Covenant Health Leadership Academy

Leadership Academy offers a unique perspective on healthcare

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 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 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.

Past Participants

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	2021/2022
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 and 2022 Covenant Health Leadership Academy Classes were not held due to public safety concerns relating to Covid-19.