CTI has been privileged to play a role in helping thousands of physicians and non-physicians become exceptional health leaders for more than a decade. As the healthcare terrain has become increasingly formidable, CTI is always adapting and expanding the leadership bench along with it.
Meet Our Team
Our diverse and highly qualified team of physician leadership experts is ready to serve you.
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Mohamad (Mo) Kasti
Chief Executive Officer
Mo Kasti is a distinguished author, thinker, speaker, strategy advisor and family man. His passion centers around helping executive and clinical leaders elevate their thinking in times of transformation and Read More
Rana Edlebi Kasti
Chief Operations Officer
As Chief Operations Officer at CTI, Rana is responsible for the global operations of the company. She oversees CTI’s Human Resources, daily operations, financial performance, and continuous improvement functions. Her experience and leadership have been Read More
Manoj Pawar M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Manoj Pawar is a senior physician executive with over 20 years of healthcare and executive leadership experience. Dr. Pawar’s passion is helping healthcare organizations understand and adapt to emerging Read More
Wes Avants
Executive Director
Wes Avants has a rich background in helping organizations and individuals through the process of transformation. With an atypically broad range of experiences and education, he draws from the best practices Read More
Olivia Blevins
Executive Director
Olivia Blevins is an Executive Director at CTI where she collaborates with client-partners across the country, managing relationships, devising strategies, and overseeing the successful implementation of leadership, strategy and innovation Read More
Jessica Segovia
Client Solutions Manager
Jessica Segovia has over 20 years experience in healthcare sales at organizations in the Tampa Bay area. Her experience includes capital equipment sales along with healthcare staffing and medical devices. Read More
Jacalyn Stetina
Executive Director
Jacalyn oversees the development and implementation of innovative leadership programs and curriculum. She has 25+ years of experience as a corporate trainer, coach, and curriculum design consultant in the areas of Read More
Margie West
Director of Content Development
Margie has more than 25 years experience as a learning facilitator and performance consultant in the public and private sector. Margie facilitates practical workshops in business communication, team and collaboration Read More
Lynn Wieties
Coach
Lynn Wieties’ primary career focus and true passion as, at one time a nurse practitioner, most recently an executive, and always a lifelong learner, have been directed toward organizational and Read More
Julia Dospehoff
Director of Business and Financial Operations
Julia is the Director of Business and Finance Operations for CTI. She is a highly motivated accounting professional with extensive experience in managerial and financial accounting and business development. Julia Read More
Lama Edlbi
Leadership and Operations Specialist and 360°Assessment Campaign Specialist
Lama is a Leadership and Operations Specialist, a 360°Assessment Campaign Specialist, and the Executive Assistant to the CEO. As a Leadership and Operations Specialist, Lama supports the Client Managers in Read More
Mallory LaGasse
Leadership and Operations Specialist
Mallory provides operational support to CTI’s Physician Leadership Institutes’ executive directors and clients. She is part of the operations team that manages and monitors the customer service and satisfaction process. Read More
Johnmark White
Strategy and Operations Specialist
Johnmark is responsible for helping develop strategy sessions along with managing and monitoring the customer service and satisfaction process. He is part of the operations team that provides operational support Read More
Cynthia Ackrill
Coach & Facilitator
Dr. Cynthia Ackrill works with professional leaders and teams to expand performance capacities and resilience. With the latest science and research, she provides innovative ways to optimize energy, creativity, focus, Read More
Nate Allen
Facilitator
Nate has a Ph.D. in Management & Technology with a focus on Organizational and Leader Development from George Washington University’s Business School. He also has an MS in National Security Read More
Jeffrey Bauer
Facilitator
Dr. Jeff Bauer is an internationally recognized health futurist and medical economist. As an independent industry thought leader, he forecasts the evolution of health care and develops practical approaches to Read More
Laura Belsten
Coach
Dr. Laura Belsten is the Founder and President of CEO Partnership, an internationally-recognized executive coaching and leadership development consultancy and training firm. She also founded the Institute for Social & Read More
Jeff Black
Facilitator
Jeff Black, principal of Black Sheep, has worked with executives, sports professionals and front-line leaders in twenty countries to prepare them for communication and business strategies. He provides keynotes, training, Read More
Sherry Bright
Coach
