Our Senior Consultants

James C. Velghe, Sr.

Mr. Velghe is president of Work Dynamics, Inc.  Prior to this he was founder and CEO of Management Science Associates, Inc.  Through both WDI and MSA, he has thirty years of consulting experience in over 900 major healthcare corporations.  He has served on numerous Governing Boards to include healthcare, banking and law enforcement.  In the course of his career he has developed systems and consulting methodologies that have been used in hundreds of consulting assignments.  He invented positive employee relations systems, executive leadership measures, opinion surveys and communication methodologies used by hundreds of hospital and health system clients.

Jeff K. Bills, MPA, FACHE

Mr. Bills is Senior Vice President of Work Dynamics, Inc.  Prior to this he was President and CEO of Saint Mary's Health Network in Reno, Nevada.  Before this he was Senior Vice President and Administrator of Scripps Memorial Hospital in
La Jolla, California, the flagship hospital in the Scripps system.  Mr. Bills has eighteen years of highly successful CEO experience in hospital and multi hospital systems and an outstanding national reputation for building high levels of trust between senior leadership and both employees and the medical staff.  He received his MPA in Health Care Administration from Brigham Young University.  Mr. Bills manages and consults in the following firm services:  Executive Succession Planning, Executive Performance Management, Executive Coaching and Mentoring, Hospital/Physician Relations Augit, and Corporate Crisis Management.

Stephen Chenoweth

Mr. Chenoweth is Senior Vice President of Work Dynamics, Inc.  He is retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  While with the FBI, Mr. Chenoweth served in various leadership capacities to include Supervisor in the Phoenix Division.  He is a nationally recognized and accomplished investigator featured in documentary movies involving the FBI.  In the course of his FBI career, he has managed SWAT teams, hostage negotiations and conducted a variety of investigations involving bank robberies, organized crime, fugitives, and complicated white collar crimes. 
Mr. Chenoweth manages and consults in the following firm services:  Preventive Labor Relations, Corporate Crisis Management, and Corporate Investigative Services.

Clif Elliott, J.D.

Mr. Elliott, Senior Vice President of Work Dynamics, Inc., has represented employers in matters dealing with unions for more than four decades.  His experience includes assisting employers in maintaining a union-free workplace, the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements and, if necessary, managing strikes.  Mr. Elliott has represented clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, retail, finance and construction industries.  The focus of his practice for many years has been in the representation of hospitals and healthcare organizations from Florida to Alaska. He has negotiated labor agreements on behalf of hospital clients covering registered nurses, technical employees, service workers and physicians.  Mr. Elliott has developed a reputation for bringing creative solutions to difficult labor relations issues.  He is a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law, and has an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.

Larry J. McCormick

Mr. McCormick is Senior Vice President of Work Dynamics, Inc.  He is retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  While with the FBI, Mr. McCormick served in various leadership capacities to include:  Chief Inspector of the FBI, Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City Division, Supervisor in Detroit and FBI headquarters, and Special Agent in various capacities.  In the course of his FBI career, Mr. McCormick was involved in conducting or supervising a variety of investigations to include Medicare fraud, drugs, organized crime, labor unions, fugitives, bank robberies, and various white collar crimes.  Mr. McCormick manages and consults in the following firm services:  Preventive Labor Relations, Corporate Crisis Management, and Corporate Investigative Services.

Monte C. Strait

Mr. Strait is Senior Vice President of Work Dynamics, Inc. He is retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While with the FBI, Mr. Strait served in various leadership capacities to include: Deputy Assistant Director in law enforcement services, Special Agent in Charge of the Kansas City Division, Supervisor in Washington, D.C., staff attorney in the FBI’s Congressional Affairs Office, and Special Agent in various capacities. In the course of his FBI career, Mr. Strait was involved in conducting or supervising criminal, national security, counterterrorism, and intelligence investigations. Mr. Strait has extensive experience in interagency relationships and mission critical matters with partners including local, state, and federal law enforcement, the U.S. military, and the intelligence community. Mr. Strait manages and consults in the following firm services: Law Enforcement Management, Preventive Labor Relations, Corporate Crisis Management, and Corporate Investigative Services.

Michael J. Tull, PhD

Dr. Tull is Senior Vice President of Work Dynamics, Inc.  Prior to this he was Corporate Vice President of Louisiana Pacific Corporation.  Before this he was Corporate Vice President of Sharp Health System, San Diego, California.  In addition he was a Senior Consultant with Management Science Associates, Inc.  He received his Doctorate in Organizational Behavior from the University of Kansas. 
Dr. Tull manages and consults in the following firm services:  Executive Succession Planning, Executive Performance Management, Executive Coaching and Mentoring, Preventive Labor Relations, Employee Opinion Surveys, Hospital/Physician Relations Audits, and Corporate Crisis Management.

Joseph Farrell Waeckerle, MD, FACEP

Dr. Waeckerle is Senior Vice President of Work Dynamics, Inc.  He is a prominent leader in the field of emergency medicine.  Having owned his own emergency medicine firm serving several urban hospitals, he has practiced, taught and published extensively in the field of emergency medicine, sports medicine and emergency preparedness for over thirty years.  He has held numerous leadership positions ranging from department chairmanships to director and president of national and local medical associations, to include the American College of Emergency Physicians.  He is Editor Emeritus of Annals of Emergency Medicine and a reviewer for the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.  He has served as chief medical officer for various organizations to include universities, law enforcement agencies, Kansas City Chiefs football club and is an FBI credentialed physician and medical director for the Kansas City division and advisor on biological weapons of mass destruction, counter terrorism and emergency preparedness.  He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and his Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Missouri.  He is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, licensed to practice in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and California, and continues to practice his emergency medicine skills.