The Austin Healthcare Council is a non-profit organization created by healthcare industry leaders who work together to further establish Austin’s position as a global healthcare innovation center.
Austin Healthcare Council Goals:
Strategically accelerate healthcare innovation
Foster leadership in the healthcare community
Focus on making Austin a healthier community
Bring resources, programs, and training that improve the capacity of the healthcare system
Collaborate with entrepreneurs to solve common problems
Membership Benefits
The Austin Healthcare Council brings the healthcare community together.
Monthly meetings on key healthcare operational and policy issues/changes
Networking Events and VIP Tours.
Team with existing organizations locally and internationally.
Provide executives timely data on industry trends.
Helping shape the next generation of Austin’s healthcare industry leaders and entrepreneurs.
Sarah Churchill Llamas, President & CEO
Board of Directors:
Chair: Meredith Duncan, President & CEO, Texicare
Vice Chair: Bill Rice, M.D. Sr. VP Clinical Innovations at St. David's Healthcare
Immediate Past Chair: Andy Davis, CEO, Ascension Texas
Board Members: Jay Fox, President BSWH Austin Area, Mini Kahlon, PhD, Vice Dean for Strategy & Partnerships, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Norman Chenven, M.D., CEO/Founder, Austin Regional Clinic, Emily Rollins, Owner of Town Square North Austin, David Smith, CEO, United Way, Russell Lowery-Hart, Chancellor, Austin Community College, Garheng Kong, Founding/Managing Partner, HealthQuest Capital, Casey Quinn, SVP, UnitedHealth Group