Sherry Bright has 30+ years of experience in health care strategy, planning, execution and improvement. As a member of C-Suite level teams since the late 1980s, Sherry has worked with Read More
Tony Brigmon
Facilitator
Tony Brigmon’s Experience Spans Being: The former face of Southwest Airlines culture as their official “Ambassador of FUN” Awarded Southwest Airlines most prestigious award, the President’s Award (out of 2000 Read More
John Buckley
Coach
John Buckley retired from GE Healthcare in Waukesha, Wisconsin after 40+ years of developing leaders and leading change in both public and private organizations. John served a 22‐year career in Read More
Kit Connolly Turner
Coach
Kit Connolly Turner partners with global C-suite business leaders and their senior teams to speed organizational buy-in and delivery of tangible business results. Kit leverages over 30 years of practical Read More
Joseph Cooper
Facilitator
Dr. Joseph Cooper is a senior consultant with The Greeley Company, Inc., in Danvers, MA. He is a physician leader who brings more than 25 years of experience in medical Read More
Kim Ebinger
Coach
Kim is the Founder and President of Kim Ebinger Coaching, LLC. Her dedication to the development of others has been cultivated over the years through her work with adults with Read More
Dan Eisenman
Coach
Dan Eisenman is an experienced coach, facilitator and consultant. He specializes in leader and team development, focusing on the impact of emotional intelligence and critical thinking – the idea that Read More
Kimberly Faith
Facilitator
Known as an engaging speaker, trainer, executive coach, and consultant, Kim brings experience that ranges from systems thinking and leadership development to communication skills and personal branding. Her easygoing style Read More
Joy Goldman
Coach
Joy Goldman is a an Executive and Physician Leadership Coach certified with the International Coach Federation. She has over 30 years in healthcare, both community-based and academic medical centers, and Read More
Bevan Gray-Rogel
Coach & Facilitator
Bevan Gray-Rogel is the President of Graylan Consulting, LLC, an Organization Development Consulting firm. Her consulting services help in assisting individuals, teams, and organizations maximize their effectiveness and performance. Prior Read More
Michael Hein
Coach
Dr. Michael Hein has over 20 years of healthcare leadership experience in multi-specialty practice, large integrated health systems, academic medicine, and start-up companies. He has extensive clinical leadership experience and Read More
Raymond Henley, III
Executive Coach
Raymond Henley’s career passion has been applying innovation and teamwork to develop system approaches to healthcare and leadership training. Having begun his career while serving in the U.S Navy as Read More
Karen Kendrick
Facilitator
With openness, compassion and humor, Karen Kendrick has a unique ability to create a space and experience for individuals and teams to quickly gain clarity on what is blocking their Read More
Philippa Kennealy, M.D.
Coach
Philippa Kennealy is an Executive Coach and is President and Founder of The Entrepreneurial MD and The Physician Executive, physician professional development and business coaching companies. She is a family Read More
Stephen Klasko
Facilitator
As the President and CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, is bridging the art and science of medicine and healthcare information technology Read More
Stephen Kotev
Facilitator & Coach
Stephen Kotev helps leaders find their voice, align with their values, and act on their aspirations. Through his shoulder-to-shoulder coaching style, Stephen partners with leaders to explore what really matters Read More
John Lazar
Coach
John Lazar has been a performance consultant and coach since 1983, acting as an executive coach to CEOs, business owners, executives, senior managers, and solopreneurs for more than two decades. Read More
Jeff Lobas
Coach
Dr. Jeffrey Lobas has had a distinguished and diverse career in healthcare administration, clinical practice and academia. He received his Medical Degree and completed his residency in Pediatrics at the Read More
William (Dr. Bill) Moskal, Ed.D.
Coach
Dr. Bill Moskal, an architect of organization-wide change for over 35 years, specializes in Leadership Coaching, focused on supporting leaders’ achievement levels to create and sustain extraordinary teams. Bill’s background Read More
Pauline Melnyk
Coach
As Positive Psychology and Narrative Leadership Coach, Pauline Melnyk provides a thought-provoking, creative approach with positive psychology interventions to the topic of Change Management. Positive psychology research intentionally focuses on Read More
Diane Menendez
Coach
Dr. Diane Menendez has been a leadership coach and Talent Development consultant for 30+ years. She recently retired from Catholic Health Initiatives as National Director, Talent Development (2010-15). At CHI Read More
David Mish
Coach
David Mish is committed to improving health globally. He collaborates with doctors, executives and teams to accelerate their success in leading change that measurably transforms their organization. David focuses and Read More
Karen O’Donnell, M.S.
