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Leadership

Zoey Kernodle

Director, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Bradley Staats

Faculty Director, Center for the Business of Health; Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Staff

Joshua Barrett

Associate Director, Research, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Susanne Killian

Associate Director, Student Engagment, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Erin Leach

Program Manager, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Affiliated Faculty

Vinayak Deshpande

The Mann Family Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jon Easter

Associate Faculty Director - Eshelman , Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, Practice Advancement & Clinical Education Division, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Devin Hubbard

Teaching Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Audra Rankin

Associate Faculty Director - Nursing , Center for the Business of Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Health Care Leadership and Administration (HCLA) Program-Faculty Lead, UNC School of Nursing

Sandeep Rath

Assistant Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Kristin Reiter

Humana Distinguished Professor & Department Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Markus Saba

Executive in Residence, Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Karen Volmar

Associate Faculty Director - Gillings , Center for the Business of Health; Director, MHA and MSPH Programs, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Student Leaders & Interns

Hailey Patel

MBA 2025, MBA Healthcare Club President

Mengyang Zheng

Research Analyst, Center for the Business of Health PhD Student, UNC Economics Department
Joshua Barrett

Associate Director, Research, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Vinayak Deshpande
The Mann Family Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Jon Easter

Associate Faculty Director - Eshelman , Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, Practice Advancement & Clinical Education Division, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Devin Hubbard
Teaching Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Zoey Kernodle
Director, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Susanne Killian

Associate Director, Student Engagment, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Erin Leach

Program Manager, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Hailey Patel
MBA 2025, MBA Healthcare Club President
Audra Rankin

Associate Faculty Director - Nursing , Center for the Business of Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Health Care Leadership and Administration (HCLA) Program-Faculty Lead, UNC School of Nursing

Sandeep Rath
Assistant Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Kristin Reiter
Humana Distinguished Professor & Department Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Markus Saba
Executive in Residence, Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Bradley Staats
Faculty Director, Center for the Business of Health; Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Karen Volmar

Associate Faculty Director - Gillings , Center for the Business of Health; Director, MHA and MSPH Programs, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Mengyang Zheng
Research Analyst, Center for the Business of Health PhD Student, UNC Economics Department