Valerie Dehline is a Nurse Consultant for hospital and ESRD regulations. Valerie works in the Bureau of Education Services and Technology within the Quality Assurance Division for the State of Wisconsin. Valerie has a master’s degree in nursing and has worked as a nurse for almost 40 years. Valerie has worked with regulatory requirements for over 15 years and has worked in both hospital and clinic settings.

Naomi began her nursing career in 1995 after graduating with a bachelor of arts in nursing from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. She started her dialysis career in November of 2001 working in the Hemodialysis unit in Detroit Lakes, MN. Now, with almost 24 years of dialysis experience, her career has included in-center hemodialysis, 10 + years working in peritoneal and home hemodialysis, 15+ years of  policy and procedure development and review as chair and co-chair for both in-center and home dialysis, and various other task forces to improve outcomes for patients.  

Callie Murphy serves as the Clinical Care Leader at Sanford Dialysis on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota. A dedicated Registered Nurse, she has been a vital part of the team for 9 years, initially serving as a charge nurse before stepping into her leadership role over the past six years.

In her current position, Callie focuses on improving patient outcomes and implementing quality care practices, demonstrating a strong commitment to both clinical excellence and culturally sensitive care.

Outside of her nursing career, Callie enjoys life on the family farm with her significant other and two sons. Together, they raise cattle and chickens and harvest crops—living out the values of hard work and community both in and out of the clinic.

Jackie Keller is a dialysis nurse with over two decades of experience in peritoneal, inpatient and outpatient care. Since 2018, she has served as the manager of the Sanford Fort Yates dialysis unit bringing leadership and a deep commitment to culturally appropriate care.

Jackie proudly serves on the  Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where both she and her husband were raised. She is honored to provide care to people in the community where she grew up. She is also on the Sitting Bull College Nursing Advisory Board.

Outside of work, Jackie enjoys supporting her 3 children in their sports activities and working with her husband on their farm and ranch operation.

Tiffaney Holm is a registered nurse with 16 years of dialysis experience. She is currently managing two units, White Earth Dialysis and Sanford Dialysis Detroit Lakes, both located in MN.  She partners with White Earth Indian Reservation and is passionate about providing culturally appropriate and patient centered care. She has had the honor of presenting at the RHA Annual Conference in 2024 and participating in an infection prevention series with the ASN.

Outside of work Tiffaney loves spending time on the family farm with her husband, children and grandchild and she is also active in her church as the youth leader.

Jessi Baker is a Registered Nurse with eight years of experience in dialysis care. She currently serves as the Nurse Manager at the Sanford Dialysis Unit in New Town, North Dakota, and is pursuing her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, with plans to graduate in the spring of 2026.

A proud tribal member of the Three Affiliated Tribes, Jessi is also the President of The Pink Ladies, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting cancer awareness and assistance efforts in Mountrail County, North Dakota.

Outside of her nursing career, Jessi is a devoted dog mom to three beautiful Blue Heelers. She enjoys team roping, playing darts, and golfing year-round — activities that reflect her energetic and well-rounded approach to life.

A partner at Mehlman Consulting, Dean Rosen is one of Washington’s foremost experts on America’s complex health care system—and a master of both the politics and policies that shape it. With three decades of experience developing and advancing health policy initiatives on Capitol Hill and in the private sector, Rosen has been named a “Top Lobbyist” by The Hill, a “Power Player” that healthcare groups turn to by Modern Healthcare, and one of the “DC Healthcare Power Players Who Shape the Rules for a $3.5 trillion industry” by Business Insider. Rosen advises a wide range of health care stakeholders, from established players to startups trying to gain a foothold in Washington, DC. He has represented health systems and hospitals, medical colleges and physician professional organizations, health insurers, clinical laboratories, biopharmaceutical companies, nonprofit foundations, and multinational employers. He helps clients shape national policy and navigate the transformational changes taking place in the nation’s health care system. Through multiple roles with the David A. Winston Health Policy Fellowship, the Society of Health Policy Young Professionals, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellowship, Rosen has devoted decades to supporting and mentoring the next generation of health policy leaders. In 2023, Rosen joined the Distinguished Executive Council of Cressey & Company, providing strategic advice to the leading mid-market health care private equity firm. Prior to joining Mehlman Consulting, Rosen held a series of high-level positions in both the private sector and government, including on key committees in both the Senate and House. As the Chief Healthcare Advisor to former Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), a leading voice on national medical and health issues, Rosen helped draft and navigate to final passage landmark legislation creating a Medicare prescription drug benefit and President George W. Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to combat HIV/AIDS. Rosen also helped pass laws in the wake of the September 11 and bioterrorism attacks in 2001 to ensure that local, state, and national public health systems had new authorities and resources to respond to future threats. Earlier, Rosen served as Staff Director for the Senate Subcommittee on Public Health, Majority Counsel for the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Health Policy Coordinator for the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources (now the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee). While at Ways and Means, he played a leading role in crafting the Medicare provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. At Labor, he was the lead Senate staffer drafting the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Rosen’s policy, legal, and management experience expands beyond Capitol Hill. He served as Senior Vice President of Policy and General Counsel for the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA), and practiced law at Dow, Lohnes and Albertson in Washington, DC.

