About

Who We Are

  • Verdi Oncology is an oncology practice management company founded in 2018 in partnership with Pharos Capital – a physician-founded private equity firm. Pharos Capital is focused on growing healthcare companies that lower the total cost of care, improve patient outcomes and expand access to care.
  • Headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee with practice locations across the U.S., we empower oncology practices, physicians, and hospitals to create value through high quality, low cost, patient centric oncology care.
  • Verdi was founded on the belief that cancer treatment should be patient centric and value based. To this end, we have invested heavily in five core components of our Verdi Excellence program: patient experience, patient growth, clinical pathways, practice efficiency and value-based care.
  • We will continue to be pioneers in the field of oncological care and, with the help of members of our network, improve cancer treatment for our patients and their families.

Our Team

William (Bill) M. Herman

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Bill is a proven business executive with a history of starting and building successful business units for large global companies. He specializes in helping companies achieve new levels of growth.

He is currently utilizing his over 35 years of experience in management, finance, product/service development, and marketing to assist business leaders in achieving initial or next-level growth.

Bill was most recently with McKesson Specialty Health, a business unit of McKesson (MCK). As the Senior Vice President, he was responsible for growing the depth, reach, and operational performance of US Oncology’s practices in Florida. Bill joined US Oncology (purchased by MCK in 2010) in 2001, where he held leadership positions that helped build over 36 standalone cancer centers, grew the Radiation and Imaging service line, and developed a comprehensive quality program grounded in Six Sigma in an effort to compete in a value-based reimbursement environment. To support the cultural change needed to be successful in the rapidly changing healthcare industry, he led the creation of, and taught at, US Oncology’s Leadership Institute.

Prior to joining US Oncology, Bill spent 20 years with General Electric. During his tenure with GE, Bill held a wide-range of financial, product development, and operational positions in GE
Healthcare, GE Motors, and various corporate departments. He has held executive roles in financial management, global product and services development business units, and started a consulting business focused on bringing Six Sigma to healthcare.

Bill was the focus of a Harvard Business School case study on the transformation of a GE business unit, speaker at several US and European Conferences, and featured in a Fortune Magazine article. Additionally, Bill has co-authored articles on building cancer centers, improving medical practice quality, service and productivity; and change management.
Bill is a Board Member of SpringSpirit, a Houston organization focused on developing at-risk
children.

Bill graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. in Business Administration and is a non-practicing CPA. Bill and his wife of 42 years have five children and seven grandchildren.

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Audrey Soskin

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Audrey has over 20 years of experience providing operational and financial support and leadership at various outpatient healthcare companies as well as a background in investment banking.

She has held senior leadership positions and provided consulting services at various private equity-backed companies as well.

Audrey and her husband Kevin have two 2 children. She enjoys tennis, camping, and spends most of her free time running around to sporting events for her kids.

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Bob Wiemer

SVP of Strategic Growth

Bob is a senior healthcare executive with more than 25 years of experience within B2B SaaS product, professional staffing services, and healthcare operating companies.

During his career, he has had a full scope of P&L, finance, HR, product development, sales, marketing, and operations management responsibility. He has a track record of being a growth-oriented problem solver who drives results.

Prior to joining Verdi Oncology, Bob served as CEO of The Hardenbergh Group, a national temporary staffing and consulting firm, where he helped build scalable operational infrastructure and drive profitable growth. Bob joined Hardenbergh after having served as Vice President for eight years at Quorum Health Resources, a former, wholly-owned subsidiary of Community Health Systems (NASDAQ: CYH), where he led the strategy, product. development, and operations for the company’s education and advisory division. Prior to Quorum, Bob served as Vice President of Operations and a member of the leadership team at HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM) for nearly ten years.

Bob earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin. Bob and his wife Nikol live in Tennessee and have two grown kids.

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Brandi Scelsi, MBA, RN

VP of Clinical Operations

Brandi is a healthcare professional with relentless passion for patients/ teams and a deep understanding of data/ processes. She has proven success solving complex problems with kindness, compassion, and objectivity; embracing a greater impact to patients, families, and the community.

She has enjoyed 20+ years of service in the healthcare, technology, and finance industries. Working for Ford Credit, First Data Corporation/ Western Union, and most recently Banner Healthcare, Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. In addition to being a registered nurse, she holds a masters degree in business administration. Brandi’s healthcare experience includes practice and leadership roles related to critical care, quality improvement, and program development in the areas of cancer, cardiology, and pediatrics.

