LVBCH 46th Annual Conference (5/13/2026)

Dr. Kraus is the preeminent scholar in identifying the unique strengths and skills of behavioral health providers. His research has quintupled (when compared to previous best practices) the number of patients that return to full health and productivity without relapse. The process called TOP Match assesses each patient’s unique needs with a comprehensive (yet short) patient-reported assessment. TOP Match then personalizes a short list of behavioral health providers that are both available and proven to help similar patients return to full health.

Dr. Kraus has been awarded two US Patents and his publications have appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association. Funding for his work has come from leading private and public institutions including the National Institutes of Health, The Duke Endowment, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute.

Dr. Hale joined Gallagher in 2026 to shape and execute our clinical vision for the future. In collaboration with our Clinical Strategies, Gallagher Drive, and Insights & Analytics teams, as well as other Gallagher clinical services and practices, she is developing strategies and solutions to address an array of current and emerging client challenges. She is also working with our colleagues in Gallagher Bassett, to provide clinical leadership for Stella Health Navigation.

In these roles, Dr. Hale helps employers manage costs, improve care quality, and enhance workforce wellbeing, delivering exceptional results.  She specializes in complex medical claims, clinical performance improvement, and strategic healthcare transformation. Her input is helping to shape Gallagher’s clinical analytics, high-cost claim management, vendor reviews, and other critical initiatives.

Christine is deeply passionate about advancing high-value healthcare—leveraging data and innovative approaches to reduce waste, improve quality, and create cost-effective solutions that benefit both patients and organizations. Known as a collaborator and change agent, she brings a unique blend of clinical expertise and business insight to help stakeholders navigate today’s most complex healthcare challenges.

Previously, Christine served eight years at a large employee benefits consulting firm as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Clinical Consulting. In this role, she was the medical director and lead strategist for the firm’s clinical consulting team, part of the Complex Claims Specialty Practice.  Dr. Hale helped build this team into a one-of-a-kind large claims “swat team”, identifying and resolving a myriad of cost saving and clinical improvement opportunities.  Earlier in her career, she held a national leadership role at Tenet Healthcare where she directed enterprise-wide clinical performance initiatives.  She also spent more than seven years with the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company, advising hospitals and health systems across the U.S. and internationally in strategy, operations, and organizational alignment.

In addition, Christine serves on the Medical Director Advisory Committee and as the designated large claims expert for the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.  The National Alliance works with and through over 40 member employer coalitions to advance strategies that enhance health outcomes and promote value-based purchasing of healthcare services for employees and their families.

Christine earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, completed her pediatrics residency at Duke University Medical Center, and received her MBA in Health Sector Management from Duke University. She is motivated by a strong belief that patients deserve both clinical excellence and system efficiency, and she is committed to creating solutions that make that vision a reality.

Aaron Davis is the Founder and CEO of Switchbridge, LLC – a healthcare data activation platform – where, in addition to managing the company, he leads innovation, product development, sales and strategic partnerships.

Aaron gained a rich understanding of employee benefits, healthcare delivery and data analytics through his education, personal life experiences and a broad and successful career serving employers and healthcare-related organizations having 100-250,000 members.  For the last 37 years, Aaron has been involved in virtually all aspects of employee benefits administration and consulting and is recognized as an expert in self-funding, health risk management, and the activation of healthcare data and analytics.  He began his career in health information systems as Management Information Systems (MIS) Manager and Assistant Director of Operations and for Heritage Healthplan (an HMO) in Miami and Philadelphia.  He held positions of increasing responsibility at Cigna, Group Benefit Services and FirstHealth and co-founded Integrated Healthcare Resources Group, Mather Benefit Administrators and Our Clinical Team.  Aaron was the Founder and President of NextLogical Benefit Strategies, an employee benefits broker/consulting firm, that was acquired in 2016 and left the acquiring firm in 2021 to focus full-time on Switchbridge.

