Fred Neis, RN, FACHE, FAEN
Founder & Managing Partner
Who am I?
I’m a problem-solver in healthcare. Infusing clinical and business know-how into practical solutions. Focused on building relationships to encourage collaboration towards a solution. Approaching three decades of experience in healthcare operations having held leadership positions within health systems, academic medical centers, and children’s hospitals. In the broader healthcare landscape, I’ve been an executive with a value-based care payer, consulting firms, and technology companies. Those experiences built on my clinical and operational knowledge, with roles in business development, sales, marketing, account management, product development, revenue generation, leadership development, strategic planning, and board performance. Part-time I continue to serve as a firefighter/medic.
Why am I doing this?
I’m driven to construct a more solid foundation for clinicians and leaders, bringing sustainable innovation into a consumer-centric delivery model. While tradition can be honored, what we’ve been doing isn’t getting results.
What else am I up to?
I’m a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives, and Academy of Emergency Nursing. Clinically, I continue to maintain my board certification as an emergency nurse. At local and national levels I help shape leadership performance, policy, and clinical practice. I’ve published a few times, including with the National Academy of Medicine (formerly IOM) on the future of emergency care in the U.S., a leadership book on management and health system operations, and a nurse manager survival guide. More recently, I was honored to be a section editor on patient/consumer advocacy for a healthcare leadership book. I co-authored an article on nurse workforce and AI, and served as a guest on a podcast focused on clinicians and the impact of AI. Contributing to the industry-at-large, I serve as a journal peer reviewer, board member, and conference speaker.
I’m not all work.
My best role is as a dad. I’m a Jayhawk, really since birth. With free time you can find me enjoying Kansas City sports, Formula 1, live music, and continuing to travel. I’ve been to all 50 states, more than a dozen countries, and provided medical care in a health clinic in Kenya.
Advisors to the Firm
Rich Kenny, MSN, MBA, RN
Executive Advisor | Founder-ROAN | Healthcare Innovator
Who am I?
I’m a nurse, strategist, and builder of what’s next in healthcare. I’ve spent the last two decades in roles that blend clinical care, informatics, and systems thinking from flight nursing to enterprise strategy. Whether advising Fortune 50 healthcare companies or startups just getting their footing, my focus remains the same: align emerging technology with human-centered care.
Why am I doing this?
Because I believe innovation and empathy belong in the same room. Healthcare is at a crossroads, and we need leaders who can translate complexity into clarity—while stayin grounded in the mission of care. I’m here to help shape systems that are not only efficient, but equitable and human.
What else am I up to?
I serve on the AONL Leadership, Innovation, Technology, and Transformation (LITT) committee and the AORN AI Task Force, and I’m proud to be part of the Faculty for the AONL Nurse Executive Fellowship. I’m also a founding member of the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), where I advocate for practical, ethical AI governance.
You might also find me hosting a podcast, speaking onstage, or moderating panels on topics ranging from digital strategy to workforce resilience.
I’m not all work.
At heart, I’m a dad of 3, husband (of 1), and lifelong learner. I’m fascinated by aviation, have a predisposition for adrenaline-producing activities, and find joy in deep and meaningful conversations while breaking bread together. I believe in the power of purpose and that healthcare, done right, is a deeply human endeavor.
Joe Corcoran, DO
Who am I?
I’m a Board-Certified OB/GYN, an experienced Independent Board Member, and a senior Executive Physician with deep expertise across healthcare operations, clinical care, and strategic growth. Whether serving on Executive Boards or Advisory groups, I bring clinical insight and governance discipline to complex decisions.
Over the course of my career, I’ve delivered thousands of babies and held leadership roles in publicly traded, private equity–backed, and nonprofit health systems—including as a Division Chief Medical Officer at HCA Healthcare. I’m known for leading operational turnarounds, driving growth, and creating measurable value in high-stakes, highly regulated environments.
I bridge the worlds of clinical medicine and boardroom strategy, helping organizations align medical excellence with financial outcomes. As a leadership mentor, I’ve helped more than a dozen of my direct reports rise into C-suite roles as Physician Executives, Nurse Executives, and Hospital Administrators.
I also serve as a public voice in healthcare, offering expert commentary across national media and I use my YouTube channel (@CMODrJoe) to educate and empower patients to navigate our complicated care delivery system.
Why am I doing this?
My commitment to patient safety is deeply personal. I once became a patient myself—and experienced a Never Event firsthand. That life-altering moment shaped my purpose: ensuring no patient anywhere experiences preventable harm. My work today focuses on transforming care delivery so that every hospital stay ends with patients healthier than when they arrived—a goal we must achieve far more consistently.
What else am I up to?
I currently lead a mentoring program for 20+ physician leaders in Bhutan, helping the country reimagine its care delivery model to emphasize access, outcomes, and safety. I also advise investor groups and strategy firms, including Bain & Company and The Pritzker Organization, in the healthcare vertical.
Additionally, I advocate for families unfairly entangled in Child Protective Services cases and frequently contribute as a speaker, panelist, and channel host on topics ranging from strategies for healthier living to healthcare policy shifts.
I’m not all work.
My wife of 25+ years and I have two healthy & thriving college-aged kids and a rescue dog named Charlie. Together, we travel frequently and enjoy exploring local cuisines. I am an avid reader and aspire to be a writer. For my son, I recently “unretired” my golf game and I love logging time in the peloton on my road bike.
Annie McCoy
An experienced health care industry veteran. She has decades of time served leading professional services organizations focused on clinical consulting, advisory/delivery services and process improvement. While serving in leadership roles with several SaaS based technology firms, she has successfully managed partner relations with national and local footprint health systems cultivating deep and durable executive relationships ensuring customer satisfaction, retention and revenue growth.
Annie’s early career began as a critical care nurse. She earned a Master of Health Administration degree while holding a leadership position in critical care services and developing an outcomes and case management program for cardiovascular services at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. She also earned her BSN degree @ Georgetown.
During a 20-year career with the Advisory Board Company (also in Washington, DC), Annie was a tenured national speaker, small group facilitator, clinical performance improvement specialist and Managing Director of National and Strategic relationships. Annie is passionate about ‘problem solving’ in healthcare – be that in the terrain of patient and caregiver experience, technology or process optimization or empowering organizations to achieve their strategic goals. Outside of her professional endeavors, Annie volunteers with her local public school system on elementary aged literacy and is an active member of the Medstar Washington Hospital Center’s Patient and Family Advisory Council for Quality and Safety.