As VP of Clinical Operations, Brandi partners with clinic teams in areas of program development, quality of care, research, and integration.

She lives in Arizona with her husband and four children. Brandi also enjoys spending time with her family, church community/ friends, running, reading, and volunteering.

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Dr. Amy Cripps

Medical Director of Clinical Ops

Dr. Amy Cripps is a board-certified medical oncologist. She joined Verdi Oncology Texas in 2019 as a practicing physician before moving to Denver, Colorado. She is the Medical Director of Clinical Operations.

She was born in Austin, Texas, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona with her parents, one brother, and four sisters. She received a Bachelor of Science from University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas in 1999. She received her Medical Doctorate degree from University of Texas Houston Health Science Center in 2003. Postmedical school training including internal medicine residency, chief resident, and medical oncology fellowship was done in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay area and completed in 2010. By that time, she had married her medical school sweetheart and moved to Dallas, Texas with her husband, who is a trauma surgeon, and their first child.

She joined NexGen Oncology in 2013, and in 2019, joined Verdi Oncology Texas. She practiced in Dallas until her family recently moved to Denver, Colorado. She is now working with Verdi as Medical Director of Clinical Operations. She has two children, Olivia age 10, and Joshua, age 6. She enjoys reading, cooking, hiking, and skiing.

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Lisa Petro, CPC, MCS-P

Director of Revenue Cycle Operations

Lisa has over 28 years of experience in revenue cycle management and regulatory compliance with medical practices that range from independent practitioners to inpatient hospital services.

Lisa Petro has lived in middle Tennessee her entire life. She grew up in rural Williamson County. She was the youngest of a very large family.

She has developed an expertise in multi-specialties related billing and compliance. She is certified in physician compliance and is a certified coder. Lisa consults on a national level on eligibility of services, assignment of reimbursement level by complexity and protocols, and
documentation methodology to meet regulatory requirements and audit compliance.

She also has strong experience in startup and growing organizations and will be a critical resource for Verdi in developing reimbursement goals and establishing revenue processes in a way to simplify the company’s success and comply with regulatory and industry standards.

When not working to collect revenue for Verdi, Lisa can be found boating with her family on the beautiful Tennessee lakes.

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Michael Hinote

VP of Finance and Corporate Controller

Mike leads Verdi Oncology’s accounting and finance team, where he oversees and assesses internal controls, financial reporting, asset management, and forecasting.

Mike Hinote joined the Verdi Team in February 2021 as the Corporate Controller. Since joining the team, Mike leads the accounting and finance team where he oversees and assesses internal controls, financial reporting, asset management, and forecasting. Mike is a CPA with over 15 years of experience in public accounting and industry and prior to joining Verdi provided support and leadership to private equity-backed companies like Verdi.

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Dani Allen

HR Leader

Dani Allen is the leader of the Human Resources Department. Before discovering her love of Human Resources in small and medium sized healthcare organizations, she worked in various industries, organization sizes, and areas of HR.

With an expertise in Employment Law, Compliance and the natural gift of gab, Dani balances her analytical thinking and her connections with others to create a culture that employees are proud of.

When she isn’t reading about changes to legislation, Dani enjoys dancing ballet, practicing her Spanish language skills, and spending time with friends.

Dani received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Minors in Insurance and Criminal Justice from Middle Tennessee State University and her Master of Science in Human Resources Management from Villanova University.

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Bonnie Clevenger, BSN, RN, OCN

Clinical Care Program Manager

Bonnie is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years of clinical experience in major teaching hospitals and out-patient community settings, including nursing education.

She received her RN with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA where she started her career in medical-surgical nursing with a cardio-
pulmonary emphasis. In addition, she has a diverse background in ICU, PCU, PACU, and
later transitioned into Maternal Child Health where she worked with high-risk pregnancy
patients, improving policies and procedures in a leadership role.

She was born and raised in a large family in Southern New Jersey, and after moving from
the east coast to Southern California with her husband and 3 children, she discovered her
passion for Hematology and Oncology nursing, in which she became specialized and has
worked in for 13 years in various settings. She has a love for building strong relationships
with patients to develop trust, and a desire to educate and guide patients with compassion
that can initiate long term change, impact wellness, and improve patient outcome by contributing to the healing process. She believes we all hold that gift in our hands.

She loves adventurous outdoor activity, and enjoys running, hiking, reading, and spending
time with her family, friends and serving with her church community.

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