Session Details
Date:
4:30 PM
Where:
Hagood Atrium
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Don't miss this informative look into the 2020 elections from the lens of leading healthcare experts. Moderated by Jamie Heidbreder, managing director of Coker Capital Advisors, a division of Fifth Third Securities, Inc., this panel will examine the policies at play in this election cycle and how they will impact U.S. healthcare and the M&A environment for years to come.
Jamie Heidbreder - Coker Capital Advisors
Prior to joining Coker Capital in 2016, Mr. Heidbreder spent 16 years working in healthcare investment banking at both boutique advisory as well as bulge bracket investment banking firms. He has deep experience evaluating, negotiating, and executing buy- and sell-side M&A assignments and a track-record of successfully raising debt and equity capital across Fortune 500, mid-sized, and start-up companies. During his career, Mr. Heidbreder has focused exclusively on the healthcare services sector across providers, payers, HCIT, distributors, and other services sub-sectors. Mr. Heidbreder has extensive experience helping both middle market and large cap healthcare clients achieve their strategic and financial goals. Previously, Mr. Heidbreder worked on GE Capital’s Healthcare Financial Services team where he led the coverage of Alternate Site / Physician Services healthcare providers. Prior to GE Capital, Mr. Heidbreder was a Managing Director in the healthcare investment banking group at RBC Capital Markets and FBR Capital Markets. He began his career from 2000 – 2008 in the healthcare group at JPMorgan. Mr. Heidbreder earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics / Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross, holds an MBA from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Heidbreder lives in New York City with his wife and two children and enjoys coaching his children’s basketball and baseball teams
in his spare time.
Susan Atkinson - Smith, Gambrell, & Russell
Panelist Susan Atkinson’s practice is dedicated to advising health care industry clients on a wide range of corporate, regulatory, and compliance matters. As former Corporate Counsel for Saint Joseph’s Health System (now Emory/St. Joseph’s), Ms. Atkinson advised the CEO, other senior managers, the Chief of the Medical Staff, and the Boards of one of the nation’s top acute care hospitals and its affiliated real estate and management entities, employed physician group, charitable
foundation, and indigent care program. Ms. Atkinson graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in Music Education (voice). She was a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, University Theatre, University Judiciary (Judicial Council), Phi Kappa Phi, and Mortar Board, and she toured Georgia and the Southeast as a member of the Concert Choir and the Redcoat Band. Ms. Atkinson received her law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law.
Chad Hooker - Fulcrum Equity Partners
Panelist Chad Hooker is a Vice President for Fulcrum Equity Partners. He is focused on evaluating new investment opportunities, managing due diligence processes and supporting portfolio companies with their growth initiatives. Chad also works closely with the management team of Fulcrum portfolio company, Summit Spine and Joint Centers, an interventional pain management platform, including developing de novo ASCs and ancillary services, executing on sales and marketing initiatives and evaluating strategic acquisitions. He received a Master’s degree in Finance from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and holds a BA from the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, where he graduated with honors.
Scott Linch - DHG, LLP
Panelist Scott Linch leads a dedicated group of professionals across multiple service lines to provide private equity investors and their portfolio companies a full array of services to meet their demanding needs in a challenging market. With more than 20 years of experience, Scott assists the firm in navigating complicated transactions for corporate buyers and private equity groups with a focus on middle market transactions. Prior to joining DHG, Scott worked in transaction advisory services at Big Four firms in Charlotte and Chicago. He has dedicated much of his career to conducting buy-side and sell-side due diligence services for clients in a variety of industries with transaction sizes ranging from $2 million to more than $9 billion.
Kenneth Thorpe - Emory University
Panelist Dr Kenneth Thorpe is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy & Management, in the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. He is also the chairman of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD), a coalition of over 120 national and state-based organizations consisting of patients, providers, community organizations, business and labor groups, and health policy experts to raise awareness of the negative impact chronic disease has on the nation’s health and economy. PFCD has crafted policy solutions globally. In addition to holding a number of faculty positions, Thorpe was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 1993 to 1995. As the executive director of the PFCD and respected health care expert, Thorpe regularly testifies before numerous committees in the U.S. Senate and House on many aspects of health care reform, including disease prevention, wellness and coordination of care. Thorpe has authored and co-authored over 100 articles, book chapters and books and is a frequent national presenter at health care conferences, television and the media. He has appeared on Nightline, NBC News, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, CNBC. Fox Business Channel and Newshour.