Adrian Amedia currently serves as the RHA Treasurer and is the owner of Independent Dialysis Group, LLC. He has extensive experience with Nephrology and Dialysis billing, payer contracting, EHR integration, dialysis facility operations, access center operations and healthcare business development. Independent Dialysis Group operates 7 clinics in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Providing over 25 years of care ranging from HD, PD, HHD and SNF HHD.

Becky Berg is a native of North Dakota and is currently living in Thief River Falls MN. She has 3 very active kids who keep her busy year round. She has worked as a dialysis floor nurse, charge nurse, unit manager and now regional Dialysis Director for Sanford Health. She is currently co-chair of both the Education and Quality Committees. She created the 2018 version of the RHA QAPI tool and is currently working with a Task Force to create an updated tool. She joined the RHA Board of Directors last fall.

Danilo Concepcion has been a dialysis practitioner since 1975 and is currently the Operations Manager, Renal Services for Providence St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA. Prior to his entering the dialysis field, he was a corpsman in the Navy during the Vietnam era. He is experienced in the clinical, technological, research and administrative areas of dialysis. He is an executive committee member and project committees for numerous dialysis related organizations, and is a prolific national and international speaker and writer and has been published in numerous professional journals and has been a contributing author on several dialysis manuals and APIC Elimination Guide – Guide to the Elimination of Infection in Hemodialysis; a member of the Renal and Disease Detoxification Committee since 2000 for AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation) that develops the American standards and recommended practice for dialysis; a member of the American Society of Nephrology/Centers for Disease and Prevention “Nephrologist Transforming Dialysis Safety Project Committee;” NKF’s ECHO project faculty; and, Dialysis Safety Workgroup for CDC Making Dialysis Safer Coalition. He is also on the Editorial Advisory Board for Nephrology News and Issues and currently on the ESRD Network 18 Advisory Committee. He also operates Renal Logistics, LLC, a dialysis consulting firm.

Jason is a corporate healthcare partner with Benesch  who regularly represents a variety of dialysis and nephrology providers, vascular access centers, office-based laboratories, ambulatory surgery centers, physician group practices and other providers in structuring transactions and regulatory matters and responding to governmental investigations.  Jason serves as outside co-counsel for the RPA and ASDIN and also regularly speaks at a variety of industry trade group events in the endovascular arena.  Jason has been recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers USA since 2019.  He is also a former President of the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys where he also served as a member of its board of directors for many years,

Jake focuses on healthcare law and encompasses a range of regulatory, transactional and corporate matters. His work includes counseling clients with regard to the legal aspects of day-to-day operations, including general corporate matters; anti-kickback and Stark issues; self-referral, corporate practice of medicine and fee-splitting prohibitions; compliance; state regulatory and licensure matters; and HIPAA and health information privacy. Jake regularly represents a variety of dialysis and nephrology providers, vascular access center operators and owners, hospitals, physician group practices, infusion therapy owners and operators, behavior health providers, skilled nursing facilities, healthcare information technology companies and other healthcare providers in structuring mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, accountable care and capitated care arrangements, syndications and divestitures. Jake was recognized by his peers in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for his exceptional work in Health Care Law. Earlier in Jake’s career he practiced as a litigator for Chicago-based law firms. He also has served as staff assistant to U.S. Senator Tom Harkin and to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

Dr. Daniel Landry is a private practice nephrologist working for Kidney Care & Transplant Services of New England, a group composed of 14 nephrologists, transplant/vascular access surgeons and advanced practitioners located in Springfield, MA. They have been involved in the ESCO since its inception in 2017 and now are involved in the Kidney Care First value-based payment model aimed at improving the outcomes of people living with kidney disease. He currently serves as the president of the National Forum of ESRD Networks as well as the chair of the medical review board for ESRD Network 1. He is the division chief and fellowship program director for nephrology at Baystate Medical Center and the medical director for their acute dialysis and critical care nephrology programs. In the outpatient world, he is the medical director of Fresenius outpatient and home dialysis programs in East Springfield, MA. Dr. Landry’s clinical and research interests include population health and value-based care delivery models, as well as efforts to improve the education of our next generation of nephrology physicians and advanced practice providers. 

