Novant Health Leadership Institute
 

Faculty/Staff

 

The distinguished faculty who serve Leadership Novant come from a variety of backgrounds. Sessions will be taught by prominent scholars in the field of leadership development and experts in executive education. In conjunction with faculty, Novant senior leaders will work through Novant case studies.

Faculty

Diana Best
Senior Vice President for Clinical Improvement
Novant

Dan Cable

Dan Cable
Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Management of Organizational Behavior/Strategy

Claudia Fernandez
Distance Education and Evaluation Specialist, North Carolina Institute for Public Health

photo: Kevin Fickenscher

Kevin Fickenscher, MD
Executive Vice President of Healthcare Transformation for Perot Systems

 

Dean Harris
Clinical Associate Professor
Health Policy & Administration
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 

Carl Larson
Professor Emeritus, Department of Human Communications Studies
Author, "When Teams Work Best: 6000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What it Takes to Succeed"

photo: Hugh O'Neill

Hugh O'Neill
Professor Kenan-Flagler Business School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Janet Porter, PhD
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Ben Rosen
Robert March and Mildred Borden Hanes Professor of Organizational Behavior/Strategy

Dean Swindle

Dean Swindle
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
Novant Health

Marci Thomas

Marci Thomas
Adjunct Professor
Department of Health Policy and Administration, UNC-CH School of Public Health

Photo: Jim Tobalski

Jim Tobalski
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Communications & Government Relations

Coach

Vic Cocowitch, MHA
Consultant, Vic Cocowitch Consulting
vic@cocowitch.com
919-942-1125

Staff

Stephen Orton, PhD
Deputy Director, NCIPH Office of Executive Education
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Administration
stephen_orton@unc.edu
919-966-8125

 

Julie Strine, MHA
Program Manager, Leadership Novant
jstrine@nc.rr.com
919-969-9792

Karl Umble, PhD, MPH
Program Planner and Evaluator
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
umble@email.unc.edu
919- 966-8214

 

Jackie McIver
Program Coordinator
North Carolina Institute for Public Health
jkeith@email.unc.edu
919-966-3309

 

 

 

NC Institute for Public Health

Novant Health Leadership Institute

North Carolina Institute for Public Health | School of Public Health | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 8165 | Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8165

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