June Altaras, MN, NEA-BC, RN
Senior Vice President & Chief Quality, Safety & Nursing Officer of MultiCare Health Systems
June Altaras provides oversight to MultiCare’s nursing services and leadership to the organization’s chief nursing executives. Before assuming her role as the Senior VP and CNO of MultiCare, June Altaras was the Chief Executive of Acute Care Services for Swedish System and Chief Executive Officer of Swedish Seattle from 2015 to 2018.
Sebastien Girard, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer for Centura Health
Sebastien Girard serves as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Centura Health. Supporting a team of 21,000 outstanding caregivers, Sebastien is on a mission to serve, elevate and care for every community, every patient, and every associate. Prior to this position, he worked at Atrium Health as Senior Vice President of Workforce Engagement and served as Vice President & Chief Workforce Officer for Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX.
Bonnie Phipps, MA, CMCP, CPA, HFMA Fellow
Regional-CEO Emeritus, Ascension Health
Bonnie Phipps has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare field as a financial executive and C-Suite professional. Her most recent roles at Ascension Health include Senior Vice President for seven markets and the D.C. area and President and CEO of Saint Agnes Healthcare in Baltimore, MD.
Karen F. Clements, BSN, MSB, MHCDS, RN, FACHE
Vice President of Nursing, Northern Light Mercy Hospital
Karen Clements is the Vice President of Nursing at Northern Light Mercy Hospital. Karen is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), a Governor for ACHE, the past Regent for New Hampshire, and the past President of the Northern New England Chapter. She also serves the community as the Past-President of the Lebanon-Riverside Rotary Club.
Claire Zangerle, DNP, MBA
Nurse Executive
Claire Zangerle is a nurse executive who most recently served as CNO at Allegheny Health Network, leading nursing and clinical care management across the network. Previously, Dr. Zangerle served as Chief Executive Officer of the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) of Ohio and as CNO, Director of Quality and Accreditation, and Director of Preventive Cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic.
