Contact Us:
Corporate Office
- 9301 North Central Expressway
- Tower II, Suite 360
- Dallas, Texas 75231
- Phone: 214.217.0100
- Fax: 214.217.0015
- Email: information[at]cirrushealth[dot]com
Leadership Team
The leadership team at Cirrus Health is built with growth in mind. We have assembled a vast array of experts from a variety of healthcare related fields, each adding his or her own distinguishing piece to the overall value of Cirrus Health. Each team member brings years of expertise which is applied to every project.
Our professionalism, disciplined approach and creative problem-solving allow us, as a team, to meet and exceed every unique challenge encountered in each project.
Please click on the executives image below to see their bio.- Chief Executive Officer
Donald C. Wilson
Prior to founding one of Cirrus’ predecessors in 1996, Mr. Wilson developed an extensive commercial real estate portfolio in various locations across Texas and surrounding states. Over the last ten years, Mr. Wilson’s focus has been exclusively devoted to the development of successful medical operations platforms and medically-oriented real estate projects. In addition to his work in medical operations, Mr. Wilson has participated in over 40 medical real estate development projects including ASCs, SSHs, acute care hospitals, medical office buildings, primary care clinics, radiation oncology units, and other complex medical facilities.
Mr. Wilson earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas.
- Chief Operating Officer
G. Taylor Wilson
As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Wilson is primarily responsible for operations support and leadership at Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital, Spring Creek Surgery Center, The Surgery Centre at Craig Ranch and The Hospital at Craig Ranch development and leadership of Apple Health. Prior to joining Cirrus, Mr. Wilson was the Senior Vice President of Consulting for HealthTexas Provider Network, a 501(a) corporation wholly owned by the Baylor Health Care System. Consulting services provided under his direction included physician group strategic planning, practice financial analysis, billing and collections services, and patient accounting system analysis. Additionally, he managed various physician acquisitions, primarily specialists, in response to strategic initiatives throughout the Baylor Health Care System. Mr. Wilson served as corporate advisor to a surgical transplant and hepatologist group and coordinated a 400+ physician network dedicated to the pre and post care of transplant recipients. Prior to HealthTexas, Mr. Wilson established Wilson and Associates, an accounting firm that specialized in medical and dental practices. Clients ranged from solo practitioners and group practices to hospitals and physician networks. Mr. Wilson worked for Dental-Medical Economics, Inc. until 1997, with a primary focus on financial planning, tax planning and preparation and new product development.
Mr. Wilson is a Certified Public Accountant, and earned his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a member of the National Association of Healthcare Consultants, the Medical Group Management Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
- Chief Financial Officer
Barry D. Smith
As Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Smith is responsible for managing the financial and accounting affairs of the Company. Prior to joining Cirrus, Mr. Smith served for over twenty years with the Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas, where his positions included Senior Vice President of Finance for HealthTexas Provider Network, a 501(a) corporation wholly owned by Baylor Health Care System. As chief financial officer for HealthTexas, Mr. Smith was responsible for financial and management reporting, accounting, billing and collection and budgeting and long range financial planning. As Vice President of Finance for HealthTexas, Mr. Smith was primarily responsible for the planning, establishment and financial development of the initial investment of approximately $25 million to establish HealthTexas, which included the acquisition of physician practices.
Mr. Smith received both his Master’s in Professional Accountancy and his BS in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Texas at Arlington. Mr. Smith is currently a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Texas Society of CPA’s. Smith is also a part of the VHA 501(a) group as well as an Instructor in Advancing Best Care at Baylor.
- SVP, People Development
Cheryl A. Shaw
As Senior-Vice President, People Development, Ms. Shaw is responsible for the oversight of all aspects of human resource management. Ms. Shaw has 20 years of progressively responsible experience in human resources, working for both non-profit and for-profit organizations in both the public and private sectors. Her experience encompasses all aspects of human resources management and labor relations, including complete development and implementation of human resource departments in both union and nonunion work environments. Ms. Shaw has considerable experience in the areas of project management/business administration, contract proposal preparation and negotiation (both technical and cost) union agreement negotiation and management, industrial security management, and compensation plan development and implementation. Ms. Shaw joined the Legacy Company in April 2002. Ms. Shaw served as company representative at grievance, mediation, arbitration, National Labor Relations Board proceeds and state unemployment hearings. Ms. Shaw previously worked with several governmental organizations, including the state of Florida, and in subcontract relationships with the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the U.S. Air Force (USAF).
Ms. Shaw graduated from Nova/Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with a Bachelor of Science in professional management and is a current member of the Society for Human Resources Management.
