Joel Hornberger, MHS is the Chief Strategy Officer and National Training and Consulting Director at Cherokee Health Systems, a federally-qualified community health center and community mental health center in Tennessee.  In this position, he is responsible for developing and executing the strategic direction of Cherokee, including strategic planning, mergers, acquisitions and new business development.  He also provides practice consulting, focusing on integrated care, practice transformation, innovation, and alternative payment strategies.  He consults extensively with national clients regarding integrated care operations, execution, integrated care financial sustainability, and value-based contracting.  Previously, Joel served as Cherokee’s Chief Operating Officer for 25 years, handling the day-to-day operations of its 46 integrated care practice sites across the State.  

Prior to joining Cherokee Health Systems, Joel worked in managed care at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA Health Plans) and Partners National Health Plan.  In these positions, he worked on HMO start-ups, managed care and cost containment strategies. Joel earned a Master’s Degree in Health Services Administration at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.  He completed a 2-year, Kellogg-funded International Health Leadership Fellowship in the International Center for Health Leadership Development at the University of Illinois Chicago. 

Eboni Winford, PhD is a Behavioral Health Consultant and licensed psychologist at Cherokee Health Systems in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Winford is involved in workforce development and is a member of the training committee of CHS’s APA-accredited clinical psychology internship and the APPIC-approved postdoctoral fellowship program. She supervises trainees at multiple levels including postdoctoral fellows, clinical psychology interns, and graduate-level psychology practicum students. Additionally, she is the clinical lead for CHS’s consultation and training program, which provides individualized on-site training to other primary care organizations in their efforts to bring behavioral health and addiction medicine services to their practices. She is currently involved in multiple integrated care initiatives including the refugee medical screening process and the National Institute of Medicine’s All of Us: Precision Medicine Initiative. She also holds membership roles in organizations such as the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association where she was the recipient of CFHA’s 2016 Founders’ Early Career Professionals Award and the co-chair of the Primary Care Behavioral Health Special Interest Group. Dr. Winford earned her degree in Clinical Health Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

DISCLOSURES

Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual have no conflicts with commercial interest companies to disclose. 

• Joel Hornberger, MHS, Speaker
• Sean Laffey, Activity Coordinator
• Kathy Warren, Activity Director
• Eboni Winford, PhD, Speaker