Indigenous Healthcare Advancements

John has been working in healthcare management for over twenty years, with sixteen of those years spent working in Indian Country. Before founding Tribal Healthcare Consultants in 2012 which would later evolve into Indigenous Healthcare Advancements in 2020; John worked as a COO for a South Dakota Tribal Health organization, as well as in the for-profit healthcare sector as a Senior Director for one of only 44 (at the time) Fortune 500 healthcare companies. There he oversaw their Pacific Northwest Region which consisted of both inpatient and outpatient service lines. It was his time in for-profit healthcare that renewed his passion for serving the underserved, and particularly our Tribes.

John holds a Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota, a program that is consistently ranked in the “Top 3” for MHA programs in the country. As well as a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management from National American University in South Dakota. John is also a veteran of the US Army, where he served five years as a Medical Specialist, starting as a combat medic for a mortar platoon in Texas, and ending as a family medicine clinic lead for an Army hospital in Hawaii.

Pui Reeves came to America as an immigrant with her family from Hong Kong. Assimilating in America and making ends meet was a challenging task initially not knowing English. Growing up in Seattle, in an underserved community, she witnessed and was part of the difficulties in this environment.

Pui has spent over 11 years in various non-profit settings working in fundraising and event management. She also spent over six years in the global food manufacturing business where she learned how to navigate the for-profit world and to lead. Pui holds a BS in Business Management from Western Governors University in Salt Lake, UT.

Dr. Pratip Nag strongly believes that each human has the power to care for their body, mind, and spirit in the manner and way that suits them best. He is a distinguished healthcare executive and pediatrician who fosters patient-centered care and medical excellence. With a robust background in pediatrics, Dr. Nag excels in outpatient, urgent care, emergency care, and inpatient pediatrics, providing up-to-date, evidence-based treatment to his patients. He strongly advocates for clinical quality and process improvement, always keeping the patient at the center of his care. Notably, he transformed a general pediatric practice into an NCQA-certified Patient-Centered Medical Home and developed a transdisciplinary pediatric medical and behavioral health clinic called Florissa. He has also worked internationally with multiple communities and helped develop healthcare services.

As a distinguished healthcare executive, he has had multiple administrative leadership roles and has served as a Chief Medical Officer for multiple organizations. Dr. Nag has helped build and implement care systems that address the patient's and their community's needs nationally and internationally. He thrives in building teams, helping people realize their passion, and can bring people together to solve the problems our communities are facing. He has an exceptional ability to help individuals and organizations work through historical conflict to build robust teams that have secured multiple large grants for their communities.

As a CMIO, he has led multiple healthcare organizations to implement a digital strategy focused on the patient, providers, and the organization. He has recently worked as a Senior Physician Executive at Oracle Health Corporation and helped multiple healthcare organizations implement and optimize the EHR platform formerly known as Cerner. He has worked on implementing multiple types of digital solutions that help connect healthcare and non-healthcare organizations through a single platform so a person in the community can get all the resources they need from within their community. He has implemented multiple telehealth solutions throughout his career. He is developing and has helped develop and implement innovative AI solutions to solve the problems of today’s healthcare challenges.

As an active practicing pediatrician with multiple state licenses, he understands how healthcare delivery can be challenging for providers. He has personally experienced the consequences of these challenges. Dr. Nag has championed work that helps reduce the burnout of providers who are the heart and soul of each care delivery model. He has worked to create systems of care that allow physicians and providers to thrive in living their passion for providing care to their patients.

His professional journey includes pivotal roles as CMO/CMIO at Three Rivers Health Center for Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians; VP/CMO/CMIO at Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital (KSBH); and General Pediatrician at KSBH, Texas Children's Hospital, and multiple other clinics and hospitals. His work in helping providers and organizations to deploy a person-centric system of care that emphasizes the people, builds strong agile processes, and integrates technology to aid in the process of healthcare delivery, both locally and internationally, underscores his commitment to the people around him, innovation, and global health.

Dr. Nag holds numerous medical licenses, is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, and has completed advanced training in Healthcare Delivery Improvement. He holds a Ph.D. in Immunology & Microbiology and an MD from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and has a rich history of teaching engagements, publications, and awards.

Brianna Hennessy Rivera, MSN, RN comes from a medical lineage with her PhD nurse mother and her pioneer cardiothoracic surgeon grandfather. She passed her NCLEX in California in 2014, received her Master’s in Nursing in 2021 from Point Loma Nazarene University, is currently a Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner student at Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University, and is actively seeking her Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification by the end of 2024.

Brianna is a seasoned ambulatory care nurse within Federally Qualified Health Centers, Tribal Health Clinics, and non-profit organizations with a record of success unearthing continuous, patient-focused value through strategic planning, deliberate execution, and intelligent allocation of education opportunities for increased efficiency in outpatient patient care settings. Her passion for patient care for underserved patient populations fuels her dedication to providing resources and creating better access to safe and reliable ambulatory healthcare settings for those who need it most.

