Dr. Connie Evashwick is an experienced healthcare executive and academician who thrives at the nexus of management and academia, health care delivery systems and public health, long-term care and acute care. Dr. Evashwick holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Stanford University and a master's and doctoral degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. She has been credentialed in public health (CPH) and association management (CAE) and is a Lifetime Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (LFACHE). Her expertise includes the continuum of care, long-term care delivery systems and health professions education. More recently has focused on hospital community benefit, public health systems, and international public health. Dr. Evashwick’s multifaceted career has included positions in academia, consulting, association leadership, direct healthcare operations management, and international public health. She has been vice president of long-term care for two major health care systems and consulted with health systems, hospitals, and long-term care organizations across the nation. On the international scene, she has worked on the education of health professionals at universities in Malaysia, Ghana, Bhutan, Italy, Finland, and Vietnam. Dr. Evashwick has been active in professional societies, including being a Regent of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) and chair of the (then) Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association. Positions Dr. Evashwick has held include the Archstone Foundation Endowed Chair at California State University Long Beach, Dean of the SLU School of Public Health and Professor of Health Management & Policy, Senior Director of Academic Programs for the Association of Schools of Public Health, Provost of St. John International University and Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University. She has authored over 115 publications, including fourteen books. Dr. Evashwick was the founding editor of Frontiers in Public Health Education and Promotion . She has generated and managed over $10 million in grants from private and public sources.

Leonard Friedman is a Professor of Health Policy and Management and is director of the Executive Master of Health Administration degree at the George Washington University. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Southern California, School of Public Administration in 1991 where his dissertation examined technology acquisition in hospitals in Southern California. Dr. Friedman’s scholarly work has concentrated on the mechanisms of organizational change and strategic decision-making in health service organizations. Dr. Friedman has been the chair of the Health Care Management Division of the Academy of Management and Association of University Programs in Health Administration. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a past-president of the National Capital Healthcare Executives Chapter of ACHE. In 2015, Dr. Friedman was inducted into the StuderGroup Fire Starter Hall of Fame. Dr. Friedman is the editor of the Journal of Health Administration Education.

Andrew is the Assistant Dean for Academic Innovation and a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy and Management. His professional work, research, and teaching centers on the use of emerging technologies to enhance learning and the roles that design, motivation, and organizational structure can play in supporting individual and team performance.