About MEDI: Our Team of Professional and Experienced Executive Coaches
The MEDI team stands out from ordinary executive coaching and leadership development firms. Along with coaching and leadership experience, each member of the MEDI team brings decades of experience in the healthcare industry, making MEDI uniquely qualified to provide executive coaching and leadership development services specifically designed for the healthcare executive.

Don Hutton Don Hutton, President and Managing Partner
Don Hutton considers founding MEDI in 2001 to be the most important work of his professional career. Forty years in the healthcare industry has provided him with the depth of experience and insight that position him to help CEOs and other healthcare executives raise the bar on their performance.

Experience At A Glance:

  • 23 years as a healthcare executive in not-for-profit hospitals
  • 15 years as CEO in major hospitals and health systems
  • 8 years teaching and coaching in all types of hospitals, in rural and metropolitan settings
  • Speaker and author, nationally known for expertise in leadership development in the healthcare industry
  • Executive-in-Residence, Health Administration Program at UNF
  • Previous faculty member, American College of Healthcare Executives
  • Previous faculty member, Estes Park Institute

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Email: dhutton@medi-leadership.org



sabrina shannon Sabrina A. Shannon, MHSA/MBA, FACHE, Partner
Entering the healthcare industry as a direct care provider introduced Sabrina to the service we render, firsthand. This experience is fundamental to her success of driving for excellence in the service continuum while creatively managing resources. Noted for developing a culture of superior performance and engaged employees, Sabrina, through professional coaching helps senior leaders cultivate inspired, high performing organizations.

Experience At A Glance:

  • 21 years in healthcare management
  • Experience in academic, not-for-profit and profit based systems
  • 8 years as a certified coach, NCHL certification, TCI certification
  • Specializes in developing strategic operations leaders
  • National presenter on women’s advancement issues

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Email: sashannon@medi-leadership.org



bill_kent William P. Kent, Ph.D., Partner
Dr. William Kent has been working in healthcare as a clinician, executive, consultant, and coach for 30 years. He utilizes this experience and knowledge in his work as an executive coach and consultant today to help executives realize their full potential. He believes the mission-oriented work of healthcare is both a leadership challenge and an opportunity.

Experience At A Glance:

  • Healthcare executive in both for profit and not-for-profit hospitals/systems, including the role of CEO
  • 10 years consulting and coaching in all types of hospitals (district, community, academic medical centers, and systems) in rural and metropolitan settings
  • 10 years as a consultant and executive coach for non-healthcare industries, including manufacturing, financial services, technology, consulting, and utility/energy
  • Consultant and executive coach for non-healthcare industries including: manufacturing, real-estate, technology, financial services, hotel/resort management, and consulting companies.

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Email: wkent@medi-leadership.org



lee angus Lee Angus, CPA, Partner
Lee Angus is a partner with MEDI and serves as an Executive Leadership Coach and Management Consultant.  Lee's specialty is helping leaders who are new to the executive level and transitioning their leadership approach quickly and effectively to meet the new expectations placed upon them.

Experience At A Glance:

  • 10 years as an executive leadership coach working with CEOs, CFOs, COOs and CIOs.
  • 6 years as a management consultant with Deloitte & Touche – working ultimately as a Senior Manager in the Enterprise Resource Planning Consultancy

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Email: langus@medi-leadership.org



john_Lloyd John S. Lloyd, MBA, MPH
John Lloyd is an executive coach with 30 years of executive search consulting experience. In 2005, John retired from Witt/Kieffer as vice chairman and founding member of the firm. His leadership helped the firm become one of the ten largest executive search firms in the country.

Experience At A Glance:

  • More than 30 years of healthcare specific experience
  • Serves on the Board of University of  Missouri-Columbia Health System
  • One of the top 100 search consultants in the country
  • Specializes in succession planning
  • Regular lecturer to health and medical management graduate studies

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Email: johnlloyd@medi-leadership.org



Andrew W. Allen Andrew W. Allen
Andy Allen has over 35 years of healthcare experience, holding various executive positions in hospitals and health systems across the country. Most recently, Andy served as interim CEO in Saginaw, Michigan for his previous employer, Ascension Health, the country's largest not-for-profit and largest Catholic Healthcare System with $13 billion in revenues.
 

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Email: AWAllen@medi-leadership.org



James G. Mullins James G. Mullins, Ph.D.
Dr. Jim Mullins combines his 30 years of experience in management and leadership development with his clinical experience to assist healthcare executives in developing self-awareness, leadership skills, and emotional intelligence.

 
 

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Email: jmullins@medi-leadership.org