RHLM/NCHE Spring Symposium: Healthcare Forward: Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce, Leadership, and Technology

Megan Reidy

Vice President of Clinical Operations

eVisit

https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-riedy/

Megan Reidy has an extensive background as a registered nurse and clinical operations executive. She's spent nearly 15 years within traditional healthcare systems (Cleveland Clinic and University hospitals of Cleveland) and 4 years working with a government contracting company.  Her experience spans emergency nursing leadership, large-scale workforce operations, and system-level care delivery. During the COVID response in New York City, she served as Chief Nursing Officer for the GovCon response in the city, and led workforce strategy and clinical operations across acute care hospitals, field hospitals, isolation facilities, mobile programs, and occupational health programs, navigating significant staffing, compliance, and operational constraints.

Megan Reidy currently serve as Vice President of Clinical Operations for a national telehealth platform, where my work focuses on clinical governance, clients' workforce design, and operational execution across enterprise and public sector environments.

She has spent much of my career building and stabilizing workforce models in complex, high pressure settings, with an emphasis on practicality, sustainability, and real world execution.

Megan Maxwell

Workforce Planning & Optimization Lead (SME)

Andrew Morgan

https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-stanton-maxwell/

My background includes 20 years as a military healthcare executive and current consulting work focused on workforce optimization, governance, and data driven decision making. I work at the intersection of workforce data, policy, and operations to help healthcare leaders move beyond headcount-based approaches toward models that align skills, demand, and organizational priorities.

Through direct involvement in workforce redesign initiatives, system modernization efforts, and cross functional collaboration, I have observed which models gain traction and which fail due to lack of integration between strategy and execution. I would contribute insights on leadership capabilities required to guide workforce transformation, the role of functional translation in enabling change, and practical approaches organizations are using today to build sustainable, future ready healthcare workforces.

Sean McCleary

Vice President, Professional Services

Inova Health System

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-mccleary-46238524/

Sean has been with Inova for 5 ½ years. During his time Inova, he has worked as a service line and operational leader for professional services. In this work, he oversees areas of pharmacy, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, respiratory therapy, clinical nutrition and blood donor services for the Inova Health System. He works to grow standardize clinical practices and grow business opportunities across these areas.

Prior to joining Inova, he worked for Bon Secours Health System is Richmond Virginia. There he held progressive leadership roles over the course of eight years where he started as an Administrative Fellow. Sean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health from Brigham Young University and a Masters Degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota.

Sean and his wife live in Fairfax County and are the proud parents of four amazing children!

Caroline Sutter

Co-Director, Center for Health Workforce and Professor, College of Public Health & School of Nursing

George Mason University-College of Public Health/Center for Health Workforce

https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-sutter-9074477b/

Caroline Sutter serves as Co-Director of the George Mason University Center for Health Workforce, where she leads statewide workforce analytics, strategy, and partnership initiatives focused on strengthening health career pipelines and improving workforce supply, distribution, and equity. Her work spans data integration, dashboard development, and employer-informed workforce planning across nursing, public health, and allied health professions. As a Professor in the College of Public Health and School of Nursing, she is actively engaged in doctoral education, curriculum development, and academic governance, with a focus on translating data into actionable workforce policy and practice.

Judy Ewald

Retired

Retired (previously with Healthcare Performance Improvement/Press Ganey and the Inova Health System)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-perry-ewald/

Judy Ewald is a results-oriented healthcare consultant with vast expertise in assisting organizations to achieve a safe and reliable culture.  She has established capabilities in reliability culture transformation and utilizes exceptional project management, interpersonal, and communication skills to achieve desired outcomes.  Judy spent fifteen years as a safety/ reliability consultant for Healthcare Performance Improvement/ Press Ganey where she specialized in working with mega and large healthcare systems to reduce preventable patient and workforce harm.  Before that, she served as the Assistant Vice-President for Quality, Safety, and Performance Improvement for the Inova Health System.  She holds a Bachelor's degree in Education from the University of Maryland and a Master's in Public Administration from George Mason University

Ron Ewald

Retired

Retired (previously the Executive in Residence for the Dept. of Health Administration and Policy, VP of Inova Health System, and the COO/CFO of Inova Fairfax Hospital)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-ewald-411a569/

Ron Ewald is a retired healthcare executive, having spent 45+ years in the industry. He has extensive experience in the operational and financial aspects of care delivery. He spent the last 20+ years of his career at Inova Fairfax Medical Center, a 1,000+ bed tertiary care facility in Northern Virginia, where he initially served as the facility’s Chief Financial Officer and ultimately added the role of Chief Operating Officer.

He retired from Inova in January 2020.

Throughout his career, Ron’s responsibilities extended well outside of finance. At various times he had executive responsibility for clinical programs such as surgical services, solid organ and bone-marrow transplant, and physical medicine/rehabilitation, as well as plant operations, hospitality services, supply chain, volunteers, safety/security, and disaster management.

In 2021 he was selected as the first Executive in Residence in George Mason University’s Department of Health Administration and Policy.

He fully retired in 2025.

Scott Hughes

Defense Health Strategic BD Manager

Leidos

https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesscotthughesfache/

Colonel (retired) Scott Hughes served as an Air Force Medical Service Corps officer from 2001 – 2024. Now at Leidos, Scott applies his 23 years of healthcare leadership experience to ‘bring the future faster’ to military medicine through technology and innovation. 



Throughout his military career, Scott served in many healthcare roles including medical logistics officer, patient administration officer, chief financial officer, chief of staff, and chief executive officer. He also deployed to combat zones three times and led several major TRICARE benefit reforms at the Defense Health Agency. 



After completing his work on the TRICARE program in 2016, Scott commanded three medical squadrons back-to-back at each Scott AFB, Bagram AB, and Nellis AFB. Scott then commanded the 87th Medical Group at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst where, as the Medical Treatment Facility’s Director (CEO), he spearheaded the reception of more than 13,000 refugees airlifted from Afghanistan on short notice. Afterward, Scott was nominated by the Air Force Surgeon General to serve as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Director for the A.T. Augusta Military Medical Center, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, where he led a team of 3,400 healthcare professionals serving 240,000 patients across four Northern Virginia locations. 



Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College and both a Master of Health Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. 



His awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and the Defense 

Meritorious Service Medal.