The Inteleos’ Board of Directors and it’s management team are composed of a diverse mix of leaders with extensive experience in global healthcare, technology, business, education and finance. Our leadership teams and staff are dedicated to the advancement of global quality patient care, lifelong learning and to the latest technological advances in medicine and business.

Working together, with our esteemed ARDMS, APCA and Point-of-Care Ultrasound Academy Councils, as well as our Inteleos Foundation, we continue to strengthen and expand both the breadth and depth of our leadership teams. More specifically, we are proud to report that we have added 39 new members to our governance leadership team, with over 20 medical specialties now represented. We also have 7 leaders working on our Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (I.D.E.A.) team and 19 POCUS Global Ambassadors working in 19 countries.

Explore each team to learn more.

Board of Directors

Luciana Young
Chair

Luciana Young, MD, FAHA, FACC, FASE

Vice Chair

Teresa Bieker, MBA, CRA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

Ian Necus
Treasurer

Ian Necus 

Trisha Turner
Secretary

Trish Turner, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS

Director

Ernesto Brauer, MD, RDMS, RDCS, ASCeXAM, CCMeXAM, FACP, FCCP, D, ABSM

Director

Carrie Hayes, MHS, PA-C, RDMS (AB,OB), RVT

Director

Leah Jolly, MSAH, RVT, RPhS

Director

Joshua Robinson, MD, FASE, FSCMR 

Director

Raymond Russell, MD, PhD

Director

Neil Sahota, MHP, CGEIT, PgMP

Director

Vera Zlidar, MHS 

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Chief Executive Officer

Dale Cyr, MBA, CAE

Chair

Luciana Young, MD, FAHA, FACC, FASE

Vice Chair

Teresa Bieker, MBA, CRA, RDMS, RDCS, RVT

Treasurer

Ian Necus 

Secretary

Trish Turner, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS

Director

Ernesto Brauer, MD, RDMS, RDCS, ASCeXAM, CCMeXAM, FACP, FCCP, D, ABSM

Director

Carrie Hayes, MHS, PA-C, RDMS (AB,OB), RVT

Director

Leah Jolly, MSAH, RVT, RPhS

Director

Joshua Robinson, MD, FASE, FSCMR 

Director

Raymond Russell, MD, PhD

Director

Neil Sahota, MHP, CGEIT, PgMP

Director

Vera Zlidar, MHS 

Vera’s Global Health career spans over 20 years and includes multiple vantage points. She has worked at academic institutions, nonprofits, donor organizations, and the private sector. Having started her career in family planning, reproductive, and maternal health, the last 10 years she has been focused on strengthening health systems in low- and middle-income countries.

Vera leads the strategy and growth of US Pharmacopeia’s Global Health Programs as Director for Global Business Development. Previously, she led the Global Health practice at Deloitte Consulting and was a Global Health Fellow at USAID/Washington where she shaped USAID global health investments in Asia, including designing programs in maternal health, family planning/reproductive health, tuberculosis, urban health, and health systems strengthening in Central Asia, India, Myanmar, and regionally.

Vera is the first author of the first edition of the World Health Organization’s book, Family Planning: A Global Handbook for Providers. She has a Master of Health Science in International Health and Population Policy from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Arts in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Chief Executive Officer

Dale Cyr, MBA, CAE

Dale is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director for Inteleos, the non- profit umbrella governance and management organization for the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), the Alliance for Physician Certification and Advancement (APCA), the UltrasoundCertification Academy, and the Inteleos Foundation. Inteleos is a dedicated ANSI-ISO 17024 accredited organization with over 140,000 active Certificants across 70+ countries.

Dale has given numerous lectures and workshops in areas of business and certification throughout the world and continues to guide Inteleos’s mission growth employing the Interaction Field methodology and network leadership to develop shared value models to build communities and ecosystems in global health.

Dale is an immediate past Vice-Chair for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is presently a Board member. He also is a Board member for the Association of Talent Development (ATD) Credentialing Institute. Dale is also a co-inventor of a patent for an advanced type of test question and measurement.

Dale has an MBA in finance from the Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle, WA, completed the Social Finance program at Oxford University’s Said Business School, Oxford, UK, and is completing the Digital Transformation certificate program at the Harvard Business School. Dale also holds the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).

Executive Team

Jamie Blietz
Chief Operating Officer

Jamie Blietz, MBA, CAE

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Chief Executive Officer

Dale Cyr, MBA, CAE

Kathy Kelly
Chief Assessment Officer

Kathy Kelly, MA, MS, MS

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Chief Experience Officer

Taryn Reed, MBA

Chief Financial Officer

Wendy Reeling, CPA

Pamela Ruiz
Chief Business Development Officer

Pamela Ruiz, CAE

Juan Sanchez
Chief Information Officer

Juan Sanchez

Tamara Walker
Chief People Officer

Tamara R. Walker, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Chief Operating Officer

Jamie Blietz, MBA, CAE

Chief Executive Officer

Dale Cyr, MBA, CAE

Dale is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director for Inteleos, the non- profit umbrella governance and management organization for the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), the Alliance for Physician Certification and Advancement (APCA), the UltrasoundCertification Academy, and the Inteleos Foundation. Inteleos is a dedicated ANSI-ISO 17024 accredited organization with over 140,000 active Certificants across 70+ countries.

Dale has given numerous lectures and workshops in areas of business and certification throughout the world and continues to guide Inteleos’s mission growth employing the Interaction Field methodology and network leadership to develop shared value models to build communities and ecosystems in global health.

Dale is an immediate past Vice-Chair for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and is presently a Board member. He also is a Board member for the Association of Talent Development (ATD) Credentialing Institute. Dale is also a co-inventor of a patent for an advanced type of test question and measurement.

Dale has an MBA in finance from the Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle, WA, completed the Social Finance program at Oxford University’s Said Business School, Oxford, UK, and is completing the Digital Transformation certificate program at the Harvard Business School. Dale also holds the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).

Chief Assessment Officer

Kathy Kelly, MA, MS, MS

Chief Experience Officer

Taryn Reed, MBA

Chief Financial Officer

Wendy Reeling, CPA

Chief Business Development Officer

Pamela Ruiz, CAE

Chief Information Officer

Juan Sanchez

Chief People Officer

Tamara R. Walker, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Learn More about Our Council Members & Our Inteleos Foundation Team