Additionally, Virginia has oversight for business growth for all major hospital services lines from neurosciences to oncology and everything in-between.  Her operational expertise and effective leadership are well-known in the industry.

She has a remarkable history of fostering cultures of innovation and inclusion and thrives in navigating the industry’s complex and evolving environment while leading teams to produce exceptional and long-lasting results.  She is a certified executive and life coach and has also consulted for hospitals across the country in Illinois, Texas, New Jersey and Maryland.

Kelly brings 20 years of executive management experience in healthcare, with expertise in business development, executive recruitment,  strategic planning, enterprise operations, service line development,  physician recruitment, and leadership development training. He holds a BS in Chemistry and an MBA with formal training in advanced statistical analysis and mathematics.

With extensive experience across multiple healthcare settings, from community hospitals to large integrated healthcare systems, Kelly has a proven ability in partnering with healthcare executives and board members to identify exceptional talent and cultivate winning leadership teams.  His dedication to making a positive impact extends beyond healthcare, as he actively serves as President Elect of his local Rotary and numerous charities both locally and nationally.

Michael Kulisz Jr. is a physician and senior healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience. As a Board-Certified Emergency Medicine physician, he founded an Emergency Medicine group and Hospitalist group which he led for over 25 years. For the past 12 years, he has served as the Chief Medical Officer for an Academic Healthcare Network. Dr. Kulisz recognizes the need for physicians to balance their vocation and their life along with recognizing the importance to ready physicians for leadership roles. Dr. Kulisz partners with Hospital Executives and Physicians, providing Physician Leadership Development, Resiliency training, and Burnout avoidance. Dr. Kulisz developed his proprietary FOCUS model assisting numerous physicians to acquire the tools needed to develop leadership skills, allowing them to first lead themselves and then others. Dr. Kulisz has been working with COORS Leadership Capital for the last two years and is committed to the mission, vision and values of COORS Leadership.

Derrick joined the COORS Team in early 2021 on the DOD SkillBridge program, which allows service members transitioning from the military to serve a six-month internship with a private employer.

After retiring from the Navy after over 10 years of service as a SEAL, Derrick came on fulltime with COORS in August of 2021.

His experience in Naval Special Warfare exposed him to a multitude of challenges, both physical and mental which has only enhanced his leadership and problem-solving skills. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Charleston West Virginia in Organizational Leadership and Derrick is pursuing his MHA at George Washington University to enhance his skillset and further his career in the Healthcare Industry.

Susan Leys is a healthcare consultant who combines her skills of process improvement, program development, coaching, and training in healthcare to assist professionals and teams with developing the critical interpersonal strategies necessary to work compassionately and collaboratively within fast-paced, acute healthcare environments.

In addition to assisting healthcare organizations with the retention of clinical teams during her 30-year career in healthcare, Susan has developed 25 programs in inpatient and outpatient settings in behavioral health, crisis management, and traumatic stress. She has trained hundreds of professionals and presented in grand rounds, conferences, and community and government organizations.

Susan’s passion is consulting, coaching, and training the healthcare professionals and teams who care for all of us and seeing results in the collaboration and cohesiveness of top-notch teams providing compassionate and empathic care for the patients and families they serve. She has her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, two Graduate Certificates in High-Performance Leadership, and The Business of Medicine and is a John Maxwell Certified coach.

Physician Solutions:

The COORS Physician Advisory Council, or PAC™, is a signature program that closes the gap between medical staff and administrative leaders. PAC™ produces long-term hospital and physician alignment that fosters communication between your organization’s leadership and its care providers through transparency and trust.

Our expert Physician Advisors work closely with your organizational leaders to develop a tailored PAC™ program that will engage distinct organizational perspectives to plan and direct the organization’s strategic focus.

 Maximize your Physician Recruitment strategy to enhance Physician Recruitment/ Retention/OnBoarding.

Executive Search:

At COORS, we do more than fill open positions, we find long-term leaders who align with an organization’s culture and act as a guiding force for continued success. For more than 22 years, our team has connected some of the nation’s top healthcare organizations, and academic institutions with exceptional leaders who have the intellectual, communication, emotional intelligence, and developmental skills that take organizations from good to great!

With a proven process for candidate selection and placement, each individual is thoroughly evaluated to ensure they have the appropriate expertise to accomplish organizational goals while becoming a cohesive member of existing leadership teams. The COORS approach is anchored on our reputation of quality and integrity and has helped organizations dramatically reduce recruiting costs and cycle times while delivering sought-after talent that raises the bar for impactful leadership.

