Mr. Peterson is the Managing Partner of TRG Healthcare, LLC.  As Managing Partner, Mr. Peterson brings significant experience and foresight to each TRG client engagement.  He has more than 25 years of healthcare experience, which he has spent developing progressive strategic, financial and operational solutions for a broad range of healthcare clients.  His consulting expertise spans all three of TRG’s core service lines, including strategic and financial positioning, operational and financial performance improvement, and strategic transactions.  Within each of these areas, he has worked extensively with community hospitals, academic medical centers, ambulatory care providers, and physician group practices.

Prior to forming TRG Healthcare, Mr. Peterson served as President of Founders Healthcare, Inc., a for-profit physician organization affiliated with the Graduate Health System in Pennsylvania.  He also served for 15 years as a hospital executive, including seven years at Penn State’s Hershey Medical Center, where he served as CEO, and eight years at the University of Michigan Medical Center, where he served in various capacities including COO.  Mr. Peterson’s educational background includes a Masters Degree in Hospital and Health Care Administration and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business, Public Health and Sociology all from the University of Minnesota.

Ms. Stephenson has more than 35 years of experience in the healthcare field. She has expertise in both not-for-profit and for-profit health related organizations, with particular expertise in performance excellence, team development, new business development, strategic planning, and medical staff process management. Mrs. Stephenson brings a track record of significant increases in volume and financial growth through operational improvement. Her consulting work is also highly focused on quality and patient safety improvement. Mrs. Stephenson is a expert in identifying and implementing the changes necessary to raise the quality levels of healthcare organizations to among the top in their area, and in the nation.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mrs. Stephenson served as President and CEO for Robert Wood Johnson Health Care Corp Hamilton, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton and the Lakeview Child Centers. Under her leadership Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton was recognized by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program; becoming only the fourth hospital in the nation to receive the Baldrige Award. She also served as Regional Director of Curative Health Services, responsible for the start-up and operation of 18 Wound Care Centers throughout the northeast United States. Mrs. Stephenson holds a Masters in Business and Health Care Administration from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, a Bachelors of Science in Liberal Studies from Rider University in New Jersey, and Registered Nurse Degree from Borgess School of Nursing in Michigan.

Mr. Huber has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare financial management and accounting.  He brings significant technical financial knowledge to his clients in addition to possessing a senior level perspective on financial planning and strategy in healthcare organizations.  Mr. Huber’s consulting work focuses on developing financial strategies related to mergers and acquisitions, evaluating the impact of clinical service line development or expansion, and establishing targets for performance improvement.  His experience also includes faculty compensation plan development, faculty practice and medical school operational improvement, and the structuring and administration of managed care contracts.  Mr. Huber is an expert in revenue enhancement and leads the firm’s revenue enhancement activities, developing strategies and implementing mechanisms for healthcare organizations to realize revenue enhancement opportunities, while improving cash flow and collection rates.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mr. Huber served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Graduate Health System, Senior Financial Officer for Mediq Consulting Services, Inc., Co-Founder and Principal for Delaney Associates/Huber & Tierney CPA’s, and in the healthcare consulting department for Ernst & Young.  In addition, he has worked as an independent consultant focusing on financial planning, reimbursement and bankruptcy.  Mr. Huber is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.  His educational background includes a Master of Science Degree in Taxation from Widener University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from LaSalle University.

Mr. Ash has more than 15 years of healthcare management and consulting experience.  He specializes in all aspects of healthcare strategy, including strategic planning, new market entry strategies, clinical service line business planning, and mergers and acquisitions.  He also has significant experience evaluating and fostering capital partnerships between hospitals, medical groups, real estate developers and other specialty providers, particularly urban facilities considering expansion into suburban markets.  Mr. Ash is an experienced facilitator and project manager in highly complex settings, including academic health centers, church-sponsored provider networks, and community hospitals.  He provides his clients with board and management-level facilitation, market analysis, financial modeling, benchmark analysis, and project management. In addition, he has extensive experience in operational improvement including turnaround work and general financial improvement strategies.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mr. Ash was a Project Manager for LarsonAllen, LLP, where he consulted to a broad range of healthcare clients.  He also served as the Human Resources Director of a Visiting Nurses Association and the Facility Manager of an assisted living organization.  Mr. Ash holds a Masters Degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Political Science from the University of Kansas.

Mr. Campbell has more than 25 years as a CEO of hospitals and health systems.  He has extensive operational experience and expertise in multiple healthcare settings that includes an established record of leading teaching institutions experiencing severe financial stress through significant organizational change.  His leadership also includes structuring mergers, integrating operations, physician alignment, outsourcing, and labor relations. 

