FOUNDER & CEO

Dr. Elaina McAdams, RN, DNP

FOUNDER & CEO

Leadership FOUNDER & CEO

Built by people who lived the broken version.

Dr. Elaina McAdams, RN is the Founder and CEO of CAUHEC Connect, focused on innovation in healthcare and workforce development. In her previous role, she was part of the senior leadership team at SnapCare — ranked #2 on the INC 5000 list of fastest-growing companies.

With 25 years of experience in healthcare clinical operations and senior executive roles, Elaina has managed over $475M in healthcare budgets and scaled operations across the industry. Her research in economic impact focuses on workforce capacity, reskilling, and the future of work.

25+

Years frontline + exec

$475M

Budgets managed

INC 5000 (SnapCare)

Education & certifications

BS · Clemson University MBA & MSN · University of Phoenix DNP · Fresno State Advanced Nurse Executive (ANCC) FACHE — Fellow, ACHE

I've been the overworked nurse asked to take students for free. I've been the administrator scrambling for preceptors. This system is broken — and we are working to fix it.

— DR. ELAINA McADAMS · FOUNDER & CEO

The team behind CAUHEC

Healthcare professionals. Not just tech people.

We understand your world because we've lived it — at the bedside, in the boardroom, and everywhere in between.

Marvin Lowrance

Chief Technology Officer

Leads engineering, security, and platform infrastructure for CAUHEC Connect. Brings deep enterprise experience building scalable healthcare and workforce systems.

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Dr. Arianna Silcott Lo, DHA

Senior Business Development Strategist

Drives growth strategy and institutional partnerships, helping schools, OPMs, and health systems unlock the CAUHEC network at scale.

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TaeJeanne Taylor Lawrence, BSN, RN

Senior Clinical Strategist

Shapes clinical strategy and preceptor experience — making sure CAUHEC works for the nurses, NPs, and clinicians who actually use it.

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Meet the advisors

Operators, educators, and capital partners.

The CAUHEC advisory board pulls together leaders who've built and scaled healthcare staffing companies, academic accreditors, hospital operators, and capital partners.

Chief Executive Officer

Assn. of California Nurse Leaders

Chief Administrative Officer

Ambulatory Medicine, CMH

Alvin J. D'Angelo

VP, Operations

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Leora Westbrook

Chief Operating Officer

Steer Health

Anthony Stanowski

Immediate Past President & CEO

CAHME

Our mission

Fostering nationwide strategic collaboration.

The College and University Healthcare Education Consortium exists to foster strategic collaboration between educational institutions and healthcare organizations — uniting efforts to address the shortage of healthcare professionals and clinical faculty.

We started with a 500K-strong US preceptor network. We're scaling globally next — Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia are in active development.

Increase staffing capacity

Through education and training, healthcare professionals are better equipped to deliver high-quality patient care and achieve better outcomes.

Prepare the next generation

Our programs and resources help shape the healthcare industry of tomorrow by equipping clinicians and students with the tools they need.

Tackle faculty shortages

By rethinking how we grow the workforce, we support clinical student enrollment growth of 20%+ at member institutions.

Join us

Want to build this with us?

We're hiring across engineering, clinical strategy, partnerships, and operations. If you've lived the broken version of healthcare workforce development and want to fix it — let's talk.

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