Jason Kotecki, CSP

Artist, Author, Professional Speaker

Jason Kotecki, CSP, is a professional reminder-er and permission granter who moonlights as an artist, author and speaker. Jason and his wife, Kim, founded the Cure Adultitis Institute and created Escape Adulthood, a company and lifestyle brand that helps people and organizations break free from the vile clutches of Adultitis in order to build better lives, businesses, and teams.

Through their uplifting website, artwork, books, speaking programs, events and other tools, they empower their tribe of Adultitis Fighters to live fuller, richer lives with less stress and more fun.

For over 15 years and with over 750 organizations, Jason has offered real-world strategies and practical ideas to help individuals realize Adultitis-free lives, helping them beat burnout and become more innovative by breaking rules that don’t exist. His refreshing and relevant insights leave attendees encouraged, entertained, and motivated to explore new opportunities and strengthen the team dynamic to achieve success and accomplish what was once thought impossible. His content-rich programs are balanced with a refreshing mix of humor and emotion, serving as the perfect antidote for people who find themselves in a personal or professional rut.

Jason anchors his powerful message with his distinctive artwork in order to deliver results that are memorable and meaningful. As a visual artist, he uses the metaphor of being an artist throughout his presentations to share his stories and inspiring message, helping audiences to see their lives and work with new eyes. Attendees soon learn that there is a story behind every piece of art Jason creates. Jason’s colorful artwork serves as the starting point for many of the experiences, observations, and connections Jason will share with the audience. His artwork contains messages that move people and stir their souls. Jason’s artwork has been collected and licensed all over the world, and his insights have been featured in publications like Inc. and Woman’s Day. He is the author of seven books, including Penguins Can’t Fly + 39 Other Rules That Don’t Exist, which has been translated into languages he can’t even read.

He is recognized by the National Speakers Association as a Certified Speaking Professional® (CSP). Only the top 12% of speakers in the world have this designation, which is the profession’s highest earned international measure of platform competence, ethical standards, and proven track record of expertise and excellence.

Jason teaches that while it’s important to take our work seriously, we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously, noting that people do their best work when they are having fun and are fully engaged. An avid eater of sugar-laden cereal, Jason enjoys Star Wars, soft t-shirts, and brand-new tubes of paint. He and Kim homeschool their three weird kids and live in Madison, Wisconsin where they eat way too many cheese curds.

Mike Rayburn

TEDx Presenter / Entertainer

When organizations need innovation, change and peak performance, where do they go? Usually it’s to business leaders, authors, or famous sports figures. Rarely do they go to artists! Yet for artists, innovation, peak performance and change are their life blood.

Being a mega successful artist, as well as an innovative entrepreneur, Mike Rayburn is uniquely qualified to teach artistic principles in a business context, to give businesses and teams the edge they need to innovate and perform like virtuosos…and thus transform their success and significance.

Mike Rayburn is a TEDx Presenter who teaches innovation, change and peak performance using world-class guitar and humor to create a transformational experience and generate exponential results. He has headlined Carnegie Hall, Las Vegas, and performed more than 5,000 presentations in 20 countries on five continents. Rayburn is a music/internet pioneering entrepreneur, feature artist on Sirius/XM and Artist In Residence at High Point University.

His more than 1000 corporate clients include most of the Fortune 100, 500, and the top five, including multiple presentations for Walmart, Exxon, Wells Fargo, Lincoln Financial, UnitedHealth, IBM, Siemens, Verizon, Ford, Nationwide, MetLife, PepsiCo, Chevron, Sony, Allianz, and Liberty Mutual.

Catherine R. "Cat" Selman

President

Educator. Motivator. Communicator. Consultant. Author…Catherine R. “Cat” Selman, BS, uses her dynamic personality and compelling presence to spread the message of positive, realistic, and common-sense strategies for the aging services professional.

She presently serves as president and o-owner of The Cat Selman Company, specializing in continuing education for healthcare professionals. Ms. Selman received her degree from Trevecca Nazarene University, with continued graduate work at the University of Southern Mississippi. She was a corporate management consultant for 101 nursing homes in seven states. With over 35 years of experience in management, education and consultation, Ms. Selman has trained providers and surveyors in all 50 states. Since 1989, she has often been requested by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to sit on stakeholder/ expert panels responsible for the revision of surveyor guidance and compliance issues. In fact, Ms. Selman participated in a CMS Expert Panel Group responsible for some of the Surveyor Guidance that is now included in the current CMS RoP. She continues to train State Agencies & Surveyors in Care Planning, as well as other requirements regarding process, documentation, and compliance.

In demand, and on topic, she is considered an authority in aging services.

Lisa Chubb

Chief Clinical Officer

Lisa Chubb had served as the Chief Clinical Officer for Brickyard Healthcare since August 2020.  The company provides nursing care at its 23 facilities across the state.  In this role, she serves as the senior clinical executive, leading the organization’s clinical team to ensure quality of care and excellent outcomes for each patient served.

