Steve Steckler, Senior Performance Consultant, Pritchett, LP
For over three decades, Steve has worked with business and HR executives across diverse industries to develop strategy, increase leadership effectiveness, successfully execute transformations and introduce change to achieve top-line growth. Prior to joining Pritchett as a Senior Performance Consultant, he held leadership roles in organization effectiveness, change management, executive assessment and HR M&A integration at a number of the most admired global companies.
Alexa McKinley, Government Affairs and Policy Director, National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
Alexa leads NRHA’s executive branch advocacy and provides policy and technical assistance to Capitol Hill. Her portfolio includes Medicare payment, Medicare Advantage, rural hospital policy, Graduate Medical Education, 340B, and oral health. She received a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2021 and a B.A. in political science from Michigan State University in 2018.
Jason Haglund, Rural Policy Partners
Mr. Jason Haglund, an accomplished senior executive, and proven leader within the healthcare field, brings both provider and state systems design experience. Jason has spent his career implementing programs and leading teams which span behavioral healthcare, addiction treatment, prevention, and child welfare systems. He has partnered with Schulte Consulting for the past 3 years on projects across the region and Midwest. In 2022, Mr. Haglund and Renee Schulte formed Rural Policy Partners. Mr. Haglund provides an array of services, training, and business support products to government entities, for-profit, and not-for-profit businesses and organizations. He has first-hand knowledge and personally conducts fidelity reviews and improvement consultation of evidence-based practices. His work has extended from local provider consultations to statewide system design and implementation. He has served on local and state workgroups and committees providing input to system transitions and legislative activities in multiple states.
When not working in the behavioral healthcare sector, Mr. Haglund can be found on his fifth-generation Iowa farm that he co-owns and operates with his wife Jennifer. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Northern Iowa and his master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania.
