Our Fellows

Hana Hogan is currently attending the University of Michigan, pursuing her Master of Health Services Administration. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Biology and Society, with a concentration in Public Health.

Hana completed a summer internship at LDS Hospital, where she collected feedback from frontline caregivers around the design of a new hospital. Hana also completed an internship with Michigan Medicine’s Community Health team, where she worked on assessing the alignment of community health programs with community needs identified in the Ann Arbor CHNA.

Hana is passionate about improving health outcomes while making healthcare more affordable, accessible, and equitable. Hana believes that improving the social determinants of health and moving care upstream to prioritize prevention of disease are key components to this mission. Hana is looking forward to learning how a health system can be incentivized to prioritize these initiatives, and she thinks there is no better place to learn than Intermountain Health. She looks forward to learning from leaders and innovators across the Intermountain Health system and moving to Salt Lake City.

Kyle McLaughlin is currently attending the University of Alabama at Birmingham, pursuing his Master of Science in Healthcare Administration. While at UAB, Kyle has worked at UAB Health System and completed an internship with Intermountain in hospital administration at McKay-Dee Hospital.

Kyle, a native of Dallas, Texas, earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Texas Christian University. After his time at TCU, Kyle spent five years in San Francisco, working in operations and project management in the retail industry. Kyle also worked as an EMT during this time, which eventually led him to turn his attention to healthcare operations.

“I feel there is no better place to start my healthcare career than as an Administrative Fellow at Intermountain Health. I am looking forward to being immersed in the wide variety of healthcare environments that Intermountain operates in, from value-based-care and population health to ambulatory surgery and acute care operations. I believe our healthcare industry should be accessible, innovative, and empowering to all who interact with it, patient and caregiver alike. I feel Intermountain Health is an excellent model for these traits and I look forward to learning from the leaders and environment that facilitates them.”

Claire Schulz is completing her Master of Business Administration with a healthcare emphasis at Brigham Young University. Born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Claire completed her Bachelor of Graphic Design in Visual Communications at Alberta College of Art & Design and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Calgary. 

Over the past six years, Claire has worked as a Registered Nurse in various clinical environments. Initially, Claire cared for patients on multiple medical/surgical units. From there, she worked as a rural primary care nurse, coaching patients to manage complex chronic diseases and developing a traveling cardiac rehab program to increase access for patients in remote parts of Southern Alberta. As an urban primary care nurse, Claire worked with teams to launch a medical home program and an outpatient COVID-19 clinic. Most recently, Claire worked at an ICU and OR in Texas. 

During her summer internship at Utah Valley Hospital, Claire was inspired by the strong leadership at Intermountain and is grateful for the opportunity to continue her career with the Intermountain family. She passionately believes in empowering patients to engage in their health early to increase the number of high-quality life years. As she explores the administrative side of healthcare, Claire is keen to understand strategic positioning to meet market demands and build relationships in the community to collaborate on upstream interventions. 

Growing up near Banff and Kananaskis, Claire developed a deep love for the mountains. As a rock climber for the last 14 years, she enjoys the opportunity to tackle physical challenges that are also a puzzle for the mind. No matter where Claire has lived, she always finds a home in the climbing community.

Jace Meier began his Intermountain Health Administrative Fellowship in 2022.  He has completed rotations with Community Health, Community Hospitals, and Office of Patient Experience.  These rotations gave him the knowledge and experience to grow one step closer to achieving his goal of becoming a leader in value-based bare.  His projects include the development of a community health strategic implementation plan for the enterprise, various process improvements with a focus on cost reduction and improved accessibility, and the creation of a best practice bundle to improve equity, decrease disparities, and measure success.  These rotations exposed him to amazing, compassionate, and genius leaders who have taught him some of his most valuable lessons. 

Jace earned his Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Utah in June 2022. During his education he was able to complete an administrative internship with Huntsman Cancer Institute.  After his internship he continued working with Huntsman in its Office of Innovation and Transformation leading several operational and equity focused initiatives. Jace earned his Bachelor of Science in Health, Society, and Policy and got a real love for public health while volunteering for the Utah AIDS Foundation.  He is a Utah native who loves the balance of urban and outdoor life that Salt Lake City has to offer.   Most weekends you will find him hiking with his dog, trying new restaurants, or hosting social gatherings for his friends and family.

