Welcome

About the Council

The best answers come from the people closest to the work. You see the moments when care feels warm and humane, and the moments when creating a connection gets lost in the rush. Your insights make our solutions smarter and more efficient; our operational support makes your solutions real, and together our reliable practices can make a difference every day.
This Council is a place where your experience and our resources meet — not to create grand gestures, but to shape the small and meaningful. We listen, explore ideas together, and test them in ways that honor our meaningful work and safeguard dignity, safety, and respect.

Meet the Council

SARA BONNES

Mayo Clinic

Susan Carroll

Inova

Steve Downey

Cleveland Clinic

Mark french

Ochsner Health

Dana weston graves

Sentara Health

Agustina Ishmael

Providence

Esezele Payne

Atrium Health

Mike Vivoda

Northwestern Medicine

Inaugural meeting

The Inaugural Meeting is to bring together a small group of healthcare leaders for a candid, peer-to-peer discussion about where hospitality and healthcare intersect — how culture, operations, and patient experience can all improve when we lead with hospitality principles to elevate the care experience. It’s meant to be practical, open, and energizing — a chance to share real-world insights and walk away with new ideas you can take back to your hospitals and health system.
Lower Lobby
Bonnett House
Pier Sixty-Six room