Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board

The Rendina Advisory Board focuses on providing strategic advice as well as expanding our network of healthcare relationships. The membership is comprised of highly accomplished former and semi-retired healthcare industry executives who have vast experience and knowledge in many facets of healthcare.


Wanona “Winnie” S. Fritz

Winnie has held positions as a CEO, Chief Clinical Officer, and Chief Nursing Officer in a variety of U.S. and international hospitals and healthcare organizations including for-profit & non-profit care providers. She was recognized as a Chief Clinical Officer of the Year by Vanguard Health System.

Her experience also includes serving as the Director of International Operations for HCCA International where she worked in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She was employed by His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan as Dean of the School of Nursing, and later as a Network COO for a 28-hospital system. For her success in strategic and financial planning, along with hospital assessment, construction and renovation projects, she was awarded His Majesty’s Medal of Honor.

During her tenure as a U.S. Army Nurse, Winnie held leadership positions in the U.S., Thailand, and Vietnam where her commendations include the Bronze Star. She has taught at Georgetown University, University of Maryland, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and University of Missouri – which honored her with an Alumna of the Year Award and its Lifetime Citation of Merit Award.

Winnie is currently the Sr. VP of Operations and Clinical Services for HCCA Management in Nashville, TN which provides organizational assessment; design; management; and “turn-around” services for international hospitals and health systems in Asia, the Middle East and Africa – improving their clinical, financial, and patient experience outcomes.



Alan Weinstein

Alan Weinstein is currently a board member of and a consultant to healthcare companies whose products and services are used by the hospital industry. He is the retired President of Premier Inc. a strategic alliance of over 1,700 hospitals throughout the United States. Mr. Weinstein left Premier in 2000 after merging his previous company, Premier Health Alliance, with AmHS and SunHealth in 1995. During his tenure at Premier, the Alliance’s members purchased $12 billion annually in goods and services negotiated by Premier on their behalf. The alliance also provided its members with broad-based services including process design, benchmarking, performance improvement, technology assessment, insurance programs and biomedical engineering maintenance programs. From 1983 to 1995, Mr. Weinstein was the CEO and President of Premier Health Alliance, a strategic alliance owned by 54 teaching hospitals across the nation. During his three-decade career in healthcare, Mr. Weinstein has supported medical care organizations in developing shared programs and achieving greater economies of scale. Mr. Weinstein currently also serves on the board of the American International Health Alliance, and is a speaker and writer on collaborative endeavors in hospital and health system management. Mr. Weinstein has a BA from Allegheny College and an MBA from Cornell University.



Richard Fiske

Richard Fiske was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He obtained a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Stanford University and a Master’s degree in Marketing from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

The first 6 years of his healthcare career were spent with Johnson and Johnson, interrupted briefly but memorably by a 1-1/2-year stint in the Vietnam War. He then joined the Acquisition and Development department at American Medical International for 4 years, followed by 3 years with National Medical Enterprises, 10 years with Continental Medical Systems, and then 9 years with Tenet Healthcare as Vice President of Acquisition and Development through December 2003.

As of January 2004, Mr. Fiske became CEO & Co-Founder of Everest Health Partners, a healthcare marketing/consulting organization. He is also President of Care Partners Plus, a healthcare data collection firm.

In addition to his love for baseball (playing in the minors and more recently, scouting for a major league team), Mr. Fiske’s interests included flying – at one point holding a multi-engine license and owning his own plane. Several years ago, he undertook a new challenge — mountain climbing, which culminated in climbing Mount Everest in 1999 and Mount Kilimanjaro in 2010.

Richard is currently a registered speaker for Stonecroft Ministries and a traveling guest speaker for several Fortune 500 companies. He presently resides in Dallas, Texas.



Thomas L. “Tim” Stover, MD, MBA

Thomas L. “Tim” Stover, MD, FACOG, MBA, is the former President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic Akron General Health System. He accepted this position in February 2012 after having served in leadership positions at Akron General since 1996, joining the health system in 1993. Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, Dr. Stover served as President of Outpatient Services from 2010-2012. He held the position of Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer from 2008-2010. Dr. Stover also served as the Medical Director of Akron General’s three award-winning Health & Wellness Centers. In 2006, Dr. Stover was appointed President and Chief Medical Officer of Partners Physician Group, a system-owned premier group practice which has more than 150 physicians from both primary and specialty care fields. He also served as Medical Director for the Care Management Program at Akron General Medical Center, and for three years hosted a weekly radio program on timely healthcare topics.

