Our Team

Tom Evans has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Compass Healthcare Collaborative since 2005. Dr. Evans received a bachelor and master of arts degree from Drake University. He received his medical degree from the University of Iowa in 1983 and completed his Family Medicine residency at Broadlawns Medical Center in 1986. He practiced family medicine for thirteen years before serving as chief medical officer for the Iowa Health System from 1999 to 2005. Dr. Evans has served as President of both the Iowa Medical Society and the Iowa Academy of Family Physicians. He has also served on the delegations for both the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Evans is a faculty member with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the College of Medicine at Des Moines University and the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Karthik Abbineni is a data analyst at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. His focus is on data analytics and visualization to help hospitals, clinicians and communities improve the quality of healthcare while reducing the cost. Abbineni received a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications from Vellore Institute of Technology, India and a master’s degree in information systems from Iowa State University. He has extensive analytics experience and knowledge including requirement analysis, outlier detection and descriptive, prescriptive and predictive analytics to identify the best possible solutions with meaningful information.

Jen Barber is a community health improvement consultant at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. She serves as a subject matter consultant, providing technical assistance to healthcare professionals and other community stakeholders regarding topics related to behavioral health and substance use disorders. Barber collaborates with partners to develop and implement project specific education and training to enhance the learners’ skills set and ultimately improve patient care. She has over twenty-five years of behavioral health experience working in various levels of care. She is passionate about helping individuals seek and receive substance use and/or mental health prevention, treatment, or recovery services. Barber received her Bachelor of Science in Corrections with a focus in Chemical Dependency Studies from Mankato State University and Master of Science Management from Kaplan University. She has been serving as an international alcohol and drug counselor since 2002 and is a certified lean healthcare professional.

Jennifer Brockman is the Chief Clinical Program Officer at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. In this role, she leads clinical strategy, program execution, and healthcare improvement initiatives focused on safety, reliability, and care delivery transformation. She brings more than 20 years of nursing and healthcare leadership experience across hospital operations, patient safety, infection prevention, utilization review, regulatory readiness, and large-scale clinical improvement. She has led and supported multi-state improvement infrastructure focused on reducing harm, strengthening clinical reliability, and translating healthcare priorities into practical execution. Jen received her Master of Healthcare Administration from Walden University and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa. She is a Certified Professional in Patient Safety.

Charisse Coulombe is a Director for the Hospital Quality Initiatives Department at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. Coulombe provides oversight of the Compass hospital focused federal and state projects, leads the delivery of programs and activities as well as engages states and hospitals for sustainable healthcare transformation. Coulombe holds over twenty years of experience in healthcare and has accomplished the successful completion of state and federal programs including having led one of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Engagement Networks and one of the CMS Hospital Improvement Innovation Networks. Coulombe holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, Master of Science in Biology from Western Illinois University and is a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality/CPHQ and Certified Professional in Patient Safety/CPPS.

Amanda Donlon is a Clinical Improvement Consultant for the Hospital Quality Initiatives Department at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. She assists with the development and delivery of education, is responsible for the coordination and implementation of quality improvement initiatives and provides technical assistance to hospitals.

Donlon holds twenty years of experience in rural healthcare including inpatient nursing, diabetes education and quality services management. Donlon has led initiatives in reducing falls, establishing safety culture concepts and improving handoff communication. Donlon holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mounty Mercy University and is a Certified Professional in Patient Safety/CPPS, Healthcare Quality/CPHQ and Diabetes Care and Education Specialist.

Chris Evans is the Chief Operating Officer at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. In this role, he oversees Compass internal operations and support processes. Prior to his Compass role, he held various positions in healthcare administration for CHI Health, including division director – emergency medicine and security service lines, vice president-operations, and director – ancillary and support services. Evans received his Masters of Health Administration from the University of Iowa and Bachelor of Arts in Business Marketing from Bethel University. He is board-certified by the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Damon is the Director of Information Technology and Compliance and Security Officer for the Compass Healthcare Collaborative. Damon leads the Research and Analytics Center and the Information Technology Team. Morrison holds twenty-nine years of experience in healthcare information technology. Morrison holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis from the University of Arkansas.

Stephanie Muller is Compass Healthcare Collaborative’s director of human resources. She is responsible for the overall development and management of Compass' growing human resources department, including implementing HR practices that support Compass' long-term strategic objectives and enhancing the corporate culture. With more than 18 years of extensive hands-on experience leading HR initiatives, in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, Muller brings expertise in employee engagement, rewards and recognition, talent acquisition and retention and compensation and benefits administration. She received her bachelor’s degree in public agency administration from Northern Arizona University and holds certifications as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (from the Human Resources Certification Institute), a Certified Professional in Human Resources (SHRM-CP) (from the Society for Human Resource Management) and a Certified Professional in Human Resources (IPMA-CP) (from the International Public Management Association for Human Resources).

Amber Rizzo is the Education Coordinator at the Compass Healthcare Collaborative. She leads the education department at Compass by providing oversight to internal and external partners collaborating to develop and execute exceptional education. She is responsible for planning and implementing two in person conferences every year along with an Exhibition Hall and Poster Symposium. She also manages Compass' Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) with obtaining and maintaining accreditation status; writing for grants that will assist in funding the education department. Rizzo holds over 20 years of front-line healthcare and clinical education experience in numerous areas: Intensive Care, Emergency Room, Recovery Room; with instructor roles in ACLS, PALS, BLS, CRRT, Cardiac Rhythm Recognition, Simulation, Sepsis, IP, Ventilator Management, and Crucial Conversations. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Rizzo is dedicated to advancing safety, equity, and quality of patient care across the healthcare continuum.

Sharmie Russell serves as the Project Support Specialist at Compass Healthcare Collaborative and has been with the company since 2012. Sharmie has various roles supporting all of the Quality Initiative grants and contracts being executed by the Ambulatory, Hospital and Community teams at Compass. She assists the Education department with conference planning and execution, and the office of Continuing Education with CME processes. She also maintains the iCompass learning courses on our learning management system. As well as her duties as a Project Support Specialist, she also handles the day-to-day operations of Compass. She is the mother of five adult children, a Mema to many grandchildren and is a retired cosmetologist.

Jillian Schneider is the Director of the Ambulatory Team at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. Schneider is responsible for the coordination and implementation of quality improvement initiatives. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Maryland University College. Schneider has extensive knowledge in healthcare having facilitated quality improvement and patient safety initiatives with ambulatory practices throughout the United States. She has overseen the development of two quality improvement web-based tools.

Adewale (Wale) Tychus is a Project Coordinator for the Ambulatory Team at Compass Healthcare Collaborative. Tychus provides data analytics support, reviews measurements and evaluations, organizes meeting collaborations, assists with education material and communication development strategies, and tracks the success of project deliverables. Tychus holds ten years of experience in implementing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services healthcare quality improvement initiatives and task orders. He has trained over 1,500 Medicare beneficiaries and twelve hospitals in diabetes/chronic disease self-management principles and sustainable patient education models respectively. Tychus holds a Master of Public Health from George Washington University and is a Certified Health Education Specialist and Professional in Healthcare Quality.