Fellowship Structure

Our goal

The goal of the Henry Ford Health Administrative Fellowship Program is to attract, develop, and retain a diverse pool of administrative leadership talent to create a pipeline of future organizational leaders. We seek energetic learners with high leadership potential who display an ability to think strategically, build relationships, and innovate approaches to healthcare delivery.

Fellows supported at every level

Each fellow is assigned to an executive sponsor, preceptor, and mentor in one of Henry Ford Health’s operating areas. While the fellows are strongly encouraged to explore other areas of the health system through project work, mentoring, retreats, meetings, and other learning activities, the executive sponsor and preceptor structure provides a home base for each fellow and the opportunity to develop a meaningful relationship with those leaders.

• Executive Sponsor: provide exposure to executive leadership & decision-making processes
• Preceptor: provide early career developmental opportunities and identification of real hands-on projects
• Mentor: Support the fellow through coaching and identifying opportunities for improvement and growth
• Executive Coach: support the fellows in actively developing and building leadership competencies and focus on identifying and clarifying current goals
• Fellowship Alumni: Previous fellows remain engaged and are dedicated to fostering a sense of community and mentorship

Preceptors are selected based on their professional achievement, senior level position, and commitment to teaching and mentoring, which is critical to the success of the fellowship program. Each of the preceptors values the opportunity to mentor a fellow and demonstrates this through the time and energy they dedicate to holding one-on-one meetings with the fellow, seeking candid input from the fellow, guiding the fellow through his/her learning experiences, providing feedback, and helping the fellow network with other senior leaders.

For the 2025-2026 cohort, operating unit and executive sponsor assignments are as follows:

• Dr. Adnan Munkarah, President, Clinical Enterprise & Chief Physician Executive
• Dr. Steven Kalkanis, Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer Henry Ford Hospital & Chief Executive Officer of the Henry Ford Medical Group
• Denise Brooks-Williams, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Henry Ford Health
• Robin Damschroder, President, Value-Based Enterprise & Chief Financial Officer

Program leadership

Three program leaders collaborate to support the fellows and preceptors, maintain the integrity of the program, and continually strive to advance to quality of the program and success of the fellows.

Nina Ramsey

Executive Vice President & Chief People Officer

 

Catherine Susko

Vice President of HR Planning, Development, & Belonging

 

Jared Stone

Group Practice Director, Department of Surgery