Presbyterian Healthcare System Services

Jim Hinton
President and CEO

Mr. Hinton has been with Presbyterian since 1983 and has the distinction of being New Mexico's longest tenured healthcare CEO. He serves as a member of the Presbyterian Board of Directors and also serves as the chair for the Presbyterian Health Plan Board of Directors.

Under Mr. Hinton's leadership, the organization is committed to radically improving the customer experience by transforming its integrated system to achieve best clinical quality, affordability and sustainability as one Presbyterian.

As President and CEO of Presbyterian Healthcare Services since July of 1995, Mr. Hinton has been recognized both locally and nationally for his exceptional leadership. His current community involvement includes chairmanships and board roles for Rio Rancho Economic Development, Economic Forum of Albuquerque, Association of Commerce and Industry, United Way of Central New Mexico, and ACCION New Mexico. Throughout his career at Presbyterian, Mr. Hinton has held leadership roles on the boards of the New Mexico Hospitals and Health Systems Association, Albuquerque Economic Development, New Mexico First, and the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Hinton also served as chair of the Governor's task force for health care reform and served on the Insure New Mexico Council.

In addition to serving in board and chair roles for several local organizations, Mr. Hinton also serves on the Boards of Premier, Inc. and The Healthcare Institute. In 2007, he was selected by the UNM Alumni Association to receive the Erna S. Fergusson Award for distinguished alumni. In 2005, he was the recipient of the Foundation Open Government Freedom of Speech Award. Leadership Albuquerque selected him as "Outstanding Leader" in 2002 and The Health Care Forum named Mr. Hinton "One of the Nation's Four Emerging Leaders" in 1993.

Prior to joining Presbyterian, Mr. Hinton received his Bachelor's of Arts degree in 1981 from the University of New Mexico and a Master's of Health Care Administration degree from Arizona State University in 1983. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Presbyterian Healthcare Services from 1992 to 1995, when he became CEO.

Paul Briggs
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Paul Briggs serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

Mr. Briggs has twenty-eight years of healthcare finance and operations experience with hospital systems, physicians groups and health plans. He served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Carondelet Health System in St. Louis and the Greenville Hospital System in Greenville, South Carolina. He also worked for Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound for ten years in senior financial and operational roles.

Mr. Briggs received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Accounting from Brigham Young University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and the HFMA Principles and Practices Board, as well as a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
 

Kathy Davis, RN
Senior Vice President of Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer

Kathy Davis is Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer of Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

Ms. Davis earned a Bachelor's of Nursing degree from West Texas A & M University in Canyon, Texas, and a Master's of Business Administration degree from the University of New Mexico.

She serves on the boards for the New Mexico Organization of Nurse Executives and the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence, where she is chair-elect.

Ms. Davis was a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Executive Fellow from 2000-2003.

Hoda Asmar, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Presbyterian Delivery System

Dr. Hoda Asmar joined Presbyterian Healthcare Services in 2011 as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for the Presbyterian Delivery System. Dr. Asmar has primary accountability for medical staff relations and serves as the key liaison to the employed and independent medical staff. She works with the Central Delivery System Chief Medical Officer, service line medical directors and medical staff leaders, as well as Regional Delivery System medical staff leaders.

Dr. Asmar received her medical degree from St. Joseph University in Beirut and her Master's in Business Administration from Michigan State University. She is board-certified in internal medicine and in infectious disease and has served as a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award examiner.

Prior to her service at Presbyterian, Dr. Asmar served as Chief Medical Officer/Vice President Medical Affairs at Edward Health Services Corporation.

Diane Fisher
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Diane Fisher joined Presbyterian in 2002.

After graduating from Stanford University and the University of New Mexico School of Law, Ms. Fisher practiced law in several venues, focusing on healthcare issues including organization, licensure, healthcare contracting and state and federal legislative and regulatory issues.

She was the General Counsel for the New Mexico Department of Health and was in private practice in Albuquerque just prior to joining Presbyterian.

She is licensed to practice law in New Mexico and Colorado and before the United States Supreme Court. She is a member of the Order of the Coif and the American Health Lawyers Association.

Cindy McGill
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Cindy McGill currently serves at Presbyterian's Senior Vice President of Human Resources.

Ms. McGill previously served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development for Public Service Company of New Mexico. In this role, she tracked changes in the energy industry and technology, evaluated the impacts of these changes upon the company and strategy, assisted business units in developing strategies, supported the Executive Policy Committee and performed other strategy-related analyses.

