Who we are


2009-2010 Board of Directors

Doug Varney (Chair*), Frontier Health
David Sensibaugh (Vice-Chair*), Eastman Chemical Company
John Dreyzehner
MD, MPH (Past Chair*), Cumberland Plateau Health District
Howard Chapman, (Treasurer*), Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc.
Debra Wilson (Secretary*), Wilson Pharmacy
Richard Eshbach (Member-at-Large*), Mountain States Health Alliance
Bruce Behringer, East Tennessee State University
Mark Field, Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership
Donald Guadagnoli MD, Highlands Wellmont Health Network
Donnie Meadows, Food City
Jerry Miller, MD Holston Medical Group
Skip Skinner, Lenowisco Planning District
Mike Ward, Covenant Health

Steve Wilson, United Healthcare

Ex-Officio Members
Kim Barnes, Virginia Department of Health
Liesa Jenkins, CareSpark Executive Director

*Denotes Officer/Executive Committee Member


CareSpark Office
112 W. Main Street, Kingsport, TN 37660
PO Box 657,Kingsport, TN 37662
423-765-9341
423-765-9345/Fax
info@carespark.com

Staff

Liesa Jenkins, Executive Director
ljenkins@carespark.com

Sharon Finch, Executive Assistant
sfinch@carespark.com

Bonnie Drew, Business Manager
bdrew@carespark.com

Brenda Getaz, Privacy Officer
bgetaz@carespark.com

Pat Pope, Provider Relations Coordinator
ppope@carespark.com

Leigh Sterling, HIE Administrator and Knoxville Coordinator
lsterling@carespark.com

Susan Torzewski, MPI Administrator
storzewski@carespark.com

Committees

Clinical Committee


Sue Cantrell, MD (Chair), Lenowisco Health District
William Bestermann, MD, Holston Medical Group
Elisa Comer, Eagles Landing Transcription Service
Daniel David, MD, Health Alliance PHO
Joseph Davis, Johnston Memorial Hospital
John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, (BOD Chair) Cumberland Plateau Health District
Wesley Eastridge, MD, Mountain Region Family Medicine
Joe Florence, MD, ETSU University Physicians
Jeffrey Gray, ETSU College of Pharmacy
Don Guadagnoli, MD, (BOD Secretary), Highlands Wellmont Health Network
Chanda Hurst
Patsy Guinn, East Tennessee State University
Cathy Ivory, Mountain States Health Alliance
Stephen May, Sullivan County Regional Health Department
Sarah Melton, MD, C-Health
Gary Michael, MD, Clinch River Health Service
John Michos, Virginia Health Quality Center

Lenny Monsour, LabCorp
Kathy Morelock, Eastman Chemical Company
Colleen Noe

TJ O'Neil, MD, James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center
Nazneen Rahman, ActiveHealth Management
David Reagan, James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center

Patricia Smith, MD, ETSU College of Nursing
Charles Stuart, MD, East Tennessee State University
Fred Tudiver, MD, ETSU University Physicians
Patti Vanhook, East Tennessee State University
Kathy Wilhoit, Mountain States Health Alliance

Gail Williams, Highlands Wellmont Health Network



Communications & Marketing Committee

Ed Horton (Co-Chair)
Charlie Sorrells, Retired (Co-Chair)
Nick Adams, Bristol Regional Medical Center
Kanishka Biddanda, The Creative Trust
Teresa Brinkley, Eastman Chemical Company
Don Guadagnoli, MD (BOD member), Highlands Wellmont Health Network
Danielle Krueger, Holston Medical Group
Helen Miller

Andy McLamb, Holston Valley Medical Center
Barry Steadman, Steadman Design
Chris Teague, The WIN Firm
James Watson, Mountain States Health Alliance

Finance Committee

Howard Chapman (Chair & Treasurer), Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc.
Craig Kilgore (Co-Chair), Holston Medical Group
Niles Geary, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Steve Wilson, UnitedHealthcare

Financial Outcomes Committee

Tim Attebery, Cardiovascular Associates
Hank Brown, OnePartner

John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, (BOD Chair), Cumberland Plateau Health District
Niles Geary, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Paul Getaz, MD, Integrated Medical Solutions
Joseph Ley, MD, Holston Medical Group
Owen Poole


