Biography
 

Ray is a consultant in health care finance with a masters degree and over twenty-five years experience in not-for-profit business management. He has an in-depth knowledge of the health care industry, having worked in large and small health care organizations (both providers and payors). He has lived through and facilitated several mergers.

Health care has been his interest beginning with a college independent study on family planning and first job out of college as an STD epidemiologist for the U.S. Public Health Service. He is increasingly concerned by the lack of comprehensive healthcare coverage in the United States and understands the vital role played by safety net providers.

Ray's education includes a Bachelor of Arts from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. His major was sociology. He also has a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ray grew up in Decatur, GA, spending the summers of his youth and young adult life at a camp near Asheville, NC. He lives in Minnesota now where he sings bass in church choir, serves on the board of a credit union and tries hard to balance the demands of job and personal life. He takes great pride in his family – wife Elsie of over thirty years, a son, a daughter and golden retriever Joss.