Convene Healthcare's Brightest Stars
Leadership is driven by dialogue.
The Rudish Health Exchange assembles some of healthcare’s foremost executives at bi-annual, invite only forums. A frank exchange of insights and concerns, challenges and opportunities forms the bedrock of our collaboration, where every complexity is on the table and no obstacle is too fearsome for consideration.
The Rudish Health Exchange harnesses our unique convening power to understand and shape the future of healthcare. Another way in which our leaders lead our industry.
Meet Our Advisors
Nancy Howell Agee
Exchange Senior Advisor
Former CEO of Carilion Clinic and a nationally-recognized, award-winning healthcare leader Agee chaired the American Hospital Association, Atlantic Union Bank and The Joint Commission.
Cathy Jacobson
Exchange Senior Advisor
Former CEO of Froedtert ThedaCare Health and one of Modern Healthcare’s “most influential leaders,” Jacobson’s extensive experience spans healthcare finance, strategy, and compliance.
John “Jack” Lynch
Exchange Senior Advisor
Former CEO of the award-winning health system Main Line Health and Governor of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Lynch serves on numerous non-profit boards.
Ninfa Saunders
Exchange Senior Advisor
Former CEO of Navient Health and a Beckers’ “130 Women Hospital & Health System Leaders to Know,” Saunders’ extensive board experience includes Horizon BCBS (NJ).
Bob Clarke
Senior Advisor
Market-recognized advisor with 40+ years of experience helping major healthcare providers implement solutions to financial, strategic, regulatory, and operational issues.
Jessica Rudish
Principal
Principal of Rudish Health, leading the firm’s talent acquisition practice, Rudish specializes in executive search and interim leadership for healthcare organizations of all sizes.
Russ Rudish
Principal
Russ Rudish is a principal at Rudish Health, which he founded in 2014 after more than 30 years of serving health care organizations, primarily leading professional services firms.
Keith Southerland
Senior Client Relationship Executive
Seasoned executive search leader who has conducted over 1,000 searches for prominent multi-hospital health systems, professional associations, and hospitals.
A Room Like No Other.
Aligned with our Senior Advisors, who’ve spent decades shaping our industry, and bolstered with the peerless experience of its members, the Rudish Health Exchange sets the agenda that powers healthcare’s future.
Helping Healthcare
Companies Succeed
Truly, it’s as simple as that. Our mission is to help healthcare companies succeed.
We’ll continue to do so every single day in every single way we can. Whether through placing the exactly-right executive for long-term success, securing the interim leader who will make an immediate impact, or connecting clients to the strategic partners they need to innovate, transform, and lead, Rudish Health is here to help. And, together with our wonderful clients, we’re sure in our conviction that, when we work together, the best is yet to come.