Huron announced managing director and principal promotions to further guide clients through transformation and achieve its strategic objectives. Katie Clarkeis a principal with 12 years of experience helping healthcare organizations optimize hospital operations to reduce care variation. Katie currently leads strategic initiatives to ensure healthcare clients stay ahead of industry trends and continue to deliver the best patient care.

Jackie Gainesis a principal with 40 years of healthcare leadership expertise. Jackie has dedicated her career to advancing quality care across the country by helping healthcare organizations optimize organizational design and alignment, drive cultural transformation, and increase employee engagement and retention. Jennifer Malatekis a principal with 25 years of healthcare leadership experience guiding healthcare organizations through interpersonal communication, team development and conflict-resolution initiatives to increase patient satisfaction scores.

Melissa Matarazzois a principal in Huron's Studer Education business. Melissa has more than six years of experience working with K-12 education leaders, teachers and graduate students to develop the skills and processes necessary to increase staff engagement and enhance student success. Donna McHaleis a principal with 30 years of experience managing large, complex projects and change initiatives for multi-entity healthcare systems, consulting firms and software companies.

Donna has led healthcare organizations through system implementations, organizational change and care redesigns to achieve operational excellence. Katie Olivais a principal with 25 years of nursing and healthcare education expertise helping organizations enhance the patient experience and quality of care. Katie specializes in executive coaching and helping leadership teams redefine their processes and culture to increase patient satisfaction and improve outcomes.

Robert Spenceris a principal with 25 years of experience leading and advising higher education institutions on strategic financial planning, mergers and acquisitions, financial assessments and reporting, budget modeling and operational improvement initiatives. Robert enables institutions to create meaningful transparency of university finances and develop strategic plans to drive student success. Eric Tomasiniis a principal with 20 years of experience working with academic medical centers, cancer centers and research institutions to transform their research operations.

Eric has led multiple clients in highly regulated environments through initiatives to maximize research cost savings, revenue growth, productivity and employee engagement.