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mr. Campbell served as President and CEO of Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, where he was responsible for the merger and integration of three independent systems.  He has also served in senior leadership positions at The Detroit Medical Center, Allegheny Health Services, Inc., Henry Ford Health System and The University of Michigan Hospital.  Mr. Campbell has a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University and a Master in Hospital Administration from the University of Michigan.  Mr. Campbell has a number of professional affiliations including serving as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Mr. Riina is an accomplished executive with more than 25 years of consulting and operational management experience in the healthcare industry.  During his tenure as a national practice leader within ACS Healthcare Solutions (formerly Superior Consultant Company, Inc. and Chi Systems, Inc.), Mr. Riina successfully directed numerous consulting engagements for regional delivery systems, academic medical centers, community and specialty hospitals and niche providers.  His primary areas of responsibility included strategy formulation, financial turnarounds, operations redesign, market and financial feasibility assessments, program expansion and business plan development.  His direct operational experience in hospitals includes over a decade of responsibility in senior administrative positions.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mr. Riina served as Vice President for ACS Healthcare Solutions, specializing in strategic business planning services.  Mr. Riina received his Masters in Hospital Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, VA and his Bachelors in Science from the College of William and Mary.  He is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of both the Society of Healthcare Strategy & Market Development and the Michigan Healthcare Executive Group and Associates.

Mr. Wigglesworth has over 20 years of experience in the health care field. He brings TRG clients extensive experience in strategic planning, policy development, financing solutions, crisis communications, governance and operational improvement, and new business development initiatives for hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations. In addition, he has developed comprehensive government relations strategies and innovative public-private partnerships to help hospitals and health systems achieve their strategic objectives.

Prior to joining TRG, Mr. Wigglesworth served for 12 years as CEO of the Delaware Valley Healthcare Council representing more than 150 hospitals and health systems in the tri-state greater Philadelphia area. He created and led the Health Care Improvement Foundation, a 501 c 3 charitable organization, that is focused on innovative patient safety/quality assurance initiatives, including a medication safety program for hospitals named by JCAHO as one of the top five large scale collaboratives in the country. He also was the founding CEO of Philadelphia International Medicine LLC a joint venture of eight of the Greater Philadelphia areas leading hospitals to enhance the their presence and business opportunities in the international health care market. Previously, Mr. Wigglesworth was Senior Vice President of the Maryland Hospital Association, and Executive Assistant to the Governor of Maryland for health care and health insurance policy issues.

Mrs. Moyer has more than 30 years of healthcare accounting experience.  She specializes in billing, reimbursement, and financial management in acute and ambulatory settings.  She has extensive experience assisting clients in assessing the financial viability of clinical service line development and expansion, restructuring inpatient accounting departments and evaluating billing and collection arrangements and opportunities.  She is also highly skilled in developing business plans and budgets for a broad range of healthcare clients.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mrs. Moyer served as the Vice President of Finance for the MEDIQ Consulting Group.  She also spent time working as a supervisor in large accounting firm and as an accountant in a community hospital.  Mrs. Moyer is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Pennsylvania.  She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University.

Mr. Durishan has more than 25 years of experience in the finance and healthcare industries.  He specializes in reorganizing financial services in order to     improve performance, and is known for his understanding of operational requirements in building    financial systems.  Mr. Durishan has spearheaded many strategic planning and information planning development engagements using broad leadership capabilities.

In addition to his work with TRG Healthcare, Mr. Durishan is also President of a financial advisory firm in the southern United States, and is a faculty member in the health administration program at The Medical University of South Carolina.   Prior to becoming an advisor and consultant, Mr. Durishan served as CFO for various organizations around the country, including Graduate Health System in Philadelphia, Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Minneapolis, and Extendicare in Milwaukee.

Ms. McAlpine has over 15 years of healthcare management and consulting experience.  She specializes in implementing organizational change through operations improvement and system redesign activities.  She has experience in reorganizing operations in ambulatory care settings and long-term care facilities.  Ms. McAlpine also has experience in new hospital and ambulatory care planning, market assessment and feasibility analysis, clinical service line business planning, project management, and marketing and cost analysis.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Ms. McAlpine worked as a project/contract manager where she was responsible for physician and ancillary staff recruiting, budgeting and financial projections, overseeing operational improvements, and marketing.  Ms. McAlpine has a Masters in Business Administration from Temple University, a Master of Science Degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Cabrini College.

Mr. Musgrave has over 25 years of experience in the design, development, and management of purchasing processes, supply chain processes, syste7m integration, and organization development for a variety of large healthcare providers and manufacturers.  His areas of consulting expertise include strategic sourcing, strategic planning, and process re-engineering.  Mr. Musgrave specializes in the rapid analysis of a company’s supply chain and purchasing processes and the delivery of substantial cost savings associated with implementing aggressive but realistic performance improvement action plans.  His healthcare clients have included Temple University Hospital, Ochsner Clinic, Ministry Healthcare, Aetna, VHA, and Baxter Healthcare.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mr. Musgrave served as a Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting and was responsible for helping lead Deloitte’s Healthcare Provider Supply Chain practice.  Mr. Musgrave’s publications include: “Avoiding Scope Creep in Large System Projects” (National Association of Purchasing Managers Magazine), and “Strategy and Planning for Healthcare Materials Management” (Healthcare Materials Management Magazine).  He has a Masters and Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and from Indiana State University.