Katie Reynolds began her Intermountain Health Administrative Fellowship in 2022. During her fellowship, she has worked with Intermountain Medical Group—Utah, SelectHealth, Castell Health, and Primary Children’s Hospital. Some of her work includes improving access to care and physician engagement in the medical group, co-developing a value-based contracting strategy for SelectHealth, standardizing payer contracting and implementation processes for Castell, and rolling out processes to promote caregiver safety at Primary Children’s. Through her rotations, Katie has gained exposure to the various entities that enable Intermountain Health’s value-based care strategy.

Katie has a Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Tulane University. Prior to her fellowship, Katie worked for healthcare organizations in Atlanta in finance and project management roles. Outside of work, Katie enjoys hiking, paddleboarding, and skiing in Utah’s beautiful Wasatch Mountains.

Elise Bottimore Talbot joined Intermountain Health as an Administrative Fellow in 2022, after completing a Master of Public Health from Harvard University. After graduating with her BSN from the University of Virginia in 2016, she worked as a critical care nurse for four years in the Cardiac ICU at Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C., and three months in a Manhattan COVID-19 ICU (adults) in spring 2020. 

Elise is passionate about solving healthcare challenges at the systems level after seeing them firsthand as a nurse. At Harvard, she dove into understanding value-based care, the social determinants of health, and healthcare management in courses across the School of Public Health and Harvard Business School. She also worked on primary care strengthening initiatives with Harvard Medical School’s Center for Primary Care. Elise and her husband spent a three-month “healthcare honeymoon” exploring the role of digital and primary care in resource-constrained environments throughout eight countries in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Elise learned about the Administrative Fellowship while interning in 2021 with the telehealth team at Intermountain’s Connect Care. She developed a love for both the mountains of Utah, and the ways Intermountain is transforming healthcare.

Elise grew up in Arizona, New Mexico, and Switzerland, and has spent the past decade in Virginia, Washington D.C., New York City, and Boston. She and her husband love being in the mountains, and can be found hiking and camping in the summer and skiing in the winter.

Cody Backus joined Intermountain Health as an Administrative Fellow in 2021. Cody spent his fellowship rotations working in community health, hospital operations, population health, and telehealth. He then took a permanent role as a strategy consultant within Intermountain’s strategy office, focusing on various growth and service excellence initiatives. 

Cody graduated from the University of Utah with a Master of Healthcare Administration in 2021, and he holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Brigham Young University.

Aaron Jackson joined Intermountain Health as an Administrative Fellow in 2021. During his time as a Fellow, Aaron had the opportunity to complete rotations with Primary Children’s Hospital, Intermountain’s Utah-based Medical Group, Intermountain Nevada Administration, and Strategy. During his rotations, Aaron was able to lead a wide array of projects including overseeing the strategic expansion of the LGBTQ+ service line, building out a proposal for a pediatric telehospitalist program to exist under Intermountain’s Virtual Hospital System, and recommending new compensation models for Homecare to utilize to better align with operational goals. 

Prior to joining Intermountain, Aaron earned a Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. During his graduate studies, Aaron completed an internship and accepted a position at the Birmingham VA Medical Center in the Office of the Director, working in their Organizational Health department. 

During his fellowship, Aaron developed a deep passion for both operational leadership and pediatric healthcare. In 2022, Aaron returned to Primary Children’s Hospital and works as the Diagnostics Manager for the Cardiovascular Service Line overseeing the operations of all noninvasive cardiac diagnostic services in both acute and ambulatory settings across multiple hospitals.

Kelcie Douglas joined Intermountain Healthcare as an Administrative Fellow in 2020. Her fellowship landed in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic which altered original plans and rotations. Her first rotation was with Business Continuity focusing on assessing past, current, and future financial projections and modernization efforts of the organization in response to COVID-19. During this rotation she also assisted in the implementation of a Patient Services Center, a centralized call center, for the Intermountain Healthcare Medical Group, created a COVID-19 process playbook for Intermountain Medical Center, assisted in creating a Public Health Policy recommendation for the incoming Utah Governor, and led out a project to increase patient experience by switching inpatient lab draw times. Throughout this rotation and projects, she had exposure to system-wide initiatives, operations, and decision-making in a unique time in healthcare.

Her second rotation was to be in Connect Care where instead she joined Intermountain’s Connect Care team as the Connect Care Pro Operations Manager. She oversees adult physician-to-physician telehealth programs focusing on growth, strategy, and operations.