In 2013, Aaron was named Broker of the Year by his peers nationally in BenefitsPro magazine and was featured in the book Cracking Health Costs by Tom Emerick and Al Lewis, Esq. as one of the top 10 most competent brokers in the nation.  Since 2014, Aaron has been one of only three (3) advisors nationally to receive validation as an Advanced Advisor by the Validation Institute (formerly Intel/GE Care Innovations) for adherence to the highest standards of validity, integrity and performance.  In 2015, Aaron received the Circle of Excellence award from SmartCEO magazine as the top CEO in the Baltimore healthcare market.

Aaron graduated from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science/Pre-law and Business Administration and pursued advanced degrees at Florida International University and Villanova.  Aaron enjoys spending time with his wife, four grown sons, two daughters-in-law, and two grandsons, as well as, reading, exercising and playing indoor soccer.

Stuart Sutley is the Practice Leader of Bolton Innovation Group called BIG IMPACT. Stuart has 20+ years of experience working with self-insured employers, with expertise in developing health plan strategies using data as the litmus test.

Before starting BIG IMPACT in 2021, Stuart spent 8 years with Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions, the innovation group for Johns Hopkins Medicine,  Stuart also has expertise in Advanced Primary Care health centers having worked with plan sponsors putting in over 50 centers in his career.

After completing a five-year tour in the United States Marine Corps, Stuart spent the first decade of his career in leadership roles in several manufacturing operations. Experiencing the unsustainable cost impact of increasing premiums led Stuart into the healthcare field with a vision to assist organizations in managing all costs associated with member health and well-being.

Stuart received his MBA from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and has a B.A. from the University of Virginia. He completed a Harvard Business School Executive Education program in behavioral economics in the fall of 2022.

Receiving a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Pennsylvania State University, Diane went on to become Assistant Head Nurse at Beaver Valley Geriatric Center.  She pursued a career in Coronary Care and became Assistant Director of Nursing at The Medical Center in Beaver PA.  Her career evolved as the need to develop and manage the first Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Program for Heritage Valley Health System.  During this time Diane completed her Master’s degree in Business Administration from Robert Morris University and was an adjunct professor at Kent State University. She continued to expand her experience as Manager of Marketing for Heritage Valley BusinessCare, Occupational Medicine. Assuming a position as Regional Director Marketing for the American Heart Association for Western Pennsylvania Diane stepped into the non-profit world.

In a recent role as Vice President for the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, McClune was responsible for member support in a variety of areas, especially those related to member education opportunities, group-purchasing programs, and communications.  She was responsible for fiscal management and the annual budget, review and contractual agreement and board oversight and development.  One of her key roles was networking with “sister business groups”, national health plans, area healthcare systems and consultants.

Currently, Diane holds a position as Strategic Consultant for the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health.  In this role she leads several national projects that involve health equity and preventative health initiatives around vaccines. In addition, she provides support to the staff around educational needs of employers, budget direction, group purchasing initiatives and engagement of members and stakeholders.

She is a member of the National and Pennsylvania Nurses Association; recently served as a Member of the IRB for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Secretary of the Penn State Alumni Chapter in Beaver Valley; Past-President of the Executive Women’s Council of Beaver County, member of the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania and Keystone Simulation Education Center.

Diane was the spouse of Robert McClune and proud mother of 3 sons (2 daughters-in-law) and 7 grandchildren.  One of her great loves is traveling and absorbing cultures from around the world.

Kristen Wenrich has served as Health Director for the City of Bethlehem since 2012, overseeing public health initiatives and programs that improve overall community health outcomes. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Community Health from East Stroudsburg University, where she also earned her Master of Public Health (MPH).

In addition to her leadership role, Kristen serves on several boards and committees focused on strengthening the health of the community. She has also been published in multiple journals, contributing to the broader field of public health through her research and professional insights.

Kristen has been a member of the LVBCH Board of Directors for over a decade and currently serves as the Chair of the Quality Initiatives Committee.