Through her transformational leadership style, she inspires other clinical leaders to perform at the top of their license. 

She also works diligently with external parties and agencies to allow for an effective and compliant clinical environment that meets and exceeds the current standards of care.  She is very passionate about building a culture of hospitality and servant leadership. 

With her love of education, she ensures that all initiatives reach the bedside, allowing each caregiver to have all the knowledge and tools to successfully go above and beyond when it comes to patient centered care.      

Kendyl Kelly

Manager, Quality Improvement

Kendyl started as the Manager of Quality Improvement at the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) in January 2023. Her work is quality-based as she manages and supports Baldrige Excellence Framework-based Quality Award applicant education.

Before joining AHCA/NCAL, Kendyl worked in the K-12 system in Virginia as an educator at the high school level and in several co-curricular higher education programs in Colorado, including managing student organizations, campus pantries, and was instrumental in the development, execution, and maintenance of a university-wide COVID response team in response to the COVID19 Public Health Emergency. Kendyl received her Master’s in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership from the University of Northern Colorado, and her bachelor’s in art education from Bridgewater College. 

Laurie Sharp-Page

Chief Coping Officer

Laurie Sharp-Page is a seasoned psychotherapist, a best-selling author, and the Chief Coping Officer of the Conscious Coping Club. With a rich background spanning various disciplines, Laurie is dedicated to guiding individuals through life’s complexities with empathy, relatability, and a dash of fun. 

Her book, “Conscious Coping: How to Stop Fighting Your Mental Health, Embrace Your Challenges, and Learn a New Way to Cope,” empowers readers in their mental health journey by teaching them how to pay attention to their mental health and cope intentionally with it.  

She is the Founder, and former CEO of Flourish Psychotherapy, a respected behavioral health practice in Ohio, where she championed a clinician-led model that prioritized employee well-being, fostering a culture of growth and resilience through unprecedented circumstances. 

Beyond her professional endeavors, Laurie finds joy in the simple pleasures of life, whether it’s baking bread, cheering on the Bengals, or exploring nature’s wonders alongside her husband and two daughters. 

Deborah Lake, RN, RAC-CT

Senior Managing Consultant

Deborah is a member of Forvis Mazars National Health Care Group.  She concentrates on Medicare and Medicaid case-mix reimbursement and compliance in the long-term care industry and on completion and coordination of the Minimum Data Set (MDS).  She provides clinical consulting, training, and follow-up for health care providers to ensure appropriate reimbursement and regulation compliance.

She has more than 30 years of experience in long-term care including positions as director of nursing, staff development coordinator, corporate nursing coordinator, and nurse consultant.  Prior to joining Forvis Mazars, Deborah was a regional director of clinical reimbursement for a large long-term care corporation.  She is a frequent presenter on issues related to the MDS 3.0 and SNF PPS for various state health care associations across the Midwest.

Deborah is a registered nurse (RN) and is credentialed by the American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators as a Resident Assessment Coordinator – Certified (RAC-CT®) and Resident Assessment Coordinator – Advanced Certification (RAC-CTA®) and has served as a corporate master trainer for the organization.

She is a graduate of Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.

Lynn Clough

State Long Term Care Ombudsman

Lynn Clough received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University, and a master’s degree in gerontology from Ball State University. In addition to working in a nursing home’s Activities and Marketing/Admissions departments for nearly three years, she served as a project manager for the Indiana Youth Institute, a statewide nonprofit organization.

Lynn began working for the state of Indiana in 2011 as a waiver specialist in FSSA’s Division of Aging and worked her way up to the position of director of grants and community engagement. In 2017, she left Aging for the Indiana Department of Health where she worked as a medical surveyor for the Long-Term Care Division.

She returned to FSSA in 2019 as the State Long Term Care Ombudsman. Lynn was also the primary caregiver for her father and mother before they each passed away in separate nursing homes in 2011, and 2016, respectively.

Patricia Piechocki

Program Director

Patricia is a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington and is a Certified Therapeutic Recreational Specialist who has worked in the memory care field for over 27 years.

She is certified through the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification; the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America as a Certified Dementia Care Partner, an Expressive Arts in Long Term Care Train the Trainer through the University of Indianapolis and is a Certified Montessori in Dementia Care Professional by the International Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners.

In November 2019, Patricia received training from the  Vivium “Dementia Village” consulting team as they embraced the vision and helpedcreate the foundation of the new Milton Village in Roseland, IN, in the Fall of 2021. In July 2020, Patricia and the Institute for Excellence in Memory Care received full international endorsement by the Vivium-Be® consulting team.

Peggy Morrison

Senior Risk Manager

Peggy is the Sr. clinical risk management consultant for AssuredPartners Senior Living Risk Solutions. She has 34 years of experience serving the senior living industry in multiple capacities, including as a director of nursing, a regional director of clinical services, a VP of clinical operations, as well as a nurse educator.

