Huron Consulting Group today announced that Erin Bartley, David Felsenthal, Shane Goss, Paul Klinkhamer, Steve Lothrop, Gerrit Ostermick, Peter Ostrega, Robert Parris, Tim Patterson, Nicholas Richardson, Chris Smedley and Allen Zimmerman have been promoted to the role of managing director.
 
“This is a significant accomplishment for our new managing directors, and I am thrilled that we are able to add such a talented group of individuals to our leadership team at Huron,” said James H. Roth, chief executive officer and president, Huron Consulting Group. “These individuals are being recognized for their ability to help our clients become more successful, their focus on values-based leadership, and a dedication to growing the Company. We look forward to their leadership and continued commitment to Huron.”

Bartley was promoted to managing director in Huron Healthcare. She assists hospitals and health systems in many areas across the revenue cycle, including patient access, case management, health information management, billing, collections, and vendor management.

Felsenthal was promoted to managing director in Huron’s Enterprise Performance Management and Analytics solutions. He helps clients develop and implement enterprise performance management and business intelligence solutions across a variety of industries including a specialization in Higher Education.

Goss was promoted to managing director in Huron Business Advisory. He performs valuations for mergers and acquisitions, corporate compliance and financial reporting, and serves as a financial consultant to healthcare companies.

Klinkhamer was promoted to managing director in Huron’s Global Consulting practice. He leads Huron’s Middle East practice and is based in the United Arab Emirates. His experience includes strategy, turnaround, risk management, and mergers and acquisitions in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.

Lothrop was promoted to managing director in Huron Healthcare. He helps provider healthcare organizations maximize productivity and margins. His primary focus within the Labor solution is helping clients address the balance of service, cost and quality, as well as operations, physician relationship management, organizational structure and corporate overhead analysis.

Ostermick was promoted to managing director in Huron Healthcare. He specializes in hospital and physician revenue cycle consulting and has experience leading engagements in a variety of healthcare settings, including academic medical centers, multi-facility health systems and physician practice groups.

Ostrega was promoted to managing director in Huron Legal. He focuses on helping large corporations and large law firms solve complex electronic discovery challenges through the delivery of comprehensive integrated electronic discovery and document review services.
 
Parris was promoted to managing director in Huron Healthcare. He helps hospitals and health systems with revenue cycle, operational process improvement, financial management, reorganization, revenue optimization, and centralization models.

Patterson was promoted to managing director in Huron Education. He specializes in working with large research universities and academic medical centers on issues related to federal grant and contract administration, including operational assessments, strategic planning, financial management and audit/investigation resolution and other compliance related matters.

Richardson was promoted to managing director in Huron Healthcare. He works as a healthcare consultant in the areas of information technology and hospital management helping provide operational improvement for rural community hospitals, large health systems and academic institutions throughout the country.
Smedley was promoted to managing director in Huron Healthcare. He focuses on helping physician organizations become high performing medical groups with an emphasis on improving organizational effectiveness, practice efficiency, provider alignment, financial sustainability, and clinical integration through strategic, operational, financial, and technological initiatives.

Zimmerman was promoted to managing director in Huron Healthcare. He focuses on the development and implementation of strategic plans to improve operations and supply chain efficiencies, redesign workflows, implement automation technologies, perform regulatory and accreditation reviews, and reduce costs for healthcare providers.

Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve performance, transform the enterprise, reduce costs, leverage technology, process and review large amounts of complex data, address regulatory changes, recover from distress and stimulate growth. Our professionals employ their expertise in finance, operations, strategy and technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions, Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has worked with more than 425 health systems, hospitals, and academic medical centers; more than 400 corporate general counsel; and more than 350 universities and research institutions.