Dr. Brad Beauvais is an educator and consultant in the field of healthcare management, with a primary focus on quality improvement via innovative financing strategies and executive leadership development. He holds degrees from Colorado State (BS, MBA), the University of Oklahoma (MA in Economics), and Penn State University (PhD in Health Policy and Administration). He has also served as a Fellow for the Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), was awarded a Joseph M. Juran Fellowship in Quality Leadership, and earned his Fellowship in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He retired from the United States Army at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2015, with a 20-year military career culminating as the Associate Dean at the Army Medical Department Center and School Graduate School, with a concurrent appointment as an Associate Professor with the Army Baylor Masters of Healthcare and Business Administration Program. He specializes in graduate-level instructional design in the areas of applied finance, business valuation, and executive leadership, focusing on quality improvement.