The Covenant Health Leadership Academy (CHLA) is an immersive healthcare learning experience designed to introduce, expose and educate community leaders to present day healthcare issues and opportunities as seen through the eyes of East Tennessee’s leading not-for-profit healthcare system.
The goals of CHLA are to help community leaders understand how healthcare is delivered through first-hand interaction with caregivers and to make those leaders more aware of the scope and quality of the healthcare services provided by Covenant Health.
CHLA is structured around a series of five classes offered from January to May at various Covenant Health facilities. Classes typically run from 8:00 AM to 12:30 PM, one day a month. The class size is limited to approximately 12 participants so that discussions and observations of procedures are personal, informative and relaxed for each of the participants.
If you would like to learn more please call 865-531-5210.
2013
2014
2015
Gerald Boyd
Jay Fitzsimmons
Rick Fox
Jim Johnson
Sid Law
Larry Mauldin
Ann Montgomery
Linda Ogle
Joe Ben Turner
Bill Williams
Darrell Akins
Sharon Alley
Linda Gay Blanc
Patrick Birmingham
Mike Edwards
Wes Farragut
Jenny Hines
Maribel Koella
Jeff Lee
Eddie Mannis
Mike Swift
Jim Atchley
Christopher D. Baker
David Bradshaw
Rick Chinn
Rodney Grugin
Shohreh “Nazzy” Hashemian
Jon Lawler
Lee Martin, PhD
Tim Matthews
Kathy Meacham
Monte B. Miller
Roger Osborne
2016
2017
2018
Dave Baumgartner
Grant Boyd
Eric Evans
Melinda Hillman
Andy Johnson
Charlie Johnson
Emily Kile
Dean Littleton
Scott McIntyre
Lisa Mellon
Scott Seaman
Jeffrey Wilke
Vrondelia “Ronni” Chandler
Brian DeBusk
Cynthia “Cindi” DeBusk
Jan Elston
Mike Fleenor
Amber Krupacs
Sam Mishu
Andy Page
Rick Swanson
David Verble
Erin Wakefield
Jim Collins
Coby Cooper
Chuck Griffin
Kathy May-Martin
John McDevitt
Dave Miller
Adam Robertson
Frank Rosamond
Carl Storms
2019
2020
2021
Dr. Peter Claussen, Jr.
Stephanie Flood
Parker Hardy
Alan Hill
David Hunt
Nadim Jubran
Doug Kennedy
King Purnell
Ken Rueter
Jorge Sanabria
Terry Turner
Tony R. Aikens
Christian Corts
James “Jim” Gibson
Edgar S. Gray
Leslye Tate Hartsell
Gwendolyn “Gwen” McKenzie
Phyllis Y. Nichols
Cosby Stone
Jama Spicer-Sutton, PhD
George Wallace
The 2021 Covenant Health Leadership Academy Class was not held due to public safety concerns relating to Covid-19.