Dr. McCambridge oversees quality, patient safety, infection control, infection prevention, radiation safety, regulatory excellence and reaccreditation, and inpatient value-based care for the health system. He works closely with many leadership teams to drive improvement.

In 2003, he started at LVHN as a staff physician. Since then, he has served as Chair for the Department of Critical Care, Vice Chair for Quality and Patient Safety for Department of Medicine, Medical Director for LVHN Quality and Patient Safety, and President of the Medical Staff. In 2017, he was named LVHN’s Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer.

Dr. McCambridge earned his Bachelor of Biology from Johns Hopkins University in 1988 and his medical degree from Georgetown University in 1992. He entered the United States Army for his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency and then Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowships, all at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He completed his training in 1998. He then served at Womack Army Medical Center and with the 82nd Airborne Division, both at Fort Bragg, N.C., until 2003 before returning home to eastern Pennsylvania. In 2017, he completed his master’s in healthcare quality and Patient Safety at Northwestern School of Medicine.

Donna Sabol serves as the Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer for St. Luke’s University Health Network.  Ms. Sabol was named Chief Quality Officer in June 2007.  Prior to that time, she held various administrative positions in her tenure at St. Luke’s.  In addition to overseeing Quality, Ms. Sabol is also administratively responsible for other Network functions including Care Management, Clinical Documentation Improvement, Coding, Clinical Risk Management, Infection Prevention, and Clinical Analytics.  Under Ms. Sabol’s leadership, St. Luke’s University Health Network has earned numerous state and national quality awards.  St. Luke’s was named a 2024 Premier 100 Top Hospitals for the tenth consecutive year for a total of 12 times overall with St. Luke’s University Hospital identified as the #1 Teaching Hospital in the country in 2021. Several additional St. Luke’s hospitals have made the 100 Top Hospitals list multiple times. Other achievements include Leapfrog “A” Safety Grades across all St. Luke’s hospitals, Leapfrog Top Hospital, CMS 5 Star hospital ratings, 2020 Premier Alliance Excellence Award, and Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.

Ms. Sabol has a Master’s in Nursing from DeSales University in Allentown, PA. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Wilkes University in Wilkes Barre, PA.

Dr. Jeremy Wigginton, Chief Medical Officer for Capital Blue Cross, is an experienced leader focusing on a team-based approach to solve complex healthcare industry problems through Lean principles. He is responsible for strategy and clinical leadership of Capital Blue Cross’ Member Health and Wellness department and aligning clinical direction with the overall goals and market needs of the organization. Dr. Wigginton is accountable for clinical programming across all lines of business, including oversight of utilization management, care management, behavioral health, population health, medical policy and coding, total cost of care, employer group clinical engagement & consultation, as well as leading efforts to provide cross-departmental clinical support. He works closely within a matrix to support additional clinical functions including value-based program design, population analytics, healthcare data exchange, pharmacy strategy, and network & provider contracting.

Prior to joining Capital Blue Cross in 2023, Dr. Wigginton served as Vice President of Health Quality and Innovation at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and led multiple areas focused on analytics, innovation, healthcare affordability, quality, health plan operations, and performance improvement. He received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, holds an MBA, and has received certifications in health quality, self-funded insurance, and is a lean six sigma black belt. Dr. Wigginton is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and practiced Family Medicine with varying administrative and academic roles in both Mississippi and Louisiana prior to beginning his career in the health plan industry.

Experience & Background: Ford is one of Advisory Board’s preeminent thought leaders in the area of health system economics and strategy, and is the keynote speaker at the annual meetings for Advisory Board’s strategy membership. Ford is a health care economist by training and has participated in every major Advisory Board research initiative since 1992. He is well-versed in health care history and the many reform initiatives we have lived through in the past three decades: coverage expansion; vertical integration and physician partnership models; managed care and payer contracting; horizontal integration and system economies of scale; and quality-based payment.

Prior to joining Advisory Board, he was a management consultant for the Hay Group and Ernst & Young.

Education & Training: Ford received his BA from Kenyon College, and his MA in Economics from John Hopkins University.