Dr. Stover received his Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine degrees from West Virginia University, and completed his internship and residency in OB/GYN in 1976 at Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio. He served as a major in the United States Air Force on active duty for two years and completed an infertility surgery fellowship at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1995, Dr. Stover completed the Professional Fellows Program in Business at The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and continued his business training at the Wharton School of Management. He received his MBA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2001, under the Physician Executive MBA Program where he was chosen Outstanding Physician Leader of the Year of his graduating class.



Barry Schochet

Barry Schochet served in several executive capacities at Tenet Healthcare Corporation, including vice chairman. He also served as the hospital division president for National Medical Enterprises and as chief executive officer of Cypress Community Hospital in Pompano Beach, FL.

Mr. Schochet also currently serves as a board member of Omnicare and Universal Hospital Services. He previously served on the board of directors for The Broadlane Group. He also serves as an advisor to ARxChange.

Mr. Schochet holds a master’s degree in hospital administration from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine.


David Ricker

David Ricker’s career in the healthcare industry spans nearly three decades, having most recently served as The Broadlane Group’s President and Chief Executive Officer from August 2008 to January 2010. He is one of The Broadlane Group’s founders and became the company’s first employee and Chief Operating Officer in March of 2000. The position of President was added to his title in 2005. Under Mr. Ricker’s leadership, The Broadlane Group firmly claimed its spot among the nation’s six largest group purchasing organizations, receiving the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies award in both 2004 and 2005.

As an industry leader, Mr. Ricker is widely recognized for conceiving innovative services that changed the GPO landscape. He was elected Chairman of the Federation of the American Hospital Exhibitor Committee, and is a frequently sought speaker at industry events. He was elected to The Broadlane Group’s board of directors in August of 2008, and served on the company’s board as an outside director until it was acquired by MedAssets, Inc. in 2010. Mr. Ricker has a BA from Rowan College.


Jonathan R. Satter

Jonathan Satter is the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of White Wolf Capital Group, a private investment firm based in Miami, Florida. Prior to White Wolf, Satter was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve as his first Secretary of Management. In this role, Satter acted as the Chief Operating Officer of state government, overseeing business, workforce, and technology operations for the 3rd largest state government in the United States with 100,000+ employees, and a $110 billion budget. Prior to his public service, Satter led two firms to successful exits, the first to a publicly traded company, and the second to a private equity backed firm.

Amongst a variety of business and community activities, he served as Chairman of the Economic Council from 2012-2014 of one Florida’s leading pro-business advocacy groups. Appointed by Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Satter served as Chairman and Commissioner of the Health Care District, the diversified safety net system serving southeast Florida. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Michelle McGann Fund, a charity focused on juvenile diabetes.


Janet S. Holland, FACHE

Janet Holland, FACHE served in various healthcare business development, operations and marketing capacities for 15 years prior to joining Rendina in 2010. Previously, she was President and Principal of OnPoint Strategies, LLC, a healthcare business development and marketing firm providing consultative services to clients in the healthcare industry. In earlier roles, she served as Vice President of Development for Alliance Surgery, Inc., Vice President of Operations and Corporate Development for HealthSouth Corporation and in various positions for Tenet Healthcare, both in the hospital and corporate office environments.

Janet graduated from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude. She also holds Master of Science in Health Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and serves on the Board of Directors and as Board Liaison to the membership and networking committees of her local ACHE chapter. Janet also serves on the boards of the Alumni Association of the Graduate Programs in Health Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico.


James A. Barnes

Jim Barnes is a retired 40+ year commercial banker and commercial bank regulator whose background includes 25+ years of underwriting and sales of healthcare debt financing for several regionally and nationally active financial institutions. His areas of experience and expertise include:
• General working capital for various acute healthcare hospitals and systems
• Bond anticipation financing to support hospital acquisitions and new bed tower construction
• Credit enhancements for not-for-profit healthcare system debt issues
• Credit and interest rate swaps for not-for-profit healthcare systems
• 20+ years of medical real estate finance:
o Medical property project construction financing
o One-off and portfolio medical property acquisition
o Interest rate swaps
o Property types financed include medical office ranging to 150K square feet facilities, on- and off-campus outpatient care facilities, standalone ambulatory surgery centers, post-acute bed towers for behavioral health, rehab and oncology services, and hospital infrastructure support facilities

Jim holds Bachelor of Commerce-Finance and Master of Business Administration-Economics degrees from The University of Alabama.

Jim currently resides in Atlanta GA.

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