Richard Moves Camp is a fifth-generation Lakota healer, elder, tribal historian, and spiritual leader. He is a tribal authority on Lakota history, culture, and religion based on five generations of ancestral family memory and a living oral tradition dating back to the pre-reservation period. Richard and his family have been pivotal in the preservation and revitalization of Lakota religion and spirituality throughout the twentieth century. Often risking persecution, his family preserved many of the ceremonial ways that were once outlawed by the United States government. A well-known and highly respected elder, Richard holds a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis in Behavioral Health from Sinte Gleska University. Based on Lakota spiritual laws, Richard developed a traditional training curriculum that improves self-esteem and self-efficacy of youth living in conditions that put them at high risk for suicide, violence and addiction. He works extensively with both reservation and urban Indian communities and is a consultant for the International Indian Treaty Council, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, the Native American Health Center in Oakland, and the Friendship House Association of American Indians in San Francisco.

As a traditional spiritual leader and a Mental Health Specialist, Richard is often asked to provide talks on suicide prevention and wellness. He also has extensive knowledge of medicinal plants, Lakota philosophy and remedies to utilize in healing ceremonies for prevention, treatment and recovery of illness, trauma and grief.

As a defender of Native sovereignty, religious freedom, the protection of sacred sites, and environmental and economic justice everywhere, Richard has testified before the United States Senate and the United Nations. His work is rooted in the simple yet profound Lakota virtue: to be a good relative to the human and non-human world.

Ryan Ceurvorst brings more than two decades of experience in marketing and communications. He specializes in providing traditional and digital marketing strategic plans, graphic design, web development, and implementation services. He has worked with for-profit, non-profit, and government organizations across multiple sectors, including retail, technology, health, transportation, education, finance, energy, environment, and real estate. He has a BFA in Interior Design and an MBA in Sustainable Business, with a concentration in Community Economic Development.

Most recently, he has developed brand and design guidelines for Indigenous Healthcare Advancements and CTCLUSI’s Three Rivers Health Center, as well as the marketing and communications launch plan for the Three Rivers Health Center grand opening in 2024.

David Christensen is a practicing Architect and Planner, based in Bellingham, Washington. Over the last 43 years, he has worked on most every kind of project type you can think of, including numerous types of outpatient healthcare facilities. He has received over 40 National & Regional Design Awards.

A broad base of experience has allowed him to specialize in facilitating collaborative Master Plan Design Charrettes, or fast-paced Planning Workshops, in association with other specialists and facility stakeholders, because he knows the rules-of-thumb for most all building types. This happens in an intensive, 2-5 day time period to quickly determine project feasibility, scope and budget.

He has worked on many Sustainable and Tribal projects since the 70’s, including a solar-heated oyster hatchery for the Shinnecock Tribe in New York, Master Plan designs for Commercial, Hotel, Residential and Gaming projects with Lummi, Swinomish and Chehalis Tribes. He has facilitated over 200 design charrettes, nationally.

Dave Oravec grew up in Central Pennsylvania and is the son of a steel mill worker and stay at home mother. Dave has over 25 years of healthcare experience serving as an occupational therapist in his early career and has held multiple healthcare operational executive leadership positions in non-profit and for-profit systems. Dave has spent his career working in the East Coast (OH, PA and FL) region. He has spent his last 2 years working in tribal healthcare in the West Coast (Northern and Southern CA) region.

Dave has served on community boards for over 15 years. He has served as a board advisor on various community and healthcare related boards including “start-up” boards and continues to serve as an advisory member to an FQHC look-a-like board. He also has vast experience in strategic planning, working with healthcare leaders in formulating strategy and implementing growth opportunities.

Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree with a major in Psychology and Occupational Therapy from the University of Pittsburgh and an MBA from Louisiana State University.

Amy Renee is an intuitive counselor that focuses on helping others achieve balance within themselves. Her personal mission is to share her intuition to guide people, help them heal, achieve personal goals, and to bring them clarity on their path. She has been working with people around the world for more than a decade. She teaches others how to connect spiritually for mental strength, finding hope and answers from spirit, in a nonjudgmental and compassionate way.

Davon Smith has helped healthcare providers optimize their revenue cycles for more than 20 years. He has served a range of clients across academic medical centers, multi-care healthcare facilities, tribally managed integrated health systems including Federally Qualified Health Care facilities (FQHC), Rural Health Clinics (RHC), Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), and Outpatient Treatment Programs (OTP).

Davon has designed and implemented revenue cycle solutions for clients ranging in size from $10 million to over $200 million in net revenue. Across his client engagements, he has touched all aspects of revenue cycle transformation, but specializes in patient access management, patient accounting, coding compliance, billing compliance, health information management, and utilization review. For numerous clients, he has led the evaluation and implementation of revenue cycle operations.

Davon studied Business Management at Southwestern College and Health Information Technology at Santa Barbara City College. Davon is a graduate of Kaplan College studies in Healthcare Management.