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Ajith Pai, Pharm.D., FACHE, serves as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth since joining the leadership team there in July 2022. Prior to that he guided operations for four years as president of Texas Health Cleburne and earlier served as the professional and support services officer at Texas Health Kaufman.

Pai was born at Texas Health HEB and later began his career there in 1999 as a certified pharmacy technician. In 2011, he became the director of pharmacy at Texas Health Kaufman, where he oversaw the day-to-day operations and championed safe, quality-driven patient care through the implementation of best practices and improved clinical monitoring.

He received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from Texas Tech School of Pharmacy and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is also a graduate of Texas Health's Talent Acceleration Program.

Pai is involved in his community through memberships on various committees including the Chamber of Commerce, Leadership North Texas, ACHE North Texas, and the ACHE Asian Healthcare Leaders Forum.

In his free time, Pai enjoys spending time and traveling with his wife Myriam, and their daughter, Elyse. He's also an avid runner and has competed in multiple marathon races across the country.

Lori Donovan, R.N., M.S.N., CNOR, NEA-BC, serves as chief nursing officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth, having returned to the system in mid-2023 after retiring in 2019. Prior to that she previously served as chief nursing officer at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.

As chief nursing officer for eight years at Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Donovan advanced evidence-based practice to drive and improve quality patient outcomes. Under her leadership, Texas Health Arlington Memorial received its first Magnet® designation in 2014. She was recognized as a Great 100 Nurse by the DFW Great 100 Nurses organization in 2005 and received the Rex McRae Leadership and Management Award in 2011.

Prior to being named chief nursing officer at Texas Health Arlington Memorial, Donovan was the administrative director of Surgical Services. She played an instrumental role in the opening of the Vandergriff Surgical Tower and the Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington. She joined Texas Health in 1997 as a staff nurse in the operating room at Texas Health HEB.

Shahid Shafi, M.D., M.B.A., M.P.H., FACS, FCCM, serves as Chief Medical Officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth.

Shahid joins Texas Health from Cognitive Healthcare International, where he was a co-founder of the health-tech startup providing remote patient monitoring solutions. Prior to that, Shahid served as CEO of the Aga Khan University Hospitals in Pakistan. Previously, he served as chief medical officer for a statewide clinically integrated network of CommonSpirit Health in Arkansas; CEO of Surgical Group of North Texas, Grapevine;medical director at Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas; and director of Trauma Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas.

Shahid earned his medical degree from the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his residency in general surgery at New Jersey Medical School and a fellowship in trauma surgery and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Shahid also earned a master's in public health from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a master's in business administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

An active community leader, Shahid served two terms as City Council member for Southlake, Texas. He also served as a volunteer surgeon with Project Access Dallas and received the President of the United States' Volunteer Service Award multiple times.

When not at work, Shahid enjoys reading, running, hiking and spending time with his family. Shahid and his wife, Ayesha, recently celebrated their 32^nd anniversary and have raised their three kids in Southlake, where they have lived for the last two decades.