Board Education:

COORS Services for Hospital Boards:

• Unbiased, independent evaluation of the board including a comprehensive review & analysis
• Board Retreats from facilitation to complete organization of the event
• Education of contemporary issues facing boards
• Evaluation of board effectiveness by using various evaluation tools

Organizational Assessments: COORS’ advisors can provide hospital and physician practice evaluations ensuring all regulatory requirements are met, while providing recommendations to ensure hospitals and/or physician practices are the most efficient and effective they can be.

Resource Management: COORS provides evaluation and training for clients on High-Reliability Organizations, Resource Management and Risk Mitigation to ensure organizations are the most efficient and effective they can be while ensuring the highest quality, best safety practices, and lowering liability.

High Reliability Organizations: A tactfully-planned risk management strategy is integral to protecting your organization’s people, revenue, and earning potential. At COORS, we approach risk broadly and work closely with organizations to develop risk mitigation processes that minimize the adverse effects of accidental losses.

Our experienced risk management professionals use a High Reliability Organization-driven approach to develop a strategic framework that will help control risk factors while streamlining reactions and outcomes. This proven framework helps to minimize the probability of risk and the costs associated with mitigating accidental or unexpected events.

As a trusted partner for many healthcare organizations and academic institutions, COORS will assist you in developing a risk mitigation strategy that protects all aspects of your organization.

Chris Engles has over forty years of business experience, numerous leadership positions, and recruiting high quality individuals. Chris retired from the Navy in 2013 after thirty-two years of active service. During his years of service, he was responsible for recruiting, managing, and leading groups of people from five to over eighty-five thousand. Chris formed groups of people into cohesive organizations that not only complete but exceeded all mission assignments and expectations. Leading a Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on deployment with over sixty aircraft was his high mark at sea and leading eighty-five thousand people on seventy-two Naval facilities around the world was his final assignment in the Navy. Chris has three years international experience with private industry in educating and implementation of personnel throughout Europe and Africa on leadership, process improvement, and risk mitigation. Throughout his career he has been known as the person who can not only do but can educate others. For the last year Chris has been working with COORS Leadership Capitol as a consultant focusing on recruiting and leadership training. Chris is committed to the Mission, Vision and Values of COORS Leadership Capital.

Cheryl Coors began her career in nursing and progressively transitioned through practice management, Biotech sales management, and executive search. With over 30 years of healthcare experience, Cheryl gives a unique perspective in understanding the challenges facing the healthcare industry.

Today, she has established herself as one of the top Search Consultants in the recruiting industry and has expanded her services to include leadership development training, executive coaching, and board education. In 1999, Cheryl founded COORS to bring the highest standard of professionalism, integrity, and personalized service to the healthcare search industry. She has successfully placed over 500 professionals at varying levels and transformed numerous organizations.

Cheryl is a certified Behavioral Analyst and has a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration. Cheryl is an active board member for two non-profit organizations in Charlotte, NC.

Leadership Development: With team-based patient care driving operational efficiency, risk mitigation, and quality of service, it’s imperative that your organization has impactful leaders that perpetuate cohesion and performance. At COORS, our experienced team of certified behavioral analysts and leadership experts deliver customized training programs that strengthen your current leadership teams and cultivate skills in emerging leaders.

Through an integrated approach that addresses communication, relationship building, and performance motivators, COORS’ Leadership Development Training helps organizations:

• Cultivate the professional development of their people for optimized performance
• Develop behavioral awareness and intelligence
• Proactively learn to become an integral part of a competitive, ever-changing environment

Interim Leaders: An interim leader can be pivotal to overcoming challenges of an evolving organization. Large operational projects or the unexpected absence of a leader requires the support of temporary, but highly-impactful leaders who have distinct skill sets to address issues and champion a positive transition. COORS has the interim leaders you need to take your organization to the next level of operational efficiency.

Our network of interim professionals are seasoned executive candidates who have experience in all facets of healthcare, including small rural facilities, large urban medical centers, and academic institutions. COORS’ interim executives are able to rapidly capture organizational insights and develop strategies to overcome the obstacles of fast-paced change.

When you’re in need of an impactful transitional leader, allow our expert Interim Leadership professionals to guide your organization to transformational success.