- SVP, Corporate Communications
Tracy L. Edwards
As Senior-Vice President, Corporate Communications, Ms. Edwards is responsible for the oversight of the intercommunications system, public relations, marketing, event planning, and advertising organization-wide. Ms. Edwards joined the Legacy Company in February 2003. Prior to joining Cirrus, Ms. Edwards managed the creation, production and distribution of direct mail campaigns and products, both nationally and internationally, for a world-wide, non-profit organization. Additionally, Ms. Edwards managed all administrative requirements for the department, including staff management, finance and budgeting responsibilities. Ms. Edwards served as Regional Supervisor for a well-known restaurant service franchise and served as project manager of the construction process and successful opening of multiple restaurants. In addition, Ms. Edwards developed, implemented and managed the company-wide training initiatives and marketing campaigns.
Ms. Edwards graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and is certified in Crisis Communications.
- VP, Strategic Physician Development
Amy M. H. Johnson
As Vice-President, Strategic Physician Development, Ms. Johnson is primarily responsible for operations support and leadership of Southern Surgical Hospital and Apple Health-Louisiana, with particular emphasis on physician recruitment. Prior to joining Cirrus, Ms. Johnson served as the Director of HealthTexas Projects for HealthTexas Provider Network, a 501(a) corporation wholly owned by Baylor Health Care System. She served as an internal consultant to physicians, practices and hospitals affiliated with Baylor Health Care System. Her consultation services included financial analysis, practice strategy, and work flow analysis. Prior to HealthTexas, Ms. Johnson was a Senior Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
She earned a BS in Community Health from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Health Administration from Washington University School of Medicine. Ms. Johnson is member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Medical Group Management Association.
- VP, Business Support
Dave Koford
Mr. Koford joined Cirrus Health October 2007 and is responsible for negotiating and managing the contract relationships between the healthcare facilities and the health insurers. Additionally, he oversees the revenue cycle management process through the Cirrus Health Central Business Office and supporting the business office operations located at the individual facilities.
Mr. Koford most recently served as Regional Director of Managed Care at Community Health Services (formerly Triad Hospitals) where he was responsible for the managed care strategies and budgets for 15 hospital markets throughout the United States. Additionally, he managed the payor relationships for over 275 contracts and directed the activities of four field managed care and administrative staff. Prior to that, Koford served as Director of Managed Care at Northwest Health System in Tucson, Arizona and was responsible for all managed care contracting and payor relations.
Mr. Koford received his Masters of Health Administration and Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. He is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
- VP, Finance
Ryan Urech
Ryan L. Urech joined Cirrus Health in April 2009 as Vice President of Finance and is responsible for coordinating the in-house capital markets program, managing Cirrus debt and equity relationships, and strategic financial planning and analysis. Throughout his tenure with Cirrus, he has helped to improve financial efficiencies, systems, and processes, and has provided strategic financial direction for Cirrus and its investment products.
Mr. Urech has more than a decade of finance and banking experience. Prior to joining Cirrus Health, he served as Vice President of Acquisitions for America 2030 Equity LLC, a start-up multifamily real estate private equity fund manager. He oversaw the acquisition and fund raising of over $100 million. Mr. Urech previously was an investment banker for Banc of America Securities LLC (BAS), the investment banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corp., serving several roles in the leverage finance and structured finance divisions. During his tenure at BAS, Mr. Urech completed over $22 billion in corporate acquisition, corporate mergers, leverage buy-outs, and asset securitizations.
Mr. Urech holds a bachelors degree in finance from Texas Tech University, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 7 & 63 securities licenses, and is a candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.
- Development Manager
Alex Bennett
As a Development Manager, Mr. Bennett is responsible for all phases of the delivery of new health care facilities from site selection to management and oversight of the design, finance and construction teams through completion of Cirrus Health projects.
Prior to joining the Cirrus Health team, Mr. Bennett worked for Bremner Duke Healthcare Real Estate, the health care arm of Duke Realty Corporation. While serving as a Development Manager, Mr Bennett worked developing a number of health care facilities within the Baylor Health Care System in the Dallas-Fort Worth are as well as with the Seton Family of Hospitals in the Austin area. Prior to his work in the healthcare group at Duke, Mr. Bennett was responsible for due diligence and entitlement efforts during the land acquisition process, site planning for all new developments, and the coordination of site infrastructure issues throughout Texas. Previous to his work at Duke, Mr. Bennett spent over four years working as a civil engineer for Halff Associates in Dallas. Mr. Bennett designed numerous private and public projects throughout the state and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
Mr. Bennett holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University and a BS in Civil Engineering from Bradley University.









