The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives

An ACHE Chapter

Regent’s Advisory Committee

2023-2024

CONNECTICUT REGENT: 

Kimberly A. Lumia, MSN, MBA, RN, FACHE

Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Prospect Medical Holdings, East Coast Division 

Christine Cooper, FACHE, Board Secretary and Co-Chair, Programs Committee
Director, Radiology and Cardiology/Neurology
Griffin Hospital

Kevin Ferrarotti, Director and Co-Chair, Membership Committee 
Senior System Director – EMS
Hartford HealthCare

Ysmael Albert Peguero, MBA, FACHE, Treasurer and Chair, Audit & Compliance Committee 
Director of Strategy & Business Development
Bristol Health

Jennifer Jackson, Ex-Officio
President and CEO
Connecticut Hospital Association

Stephen Liebowitz, MHA, DHA, Director and Co-Chair, Sponsorship and Education Network 
Consultant
Berkeley Research Group, LLC

Angela Mattie, Esq., MPH, Director 
Professor, Management & Medical Sciences
Schools of Business & Medicine
Faculty Advisor, QU-AHE
Quinnipiac University

Michael Novak, FACHE, President
Vice President and COO
Montefiore Nyack Hospital

Ysmael Albert Peguero, MBA, LSSGB, Director
Manager, Performance Excellence, Business Development
Bristol Health

Austin Potter, MBA, Vice President 
Executive Director, Office of Strategic Management
Yale New Haven Health

Susan Prior, Director and Co-Chair, Women’s Forum
Principal
BerryDunn

Oladayo Sule, MHA, MLS(ASCP)cm, Co-Chair, Programs
Manager of Laboratory Services & Phlebotomy, Specimen Processing
Hartford HealthCare

Leslie A. Zucker, MBA, FACHE, MT(ASCP), LSSBB, VHA-CM, Co-Chair, Education Network
Health System Specialist-Office of the Director/CEO
VA Connecticut Healthcare System

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) represents professionals who manage the business affairs of healthcare organizations throughout the state of Connecticut. No other professional association is more inclusive and essential for meeting the career needs and interests of healthcare executives in Connecticut as the healthcare industry transforms to value-based care.

Our CTAHE membership strives to be inclusive of all healthcare stakeholders spanning not only hospitals, health plans, health systems, and independent physician associations, but our universities that are educating our future healthcare administrators.

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) is a chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, which you can read more about below.

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management.

ACHE’s established network of 80 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery.

The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research. The Foundation of ACHE is known for its educational programs—including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,000 participants—and groundbreaking research.

Its publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on health services management including textbooks for college and university courses. For more information about ACHE, click here.