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Leadership

Zoey Kernodle

Director, UNC Center for the Business of Health; Assistant Research Professor

Bradley Staats

Faculty Director, Center for the Business of Health; Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Academics, Ellison Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Staff

Joshua Barrett

Associate Director, Research, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Susanne Killian

Associate Director, Student Engagement, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Erin Leach

Program Manager, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Affiliated Faculty

Vinayak Deshpande

The Mann Family Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Jon Easter

Associate Faculty Director - Eshelman , Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, Practice Advancement & Clinical Education Division, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Devin Hubbard

Teaching Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Audra Rankin

Associate Faculty Director - Nursing , Center for the Business of Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Health Care Leadership and Administration (HCLA) Program-Faculty Lead, UNC School of Nursing

Kristin Reiter

Humana Distinguished Professor & Department Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Markus Saba

Executive in Residence, Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Karen Volmar

Associate Faculty Director - Gillings , Center for the Business of Health; Director, MHA and MSPH Programs, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Student Leaders & Interns

Bradly Boaz

  • MBA Healthcare Club President
  • MBA 2026, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Mary Pope Bourne

CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; UNC Bachelors Degree 2027, Major: Health Policy & Management, Minors: Business of Health and Statistics

Arely Nieto-Oviedo

  • CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern
  • UNC Bachelors Degree 2027, Psychology
Joshua Barrett

Associate Director, Research, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Bradly Boaz
  • MBA Healthcare Club President
  • MBA 2026, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Mary Pope Bourne
CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern; UNC Bachelors Degree 2027, Major: Health Policy & Management, Minors: Business of Health and Statistics
Vinayak Deshpande
The Mann Family Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Jon Easter

Associate Faculty Director - Eshelman , Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, Practice Advancement & Clinical Education Division, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Devin Hubbard
Teaching Associate Professor, UNC Chapel Hill and NC State Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering
Zoey Kernodle

Director, UNC Center for the Business of Health; Assistant Research Professor

Susanne Killian

Associate Director, Student Engagement, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Erin Leach

Program Manager, Center for the Business of Health; UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Arely Nieto-Oviedo
  • CBOH Undergraduate Student Intern
  • UNC Bachelors Degree 2027, Psychology
Audra Rankin

Associate Faculty Director - Nursing , Center for the Business of Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Health Care Leadership and Administration (HCLA) Program-Faculty Lead, UNC School of Nursing

Kristin Reiter
Humana Distinguished Professor & Department Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Markus Saba
Executive in Residence, Center for the Business of Health; Professor of the Practice, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Bradley Staats

Faculty Director, Center for the Business of Health; Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Academics, Ellison Distinguished Professor of Operations, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Karen Volmar

Associate Faculty Director - Gillings , Center for the Business of Health; Director, MHA and MSPH Programs, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health