The Beryl Institute | Editorial Board

	Lynne Cunningham Senior Executive with Studer Group A well-published author and much sought-after speaker, Ms. Cunningham has more than 30 years' experience in healthcare, including 20 as a strategic planning and marketing consultant. Prior to starting her own marketing research and planning consulting firm, she served as a member of the management team representing communications and marketing for Sutter Health, Kaiser/Permanente Medical Care Program and the California Healthcare Association. She has served on the boards of directors for the United Way of Sacramento and the Alliance for Healthcare Strategy and Marketing, and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She earned a master's degree in public administration from California State University Sacramento and a Bachelor of Science from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

	Dave Loveland Former Senior Vice President, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Mr. Loveland has dedicated the last 20 years of a 30-year marketing career to healthcare. Most recently he served as the senior vice president in corporate relations for Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in Illinois. He also has served as the vice president of marketing for Caremark Homecare and the COO and partner for Sturm Communications Group. Mr. Loveland is a member of the Healthcare Leadership Council's public affairs committee, the National Committee for Quality Healthcare's public affairs committee, and a conference chair and board advisor for the Healthcare Strategy Institute. He holds a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

	Mark McKenna Former President and CEO, Novation LLC Mr. McKenna served on the management team that structured the joint venture between VHA and UHC, resulting in the creation of Novation. He joined VHA Inc. in April 1987 and held several senior management assignments in VHA's supply chain management division. Prior to joining VHA, Mr. McKenna was director of marketing for IMED Corp. of San Diego, a manufacturer of drug delivery systems. His previous experience includes sales and marketing assignments with Johnson & Johnson and American Hospital Supply Corp. Mr. McKenna currently serves on the board of directors of Novation and HealthCare Purchasing Partners International, LLC. He also served on the Neoforma Inc. board from 2000 to 2003 and is the current chairman of the board of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association. Mr. McKenna has a bachelors degree in business from Boston College and a Master of Business Administration from Suffolk University in Boston.

	Sheldon King Former CEO of Cedars Sinai Medical Center and Stanford University Hospital Named one of the nations "Whos Who" several times over, Mr. Kings experience in healthcare management spans more than 50 years. In addition to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Stanford University, he has held leadership positions at Salick Health Care Inc.; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California Medical Center, San Diego; and The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He has served on myriad boards and councils and is currently a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Fellows Program National Advisory Committee; the Carondolet Health Network Board of Trustees Quality Committee in Tucson, Arizona; and INFOHEALTH Management Corporations Board of Trustees in Chicago. Mr. King holds a masters degree in hospital administration from Yale University and a Bachelor of Arts from New York University College of Arts and Science.