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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Todd Gower.

Todd Gower is the Chief Compliance Officer at L.A. Care Health Plan, bringing a distinctive blend of Big 4 consulting, finance, technology, and healthcare governance expertise to one of the nation’s largest publicly operated health plans. In this role, he leads a broad portfolio that includes corporate and regulatory compliance, enterprise risk management, external audit coordination, organizational ethics, privacy, special investigations, internal audit, delegated provider oversight, and compliance analytics. His focus is on building a culture of compliance that not only meets regulatory expectations—especially across Medicare and Medicaid programs—but also supports L.A. Care’s mission of delivering quality care to its members, providers, and communities.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Betty Tierney.

Betty Thorne Tierney is the Vice President, Litigation for a nationwide retailer. Betty leads the company’s in-house litigation team which actively defends the company’s uninsured litigation across the country. In this role, she has tried cases and arbitrations in numerous jurisdictions. Betty has also argued appeals in several federal districts and before the Missouri Supreme Court. In fulfilling this not so traditional in-house litigation role, Betty works closely with local counsel in the jurisdictions where her cases are pending. A 1990 graduate of Washington University School of Law, Betty spent her first two years of practice in a local law firm and has spent the remaining 33 years of her practice in-house.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Margaret McLean.

Margaret B. McLean is General Counsel, Chief Risk Officer, and Corporate Secretary for TTEC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), a leading global CX (customer experience) technology and services innovator for AI-enabled solutions for many of the world’s most iconic and disruptive brands.

Ms. McLean joined TTEC in 2013, and she has global legal, corporate governance, compliance, and risk management responsibilities for the company’s diversified business portfolio in 22 countries on six continents. She has special expertise in corporate governance and risk management, including data privacy, information security, healthcare, financial services, and public sector special regulatory regimes. She is also the executive sponsor for TTEC’s Impact & Sustainability/ESG initiative and the chair of the company’s Responsible AI Council.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Barry Parsons.

Barry Parsons is an Associate General Counsel for General Litigation. Barry litigates cases, advises clients, and manages outside counsel on various legal matters, including employment, contract, housing discrimination, insurance, fraud, counterparty receiverships, securities, and antitrust law. He conducts internal investigations, prepares corporate policies, and advises the company on document retention, e-discovery, information governance, legal hold, privilege, litigation avoidance, and compliance issues.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Leigh Mulholland.

Leigh Mulholland serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (BPU), where she oversees regulatory compliance, regulatory and environmental policy and compliance, enterprise risk management, insurance, and internal audit for both water and electric operations.

Before joining BPU, Leigh spent 16 years at Capital Power Corp (TSE: CPX), a Canadian-based independent power producer, where she served as Chief Compliance Officer from 2015 to 2023. Under her leadership, Capital Power earned Ethisphere’s prestigious World’s Most Ethical Companies designation from 2018 to 2023. Her prior roles at Capital Power spanned Corporate Strategy, Business Planning, M&A and Asset Valuation, Commercial Management, Real-time Operations, and Finance, showcasing her breadth of expertise in the energy sector.

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Kurt Stitcher.

Kurt Stitcher is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at Nihon Kohden North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Nihon Kohden Corporation, a Japan-based medical device manufacturer. Kurt manages all legal and compliance matters for seven North American subsidiaries in this role.

Before NKNA, Kurt served in senior compliance roles in multinational medical device, manufacturing, and technology companies, where he helped design, build, and lead various elements of global compliance programs.

Before he moved in-house, Kurt spent over 20 years as a practicing lawyer, serving as a Litigation, White-Collar Criminal Defense, and Investigations Partner at several global law firms. He also spent several years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Miami, Florida.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Michelle Sharfenberg.

Michelle has over 25 years of legal experience. She has spent most of her career in the medical device industry, providing legal advice to business teams, building compliance programs, and integrating compliance into business operations and culture. Michelle has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for Avanos Medical and Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Cantel Corporation (acquired by Steris Corporation). Before that experience, she held increasing roles in the legal and compliance departments at Integra LifeSciences Corporation, including Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel for Global Operations. She began her career as a law clerk in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania District Court and worked at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP) before joining the medical device industry.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Katherine Cohen, JD, CHC, CHRC.

Katherine is the Chief Compliance Officer of Southern Illinois University (SIU) Medicine. In that role, Kate leads the compliance program for the SIU School of Medicine, the affiliated faculty practice plan, and the SIU, which is a federally qualified health center. Focusing on collaborative, proactive compliance support for the organization, the compliance office is responsible for physician billing auditing and compliance, referral issues, conflict of interest, research compliance, research integrity, and privacy. Before her work with SIU Medicine, Kate worked in healthcare, research compliance, and legal positions. Kate is a Florida International University College of Law and Colgate University graduate with certifications in healthcare compliance and healthcare research compliance from the Healthcare Compliance Association.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Scott Sullivan.

Scott E. Sullivan was most recently the former Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer of Newmont Corporation, the world’s leading gold company. Newmont has approximately 20,000 employees and 25,000 contractors with 12 operating mines and 2 non-operated JVs in 9 countries. Mr. Sullivan oversaw, developed, implemented, and managed Newmont’s integrity and compliance program, including ethics, anti-bribery, corporate investigations, conflicts of interest, and global trade compliance. Previously, Mr. Sullivan was the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer of Flowserve Corporation, a global manufacturer of fluid motion and control products with approximately 17,000 employees operating in 55 countries.

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Steven Robinson.

Steven Robinson (CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPT, FIP, AI Security & Governance) is the former Chief Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel at Ricoh USA, Inc., where he led technology transactions teams and supported U.S.-based technology development, privacy, security, and compliance teams. He spearheaded AI, privacy, and compliance policy development in that role and provided comprehensive legal support for new technology initiatives. When Ricoh acquired it, Mr. Robinson came to Ricoh as the Chief Legal Officer of mindSHIFT Technologies, Inc.. He began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan DA’s Office.

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