Health Care Excel, Board of Directors

Forrest Wayne Calico, MD, MPH, was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2008. His term ends in January 2011. Dr. Calico received his medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and his Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. During his 12-year tenure in the military, he served in various capacities both in the United States and abroad. Dr. Calico’s civilian experience ranges from various positions in senior management and includes serving as Senior Advisor on Quality, National Rural Health Association. Academically, he has been appointed Assistant and Associate Clinical Professorships. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, has published many papers, individually and as a coauthor, and is a popular lecturer in his area of expertise: rural health. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $2,000.
 

Jerry W. Chapman was elected to the Board of Directors; his term begins March, 2009, and ends in February, 2011. Mr. Chapman devoted more than forty-four years to providing public accounting and consulting services as the quality assurance partner on client engagements, primarily with the firms of Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen & Co. During the last half of his career, his emphasis was on providing strategic, economic, financial, and managerial-oriented consulting services to health care industry clients. Although Mr. Chapman retired from active full-time public practice at the end of 1999, he continues to serve as a consultant to a select number of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations.
 

Mr. Ray J. Gans began his term on the Board of Directors in November 2007. His term ends in October 2010. He is a Medicare Consumer representing the Medicare Advantage plans. Mr. Gans is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He is currently a volunteer senior health insurance counselor for Indiana’s State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). His expertise covers Medicare and Medicaid benefit needs and issues. He assists low-income individuals in obtaining free prescription drugs from pharmaceutical companies as well. During 2001, Mr. Gans retired as founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Great Lakes Technology Corporation, a computer manufacturing company in South Bend, Indiana. In prior years, Mr. Gans was chairman and chief executive officer of the Commodore Corporation, manufacturer of modular homes and recreational vehicles doing business in the United States and Canada. He served as president of the Fort Wayne, Indiana division of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $4,567.
 

Michael Bowen Hoover, MD, was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2008. His term ends in April 2010. He earned his Bachelor of Pre-Medical degree at Vanderbilt University, and his medical degree from the Emory University School of Medicine. He has maintained certification from the American Board of Surgery since 1979. Dr. Hoover has served as a Clinical Instructor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Evansville, for the past 22 years. He also is on the Active Staff at St. Mary’s Medical Center and Deaconess Hospital, both in Evansville. Dr. Hoover has held numerous directorships and honoraria, including Chairman of the Board of Deaconess Hospital and Deaconess Health System, Vice Speaker and Speaker of the House of Delegates of the Indiana State Medical Association, President of the Indiana State Medical Association, and Member of the Vanderburgh County Medical Society’s Board of Directors. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $1,000.
 

Carol Ireson, RN, PhD, began her term on the Board of Directors in November 2007. Her term ends in October 2010. In addition to her HCE Board membership, Dr. Ireson also is Chair of the Board of Directors of Health Care Excel of Kentucky. She received her bachelors, masters, and doctorate degrees in nursing from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. Dr. Ireson is a research consultant for the Center for Health Services Management and Research of the University of Kentucky. She has served as an associate professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, and is an active international speaker. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $4,567.
 

Thomas E. Kaercher was elected to the Board of Directors in February 2008. His term ends in January 2011. He is a consumer representing Medicare Fee-for-Service. His early advanced education focused on mechanical and civil engineering; special education in later years covered executive and purchasing management, accounting and financial management and human resources. Mr. Kaercher was executive vice president and general manager of Quality Mill Supply Company from which he retired. He retains a seat on their board of directors. Mr. Kaercher has served as the general manager of Strong Tool Company based in Cleveland, Ohio; president and CEO of Vonnegut Industrial Products in Indianapolis (later W. W. Grainger); and Union/Butterfield Division of Litton Industries where he rose from sales representative to Midwest regional manager. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $2,000.
 

Mr. William Keeney, JD, was elected to the Board of Directors in September 2004. His term ends in August 2010. He graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree, and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Louisville Law School. He has been employed by JPMorgan Chase & Co. for more than 34 years and is currently vice president/city executive for Southern Indiana Business Banking. Mr. Keeney is certified in Civil Mediation and is admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana, the Southern Federal District of Indiana, and the Northern Federal District of Indiana. Mr. Keeney devotes time to his community by serving as a disaster response volunteer for the Clark County Chapter for the American Red Cross; is a board member (chairman emeritus) of LifeSpring, Inc., provider of community mental health services for six Southern Indiana counties; and is a board member for One Southern Indiana, an economic development and business services group dedicated to Clark and Floyd Counties, Indiana. Mr. Keeney also is a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Board of Advisors at Indiana University Southeast. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $6,842.
 

Elizabeth McNamee, MPH, FACHE, began her term on the Board of Directors in November 2007. Her term ends in October 2010. Ms. McNamee was recently elected Chair of the Board of Directors for Health Care Excel’s nonprofit subsidiary, HCE QualityQuest. She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Chemistry. She received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Texas. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms. McNamee is the Associate Director, Community Innovation and Development, St. Luke’s Health Initiatives in Phoenix, Arizona. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $5,975.
 

Wade Mountz, President Emeritus of Norton Healthcare was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2008. His current term ends in April 2010. With a master in Hospital Administration degree from the University of Minnesota, his extensive experience centered on the position of president of Norton Hospital, and its successor corporations. He retired in 1989 as President Emeritus. Other extensive activities included the Chairmanships of the Kentucky Hospital Association and American Hospital Association. He was the Kentucky Regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). He also served on the Boards of the Joint Commission, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky, the Kentucky Board of Education (K-12), among many others. Mr. Mountz has received numerous awards including an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Kentucky Wesleyan College, the Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Hospital from ACHE, and was inducted into the 2008 Modern Healthcare—Health Care Hall of Fame. Board compensation for Fiscal Year 2008 was $1,000.