She has extensive experience in clinical and environmental risk assessments, education, mentoring, adverse event mitigation, survey readiness, mock surveys for both SNFs and ALFs, consulting services, and catastrophic event response.

Peggy is board certified in geriatrics by American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). She is also a Certified Executive in Assisted Living (CEAL), and holds current certifications in wound care, Quality Assurance Performance Improvement and as a Certified Director of Nursing in Long Term Care.   

David Jose

Partner

David Jose is an attorney who has been practicing law and representing health care provider clients on a variety of business and regulatory and administrative matters for over 35 years. During that time, he handled corporate transactions relating to mergers and joint ventures between health care organizations. He also handled administrative survey and enforcement actions against organizations and individuals, as well as a variety of compliance investigations and pre-emptive or corrective action efforts.

He represented hospitals, nursing facilities, mental health centers, and individual professionals. Increasingly, he works with mental health centers in structuring joint venture/partnership relationships or developing internal capabilities to provide “integrated care” models that provide both behavioral health and physical health care. There is a gradual increase of telehealth and telemedicine services, and this is accelerating during the COVID-19 emergency. He sees opportunities for nursing facilities to evaluate and consider options for expanded relationships with mental health centers using telehealth services to better serve their residents. This can serve as a distinguishing feature of the care and services at the nursing facility, but also improve its outcomes and hospital readmission rates given the co-morbidities between physical and mental health.

He works on a regular basis with both long-term care clients and behavioral health clients, and sees opportunities that are available for them to collaborate and integrate their care models.

Terry Wall

CEO

Terry Wall is a seasoned software executive with a career in companies that digitize paperwork and automate antiquated processes. As the founder/CEO of Carefeed, Terry leads a growing technology company offering an effective platform helping providers from across the care continuum facilitate seamless care journeys for their residents.

Before launching Carefeed, Terry held leadership positions leading large national teams as senior vice president in the Hospital Division of Patient Point, and regional vice president for hibu.

Terry was responsible for a wide range of strategic aspects, including sales, recruitment, marketing initiatives and P&L management.

Terry oversaw a portfolio of hospital technology solutions designed to improve clinical outcomes, efficiency and patient satisfaction.

Terry earned an MBA in Management Information Systems (MIS) from Xavier University – Williams College of Business in 2002. He holds a BSBA in marketing from Xavier University.

John Vander Meer

Regional Director of Business Development

Over a career spanning more than two decades, John Vander Meer has held roles across diverse sectors, including media, government, association management, post-acute care, and the business world. John served as the president and CEO of the Wisconsin Health Care Association and the Wisconsin Center for Assisted Living. He worked as a newspaper reporter, communications director, legislative aide, and chief of staff for various political figures.

Additionally, he held the role of director of business Development for a multi-state skilled nursing and assisted living provider. Currently, John is the regional director of business development at Carefeed, a software platform for providers. He holds an undergraduate degree from Calvin University in Grand Rapids, MI, and a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs.

Rob Leffler

Vice President of Clinical Services

Rob Leffler is the vice president of clinical services for PCA Pharmacy, a long-term care pharmacy that serves over 33,000 residents in 12 states. Rob graduated with a BS in pharmacy from Butler University and since that time has spent the majority of his career in long-term care as a consultant pharmacist, running long-term care pharmacies and leading clinical teams in the care of residents.

As a pharmacist, he has spoken for Leading Age in Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky as well as for the Kentucky Health Care Association, the Pennsylvania Association of Directors of Nursing Administration and the Ohio Assisted Living Association at their live meetings and through webinars. He also has been a member of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists for 25 years and has served on several committees for that organization.

Allison Massari

Keynote Speaker/Executive Coach/Visual Artist

As an inspirational keynote speaker, executive coach, and interdisciplinary artist, Allison provides an exceptional blend of clarity, creative perspective, and real understanding to the healthcare industry, businesses and nonprofits.

Sarah Becker RN, RAC-CT, DNS-CT, QCP

Clinical Consultant

Sarah is a results driven healthcare leader with over 25 years of healthcare experience in a variety of settings, acute and post-acute. Her background includes serving as a Clinical Trainer and Healthcare Solution Consultant Engineer for software companies. In addition, Sarah was formerly a Vice President of Clinical Reimbursement for a large successful nursing home provider, and has been a Director of Nursing and MDS Coordinator. Sarah’s areas of expertise include Quality of Care and Quality Measure improvement, QAPI program development, Clinical Reimbursement (both federal and state), MDS accuracy and process improvement, Clinical Reimbursement Nurse Consulting including PDPM and CMI audits, Clinical Education and Healthcare Consulting/Coaching. Sarah is certified through AAPACN as Director of Nursing Services-DNS-CT, Resident Assessment Coordinator- RAC-CT and a QAPI Certified Professional-QCP-CT.