Sunflower Leadership

Tanner Wealand
President
Chief Financial Officer
McPherson Hospital

Liz Murphy
President-Elect
Patient Access Manager
Community Healthcare System Onaga

Casey Cockrum
Secretary
Managing Director
FORVIS

John Nelson
Treasurer
Director
FORVIS

Mary Bennett
Immediate Past President
Director, Patient Accounts
Clara Barton Hospital

Melissa Atkins
Director (2024)
Administrator/Chief Executive Officer
Graham County Hospital

Laraine Gengler
Director (2024)
Chief Financial Officer
Lindsborg Community Hospital

Pam Blochlinger
Director (2025)
Director, Revenue Cycle
North Central Kansas Medical Center

Kelli McCarty
Director (2025)
Executive Director of Revenue Cycle
Amberwell Health

Erin Kurtz
Director (2026)
Chief Financial Officer
Clay County Medical Center

Dennis Shirley
Director (2026)
VP, Revenue Cycle
UnityPoint Health

Shannon Flach
KHA Liaison
Vice President, Finance and Reimbursement
Kansas Hospital Association

Cameron Werth
Audit Chair
Manager
WNNJ, LLC

Lauren Beard
Communications 
Chair
RVP, Client Development
Cloudmed

Andrew Purcell
Corporate Sponsorship
Director of Business Development
Account Recovery Specialists, Inc.

Mary Bennett
Founders
Director, Patient Accounts
Clara Barton Hospital

Patrick Whisennand
History Chair
Senior Account Executive
Breez Health

Laraine Gengler
Membership Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Lindsborg Community Hospital

Thad Turner
Membership Co-Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Kingman Healthcare Center

Weston Tallman
Professional Excellence Chair
Chief Financial Officer
Hospital District #1 of Rice County

Nikki Esquibel
Program Chair
Vice President of Client Services
Account Recovery Specialists, Inc.

Sophie Crow
Program Co-Chair/Social Chair
Assurance Manager
RSM US, LLP

Dennis Shirley
Program Co-Chair
VP, Revenue Cycle
UnityPoint Health