ABOUT HCCA: MANAGEMENT

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Peter N. Grant, JD, PhD
President, Health Care Conference Administrators, LLC
Chair, Train for Compliance, LLC
Chair, Health IT Certification, LLC
Partner and Co-Chair, Health Law Group, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Editorial Board, Health Affairs
Advisory Board, Harvard Health Policy Review
Seattle, Washington

Peter N. Grant is President and CEO of Health Care Conference Administrators, LLC, a company which sponsors media and educational events, including national conferences, internet-based events, and publications on matters of health care practice and policy. He is also chair of Train for Compliance, LLC and Health IT Certification, LLC. Mr. Grant serves on the Editorial Board of Health Affairs and the Advisory Board of Harvard Health Policy Review. He is a partner and chair of the Health Law Section of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP (DWT). DWT has fourteen offices with 375 attorneys, including approximately 50 health care attorneys.

VICE PRESIDENT - LOGISTICS

Joe Braden
President, RMP, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

Joe Braden is president of RMP, Inc. and lives and works in Philadelphia. Joe has broad experience as both an entrepreneur and executive in health care communications. In 1989, after spending 23 years in management positions with Williams & Wilkins and News, Corp., Joe started Nursecom, Inc., a publisher of nursing books and journals. Nursecom developed a stellar reputation as an innovator with books and journals for advance practice nurses and the introduction of their Nursing Scan journals in 7 nursing specialties in 1994. In 2004, the publishing business was sold to Blackwell, a British publisher with a large U.S. based business.

Concurrent with his successful publishing business, Joe started RMP, Inc. in 1992 as a provider of organizational and management services. Since 2004, RMP has focused mainly on event management including, site selection, strategic planning and marketing and sponsorship and exhibit sales for learning companies and selected professional membership organizations. RMP has been part of HCCA conference management team since 1999.

VICE PRESIDENT - FACULTY COORDINATION

Vivien A. Maier, CMP
President and CEO
Vivien Maier and Associates, Inc.
Seattle, WA & London, UK

Vivien Maier is President and CEO of Vivien Maier and Associates, Inc. a total event management company. Ms. Maier has provided meeting planning services for clients in a wide variety of fields such as health care, financial, technology, marketing, legal, education, and non-profits, both nationally and internationally since 1988. She has worked with Health Care Conference Administrators overseeing event and faculty logistics since 1998. Ms. Maier was President of the Washington State Chapter of Meeting Professionals International 1997-1998. She received her Certified Meeting Professional designation in January 1996. In June 1996, Ms. Maier received the prestigious "Planner of the Year" Award from the Washington State Chapter of Meeting Professionals International.

VICE PRESIDENT - REGISTRATION SERVICES

Paul Tunnecliff
CEO and Principle Field Service Engineer
C Medical Service
Yucca Valley, CA

Mr. Tunnecliff is the CEO and Principle Field Service Engineer of C Medical Service. Educated in his native England and the United States, he is now located in Yucca Valley, California. Coming from a Medical Industry background of 11 years, he has specialized in the remanufacturing, installation and servicing of Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound Equipment within the United States, Mexico, Turkey and South America. He also provided On-line and Telephone Technical Support to other Field Service Operatives. Mr. Tunnecliff joined the Health Care Conference Administrators team in 2001 to coordinate Conference Registrations.

VICE PRESIDENT - TECHNOLOGY

Stephen Aitchison
President and CEO
Cygnus Design & Consulting
Bellingham, WA

Mr. Aitchison is the CEO and Principle Technology Consultant of Cygnus Design & Consulting in Bellingham, WA. He has specialized in Internet Technologies since 1996 and has represented companies in the Health Care-related industry since 1998. Mr. Aitchison has also consulted and provided solutions for firms in a wide range of fields, including technology, entertainment, education, and finance. He has worked with Health Care Conference Administrators on HIPAA and other compliance issues, coordinating their internet technologies since 1999.

VICE PRESIDENT - INTERNET SERVICES

Joyce Flory, PhD
President
Communications for Business & Health
Chicago, IL

Joyce Flory heads her own Chicago-based communications firm, Communication for E-Business & Health. Previously, Ms. Flory was director of public affairs at the American College of Healthcare Executives; manager of public relations at MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois; and director of professional relations at the American Dental Assistants Association. While at the ACHE, Joyce started Healthcare Executive magazine and served as editor of Hospital & Health Services Administration. She has also held teaching positions at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.