Healthcare Administration Alumni Career Profiles
Emmanuel Arinze
MBA and MHA
Emmanuel is a strong business professional with a demonstrated history of working in the health, education, business, architecture, and planning industries. He is also interested in sports, finance, management and consulting as hobbies. He is interested in data-driven operational efficiency in healthcare systems, project management and quality improvement logistics.
Madison Burrell
MBA and MHA
In 2022, Madison earned her Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration. Driven by a passion for both healthcare and business, she continued her academic journey and obtained a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) in 2023. Currently, she serve as the Executive Director at Azure Stone Mental Health & Wellness. The organization is dedicated to delivering comprehensive mental health services to the communities they serve.
Isaac Bush
MBA and MHA
Isaac is a Regional Operations Director for DaVita Kidney Care based in Denver, Colorado. His role includes operational ownership of 15 outpatient dialysis clinics and home dialysis programs (P&L ~ $40M) from East Denver to Western Nebraska. His passion is developing business operators and clinical care teams that simultaneously provide a first-class patient experience and achieve essential for-profit outcomes. This approach has proven successful, with each of his past and current locations achieving a 4- or 5-Star CMS rating and previous ventures experiencing an average 167% increase in profitability under his care. His leadership philosophy can be summarized by one of his favorite television shows, Ted Lasso: "Be curious, not judgmental." When he is not working, Isaac can be found taking in a Red Sox game, working on a home renovation project, and spending time with his wife and two boys.
Ethan Gee
MHA
Ethan is originally from Anchorage, Alaska. From 2018-2022 he attended BYU-Idaho in Rexburg Idaho, starting as a Computer Science major and then switching to a Bachelors in Healthcare Administration. After graduating with his Bachelors, he started his MHA degree in 2023 at Idaho State University. He graduated in May 2024. He is currently participating in an operations focused Administrative Fellowship Program at Hospital Sisters Health System, a multi-state health system based out of Springfield, Illinois. This health system and fellowship program serves the states of Illinois and Wisconsin. He will be a fellow from July 2024 - December 2025.
Tiffany Mecham
MHA and FACMPE
Tiffany Mecham, MHA, FACMPE is a Fellow and Board-Certified Medical Practice Executive (FACMPE) through the American College of Medical Practice Executives. She is the Practice Administrator at Idaho Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation(IPMR), PA. IPMR is a practice of board certified Physiatrists and has two regional clinic locations and an Ambulatory Surgery Center. A graduate of Idaho State University, Tiffany has a Masters of Healthcare Administration (2022), Bachelor of Healthcare Administration (2011), and a Minor in Business. She is an active member of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Idaho MGMA (served as past board member).
Sean Stock
MHA
Sean Stock was born and raised in Bear Lake, Idaho. He received his undergraduate education at Idaho State University while seeking to decide his career path. During this time, he met my wife who was studying to become a registered nurse. They were married in his final year of undergraduate school. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration in 2022 with emphasis in healthcare administration. He spent many hours networking with different individuals helping him understand business, and what would be a good career path for him and his family. He spent 3 years as a career path intern at Gateway Transitional Care Center. During this time, Gateway Executive Director Gavin Monteath helped to lead and guide him in his journey to becoming an executive director himself. While at Gateway, he spent time working to develop a recruitment and retention program. This program caused Sean to spend months working with high level leaders, and after the launch, he was able to witness a dramatic decrease in turnover. He also helped lead a dietary department to provide higher quality of food while managing food costs during rising inflation. This experience, along with attending high level executive meetings, solidified his desire to continue in the healthcare field to make a difference. He completed his masters degree in health care administration at Idaho State University in 2024 while working full time with Gateway. During this time, many executives helped prepare him to take over an operation. Shortly after, he received an offer to take over the McCall Rehabilitation and Care Center as the executive director.
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Maya Tillotson
MHA
Maya is from Idaho, being raised in the modest town of Nampa. She is passionate about the healthcare field and helping her community become healthier one step at a time.
She found her calling in the healthcare administration field for her life-long career. She believes doctors, nurses, and pharmacists are so important to the healthcare field, but so is administration. She believes administration is the backbone of any medical establishment, and she want to aid others as much as she can by being that backbone.
She has managed a specialty, private clinic in the Treasure Valley, supervised a healthcare academic office, and currently is the operations manager of a residential, recovery facility. She interned at Idaho State University's Student Health Center, Steele Memorial Medical Center in Salmon, Idaho, the Southeastern Idaho Health Department in Pocatello, with John Hopkins Medicine remotely, and with Idaho State University's College of Business. Throughout her roles and responsibilities, Maya has been able to enhance many skills such as human resources, compliance, public relations, community outreach, quality metrics, inter-professional collaboration, leadership skills, and managerial skills.
She is furthering her education within healthcare administration by obtaining her American College of Medical Practice Executives (ACMPE) Certification through the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).
Bridger West
DO and MHA
Dr. Bridger West was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho. He attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and received his BS in Microbiology in 2019. He then attended the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine (ICOM) where he enrolled in the Idaho State University (ISU) MHA program. He graduated concurrently from ICOM and ISU in 2023 receiving both his DO and MHA degrees. He is currently completing his surgical residency training in Obstetric and Gynecology in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Dr. West plans to return home to Southeast Idaho to practice medicine upon completion of his residency training. He enjoys spending time with his family and going on adventures year round the Idaho mountains.