Jason Hunt

Author, Speaker, Trainer

Jason A Hunt, a dynamic figure in the realms of authorship, speaking, and training, orchestrated a profound cultural shift while serving as principal, emphasizing personal influence over procedural rigidity. Passionate about empowering leaders, Jason’s insights resonate across various sectors, from manufacturing to finance, with an impressive roster of over 100 speaking engagements annually. His journey, spanning from leading a congregation in Siberia at 19 to establishing Eye Squared Leadership, underscores his unwavering resilience and
dedication. Recognized globally as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and the president of the National Speakers Association of Minnesota, Jason’s expertise is esteemed. Armed with a leadership degree and John Maxwell certification, he has penned several impactful books, including “The Other Side” and “The Uncommon Leadership” series.

Paul Peaper

President

Paul Peaper became president of IHCA/INCAL in July 2022. A native Hoosier and a lawyer by education, Paul is a health care leader with deep experience in health and insurance policy, legislation, and state and federal regulations especially those governing Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.  Before joining the IHCA/INCAL, Paul served as the executive director of strategic affairs and corporate partnerships at Indiana University Health.

His previous leadership experience includes spearheading a variety of strategic and large-scale campaigns for the state. Most notably, Paul helped coordinate all aspects of Indiana’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic including testing, tracing, vaccination and overall strategy during his employment with the Office of Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. He also served as the Governor’s senior advisor on all health care and insurance policy matters at both the state and federal level. Additionally, Paul serves as an adjunct faculty at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law where he teaches healthcare business and revenue systems to law students.

Suzannah Overholt

Partner

Suzannah Overholt joined SmithAmundsen in 2017 after years of experience representing clients in the private, public and non-profit sectors. She was previously the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of one of the largest non-profit health care providers in Indiana, serving more than 50,000 patients. Suzannah draws on her past experience to advise health care providers on licensing and regulatory matters, commercial and corporate transactions, contract negotiations, nonprofit corporate governance, personnel issues and zoning matters related to their facilities. She assists clients with issues related to the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, and represents clients in litigation related to all of these areas.

Jarrod Malone

Attorney

Jarrod provides aggressive and vigorous defense for those in the health care industry, including national and Indiana based health care providers and entities. He has extensive experience representing clients in medical malpractice, commercial litigation, medical staff, administrative and peer review proceedings, premises liability, and employment related matters.

Jarrod’s clients include community hospitals and health systems, risk retention groups, captive insurance companies, multi-disciplinary physician groups, physician networks, health care corporations, national insurers and third-party administrators, national medical staffing agencies,  and behavioral health facilities. Additionally, he fields inquiries as outside general counsel on the full spectrum of legal issues confronting health care management including risk avoidance, contracts, peer review, HIPAA, collaborative practice agreements, regulatory and compliance, and insurance.

Jarrod has successfully tried cases to jury verdicts and bench trials involving immediate care physicians, complex surgical matters, ophthalmologic, internal medicine, restrictive covenants, and premises liability matters. He also defends many civil litigation matters involving wrongful death, catastrophic injuries and damages, legal malpractice defense, insurance coverage, and bad faith litigation.

Shelonda Darling

Senior Retention Strategist

As a Senior Retention Strategist at Magnet Culture, Shelonda Darling is dedicated to helping organizations reduce unnecessary employee turnover. On the cusp of Gen X and Millennials herself, she sits in the sweet spot for bridging the generational gaps because she can speak to both the expectations of traditional-minded managers and the evolved expectations of today’s younger workers. With decades of experience in a variety of corporate roles in Training and Development, Employee Engagement, HR Communications, and Corporate Communications, she offers nuanced solutions to bridge skills gaps and equip managers to become Retention Champions.

Her compelling blend of expertise, energy, and storytelling resonates nationwide, as she tackles the challenges of navigating a multi-generational workforce head-on. She understands the shift in leadership mindset required to succeed in today’s rapidly evolving landscape, and uses her energizing style to empower leaders to make the changes necessary to retain the talent they can’t afford to lose.

Kathleen Bartholomew

Author, Nurse Leader & Health Culture Expert

Before turning to healthcare as a career in 1994, Kathleen Bartholomew held positions in marketing, business, communications and teaching. It was these experiences that allowed her to look at nursing from a different perspective and speak poignantly to the issues that effect nurses today.
Kathleen Bartholomew, RN, MN has been a national speaker for the nursing profession for the past 20 years. As the manager of a 57 bed surgical unit in Seattle, Kathleen quickly recognized that creating a culture where staff felt a sense of belonging was critical to retention. Throughout Swedish Medical Center Kathleen spoke to the numerous factors which propel our society toward isolation and encouraged staff to connect and value one another. During her tenure as manager, staff, physician and patient satisfaction improved significantly as she implemented her down-to earth strategies for creating community. Despite the nursing shortage, Kathleen could always depend on a waiting list of nurses for her unit.
Kathleen’s Bachelor’s Degree is in Liberal Arts with a strong emphasis on Sociology. This background laid the foundation for her to correctly identify the norms and particular to healthcare – specifically physician-nurse relationships and nurse-to-nurse hostility. For her Master’s Thesis she authored Speak Your Truth: Proven Strategies for Effective Nurse-Physician Communication which is the only book to date which addresses physician-nurse issues. In December of 2005, Kathleen resigned her position as manager in order to write a second book on horizontal violence in nursing. The expression, “why nurses eat their young” has existed for many years in the nursing profession (and has troubled many in the profession). In her book, Ending Nurse to Nurse Hostility (2006), Kathleen offers the first comprehensive and compassionate look at the etiology, impact and solutions to horizontal violence. Kathleen won the best media depiction of nursing for her Op Editorial in the Seattle P.I. and in 2010 she was nominated by Health Leaders Media as one of the top 20 people changing healthcare in America.
Kathleen’s passion for creating healthy work environments is infectious. She is an expert on hospital culture and speaks internationally to hospital boards, the military, leadership and staff about safety, communication, cultural change and power. With her husband, John J. Nance, she co-authored, Charting the Course: Launching Patient-Centric Healthcare. From the bedside to the boardroom Kathleen applies research to practice with humor and an ethical call to excellence. Everyone that hears her is inspired.

LaDonna Gatlin

CSP, CPAE

LaDonna Gatlin has been WOWING audiences since she was five years old. Born into “showbiz,” LaDonna grew up onstage performing with her brothers, the legendary Gatlin Brothers. But in the mid 1970’s, this gutsy Texas native chose to follow her heart and
“sing a different song” apart from her famous family. LaDonna has shared that “song” everywhere…from corporate powerhouses…to the prison cells of death row. Her presentations resonate with audiences all over the country because, simply put, she makes people laugh, lightens their load, and leaves them with a song in their hearts. AND…they always learn something in the process.

LaDonna is one of only a handful of professional speakers who holds both the Certified Speaking Professional designation and
the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame Award, two of the most prestigious honors bestowed by the National Speakers Association. She’s written and recorded her own original songs and sung on both Grammy Award-winning and Dove Award-winning records. She’s the author of The Song in You: Finding your Voice, Redefining Your Life, a you-can-do-it guide that offers practical, emotional, and spiritual insights gleaned from her own life experiences.

In addition, she’s a contributing writer to the best selling book series, Chicken Soup for the Soul. Married to her best friend for over 40 years, they live in a suburb of Dallas Texas. They have 2 adult children and 7 grandchildren.