Forrest Sylvester is a Senior Vice President with the Mergers and Acquisitions practice of Kaufman Hall.

15+ years of healthcare experience serving in corporate strategy, development, and investment banking / M&A advisory roles. Focused on assisting hospitals and health systems develop and execute ambulatory expansion strategies with a focus on structuring partnerships with for-profit service-line management companies.

Nick Gialessas is a Managing Director at Kaufman Hall and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice.

Nick Bidwell is a Managing Director of Kaufman Hall and a member of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions practice.

Stefano Breuer is a Vice President with the Real Estate practice at Kaufman Hall. His responsibilities include providing analytical, investor outreach, and day-to-day support for current and potential real estate engagements.

Kate Cieslowski is a Senior Associate with the Financial Planning practice of Kaufman Hall. She supports executives at hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare organizations...

John Andersen is a leader in the firm’s Treasury and Capital Markets practice. He advises clients nationwide on the structuring and execution of financial transactions.

Erik Swanson is a Managing Director leading Kaufman Hall’s Data and Analytics Group where he focuses on providing cutting-edge data science tools to our clients to provide deeper and more timely insight, drive operational improvement, develop thought leadership, and produce the most meaningful outcomes.

Matthew Bates, MPH, is a managing director and service line leader, Physician Enterprise of Strategy & Business Transformation. He advises health systems, academic medical centers and faculty practice plans on physician enterprise strategy, performance improvement and care delivery transformation.

Amanda Steele is a Managing Director and co-leads Kaufman Hall’s Strategy & Business Transformation practice, where she focuses her time advising health systems and provider enterprises with their enterprise strategy – developing value propositions to deliver on their missions and visions in light of the fast-changing healthcare landscape.

John Bauerlein is a Managing Director with Kaufman Hall’s Revenue and Operations Improvement (ROI) team. His responsibilities include corporate shared services, results and program management, and evaluation and preparation of partnership efficiency opportunities for hospitals and health systems nationwide.

Lauren Clementi is a Senior Vice President of Kaufman Hall and a member of the firm’s Financial Planning practice. She has more than 15 years of experience in strategic capital planning, with a focus on aligning strategy with achievable and sustainable long-term capital plans.