Ms. McGill received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of New Mexico and has attended programs and seminars at University of Phoenix, Leadership New Mexico, Edison Electric Institute, New Mexico State University MIT/Harvard Public Dispute Program and the American Bar Association.

Ms. McGill has also served on the boards of several other charitable organizations, and her most recent leadership accomplishments include chairmanships and board roles of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, American Heart Association and past chair of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.

Dale Maxwell
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dale Maxwell serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Presbyterian Healthcare Services.

Mr. Maxwell joined Presbyterian in 2002 as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Presbyterian Health Plan. In 2006, he served as the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Presbyterian Medical Group. In 2007, he was named Chief Financial Officer of the Presbyterian Delivery System.

His career has included leadership roles in physician and hospital organizations, financial planning, performance and quality improvement, organizational development and systems implementation.

Mr. Maxwell earned a Bachelor's of Accounting degree from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico and a Master's degree in Healthcare Administration from Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

Lee Marley
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Lee Marley joined Presbyterian Healthcare Services in 2011 as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. She has primary accountability for ensuring the Information Technology needs of Presbyterian and its customers are met with the highest rate of satisfaction and responsiveness. Her responsibilities include all aspects of planning, project execution and Information Technology support, including Telecommunications.

Ms. Marley has over 30 years of leadership experience in the Healthcare Information Technology industry. Prior to joining Presbyterian, she was the Associate Chief Information Officer at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics in Stanford, California. Prior to that, she served as the Chief Information Officer for nine years at Mills-Peninsula Health Services in Burlingame, California. Mills-Peninsula Health Services ranked 19th on the 2010 Leapfrog 65 best hospitals in the country list and Stanford Hospitals and Clinics ranked 20th.

Ms. Marley received her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with honors from Auburn University in Alabama and her Master of Science degree in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Alabama.

Todd Sandman
Vice President, Strategy and Customer Engagement

Todd Sandman joined Presbyterian in 2001 and currently oversees the system's strategy, business planning, marketing, communications and public policy advocacy.

He worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC in several communications roles from 1993 to 1998.

He earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Communications from George Washington University in 1992 and his Master's degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University in 2009.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ronald McDonald House Charities of New Mexico, the United Way of Central New Mexico Corporate Cornerstone Council, and the Strategic Committee of the TriCore Reference Laboratories Board of Directors.

J.J. Parsons
Vice President, Performance Excellence

J.J. Parsons serves as Vice President of Performance Excellence and leads the enterprise effort to achieve the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) through an enterprise focus on continuously improving processes to produce nationally excellent clinical, service and business results.

She also oversees the customer market research and PresEssentials coaching staff to facilitate understanding of customer needs and support leader skill development and coaching to obtain customer loyalty. She is accountable for the key process, Customer Acquisition and Retention, and chairs its council accountable for managing an enterprise-wide process to improve and attain customer growth.

Ms. Parsons has been with Presbyterian since 1984 and previously served as Vice President of Business Development and Contracting and Vice President of Network Marketing in addition to working a number of years at the Health Plan.

She graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor's of Science with honors in Journalism and is a graduate of the IHC Advance Training Program in Healthcare Delivery Improvement. Ms. Parsons serves as a national Senior Examiner for MBNQA, the Presidential quality award program dedicated to improving U.S. organizations. She is a past recipient of the Executive of the Year Award from Executive Women International.

Ms. Parsons is active in the community and currently serves on a number of boards including the Executive Committee for Governor's Business Executives for Education, the Board of Directors for Youth Development, Inc. Foundation, and is Vice President of the Board of Directors for CNM Foundation. She has played an active role in Quality New Mexico serving six years as Chair of the Board of Directors and lead judge on the Panel of Judges. She is an alumnus of Leadership Albuquerque.

Jackson R. Ellison
Vice President, Corporate Compliance

Jackson Ellison serves as Vice President, Corporate Compliance and Corporate Compliance Officer and is responsible for corporate business ethics and regulatory compliance.

Mr. Ellison joined Presbyterian Healthcare Services in 1993 and has served as Executive Director of Presbyterian Physician Resources and Administrative Director for Presbyterian Albuquerque Ancillary Services.

Prior to joining Presbyterian, Mr. Ellison served as the Executive Director of Radiology Associates of Albuquerque, PA and is the former President of the New Mexico Chapter of the Medical Group Management Association.

He served on the Board of Directors for the Reference Laboratories, Affiliated Imaging Associates, and Southwest Magnetic Imaging Associates.

Mr. Ellison holds a Bachelor's of Business Administration degree from the University of New Mexico Robert O. Anderson School of Business and Administrative Sciences.