Kelcie earned a Master of Healthcare Administration at the University of Utah and completed her undergraduate degree in Accounting. She completed an Administrative Internship at University of Utah Health in the Office of Network Development and Telehealth. She enjoys playing and watching sports, paddle boarding, skiing, and being in the mountains.

Lauren Shaib began her Intermountain Healthcare Administrative Fellowship in 2019. She has worked with the Office or Patient Experience, Clinical Services, Castell Health, SelectHealth, Telehealth, and Ambulatory Surgical Centers. Some of her work includes developing a Concierge Services Report to help SelectHealth’s Sales & Marketing team, and designing and implementing a business plan for a Virtual Primary Care service offering through Telehealth in partnership with Castell. Through these rotations, Lauren has gained exposure to a broad range of organizational functions and worked with senior leaders on a variety of strategic initiatives for the system.

Lauren earned a Masters of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management in June 2019 with a focus in Health Enterprise Management. In the summer of 2018, she completed an Administrative Internship with Primary Children’s Hospital. Prior to graduate school, she worked as a Management Consultant for 5 years leading teams on a variety of strategy and operations-focused engagements. Lauren earned a Bachelor of Arts in Science and Management with a minor in Hispanic Studies from Scripps College. Lauren loves traveling to new places, but most weekends you can find her at an outdoor summer concert or skiing down Utah’s snow-covered mountains in the winter.

Aaron Fanello is currently the Imaging Director at Primary Children’s Hospital overseeing operations for the imaging department at the hospital and the two pediatric outpatient imaging centers located within the Riverton Hospital and the Layton Hospital. As the new Primary Children’s Hospital in Lehi is completed and opened he will also have operational responsibility for that location’s imaging department. 

Prior to his current role, Aaron was a Practice Director with the Intermountain Medical Group overseeing the operations for all the outpatient clinics on the LDS Hospital campus as well as the Mental Health Integration operations in the Salt Lake Valley and Wasatch back. Aaron joined Intermountain Health in 2018 as an Administrative Fellow. 

Aaron graduated from the University of Utah with a Master of Healthcare Administration degree in May 2018. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese from Arizona State University. Aaron enjoys spending time with his family and getting out to enjoy the beautiful state of Utah whenever he can.

Jennifer Leary joined Intermountain Healthcare as an Administrative Fellow in 2017. She completed rotations with Intermountain Homecare & Hospice, American Fork Hospital, Care Transformation, and Community Health. Following the Administrative Fellowship, Jennifer joined Intermountain’s Community Health team as Senior Advisor/Project Consultant.

Jennifer earned a Master of Science in Health Informatics in April of 2017 and a Master of Science in Health Administration in April of 2018 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Colorado and worked as an athletic trainer for the football and track teams during her time in Boulder.

Dan Mangelson joined Intermountain Health as an Administrative Fellow in 2017. Since his fellowship, he has worked at Primary Children’s Hospital, first as the Imaging Director and now as the Service Line Director for Pediatric Hematology & Oncology. 

Prior to Intermountain, Dan worked for a medical device company for five years in progressive finance roles. Dan has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University and a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota, and he is a former CPA.

Rachel Barnes Bevan joined Intermountain Healthcare as the Administrative Fellow in 2015, where she completed rotations in population health, rural healthcare, pediatric specialty care, and payer data and privacy. She also completed her Administrative Internship with Intermountain at LDS Hospital in 2014, where she developed the business cases for several of Intermountain’s telehealth services.

Following the Administrative Fellowship, Rachel joined Intermountain’s Population Health team in 2016 as a Project Consultant. In 2018, she moved into her current role of Senior Population Health Consultant, primarily focused on value-based commercial product development. In 2019, Rachel’s role transitioned to Castell, Intermountain’s new comprehensive health platform company focused on elevating value-based care capabilities with providers, payers, healthcare systems, and accountable care organizations. 

Rachel earned her Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan, and her Honors Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Utah. She loves to travel, eat, and spend time in the nearby National Parks, and in the mountains whenever possible, including skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing with her dog. 

Michelle completed her Administrative Fellowship with Intermountain Health after graduating from the University of Michigan with a Master of Health Services Administration and the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition with a minor in Chemistry. During her Fellowship, she worked on projects in strategic planning, community benefit, health promotion and wellness, bariatric surgery, and continuous improvement. 

