Frederick J. Wenzel MBA, FACMPE is Executive Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Opus College of Business at the University of St. Thomas. (1996-to date) He holds a Visiting Professor appointment in Marketing at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Colorado. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. He served as Executive Director of the Marshfield Clinic Research and Education Foundation for sixteen years and then Executive Director of the Marshfield Clinic for seventeen years. He now serves on the Clinic\\'s National Advisory Council and is Advisor to the President of the Clinic. He was Executive Vice President and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association of Englewood Colorado from 1993-1996 and continues to work with that organization on committees and task forces. He served on the Commission for Accreditation for Health management Education where he completed two years as chair of the Commission. He also serves on the Boards of The Marshfield Clinic Health System (Marshfield Wisconsin), University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation (Madison WI), Health Quality Partners Doylestown PA, and Fairview Physician Associates Minneapolis MN. He is on the Editorial Board of Medical Practice Management.