Ms. Wickes has more than 20 years of health care finance and accounting experience, focused particularly on the acute- and post-acute health care industries.  Ms. Wickes’ consulting expertise includes financial operations improvement through cost reduction, infrastructure redesign, and organizational restructuring.  She is also highly skilled in project management, applying her abilities in various high-level interim management positions, including CFO of St. Francis Health System of Pittsburgh, PA.  In addition, she has significant experience assisting hospitals and health systems in the areas of financial analysis and reporting, budgeting, strategic planning and financial information systems planning and implementation.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Ms. Wickes served as Director of Finance for Catholic Health System.  She also spent several years as an auditor and financial consultant for a large accounting firm.  She graduated from State University of New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and is affiliated with several professional societies, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Mrs. Gupte has five years of healthcare consulting experience spent working with a broad range of healthcare clients, including hospitals and health systems, managed care organizations and state Medicaid agencies.  Mrs. Gupte has played a key role in a number of strategic planning engagements and has particular expertise in the development of business plans.  She also has considerable experience assisting clients with various transactional and operations improvement initiatives.  She is skilled in cost analysis, benchmark analysis, and market research.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mrs. Gupte was a Senior Healthcare Consultant at Tucker Alan Inc. in Chicago, an administrative intern with St. Joseph’s Mercy of Macomb Hospital in Michigan, and a Research Assistant at The Lewin Group.  Her educational background includes a Masters Degree in Health Service Administration and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Biology from the University of Michigan.

Mr. Fitch has over 5 years of experience in the hospital and health system setting.  His experience spans many facets of healthcare, including developing hospital budgets, establishing marketing and strategic plans, implementing business programs and operational improvements. 

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Mr. Fitch served as a Perioperative Services Business Manager and was responsible for establishing departmental budgets and marketing plans, developing financial proformas and business plans.  During this time, he also obtained his Black Belt Certification in Six Sigma, leading teams in making sustained organizational and financial improvement.  Mr. Fitch holds a Masters degree in Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Michigan State University.

Ms. Hortman’s healthcare career consists of over six years of experience in the hospital, health system and group purchasing organization settings. She has extensive experience in the area of hospital operations, revenue cycle and project management. Ms. Hortman also possesses expertise in staff and frontline management development. She has led divisional strategic planning; developed business plans and managed operational budgets.

Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Ms. Hortman served as an Administrator, Patient Management Services and Special Procedures Area at Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL. She had administrative responsibility for five revenue cycle/administrative departments and a multi-specialty procedure department. Ms. Hortman completed her Administrative Fellowship with VHA, Inc., Las Colinas, TX in 2002.

Ms. Hortman is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms. Hortman graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management with a Masters degree in Healthcare Administration as well as a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences from Florida A&M University.

Ms. Scanlin has over 20 years experience in the healthcare field, mainly in academic medical centers. She has extensive clinical, research, administrative and program development experience. Prior to joining TRG Healthcare, Ms. Scanlin served as the Program Coordinator for the Cardiothoracic Surgery Program at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Her other accomplishments include working as a nurse practitioner in the NICU for the fetal surgery program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, serving as the coordinator for the multi-center Phase I Gene Therapy Clinical Trials in Cystic Fibrosis at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan and Columbus Children’s Hospital. While at the University of Pennsylvania she participated from 1996-1998 in the American International Health Alliance project to improve woman’s health and decrease infant mortality in Ukraine. She has been a member of the adjunct faculty at Drexel University School of Nursing and the University of Pennsylvania.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Villanova University, a Masters degree in Nursing from Gwynedd Mercy College, a Post Masters Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University, where she also received a Green Belt Certification in Six Sigma.

Ms. Hemnani has extensive experience as both an analyst and consultant for various companies that provide services to the healthcare industry.  As a consultant in Washington, DC, Ms. Hemnani researched and reviewed HIPPA and IT security certification requirements to understand the business flow, as well as the changing needs of her clients.  The business model she created is still in use today. She also held an intern position at the University of Maryland Medical Center as Administrative Resident to the VP of Clinical Effectiveness; working to study patient flow and capacity in the Neurcare ICU.  Ms. Hemnani graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management with a dual Masters degree.  She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from American University.

Mrs. Cresta has over 30 years of experience in healthcare office management.   She has been with TRG Healthcare since the company’s inception, providing administrative and client-related support to the entire staff.  Prior to joining TRG, Mrs. Cresta worked for Founder’s Healthcare and Philadelphia Child Guidance Clinic, both based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.