After finishing her Fellowship, Michelle worked as a project manager, overseeing Utah Valley Hospital’s $350 million hospital replacement and campus redesign project. Michelle then had the opportunity to open Utah Valley Hospital’s LiVe Well Center in 2017, where she served as the Health & Wellness Operations Manager until 2019 before transitioning to the Park City LiVe Well Center. In 2021, Michelle joined Intermountain’s Strategy Office, where she has primarily supported clinical shared services strategies (imaging, lab, pharmacy, nutrition, kidney, etc.) A major focus of her work has been on strategic growth of value-based care models within clinical shared services. She has enjoyed gaining new insight and perspective working in strategy and having the opportunity to impact the direction of Intermountain Health in meaningful ways.

Dustin Lipson is the Administrator of Primary Children’s Hospital. He is responsible for all aspects of hospital operations, program and service line development, as well as outreach and business development.  Prior to becoming Administrator in August of 2019, Dustin spent six years at Primary Children’s Hospital as an Operations Officer. Dustin has been instrumental in growing Primary Children’s network of care in out of state markets, redefining the vision and model for collaborating with the University of Utah, and leading the development of pediatric specialty service lines at the hospital. Dustin is passionate, mission-driven, and focused on advancing innovative clinical care in pediatrics. Prior to Primary Children’s, he served as the Director of Healthcare Transformation leading many aspects of Intermountain’s population health strategy. In addition to Dustin’s healthcare experience, he spent over a decade at GE Capital in numerous global leadership roles. He has a graduate degree in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree in Religious Studies, Economics, and German from Fairfield University.  On a personal note, Dustin is married and has two children. He enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and trail running and is a two-time Ironman finisher. Since 2013, Dustin has also served on the Board of Directors of the National Ability Center, an organization dedicated to adaptive recreation and therapy.

Jason Wilson became the Administrator and Chief Executive Officer of American Fork Hospital on January 4, 2016. He joined Intermountain Healthcare in 2002 as the Administrative Fellow. Following his fellowship Jason worked in Intermountain’s Southwest Region, serving as assistant administrator of Cedar City Hospital and later as a Regional Operations Officer. In 2007, he became Cedar City Hospital’s administrator and CEO where he served for eight years.

Jason received a bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in health care administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He spent two years working in administration at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis before joining Intermountain Healthcare.

Mikelle Moore has been a part of Intermountain Healthcare’s leadership team for over 20 years. In April 2017, Mikelle joined the Executive Leadership Team and serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Community Health Officer. In this role, Mikelle leads system-wide prevention and community health improvement efforts in support of Intermountain’s mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible. Prior to this role, Mikelle served as Vice President of Community Benefit. Mikelle also serves as President of the Intermountain Community Care Foundation and Intermountain Accountable Care Board of Managers. Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based not-for-profit system of 24 hospitals (includes "virtual" hospital), a medical group of 2,400 physicians and advance practice providers, 160 clinics, 38,000 employees, a health plans group under the name SelectHealth, and other medical services. Previously, Mikelle served as the Administrator of Intermountain’s LDS Hospital from 2004 to 2011. She joined Intermountain as an Administrative Fellow in 1998 after working in a provider-owned health plan and at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Mikelle earned her Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Services Administration degrees from Arizona State University and her Bachelor of Physiology degree from the University of Arizona.

Mikelle is a certified Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is active in numerous community organizations, and currently serves on the boards of Shelter the Homeless, United Way of Salt Lake, and Envision Utah. Mikelle also serves on a number of advisory boards and councils throughout the community, including the State of Utah’s Health Disparities Advisory Council, the Governor's Youth Suicide Prevention Taskforce, and the Salt Lake City Homeless Commission. Mikelle enjoys the alignment of her work and personal values, being active in the natural beauty of Utah, and traveling with her husband and children.

Kris Berg has been a part of Intermountain Healthcare’s leadership team for over 19 years. She was named Director of Physician Contracting for the system in 2008. Previously Kris served as Director of Surgical Services for Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital and Surgical Centers from 2001-2008, and an Assistant Operations Officer in the Intermountain Medical Group from 1998-2001. She joined Intermountain as an Administrative Fellow in 1997.

Kris earned her Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan, and her Bachelor of Arts (Government) from Dartmouth College.