Leadership

Leadership you can reach

A leadership team of more than a dozen clinicians, administrators and compliance professionals, with deep experience in correctional healthcare and the authority to make decisions for your facility without waiting for approvals. Open a bio to read more.

Executive leadership

Emre Umar, President

Emre Umar

President

Thirty-five years in correctional healthcare, and still the first person our partners call.

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Emre has spent more than three decades building correctional healthcare programs that counties and states can rely on. He leads CBH Medical on a simple principle: a facility should always be able to reach the person in charge. He stays close to every partner, bridges the gap between correctional administrators and public health agencies, and negotiates the hospital, specialist, lab and pharmacy relationships that make each program work.

Shane Sunday, Vice President

Shane Sunday

Vice President

More than fifteen years leading correctional healthcare administration, finance and human resources.

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Shane has led correctional healthcare organizations from both the finance office and the front office for more than fifteen years. As Vice President he works alongside the President on strategy and growth, leads Human Resources from recruiting and onboarding through performance management, and grounds every staffing model in data rather than guesswork. He champions a core CBH philosophy: hire our own people rather than lean on agencies.

Jeff Burkett, Vice President of Business Development

Jeff Burkett

Vice President of Business Development

Leads the partnerships that bring CBH's customized programs to new counties, regional jails and states.

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Jeff leads business development for CBH Medical. He works with sheriffs, wardens, regional jail authorities and county leadership from the first conversation through the proposal, so that each new partnership begins with a program designed around the facility it will serve.

Karen Sugden, BSN, RN, CCHP-RN, Executive Vice President of Operations

Karen Sugden, BSN, RN, CCHP-RN

Executive Vice President of Operations

Runs day-to-day operations across every CBH facility so partners get consistent, accountable care.

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Karen leads operations across all CBH Medical facilities. A registered nurse and Certified Correctional Health Professional, she is the link between corporate leadership and each site's Health Services Administrator, responsible for staffing, quality, policy and day-to-day operations.

Harry Bowles, Chief Technology Officer

Harry Bowles

Chief Technology Officer

Leads the technology behind CBH care: electronic health records, telehealth and the reporting partners rely on.

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Harry leads technology for CBH Medical, from the electronic health record and telehealth platforms used across our facilities to the data and reporting systems that give partners a transparent view of their program.

Khalid Bahadri, Chief Financial Officer

Khalid Bahadri

Chief Financial Officer

Leads finance, budgeting and cost management for CBH Medical.

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Khalid leads finance for CBH Medical, from budgeting and financial planning to pricing and cost management.

Joseph Morrison, Director of Legal and Compliance

Joseph Morrison

Director of Legal and Compliance

Keeps CBH's contracts, policies and practices aligned with the law and with our partners' requirements.

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Joseph oversees legal and compliance matters for CBH Medical, including contracts, regulatory compliance, privacy and risk management across the company's partner facilities. He works alongside the accreditation and quality teams.

Clinical leadership

Medical and behavioral health

Nazif Chowdhury, MD, Corporate Medical Director

Nazif Chowdhury, MD

Corporate Medical Director

Fellow of the American College of Physicians who has practiced inside the facilities he now leads.

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Dr. Chowdhury sets clinical direction for every CBH program. He came to the role from the front line, as a staff physician in multiple correctional facilities, so he understands the realities his clinicians face each day. A graduate of NYU School of Medicine, he is an Associate Professor of Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and previously served as Associate Director of Internal Medicine with United Health Services.

Shridhar Bhat, MD, Regional Medical Director

Shridhar Bhat, MD

Regional Medical Director

Triple board-certified internist bringing hospital-level medicine to county and regional jails.

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Dr. Bhat has practiced medicine for more than fifty years, twenty of them in correctional settings. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Critical Care, and his practice spans correctional medicine, addiction medicine including care in pregnancy, chronic pain management and primary care. A Virginia resident affiliated with Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital, he leads clinical care for CBH's partners in the region.

Zachary Stroud, MD, MBA, Psychiatrist

Zachary Stroud, MD, MBA

Psychiatrist

Board-certified in psychiatry and addiction medicine, with a decade of jail-based practice across several states.

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Dr. Stroud has spent more than ten years delivering psychiatric care inside jail systems in multiple states. He is board-certified in psychiatry and in addiction medicine, and is as comfortable with telepsychiatry, forensic evaluation and medication-assisted treatment as he is on a housing unit. He earned an MBA from the University of South Carolina and has published and presented nationally on addiction and mental health.

Anne White, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CCHP-CP, Regional Nurse Practitioner

Anne White, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CCHP-CP

Regional Nurse Practitioner

Twenty years of nursing leadership focused on evidence-based, patient-centered care.

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Anne leads the nurse practitioners and nursing teams who deliver care across CBH facilities, with one standard: evidence-based, patient-centered and safe. Her two decades in nursing span strategic planning, workforce development, quality improvement and staff education, and she is known for guiding teams with clear communication and attention to detail.

Karen Collins, LICSW, Director of Mental Health Services

Karen Collins, LICSW

Director of Mental Health Services

Nearly two decades leading behavioral health care, crisis intervention and clinical training in correctional settings.

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Karen directs mental health services for CBH Medical and brings nearly two decades of clinical leadership, crisis intervention and behavioral health administration to the role. She is guided by a philosophy that true leadership means empowering frontline teams so they can deliver exceptional, high-quality patient care. Throughout her career in complex, high-acuity correctional behavioral health settings, Karen has directed multidisciplinary teams, built the foundations of clinical operations and supervised site leadership. Her experience spans the full spectrum of behavioral healthcare management, including system-wide training in trauma-informed care, suicide prevention and crisis intervention, and she excels at bridging clinical operations, regulatory compliance and community stakeholders. She earned her Master of Social Work from the Simmons School of Social Work.

Compliance and administration

Accreditation, utilization management and recruiting

Joe Ryan

Director of Accreditation

Thirty years of accreditation leadership, including New York's first ACA-accredited adult detention facility.

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Joe has spent more than thirty years making correctional facilities audit-ready. As accreditation manager at the Orange County Jail in New York, he led the facility to become the state's first ACA-accredited Adult Local Detention Facility and kept it accredited for two decades. He went on to direct ACA compliance at Essex County Correctional Facility, the largest accredited facility in New Jersey, and built its PREA program. At CBH he writes the policies and runs the internal audits that keep every partner facility ready for its next survey.

Cathy Barbagallo, RN, BSN, CCM, Utilization Management Specialist

Cathy Barbagallo, RN, BSN, CCM

Utilization Management Specialist

Thirty-year RN and certified case manager who makes sure off-site care is necessary, timely and cost-effective.

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Cathy has been a registered nurse for more than thirty years and a certified case manager since the 1990s, with experience across behavioral health, addiction treatment, dialysis, medical-surgical nursing and utilization review. She works with each facility's Health Services Administrator, Director of Nursing and Medical Director to confirm medical necessity, find the right level of care and bring patients back from the hospital as soon as it is safe, protecting both the patient and the county budget.

Emily Ballance, Recruiting Manager

Emily Ballance

Recruiting Manager

Leads the recruiting that puts the right nurses and clinicians in every CBH facility.

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Emily leads clinical recruiting for CBH Medical. Based in Virginia and often on site, she takes a hands-on approach to sourcing, evaluating and welcoming the clinicians who become the face of CBH at each facility, drawing on a background in human resources, retention and onboarding across multiple correctional facilities.