than 30 years of experience as a healthcare leader serving as a chief nursing officer and vice president of professional services for a regional medical center. As a healthcare leader, her accomplishments include involvement in the design and implementation of a new hospital, redesign of the nursing care delivery model, decentralizing

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Jeffrey (Jeff) Bolles, PhD, MBA, MA, MCHES

Dr. Jeff Bolles has more than 20 years of teaching experience in higher education, having been on the faculty of several schools ranging from private to public institutions. Dr. Bolles possesses several years of experience in the healthcare industry, from long-term care to cardiology allied health. He has developed a student-centered teaching style emphasizing interaction,

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Meredith Cadra, EdD, ATC, CSCS

Dr. Meredith Cadra is a University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) alum, where she earned her Doctor of Education in 2017 with dissertation research surrounding interprofessional education and collaboration. She completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees from Barry University. Her professional career includes clinical fieldwork as a head athletic trainer conducting clinical outreach

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Christine Sibley, MBA, EJD

Christine Sibley has been a Contributing Faculty member since January 2018.  She is currently the Assistant Vice-President, Reimbursement for Atrium Health (Carolinas HealthCare System) in  Charlotte, NC. Christine entered the healthcare finance field in 2005 working for WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, NC and joined her current employer in 2010.  Prior to transitioning to

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Kathy H. Wood, PhD

Dr. Wood has 25 years of experience in higher education and 40 years of healthcare management experience including positions in for-profit and non-profit healthcare organizations (hospitals; physician practices; long-term care facilities; free and charitable clinic in a non-profit ministry); and a global information technology organization. She has worked with diverse populations of healthcare employees in

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Bradley (Brad) Beauvais, PhD, MBA, FACHE

Dr. Brad Beauvais is an educator and consultant in the field of health care management with a primary focus on quality improvement via innovative financing strategies and executive leadership development. He earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration from Colorado State, Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Oklahoma and

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Vickie M. Lorensen Skinner, DHA, CHCP

Dr. Vickie Skinner has more than 25 years of experience in operations and training with the U.S. Army Reserve. As a Lieutenant Colonel, she  serves the 11th/ 108th Training Battalion with responsibility for instructing, training, educating and developing mid-career officers in leadership and strategy to be agile, innovative and adaptive leaders. Dr. Skinner received her

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