Coach
Karen O’Donnell works with business and medical leaders and teams who aspire to uncommon levels of performance, growth and innovation. She recently completed a notable career with General Electric Corporation Read More
Sara K. Pelaez
Coach
A leadership and executive coach, Sara Pelaez delivers proven tools to empower C-suite clients to enhance the culture of their organizations, develop precision in motivational thinking and design action steps Read More
Petra Platzer
Coach
With over 17 years of experience in the healthcare and academic research settings as a transforming leader and culture change agent, Petra has a deep understanding of the challenges facing Read More
Becky Pollins
Coach
Becky is a passionate culture change leader who is genuinely committed to transforming healthcare organizations into ones that are focused on becoming patient-centric, change adaptive and world-class care providers. She believes Read More
Sharon Rich, B.A,. CPBA
Coach
In 2005, Sharon Rich founded Think Business Growth, Inc. (formerly Leadership Incorporated) to support the transformation of leaders and the organizations they lead — in order to produce both business Read More
Nancy Riesz
Coach & Facilitator
Scientist, leader, mentor, coach and author, Nancy Riesz is an interpersonal effectiveness expert who has been teaching people how to work together… better for 35+ years. A trend-setter and thought Read More
Sean Sauber
Facilitator
Sean Sauber has spent the last 30 years working and growing across multiple careers and disciplines. Through all of this a common thread was developed – understanding how to deepen Read More
Diane Scott
Coach
Diane Scott is an international consultant with a wide-ranging and extensive background in healthcare leadership, education, coaching, consulting and productivity. Viewed as a national expert with leadership development and a Read More
Marion Smith
Coach
Marion Smith is the Founder and Lead Executive Coach and Consultant of Elemental Consulting located in Northern Virginia just outside of Washington D.C. A professionally certified Leadership Coach, Marion brings Read More
Gerri Steadman
Coach & Facilitator
Gerri Steadman is an executive coach working with leaders from an array of functions, levels and organizations, especially Healthcare leaders. Her strength in coaching is meeting clients “where they are”, Read More
Chris Steilberg
Coach
Chris Steilberg has practiced organizational psychology for over 20 years consulting in diverse organizations and providing thought leadership to academia. Known for his innovative, yet practical solutions, as a client Read More
Marilyn Thiet
Coach & Facilitator
Marilyn Thiet is the founder and president of EDGE Performance Acceleration. Marilyn and her team at EDGE work with clients to help them increase their profitability and productivity by developing Read More
Dick Tibbits
Coach
Dr. Dick Tibbits has worked in hospital administration for over twenty-five years. He served as Chief Operating Officer at Florida Hospital Tampa (a 500 bed hospital), Chief Operating Officer at Read More
Brian Tribus
Facilitator
Brian Tribus is a graduate of West Point and of Harvard Business School and has a passion for teaching and learning from others. He has facilitated team building workshops and Read More
Mark Tribus
Facilitator
A graduate of West Point and Harvard Business School, Mark Tribus’ passions are leadership development, team-building, and designing inspirational experiences that create lasting change. Mark served a twenty year career Read More
Jim Warner
Facilitator
Jim Warner’s entrepreneurial career began at age 29, when he founded a software company (Precision Visuals, Inc.). He evolved quickly from developer, to entrepreneur, to leader experiencing the full range Read More
Diane Zile
Coach
Diane Zile is a passionate, experienced leader who most recently held the role of Chief People Officer at OtterBox, a company frequently recognized for their engaging culture and innovative people Read More
Our Team of Physician Leadership Coaches Among Best in the World
Our team of expert facilitators and physician leadership coaches are some of the best in the world. The relationships we build with our clients extend far beyond the scope of a single engagement. Many of our physician leaders maintain a bond with our coaches long after the initial commitment.
We credit our growth and success over the years to the character of our team and our dedication to our client partners.