2025
Utah Health Center Leadership Summit

Andrew Principe
President & Founder, Starling Advisors

Andrew Principe is the President and Founder of Starling Advisors, a consulting firm dedicated to supporting Federally Qualified Health Centers, Primary Care Associations, and other safety net providers across the United States. With a focus on navigating the complexities of health reform, Andrew collaborates with clients to develop innovative strategies that enhance care delivery and sustainability in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

Jane Lucas is a partner at Alston & Bird LLP in Washington, D.C., where she advises clients on federal health care policy, legislation, and regulatory strategy. With extensive experience in both the Executive Branch and on Capitol Hill, Jane brings deep insight into the policymaking process. She previously served as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, Deputy Associate Counsel in the Office of White House Counsel, and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Earlier in her career, she was Legislative Director and Health Policy Counsel to Senator John Thune.

Jane holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. in Business Economics from South Dakota State University. She has been recognized by Chambers USA as an “Up and Coming” leader in federal government relations.

Jane Cooper-Driver  has spent over 25 years at the intersection of individual and cultural transformation, working across industries and organizations of all sizes. For the past decade, she has focused on healthcare, learning from and collaborating with healthcare professionals. She holds a BA from Boston University and an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science. As co-Founder and co-CEO of Relational Leadership Partners, she designs and delivers learning experiences that empower healthcare professionals to foster connection, collaboration, and advocacy. She was introduced to Relational Leadership during her tenure as Co-CEO and Chief Programs Officer at Intend Health Strategies. 

Kyle Turner’s clinical background is as a pharmacist in a collaborative, primary care practice. His primary passions are as an educator and consultant helping individual leaders and teams reach their full potential. He currently serves as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. He earned his PharmD degree at the University of Utah and then completed the Pharmaceutical Care Leadership residency at the University of Minnesota. His experience in Relational Leadership began as a student and has evolved into training, coaching and consulting roles for teams and organizations across the country. 

Luke Malek is a founding attorney and co-owner at Smith + Malek. He practices in the areas of business, healthcare and municipal law, including transactions and litigation. He strives to make the world a better place in all he does.

Luke was raised in Northern Idaho and attended the College of Idaho in Caldwell, graduating in 2004. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Luke worked for the Office of the Governor as the Regional Director in Northern Idaho under former Governor Jim Risch. Luke also worked as the Executive Director of the Post Falls Urban Renewal Agency.

Luke earned his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law in Moscow in 2010. After serving as a deputy prosecutor for Kootenai County, Luke served as corporate counsel for Heritage Health in Coeur d’Alene and then founded Smith + Malek in 2015 with Peter J. Smith IV. Luke represented North Idaho’s District 4 in the Idaho Legislature from 2012-2018

Caitlin O’Brien is licensed to practice law in Idaho, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, and primarily focuses on healthcare, and business law. Caitlin grew up on the west coast and attended Whitworth University, followed by Gonzaga University School of Law, where she graduated cum laude in 2013. Caitlin joined Smith + Malek in 2017 after working as a litigation attorney in Spokane. Caitlin volunteers as a commissioner for the Dalton Gardens Planning and Zoning Commission and loves to volunteer at her daughters’ schools. Caitlin and her family live in Dalton Gardens with their horses, dogs, cats and various other farm pets all named after Top Gun characters. In her free time, Caitlin enjoys riding her horses, hiking, and fly-fishing.

Melissa Stratman

CEO, Process Redesigner. Boulder, CO

Melissa is the owner and CEO of Coleman Associates. Melissa started with Coleman when she was a pre-Med student and the team leader of her CHC’s process redesign team in 1999. In the 2000s mentored by Roger Coleman, Melissa managed the majority of the Coleman Associates social services work (food stamps, Medicaid, Immigration), as well as PVR™ and Access improvement collaboratives. Under Melissa’s leadership Patient Visit Redesign™ and access improvement were blended for a powerful and time-saving approach to improvement:  DPI™ (Dramatic Performance Improvement) Collaboratives and Rapid DPI™ program.  As CEO, Melissa has shepherded Coleman’s growth and developed many firsts: performance Dashboards program for clients, a tailored model for private practices, a tailored specialty care access program, a concretized Tactical Nurse™ training program, the Indispensible MA program, and architectural partnerships. Melissa is both a process redesigner and a digital process designer. Melissa founded the nationally utilized online training program (www.Vroom.Training) and began the development of Coleman’s video training tools. Besides her clinical skills and experience in the public health setting, Melissa has also worked for an insurer, a health care marketing firm and in the hospital setting where she developed a Cultural Diversity and Interpretive Services Department. When in Boulder, Melissa loves to tap into her farm family upbringing by gardening and cooking with her family. Melissa speaks Spanish fluently.

