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Julie leads performance management programs and national networks for Vizient.&nbsp;In this role, she oversees quality, safety and clinical leadership programs, technical sales and solution delivery, and data science and member insights.
Having begun her career in nursing, Cerese has focused the majority of her professional work on clinical quality and performance improvement. She has conducted extensive studies on the factors that differentiate top performers and works with clinicians and health system executives to achieve their objectives regarding organizational performance and patient experience. In addition, she is the author of many journal articles on quality, performance improvement and clinical topics.
Cerese previously led the University HealthSystem Consortium&rsquo;s extensive performance improvement products and services. She oversaw its Intelligence&trade; suite of performance improvement platforms, including informatics, analytics, quality programs and research, and nursing and physician leadership activities. Cerese also provided direction for the Quality and Accountability Study, which was the basis for the nationally recognized Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award, presented by Vizient to the top-performing academic medical centers each year. 
 
Cerese&rsquo;s substantial knowledge of clinical quality improvement was supplemented by her role as director of quality and infection control at Chicago&rsquo;s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she leveraged her clinical quality improvement experience. Prior to that, she served as senior director of University HealthSystem Consortium&rsquo;s clinical process improvement area.
Cerese holds a doctorate from Loyola University with a focus on interprofessional education and collaboration. She also holds a master&rsquo;s degree and bachelor&rsquo;s degree in nursing, both from the Loyola University Chicago Niehoff School of Nursing.

Group Senior Vice President, Performance Management and National Networks

Julie Cerese, PhD, RN, MSN

Beth oversees analytical modeling, metric development, and the hospital ranking/scoring methodology and framework for Vizient members. Additionally, Beth supports member scenario and impact analysis regarding changes to the national landscape, including CMS Pay for Performance Program methods and publicly reported measures and methodology.
Prior to coming to Vizient, Beth was the Manager of Quality Analytics at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis, Missouri. In that role, Beth was responsible for statistical support including case-control analysis, risk prediction, and multi-factorial analysis across the BJC HealthCare. Beth has 15 years of experience in statistical analysis and modeling. Some of Beth&rsquo;s key accomplishments and experience include providing advanced analytical support for major hospital strategic initiatives and providing system wide analytical support.
Beth has Masters&rsquo; degrees in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University and Business Administration from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. Beth earned her Bachelor of Science in Statistics from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and is a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Senior Vice President, Data Science & Methodology

Beth Godsey, MSPA, MBA

Nicole (Nikki) is responsible for the Vizient Chief Nurse, Quality and Medical Executives National and System Clinical Executive Networks. A nurse for over 25 years, with an emphasis on nursing leadership, Nikki joined Vizient in 2018 as a senior networks director with National Networks. In this role, she led the development of new networks, which hold strategic priority for Vizient including System Chief Nurse Executives and other network needs as they arose.
Most recently, she worked as a nurse leader at a level one trauma center and enjoyed the opportunity to lead in both the acute care and ambulatory environments. The focus of her work has been interprofessional team development, operational and clinical improvement &ndash; including but not limited to &ndash; capacity management, employee engagement, dyad team development, increased operational efficiency/finance, improved patient outcomes and nursing leader development.
In addition to her role with Vizient, Nikki serves on the Board of the Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Leaders, the Board of a local not for profit with a focus on optimizing care for those with dementia, Dementia Innovations and has served as an adjunct professor in the Marquette School of Nursing, teaching a nursing doctoral course in ethics and health advocacy. Nationally, Nikki has served on the American Organization of Nurse Leaders Publication Committee, contributing to the development of the Voice of Nursing Leadership publication and the AONL Advocacy Committee.
Nikki earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996, a Master of Occupational Therapy from the University of Indianapolis in 1998, and a doctorate in nursing with an emphasis on systems leadership and healthcare quality from Marquette University in 2018. She holds certification as a nurse executive-advanced from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Nicole (Nikki) Gruebling, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Shoshana Krilow, senior vice president of public policy and government relations, leads Vizient&rsquo;s Public Policy and Government Relations office, monitoring and advocating on federal legislative and regulatory developments of importance to Vizient and its members.
Prior to joining Vizient, Krilow served as director of health and clinical affairs for the University of California, focusing on issues related to health policy and biomedical research for the UC Health system. Krilow has also worked as a strategic advisor to health sector clients with a particular concentration on Medicare, the pharmaceutical and insurance industries, and the Affordable Care Act.
Krilow brings deep legislative expertise to Vizient having spent several years on Capitol Hill, where she worked as a health policy advisor for members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Prior to her work on Capitol Hill, Krilow worked as an analyst, investment advisor, and regional, internal wholesaler for Goldman, Sachs and Co., Smith Barney, and J.P. Morgan respectively.
Krilow received her law degree from The Ohio State University in 2007 and became a member of the Ohio State Bar later that year. She is also a graduate of the University of Michigan where she received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Psychology.

Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Relations

Shoshana Krilow

Blending clinical leadership and informatics experience, David is responsible for driving numerous key initiatives for Vizient, including growing the Center for Advanced Analytics, leading the development of risk-adjustment methodologies and increasing the engagement of physicians and other clinicians. The Center brings together analytics from multiple clinical and operational offerings to provide insights to members across the continuum of care.
David joined the company in 2010 after serving as medical director of the emergency department at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago. He also served as a physician leader for information technology upgrades, including expansion of computerized physician order entry and documentation improvements. His background includes consulting for emergency departments and physician groups to optimize informatics, quality and compliance.
David earned a doctor of medicine degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Michigan. He is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Rush Medical School in Chicago and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

David Levine, MD, FACEP

With a health care career spanning more than 25 years, Jim has extensive experience in health care advisory services with hospitals, health systems and physician practices nationwide. The nature of his health care consulting includes hospital/physician alignment, value-based care initiatives, bundled payments, strategic planning, new service development and implementation services.
Prior to joining Vizient, Jim was a founder of TRG Health Care Solutions, a hospital/physician alignment company he led for 14 years. Previous to TRG, Reilly led the health care consulting division for GE Medical Systems. He has led more than 350 projects during his consulting career with a proven track record in physician relations, project management, communications, team building and financial analysis.
Jim is a national speaker and often presents to organizations such as American College of Cardiovascular Administrators (ACCA), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), American Medical Group Association (AMGA), Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).Jim received a bachelor of science degree in finance from the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Jim Reilly

Diana leads regulatory/accreditation advisory services with a team consisting of nurses, physicians, and life safety advisors. She provides education and coaching for member organizations&rsquo; compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) standards and the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation, including compliance assessments, education, intra survey coaching and post survey response activities including clarifications, corrections and adverse decision response.
Diana brings more than 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to joining Vizient, she spent five years in quality management leadership and 10 years in acute care operational management. She&rsquo;s held multiple leadership roles, including accreditation and regulatory compliance, nursing, performance improvement, utilization review, medical staff quality, case management and clinical risk management. As a registered nurse, Diana has worked in critical care, the medical and surgical field, peri-operative and emergency care services.
Diana is a licensed registered nurse in the state of Virginia and is a certified professional in healthcare quality. She holds a master of healthcare administration from Saint Joseph&rsquo;s College in Maine and an associate degree of nursing from Southeastern Community College in Iowa.

Principal, Accreditation Advisory Services

Diana Scott, MHA, RN, CPHQ

Molly leads the product team, development and execution of Vizient's data and digital product strategy for new markets, including: suppliers, distributers, service firms, non-governmental organizations, employers and payers. With internal and external partners, she advances and aligns Vizient&rsquo;s comprehensive product portfolio to industry needs and opportunities, Vizient's managed services as well as customer goals and objectives.
Most recently, Molly led a team focused on the strategic alignment of spend management services with health system and supplier strategies through all areas of non-labor expense across the entire healthcare supply chain. Her scope included programs focused specifically on sustainability, supply assurance, price assurance and insights/intelligence.
Through Vizient Member Networks, Molly was previously responsible for connecting more than 320 provider organizations, including system-level executives and clinical leaders in supply chain and Vizient's Large Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) Supply Network (LISN), representing 20-25 of the nation's largest health systems and more than 500 acute care facilities, to share leading practices and data, and develop high-value solutions.
Molly's work in strategy and operations includes leveraging analytics and sourcing strategies to deliver an average of $27 million in recognized annual value to three healthcare organizations within the supply chain network she was responsible for. She also established the network's clinical leadership council, comprised of chief medical officers and supply chain executives, enabling collaboration of 40 physician leaders in clinical variation reduction.
In the provider sector, Molly was responsible for the clinical program development of a network of clinically integrated, enterprise-wide service line advancing full-continuum trauma/injury care across 900+ locations. Molly served as a co-investigator on a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) clinical research study in partnership with clinical research teams and launched an original cross-continuum program evaluation strategy to demonstrate a positive impact on clinical process and outcome metrics through clinical guidelines. Her efforts inspired a North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services research initiative. Molly also developed trauma outreach strategies, including an mTBI feature during Super Bowl XLVII.
As a two-time grad of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Molly minored in English, received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and later completed her Master of Healthcare Administration. She now serves on the Next Generation Committee of the Board of UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School and a member of the 100 Women initiative.

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