• Bartholomew G. Nyhan, CLU, MBA
  President & CEO
• Graham Billingham, MD & FACEP
  Executive Vice President
• Douglas D. Wisman, CPA, CPCU, MBA
  Executive Vice President, COO & CFO
• Michelle Hoppes, RN, MS, AHRMQR, DFASHRM
  Senior Vice President

Bartholomew G. Nyhan, MBA, CLU
President and Chief Executive Officer, NCG Enterprises LLC

Professional Affiliations

• NCG Enterprises LLC – May 2002-Current
• MedAmerica Mutual RRG, Inc. September 1997 – May 2002
• Johnson & Higgins, June 1971 - August 1980, April 1995 –August 1997
• Jardine Insurance Brokers, March 1989 – June 1991
• The New Century Group, Inc., June 1991 – March 1995
• Glenn, Nyhan & Associates, August 1980 – December 1988

Professional Accomplishments
Mr. Nyhan has over thirty years of experience in all aspects of the insurance brokerage/consulting, third party administration and alternative risk financing industries. Throughout his career, he has focused on creating solutions for health care industry clients with a particular expertise in risk issues faced by physicians. Mr. Nyhan has an extraordinary record of accomplishments in creating, developing and managing health care provider-owned professional liability insurance companies, as well as several successful consulting organizations.

As President and Chief Executive Officer, he is actively involved in all aspects of its diverse operations. Mr. Nyhan has a particularly strong commitment to supporting efforts targeted at improving quality of care issues in the health care industry.

Among his accomplishments are:

• Leading the development and management of eight doctor-owned professional liability insurance companies.
• Co-founder and President of a San Francisco-based insurance brokerage and consulting firm that served association and health care industry clients which became the nation’s 65th largest insurance brokerage firm in just eight years of operations.
• Founder, President and CEO of a strategic risk consulting firm that focused on corporate managed care and workers’ compensation problems.
• Physician Practice Leader of the national health care practice of a major insurance broker.
• Chairman of the attorney-in-fact for a Risk Retention Group that provides medical malpractice coverage for emergency physicians.

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Graham Billingham, MD, FACEP
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer

Professional Affiliations

• NCG Enterprises LLC, 2004-present
• Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation, 2004-present
• EPIC Insurance Managers, Inc., 2004, present
• Patient Care Technology Systems, Physician Advisory Board, 2004-present
• NuMedica, 2000-present
• EmSource, LLC, 2001-2003
• Emergency Physicians Medical Group (EPMG), 1996-2000

Professional Accomplishments
Dr. Billingham speaks nationally on emergency medicine and has lectured in more than 200 CME courses on risk management, documentation, patient safety, information technology, coding and billing, and malpractice prevention. Dr. Billingham sits on the physician advisory boards of the Emergency Department Practice Management Association and several other EDIS and EMR companies. He has practiced emergency medicine since 1989.

Among his achievements are:

• Formation Chairman of the Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation.
• Founded and served as medical director for The Center for Emergency Medical Education for 10 years.
• Co-founded the National Emergency Medicine Board Review Course and has been an active member of the American College of Emergency Physicians Coding and Nomenclature Committee.
• Was chief medical officer for a large practice management group of 400 clinicians with 30 contracts and more than one million patient visits annually.
• President & CEO of the attorney-in-fact for a Risk Retention Group that provides medical malpractice coverage for emergency physicians.

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Douglas D. Wisman, CPA, MBA, CPCU
Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President

Professional Affiliations

• NCG Enterprises, 2006-present
• Washington Mutual, Inc, 2001
• Vital Link.Net, Inc., 2000-2001
• Washington Casualty Company, 1990-2000
• Reliance Insurance Companies, 1985-1990

Professional Accomplishments
Mr. Wisman has more than twenty years experience as a financial executive and consultant specializing in professional liability and related health care industries. His expertise in financial and operational areas has been essential for the growth of several of his past endeavors. He has performed appraisals and analyses of merger & acquisition offers, led corporate re-engineering initiatives to improve operational efficiency and increase revenue, and provided financial and operational management of start-up enterprises. He has performed consulting services for Safeco Insurance Company, Symetra Financial, and the Montana State Fund, among others.

Among his achievements are:

• Raised capital for pre-IPO start-up company targeting venture capital firms, strategic investors, and private merchant banks specializing in health care information technology. Successfully raised $14 million.
• Built a diversified medical malpractice underwriting firm that actively entertained merger and acquisition offers from large national corporations and financial intermediaries.
• Improved stock price by more than 90% while reducing overhead costs by 20% for $1B Reliance Insurance Companies.
• Grew revenue by more than 50% and obtained A.M. Best financial rating of A- for expansion of medical liability insurance trust. 
• Increased revenues by more than 30% for start-up financial services group and attracted new business and market share.

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Michelle Hoppes, RN, MS, AHRMQR, DFASHRM
Senior Vice President

Professional Affiliations

• Patient Safety and Risk Solutions LLC, 2006-present
• Emergency Medicine Patient Safety Foundation-Board member, 2006-present
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management – Board of Directors, 2005-2007
• U.S. Pharmacopeia Expert Review Committee (safe medication use), member, 2000-2004
• Michigan Society of Health Care Risk Management, President 1999-2001, Board of Directors, 1996-1998
• Recipient Rights Association of Michigan – steering committee, Board of Directors, 1998
• Michigan Society Patient Representatives – member, 1989-1993

Professional Accomplishments
Michelle Hoppes is a nationally recognized expert and leader in patient safety, risk management, and performance improvement. Ms. Hoppes has over 30 years of experience in the health care industry, spending the past 19 years in the area of risk management. Ms. Hoppes specializes in providing customized services for health care providers and organizations, with a focus on clinical risk management, just culture training, coaching, education, disclosure of error, failure mode effects analysis, root cause analysis, and the evaluation and design of risk management and patient safety programs.

Among her achievements are:

• Served as the visionary for the development and implementation of two national risk management and patient safety consulting companies.
• Served as a Director of Risk Management and Compliance for an integrated health care system.
• Led the development of a teamwork simulation program for obstetrical emergencies.
• Developed a progressive approach to risk reduction in emergency medicine with a focus on clinical, operational and financial challenges.
• Frequent speaker on topics related to risk management, quality improvement, leadership, and patient safety.
• Authored numerous articles and co-authored the book, Patient Safety – Statistical Correlation and Staffing Effectiveness.

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