Operation Song Leadership

Jeff Rice is a senior financial executive with more than 35 years of experience building companies from the ground up. He has a diverse business background with a unique blend of military and civilian experience. Rice is a CPA and has a broad range of accounting experience with an emphasis on startup companies and developmental stage entities. He earned his B.S. degree in Business from Eastern Illinois University.

Rice was also a Colonel in the Air National Guard / U.S. Air Force where he served 39 years until his retirement in 2020. During his military career, he was deployed numerous times assisting our nation during times of natural disaster as well as serving three overseas wartime deployments for Operations Northern Watch, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. He has led at all levels of command including Squadron, Group and Wing.

Storme Warren is an American TV and radio broadcaster best known as the host of the “Storme Warren Morning Show” on Sirius XM’s channel, “The Highway.” Storme currently serves as brand ambassador for “Wherever TV.”

Mike Sistad, a Minnesota native and Belmont University graduate, has built a distinguished career across both the creative and business sides of the music industry. As a musician, he has performed at major venues and events including the Houston Rodeo, Calgary Stampede, A Prairie Home Companion, and the Grand Ole Opry, and toured with ASCAP Songwriter/Artist of the Year Phil Vassar. His career highlights include working with Muscle Shoals legend Barry Beckett and serving as an A&R executive at Arista Records Nashville under Tim DuBois and Mike Dungan. Currently, Mike leads the ASCAP Nashville team as Vice President of Membership. He has been instrumental in the success of artists such as Chris Stapleton, Kelsea Ballerini, Old Dominion, Brothers Osborne, and Carly Pearce. Sistad has held leadership and advisory roles with the Recording Academy, AIMP Nashville, Operation Song and Belmont University’s Mike Curb College.  Mike is a CMA, ACM, AFM member, a Leadership Music alum and active with NOTES for Education.

Kevin Doherty practices law in the area of insurance regulation and captive insurance. He serves as President of the Tennessee Captive Insurance Association, Inc. Doherty also practices music law and entertainment law and represents recording artists, songwriters, and record and music publishing companies in connection with music business agreements.

Joe Forte is a seasoned technology leader and professional musician. He currently serves as Senior Vice President at NICE (Nasdaq: NICE), and has more than 25 years of consulting with the U.S. DOD and State / Local Governments. During his career, Forte worked closely with the U.S. military including several assignments in the Middle East and Afghanistan. He has also been a professional musician and songwriter for 30 years with USO touring experiences.

Jason Z. Rose, MHSA, is CEO and Board Member of Clearsense, bringing 30 years of experience in healthcare technology and strategy. He has led organizations including AdhereHealth and Inovalon, advancing value-based care, data-driven innovation, and digital transformation.

Andy Sale is a proven Sales Leader with over 25 years of experience in the medical device and diagnostics industries.  He has served in various roles and VP positions with several companies including Ethicon/J&J, Intuitive Surgical, Invuity, and is currently the Vice President of Commercial Market Development for iRhythm Technologies, a leading cardiac diagnostics data provider.  His team is responsible for developing adjacent use cases for the Zio Monitor into the Value Based Care setting.

During his 20+ years in the Healthcare Industry, his primary focus and accomplishments were in building hyper growth markets through disruptive, paradigm changing technologies.  Andy also serves on the boards of Enexor Health and Operation Song.

Andy specializes in strategic planning, sales leadership, sales management, and organizational development.  Andy most enjoys building high performance teams, developing teammates, and focusing on value delivery with health systems.  He is from New Orleans and has a degree from Louisiana State University.  He now lives in Franklin, TN (Nashville) with his wife Amy and they have two boys - Andrew (24) and Max (21).

Dennis Buchanan served in the U.S. Army and is a recipient of the Purple Heart medal, which he earned while serving in combat in Vietnam. Buchanan continued serving his country with a 20+ year career in law enforcement with the Mt. Juliet, Tennessee police department. He also currently serves as a Board Member for The Charlie Daniels Journey Home Project (founded by the late country music legend Charlie Daniels, of whom Buchanan was also a personal security guard for many years) and is an alumni of Operation Song.

Dr. Kristina Seymour is a US Air Force Desert Storm veteran, clinical psychologist, and author and creator of the Optimal Response Initiative- (ORI) stay alert say alive AND THRIVE Training Programs (military and civilian). Serving at the VA for over a decade, she specializes in recovery from trauma and substance use, simultaneously creating and implementing evidenced based programs to improve overall health and quality of life. She is an OS Alum and is passionate about helping others share and tell their story through music! Together we are stronger- Together we THRIVE!