Donald A. Molony, M.D. is a Regents Distinguished Teaching Professor of the University of Texas System and Professor of Medicine in the Division of Renal Diseases and Hypertension and in the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston. He has served as Course-Director for Problem Based Learning and Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine, core medical school courses at UT Houston. He has served as Chair of the Medical School Faculty Senate and Chair of University of Texas System Faculty Advisory Council. He is a member of the UT-Houston Medical School Academy of Master Educators, and The University Of Texas Shine Academy of Health Sciences Education.  He has served on the curriculum committee and chairs the UTHealth Chemical Safety Committee.  He has served as director of Evidence-based Medicine for MHH-TMC and on the Memorial Hermann Hospital System Health Informatics Committee. He is Past-Chair of the ESRD Network 14 Medical Review Board, Past-Chair of the Medical Advisory Council of the Forum of ESRD Networks, and Past-President of the Forum.  He currently serves as Network 14 representative on the Forum Medical Advisory Council.   He has represented the Forum on the Kidney Care Quality Alliance. He has served on the Renal Physicians Association Educational Committee since 2017. Dr. Molony is co-edited with Dr. Jonathan Craig of Adelaide, Australia and Giovanni Strippoli of Bari, Italy of the textbook Evidence-based Nephrology 2nd Edition (Published 2023). He has served as CME Section Editor for the American Journal of Kidney Disease, as an associate editor of Advances in Chronic Kidney Diseases, as section editor of Clinical Nephrology, and as editor of Literature Watch for Dialysis and Transplantation. Dr. Molony’s current research focuses on the influence of environmental toxicants and other factors on the progression of chronic kidney disease and on the application of the principles of evidence-based medicine and epidemiology to the delivery of health care, in particular, how new advances in science and clinical trials can be seamlessly and optimally incorporated into the evidence-based Nephrology practice. He serves as co-PI on a NIH sponsored research project examining the effects of metals including uranium on CKD and cardiovascular disease in a Native-American population. Dr. Molony received his BS in biology from Yale and his MD from the University of California, San Diego. He completed his internship and residency in 1981 in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. His research and clinical fellowships were completed at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (1981-1984). He has been a faculty member at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School-Houston since 1984.

Mary Baliker has a degree from the University of Wisconsin in Public Health and Psychology. Her professional work experience over the past 30 years includes innumerable international, national, and state patient centered initiatives. She has worked with many healthcare organizations; including the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health, and Long Beach Memorial Hospital, she has served as an organ procurement coordinator, clinical research transplant coordinator, outreach transplant education coordinator, and healthcare administration. Currently she works as a healthcare consultant as well as an inspirational speaker, educating, mentoring, and informing attendees with her stories and personal journey. In addition to Mary’s consulting and volunteer work she has written a book which can be found on Amazon, “Maria Never Gives Up” “Are You Like Me?” she hopes to help other children and their families in their struggle with a health crisis. Mary was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 9 and has experienced in-center hemodialysis various times in her life. At 17, she had a kidney transplant from her brother, Doug. Since then, she has had three more transplants, the last of which was in 1999. As a result of this life-long experience, she cherishes her life and possesses a strong interest to help improve healthcare, patient outcomes and quality of life. She is passionate and committed to helping kidney patients. Mary has extensive experience in collaborating with Pharmaceutical Companies, Nonprofits, and Universities. She also participates in technical expert panels led by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services and been a peer reviewer for the US Department of Defense medical research programs, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. She has published peer reviewed publications and written articles sharing the patient experience. Mary’s diverse background has inspired her to become a fierce healthcare advocate. She serves on: 1. American Association of Nephrology: Kidney Health Initiative (KHI) Board of Directors 2. CJASN Editorial Leadership 3. The National Forum of ESRD Networks: Board of Directors & Kidney Patient Advisory Council Chair 4. Midwest Kidney Network (region 11): Board of Directors & Consumer Committee 5. ESRD National Coordination Center NPFE-LAN Member: (Legacy) 6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Measure Development Plan (MDP)/Quality Measure Index (QMI) (TEP) Technical Expert Panel Chair 7. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Development of Quality Measures to Improve Kidney Transplant Access and Post-Transplant Outcomes (TEP) Technical Expert Panel 8. ETCLC ESRD Treatment Choices Learning Collaborative: National Faculty & Patient & Family Representative 9. National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Kidney Advocacy Committee Chair, Public Policy Committee Chair, & Peer Mentor 10. National Kidney Foundation: (Workgroups): Patient Network Data Use and Publication Committee, Transplant Advisory Committee, Spring Clinical Meeting 2025 Planning Committee, and Coalition for Kidney Health 11. UCSF Kidney Project: Patient Advisory Council 12. UW Center for Dialysis Innovation: Patient Advisory Board 13. University of Wisconsin (UW) Transplant: Patient & Family Advisory Committee 14. UW Friends: Board of Directors