Outcomes & Evaluations Committee

Steve Adkins, MD, Holston Medical Group
Bruce Behringer (BOD member), East Tennessee State University
Paige Lucas, Cumberland Plateau Health District
Mark McCalman, James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center
Gary Michael MD, Clinch River Health Services
Charlie Sorrells. Retired

Fred Tudiver, East Tennessee State University / Quillen College of Medicine



Personnel Committee

David Sensibaugh (Chair & BOD Vice-Chair), Eastman Chemical Company
Bruce Behringer (BOD member), East Tennessee State University
Sean McMurray, Johnston Memorial Hospital


Population Health Committee

Richard Gendron, MD (Co-Chair), Holston Medical Group
Robert Pack (Co-Chair), East Tennessee State University, College of Public Health
Tim Aldrich, PhD, East Tennessee State University College of Public Health
Bruce Behringer, (BOD Member), East Tennessee State University
Roger Blackwell, East Tennessee State University
Toni Bounds, PhD, MPH, East Tennessee State University
Karen Brady, Tennessee Department of Heath
Michael Coletta, Virginia Department of Health
John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH, (BOD Chair), Cumberland Plateau Health District
Uchenna Egenti, East Tennessee State University
Kevin Eidson, Tennessee Department of Health
Robin Elolia, Sulliivan County Regional Health Department
Delilah Frazier, East Tennessse State University
Amal Khoury, MD, East Tennessee State University
Yinmei Li, MD, Tennessee Department of Health
Delilah Long, Lenowisco Health District
Paige Lucas, Cumberland Plateau Health District
Bridget McCabe, Tennessee Department of Health
Heather McElyea, Sullivan County Regional Health Department
Robbie Monahan, East Tennessee State University
Ellen Omohundro, Tennessee Department of Health
Hardik Parekh
John Roberts, Tennessee Department of Health
Donna Robbins, Northeast Regional Health Department
John Roberts, Tennessee Department of Health
Randy Wykoff, East Tennessee State University


Technology Committee

Tom Deaderick (Co-Chair), OnePartner, Inc.
Chris Voigt, (Co-Chair), MobileMD, Inc.
Rex Arrington, Holston Medical Group
Chase Boles, Bailey Computing Technologies, Inc.
Richie Broadwater, Frontier Health
Chip Childress, Holston Medical Group
Matthew Cleek, Intellithought
Ken Clifton, Bailey Computing Technologies, Inc.
Wesley Combs, Lucent Glow
Elisa Comer, Eagles Landing Transcription Service
Donna Coomes, Mountain States Health Alliance
Shaun Copas, Intellithought
Greg Copen, Johnston Memorial Hospital
Stephen Cox, State of Franklin Healthcare Associates
Didi Davis, Serendipity Health
John Dreyzehner, MD, MPH (BOD Past Chair), Cumberland Plateau Health District
David Eaton, Mountain States Health Alliance
Andrew Frederickson, Data Futures

Donald Guadagnoli, MD (BOD member), Highlands Wellmont Health Network
Warren Lamb, Warren Lamb & Associates
Tim Lamie, Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems, Inc.

Wayne Phillips, Northeast Tennessee Health Department
Janine Pleasant, Mountain States Health Alliance
Stephen Powers, Holston Technology
John Roberts, Tennessee Department of Health
Erik Rolf, Deliberare
Robin Scott, UnitedHealthcare
Thomas Schaffer, Sullivan County Regional Health Department
Randy Sermons, Attorney at Law
Eudoro van der Biest, Holston Technology
Wayne Wilson, Erlanger Health System



Participating Providers


Appalachian Mountain Project Access
Appalachian Orthopaedic Associates
C-Health
Cardiovascular Associates
Clinch River Health Services
Cumberland Plateau Health District
Wesley Eastridge, MD
ETSU Physicians & Associates
Frontier Health
Holston Medical Group
Kingsport City School Nurses
Knoxville Dermatopathology
Laughlin Memorial Hospital
Medical Care, PLLC
Mountain Region Family Medicine
Mountain States Health Alliance
Southeastern Pain Management Center
Southwest Virginia Community Health Systems
Sullivan County Regional Health Department
Tennessee Department of Health
Virginia Department of Health
Wellmont Health System


Your active involvement is needed!  As a patient, a provider, a business, or a volunteer, we all stand to benefit from improving regional health.  If you would like the opportunity to make a difference in the health of our region or if you have expertise in any of the above areas and would like to be involved, please contact us at info@carespark.com.