Meet The Team

An affiliate of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a member of the American Association of Healthcare Consultants (AAHC). Mr. Nagle is also a certified healthcare consultant in the AAHC, one of a handful of healthcare executive recruiters so recognized. His civic interests are varied, including serving several years as Chairman of the Board of the American Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Institute.

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Mac Knight has over 40 years of experience in the healthcare arena, as a practicing physician, physician executive, healthcare consultant, expert witness and industry thought leader. He has practiced and held leadership positions in community and academic settings and is familiar with the operation of hospitals in both rural and urban settings. He is frequently asked to speak at national meetings and has authored or co-authored multiple books and articles on a variety of healthcare related topics.

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Over the last 25 years Dr. Ron Strieker has been active in both the private and public sectors improving organizational infrastructures by means of executive coaching, human resources management, facilitation, goal attainment, and management development.

Dr. Strieker’s career experience also includes serving as the chief human resource officer for United Health Services, Inc., a fully integrated, multi-facility healthcare delivery system employing over 3,000 FTEs.

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Carol Danielson has 30 plus years of experience in clinical executive leadership roles in a variety of hospital-based health care systems.   Included are adult, pediatric, community and teaching hospitals, non-profit, for-profit and faith based, where her responsibilities ranged from overseeing multiple service lines to more widespread general clinical operations in acute inpatient and ambulatory settings. Ms. Danielson is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and is a Certified Nurse Executive.

Frank Thayer is a seasoned healthcare executive search and human resources professional who also offers demonstrable physician faculty and research organization experience. Mr. Thayer directed executive talent acquisition and business development for over 15 years in a variety of healthcare organizations. He is also recognized for his work with non-profit agencies. He has served as Chairman of the National Child Life Certifying Commission (CLCC), Baltimore Rape Crisis Center and Newport Martin Luther King Center.

Jeff Korn is currently a trusted strategic advisor to numerous Healthcare Revenue Cycle entities.
Mr. Korn is an accomplished senior Revenue Cycle executive with more than 30 years
progressive healthcare industry experience. Recognized for emphasizing above average
financial and operational results he is uniquely qualified for search assignments having lead
Revenue Cycle operations for hospital-based health care systems, physician organizations and a
large dental group practice. 

Michael has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. In addition to executive search, Michael is a leader with demonstrated success in a variety of healthcare roles including executive management, consulting, and physician and employee engagement. Leadership positions have included hospitals ranging in size from 50 beds to 750 beds. He has consulted for the largest for-profit healthcare organization on projects including strategic planning, 360-degree feedback and process improvement. Prior to his return to healthcare management, he served as vice-president of a nationally recognized retained executive search firm. Before joining Nagle & Associates he was an integral part of a startup telemedicine company where he developed relationships with employees and physicians to support and improve the company culture. Michael leads our Southwestern search practice which is based in Austin TX.

Jeff Gorke has been in healthcare management for 34 years. He provides strategic and operational expertise enhancing client processes and programs, drives efficiencies, and improves profitability (EBITDA). For half of his career Jeff ran medical groups. For the second half of his career, he has advised a varied array of healthcare delivery platforms including, but not limited to, academic medical centers, private practices, Tribal communities, rural clinics, FQHCs, SNFs, and not- for-profit health systems. Given his operational background and depth of knowledge in a variety of care delivery spaces, Jeff acutely understands the management and staffing needs depending on the system.  

Jeff assists clients with operational assessments, both hospital and physician practices/for-profit and not-for-profit systems, physician compensation reviews, employed physician network turnarounds, financial and revenue cycle assessments/rebuilds, and strategic and operational planning. Jeff also applies his SME level of expertise on all our practice executive searches. He is acutely aware that practice improvements start with great executives leading the charge.

An experienced Chief Executive with a demonstrated history of achievement in the healthcare industry. Mr. Smith has a strong background in healthcare strategy, development, and integration, and has a successful track record with large scale development and acquisition initiatives. His long tenure as an executive with Tenet Healthcare has given him deep insight into healthcare operations and strategy as well as a depth of knowledge of C-Level executives in the industry and the characteristics that make these professionals successful. Prior to joining Nagle & Associates, Mr. Smith’s most recent experience was developing and leading a health network in Northern California which was a joint venture between a notfor-profit and for-profit health systems. At that time, it was one of the first of its kind. He also has Executive Summary Proposal October 6, 2021 Prepared by Nagle & Associates for MEDARVA Healthcare experience with Silicon Valley based technology startups including serving as Chief Revenue Officer at a telemedicine company. Prior to joining Tenet, he led consulting engagements at several health systems, payer organizations, and some non-traditional clients including the US Military Health System. Mr. Smith’s C-Level experience specific to leadership, strategy, finance, and ambulatory operations brings a high level of subject matter expertise to the search clientele with whom he partners. Mr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Georgia and is pleased to call Georgia his home again after 20 years of living across the United States. He brings to Nagle & Associates a wide variety of senior level and CEO level experience.

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SENIOR HEALTHCARE EXECUTIVE, Disciplined and principled leadership that drives change to produce sustainable success for 25+ years. Paul combines financial acumen, business pragmatism and operations expertise to design and execute breakthrough strategies that elevate performance and accelerate growth. Paul has gone beyond the balance sheet to lead high-stakes, transformational initiatives that not only restore organizations to financial health, but also positioned them to effectively confront market pressures and address the Affordable Care Act.

Throughout his career, Paul has consistently displayed those traits to produce exceptional results. As a Certified Public Accountant and Six Sigma Black Belt, he blends deep expertise in both finance and operations to create custom solutions for complex business challenges. Paul’s accomplishments span a wide range—from leading a full-scale corporation reorganization and establishing a Physician Service Organization to developing a clinically integrated and narrow network, upgrading the data management infrastructure, and executing a M&A strategy. Paul has hired and mentored dozens of successful financial executives and brings the same zeal for excellence to his search clientele. Paul’s subject matter expertise, drive, and ability to identify candidates that “fit” culturally and who have the ability to confront the unique financial challenges and opportunities unique to each client are consistently on display.

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A premier physician, allied search, and consulting firm. Mr. Kedme has personally placed over 500 physicians in 80 different specialties during his career. He is an expert in structuring competitive physician recruiting environments for KCA’s clients and in planning and executing all phases of a physician search, including contract analysis, candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and search resolution. He takes a consultative approach with clients, serving as a trusted strategic partner. His purpose for KCA is to reduce the client’s recruiting costs and increase provider satisfaction and retention.

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Richard functions as the IT expert, web designer and digital marketing specialist.

As owner of MAXiMUMMEDiA he has over 24 years of web design and marketing experience.

Richard Ballard, Vice President, has over fifteen years of experience in Executive Search. His experience encompasses, senior-level executives and middle management directors within multiple healthcare disciplines. These include hospitals, healthcare systems, medical group practices. Richard is a forward-thinking, solutions-based Executive Search Healthcare Recruiter/Researcher who combines data-driven decision making, expert sourcing ability and relationship building to foster results driven recruitment strategies. Talented collaborator and consensus-builder with ability to forge connections at all levels of organizations. Richard brings to us a vast knowledge of HR and staffing strategies as well as, expertise in advanced search methodologies and social media integration.