New Members Join the Advocate, D.O. Team

Advocate, MD is proud to announce the hiring of three new employees. We are privileged to have Jim Ward join us as a Regional Sales Manager, Kathryn Valdez as our Inside Sales Manager and Candace Leach as our Claims Tech.

Please join us in welcoming:

Jim Ward – Regional Sales Manager
Mr. Ward has been in the healthcare arena for over a dozen years in a number of capacities. Most recently Mr. Ward served as Vice President of Sales for Cardio Health Sleep Centers. In that capacity he facilitated several joint ventured Sleep Labs with large cardiology groups. He had previously held a similar position with Cardiovascular Services of America. CSA specializes in the building and management of joint ventured outpatient cardiovascular centers.

Prior to CSA Mr. Ward was with MEDAxiom, a cardiology specific benchmarking data company, in the role of Vice President. While with MEDAxiom he built their Sales and Development department as the company saw exponential growth. In the six years previous to MEDAxiom, Mr. Ward helped to build one of the original cardiology based staffing companies with tremendous success.

In his spare time Mr. Ward sits on some healthcare lobby related boards, enjoys bountiful outdoor activities, and is an active supporter of the arts.

Kathryn Valdez – Inside Sales Manager
Prior to joining Advocate, D.O. Kathryn provided wealth management solutions to institutional and high net worth clientele for over 8 years. In addition to a full range of investment licenses including the Series 7, 63 and 65, she also holds a Life and Health Insurance License. Through this avenue she has been able to assist professionals in personal and business asset protection.

Kathryn has lived in Austin and San Francisco. A big fan of ethnic cuisine, independent films and traveling abroad, Kathryn has also studied a variety of languages including Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Turkish.

Candace Leach – Claims Tech
Ms. Leach has over 15 years experience in office administration, including working at Neiman Hanks Insurance (Property & Casualty). She worked for Deluxe Check printers as a Customer Support Specialist in Kansas City and as an Office Administrator for an Interior Design company in Las Vegas before returning home to Texas.

Ms. Leach is also very involved in the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s ‘Race for the Cure.’ This will be her 4th year as a volunteer. She has one daughter who is attending UTSA, and in her spare time enjoys reading and playing with her two Chihuahua 'babies.'

Advocate, D.O. is honored to add these people to our family to help meet and exceed your needs and expectations. We plan to continue to expand through the end of 2007and look forward to adding more exceptional people.