Daniel Sullivan, MD, JD, FACEP
President and CEO

Background: Dr. Dan Sullivan is the President and CEO of The Sullivan Group. Dr. Sullivan is board certified in Emergency Medicine, a Fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians, a member of the American Medical Association, and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Cook County Hospital/Rush Medical College. Dr. Sullivan received his law degree from IIT Kent College of Law in 1989. He has been practicing Emergency Medicine for over 25 years.

Dr. Sullivan is the Chairman of the Board at MEA Management, LLC, providing Emergency Medicine contract services to emergency departments, urgent care centers and occupational medicine facilities. He is the Past-Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ingalls Hospital in Harvey, Illinois (1990–2000). He is a Past-President of the Illinois College of Emergency Physicians and was the Executive Editor of the Emergency Department Legal Letter from 1996 to 1998.

Dr. Sullivan has authored numerous patient safety and risk management-related books and articles, including:

• High Risk Acute Care, The Failure to Diagnose, a web-based educational series for Emergency Physicians, Allied Health Professionals and Emergency Nurses.
  
• Co-Editor of Emergency Medicine Risk Management, 2d ED., American College of Emergency Physicians.
  
• Co-Author of Before You Sign - Contract Basics for the Emergency Physician, American College of Emergency Physicians.
  
• Author of EMTALA, A Comprehensive Review, a text and web-based educational program.
  
• Author of numerous web-based educational offerings focused on Emergency Medicine error reduction, quality patient care, risk management and EMTALA.
  
• Dr. Sullivan is a regular speaker on patient safety, risk management, EMTALA, and other medical legal topics for the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has also been a guest speaker for the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, and has provided numerous risk management programs for insurance companies, hospitals, legal firms, and other organizations.

Dr. Sullivan is an expert on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). He has been invited to speak at many hospitals around the country that have organized EMTALA programs, and he has assisted numerous hospitals in response to alleged EMTALA violations.

Background: Sean is responsible for managing TSG’s general operations and financial activities. Sean also works with TSG customers and staff on client-specific consulting engagements, program managing some larger customer initiatives when necessary. Sean honed his quality and project management skills over five years working as a nuclear engineer at Pearl Harbor. After transitioning to business Sean held roles increasing leadership and responsibility in Finance, Management and Operations at Tandem, Compaq and Schwab before coming to The Sullivan Group.

Sean holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaii and an M.B.A. in Finance and Operations from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

Nora Sullivan, RN
V.P. Client Services

Background: Before joining The Sullivan Group, Nora Sullivan spent 25 years in the healthcare field, including service as a registered nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit of Rush Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, where she specialized in treating post surgical open-heart and other critical care patients. Her acumen in emergency care environments and constant drive to improve patient care advanced Nora to the position of Quality Assurance Coordinator of Cook County Hospital, where she honed and employed methodologies to improve safety and performance in each of the organization’s critical care departments, including its ED and Trauma Unit.

For the next eleven years Nora served as the Director of Quality Improvement at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, IL, where she developed superior performance protocols and provided ongoing quality & risk management education to the hospital and medical staff.

Her experience and passion for helping people make Nora an invaluable member of the TSG team. Over the past decade, Nora has performed a vital role in acquiring, supporting and retaining TSG’s client base by providing continuing customer support, product training and account-specific management, as well as directing on-site audits to ensure accuracy and quality. Nora’s role in the creation of the EM Risk Initiative web-based application has been invaluable to the product’s continued development, enhancement and performance.

Looking forward, Nora’s ambitions include the formal launch of TSG’s “Client for Life” program, a project designed to expand client services and take advantage of her talents at an executive level. Nora is also excited about TSG’s entry into the UK and overseas markets, and her role in overseeing company customer relations across the globe.

Tom Coleman
V.P. Information Technology

Background: Tom Coleman has specialized in Information Technology for more than 15 years, including posts as the Network Engineer for Cybertek Corporation and the Custom Software Developer for ICC, Inc., a healthcare-focused network and software development company. Tom’s experience with network infrastructure, interactive software design, security applications, and research and development, coupled with a discerning anticipation of industry trends, makes Tom an apt coordinator of The Sullivan Group’s team of dedicated IT professionals.

During the last decade, Tom has continued his focus on the healthcare sector as a member of The Sullivan Group, utilizing the talents of his team in direct collaboration with Dr. Sullivan, working together to develop interactive products, including TSG’s audit system and online education courses, and establish multi-level security systems for all critical data.

TSG’s gifted IT team enjoys an extremely high customer and product satisfaction rating, owing to their unique devotion to the company’s mission and the services it provides. Tom and his team have expanded their IT undertakings to include directing the development, administration and modification of TSG’s pioneering products to meet the unique needs of the UK market, and providing an adaptive blueprint for the improved delivery and safety of emergency healthcare services in countries around the world.

Jane Negronida
General Counsel

Background: Ms. Negronida is TSG's General Counsel and is a member of the Illinois Bar and United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Ms. Negronida is a native of Boston, Massachusetts. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis on marketing from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1985. Ms. Negronida graduated from The John Marshall Law School in 1994. During law school, Ms. Negronida was staff editor for The Journal of Computer and Information Law. Ms. Negronida has written in the area of securities regulation and is a member of the Health Care Law Committee and Securities Law Committee of the Chicago Bar Association. Ms. Negronida is co-author of the article State (Blue Sky) Exemptions for Private Placements Made in Reliance Upon Regulation D.

Prior to joining TSG, Ms. Negronida was a partner in the healthcare department of Harris Kessler & Goldstein LLC, which served as TSG's outside counsel. Ms. Negronida has experience negotiating and drafting contracts, licensing agreements, employment agreements and shareholder/operating agreements. Ms. Negronida has counseled medical and dental providers, groups, associations and management companies and non-medical entities from inception to dissolution on formation, corporate and health care related issues. Ms. Negronida has negotiated and drafted stock purchase and asset purchase agreements for the purchase and sale of professional practices and non-professional businesses and has advised clients on business structure and planning, state and federal securities law matters, restrictive covenant issues, licensing, Stark II, anti-kickback, HIPAA and related compliance issues.