Colleen Meiman is the National Policy Advisor for the state associations of Community Health Centers (CHCs), often called Primary Care Associations (PCAs.)  Previously, she spent six years with the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) as the Director of Regulatory Affairs and Senior Policy Advisor.  She also spent over two decades in the Federal government, including in the HHS Secretary’s Office, in the US Senate, in CMS, and in numerous positions within HRSA.  Colleen’s expertise is in federal programs such as 340B, Medicaid, the ACA, and the community health center program. 

Jay Boyer, MBA

Managing Partner, Facktor Healthcare Consulting

Jay Boyer is Managing Partner at Facktor, where he leads financial strategy and provides CFO support to FQHCs and mission-driven organizations. With experience in capital campaigns, forecasting, and compliance, Jay has served as interim CFO for multiple health centers. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA in Economics from Vanderbilt University.

Ann Loeffler, MSPH, PMP

Managing Director, Facktor Healthcare Consulting

Based in Boulder, CO, Ann Loeffler leads Facktor’s Strategy & Growth division. With over 20 years of experience in health care, she brings deep expertise in supporting health centers, PCAs, HCCNs, and ACOs through strategic planning, technical assistance, and capacity building. Ann has worked with organizations across the health center landscape—from rural clinics to national associations like NACHC—and has led federal projects with HRSA, IHS, and AHRQ. She holds a Master of Science in Public Health in Epidemiology and is a certified PMP and CliftonStrengths coach.

Franchella Jennett serves as the Executive Director for TACHC Clinically Integrated Network (My Texas My Health) and TACHC Accountable Care Organization, where she is helping transform how community health centers across Texas collaborate for care delivery. Under her leadership, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are advancing their shared vision to improve patient outcomes and achieve more financial sustainability through value-based care.

Franchella’s journey in healthcare began at an FQHC, and she brings her career full circle with renewed passion for mission-driven work. Her leadership is rooted in a deep understanding of population health and the operational levers that drive performance in value-based environments. Before joining TACHC, she managed multiple provider-hospital networks for Advocate Health Care, one of the nation’s largest health systems.

Her experience spans the full continuum of value-based transformation: from launching provider-sponsored ACOs and negotiating value-based contracts with payers, to deploying data-driven utilization management platforms and guiding primary and specialty practices through care redesign.

Franchella is especially passionate about integrating the right technologies to fuel smarter, outcome-focused care. A firm believer in the power of collaboration, she’s always eager to explore and share new ideas—especially when it comes to digital innovation in healthcare.

Karen R. White serves as CEO of Missouri Highlands Health Care, a Federally Qualified Health Center in rural southern Missouri. White’s passion & purpose is found in serving as the driving force for health and wellbeing as well as economic stability for her rural Missouri neighbors and communities.  

Having joined Missouri Highlands Health Care in 2009, White served initially as the Chief Financial Officer before transitioning into the Chief Executive Officer role. During White’s 16 years at the rural health care system, there have been dramatic changes in the health care delivery options for her communities. Missouri Highlands Health Care, long known for its quality primary medical, dental & behavioral health services, has added clinics and services in response to hospital closures, incorporated obstetrics& gynecology into the services offered and has grown into a mainstay for substance use disorder treatment for rural populations under White’s leadership in response to the needs of the area she serves.   

White, a certified public accountant (CPA) obtained her Bachelors of Applied Science in Administration with concentration in Marketing and Management from Southwest Baptist University and her Masters in Accountancy from Missouri State University. During and after college she worked in farming, healthcare, banking, retail, management and social services prior to obtaining her CPA license and working in public accounting.

During her down time, White enjoys raising her daughter Maive in the Ozarks where they spend time gardening, playing in the clear rivers & lakes, as well as hiking & biking. White credits her parents with instilling in her a strong work ethic and drive to succeed. “Growing up, my parents served as strong role models of integrity and faith. They never compromised their message of hard work and education as the path to success. This, coupled with my desire to not have to feed 250 head of cattle for the rest of my life, drove me to succeed.”