James A. Rice, Ph.D.

Jim Rice, PhD, FACHE is a National Adviser for Governance & Leadership consulting for Gallagher's Human Resources & Compensation Consulting practice. He focuses his work on strategic governance structures and systems for high-performing, tax-exempt credit unions, health sector organizations and integrated care systems. He also guides visioning for health sector and not-for-profit organizations, and leadership development for nonprofit organizations and physicians groups.

Dr. Rice holds masters and doctoral degrees in management and health policy from the University of Minnesota. He has received the University of Minnesota School of Public Health Distinguished Alumni Leadership Award, a National Institute of Health Doctoral Fellowship, a US Public Service Traineeship in Hospital Management, a Bush Leadership Fellowship at the National University of Singapore, and the American Hospital Association's Corning Award for excellence in hospital planning. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).

Dr. Rice has worked in over 34 countries and was recently Project Director and Global Technical Lead for Governance in a large USAID funded project serving countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Dr. Rice holds faculty positions at The Strathmore School of Business, Nairobi, Kenya; The Advance Institute for Health Services Management in Prague, the Czech Republic; The Judge School of Business, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England; and the Program in Health Administration at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health. He has lectured at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine in Durban, South Africa; The Thunderbird International School of Management in Arizona; Cornell University; The School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, and Harvard University. He serves in governance roles for Children's HeartLink, an organization committed to building cardiac care capacity in developing countries, and Crescent Cove, a respite and hospice service coordinator for children facing life limiting illnesses.