Meet Our Team
Stephanie Colbert
Sr. Business Development & Consulting ManagerTaylor Dougherty
Sr. Business Development & Consulting ManagerEmerson Nagle
President
I have spent my entire 15-year career within the staffing and recruiting industry, working with healthcare professionals of all levels. Specializing in developing businesses and building teams, KPG offered me the opportunity to create something from a blank canvas and thus, KPG Provider Services was born. Knowledgeable service, transparency, fair rates, solution-based thinking, pragmatism, don’t have to be lost in today’s service. My mission became creating the most talented team that could bring an unparalleled service to California’s organizations and providers. I am an animal lover, exercise and health enthusiast, traveling enthusiast and a Carlsbad native. Contact me with feedback or questions on our services.
Natasha Grundeis
Sr. Director
The great environment, surrounded by great people, helping providers find better positions, and serving as a resource to candidates and clients are all the reasons why I enjoy my position. My goal is to make good deals and build relationships in order to offer the best possible service. In my spare time I enjoy horseback riding.
Matt Andres
VP, Production
I like the people I work with. We rely on each other heavily to get top results. Without them I couldn’t do what I do. Details and extensive follow up are essential, and lots of coffee. I like watches, secondhand books and Cuban coffee.
Pablo Di Carlo
Sr. Director
I love my job because I get the opportunity to help providers every day by making positive differences in their lives. This can be by increasing their overall compensation or helping them attain a better work/life balance. Being a great consultant means understanding a provider’s perfect work scenario and going above and beyond to achieve it. Taking time to understand each individual’s goals and career path is a key component. I am ambidextrous and can write perfectly with both hands!
Samantha White
VP, Operations
My job is a breeze because I have the absolute best team in the world. When I’m working with a provider I explore every possibility to reach the greatest outcome in every situation. If we work together, you can bet on us finding your dream job – only better! A fun fact is I was voted best smile in high school – give me a call to discuss opportunities and you might be able to see it through the phone!
Becca Frumkin
Director
I like my job because no two days are the exact same, it presents challenges and I am able to make a positive impact on people’s lives. I am focused on building relationships, getting results and making things happen. I can do a back flip.
Cody Villamaino
Director
I enjoy learning about the unique talents of each provider I work with and finding them the best opportunity to utilize those talents to realize their full potential. As a former clinician, I have a keen ability to understand a provider’s concerns, interests, and objectives. This allows me to make great matches that are beneficial to everyone. A fun fact about me — I completed the Escape from Alcatraz Aquathlon.
Stephanie Colbert
Sr. Business Development & Consulting Manager
I enjoy helping providers find their ideal employment situations. Physicians and Advanced Practitioners contribute so much to society, so it feels good to be able to assist them in finding their dream jobs. Being a part of a great team makes this process even more enjoyable. I’m an animal lover, and in my spare time I like going to the beach and hiking.
Jasmine Childs
Sr. Consultant
I enjoy working with KPG as it is more of a family then just coworkers. We always have a great time when we are around each other and it’s honestly the best company I have worked for before! A fun fact about me is that I love traveling and on average every year I take over 24 trips.
Taylor Dougherty
Sr. Business Development & Consulting Manager
You always hear about the jobs that don’t feel like work and that people enjoy doing every day. That is what you find here at KPG.
A career at KPG goes beyond the norm. My job never has a dull moment and I love that I have found a career that keeps me engaged 100% of the time. I love working in a fun, positive, and encouraging environment with the best team. I enjoy meeting and working with new clients and helping them with their staffing needs. Every client brings a different situation and opportunity to the table. In my free time I enjoy going to concerts, traveling and spending time with friends and family.
Kenny Wisniewski
Business Development & Consulting Manager
What I love about my job is getting to find new opportunities for a candidate that fits what they are looking for in order to help them succeed both professionally and in their personal life. While doing so, I am helping a facility find coverage for their patients and potentially foster a long-term partnership. I represent both the provider as well as the facility and I would be honored to make an introduction for you. In my personal time, I like to cycle, watch sports, and spend time with my wife, son and 3 dogs.
Yorick Vega
Operations Manager
The main reason I like my job is the environment I get to be in. The office is a place where everyone can be themselves and make things happen. The resources and the guidance that the managers and coworkers provide makes it a great environment. I live on a ranch with over 20 animals.
Diego Cisneros
Business Development & Consulting Manager
Working at KPG has given me the autonomy to build my own business within a business. Not too many companies will allow their employees to have the opportunity to do so! Fun Fact: I love to train my body/mind and put it through a vigorous workout 6 times a week.
Michelle Boughan
Business Development & Consulting Manager
Working at KPG gives me a chance to utilize my decade of unique experiences working with patients at their bedside and now adapt and refine my skillset to help in a more administrative fashion. I feel my background allows me to more clearly understand and empathize with both clients and providers and have a different perspective of their needs. It’s very exciting to make a difference in communities instead of one patient at a time. My spare time is spent traveling and with my animals.
Lauren Santora
Business Development & Consulting Manager
Providing solutions to assist busy clients in need of quality patient care makes me feel like I can make an impact. I like getting to know my providers and connecting them to opportunities that they are excited about. I am well traveled and can relate to and appreciate so many cultures, foods, nature, cities and experiences that I've enjoyed all over the world, from Russia to Dubai to Costa Rica and New Zealand.
Leah Matinzo
Licensing Specialist
I love how everybody took the time out to introduce themselves and welcomed me to the team with open arms. I am a crazy, stalker status Duke Basketball fan, whose grandchildren believe Coach K is there grandfather!
Don Ceniza
Consultant
I enjoy working at KPG because of its youthful energy and its upward growing trend. It motivates me to succeed. I come from a family of physicians and have degree in nursing, which benefits me in communicating with providers in the healthcare industry.
Jenna Silage
Consultant
I love that we have a tight-knit team, full of caring members whom absolutely want each one of our providers to have a stellar experience every time they contact us. Fun Fact: I’m related to a very famous fashion designer.
Chanelle Gonzalez
Consultant
Being a Consultant at KPG combines my interest in the Healthcare industry, and my love for helping for people. Getting to work alongside every hardworking member of this team, to help our Providers in any and every way we possibly can is incredibly rewarding. Being raised on the West Coast, gave me the ability to relate to Southern California Based Provider’s geographically. But it was my east coast Boston roots that allowed me understand the core importance of healthcare in the life science, and research industry. I enjoy building relationships, spending time with family and friends, and the New England Patriots, GO Brady!
Kathleen Flores
Consultant
There is nothing more amazing than having to work alongside a strong team that encourages each other’s success. The best part of working as a Consultant at KPG is being able to make a positive impact in someone’s life and being a great resource to Physicians obtaining their first or next career opportunity. In my spare time, I enjoy going to the lake, hiking and spending time with loved ones.
Keegan Buck
Consultant
KPG provides a work environment that fosters learning, creativity, and collaboration amongst team members. The resources provided and guidance given by managers and coworkers alike facilitates continual professional growth and adaptation to the ever changing market. This abundance of support and knowledge translates directly to providing the utmost for our practioners and clients alike. Fun fact about me is that I love to draw/graphic design in my free time and my favorite activity is snowboarding
Leilani Ladrillono
Consultant
I like the recruiting industry because I’m able to get doctors to those patients who need them most. I especially like being a recruiter with my colleagues at KPG Providers; a great group of people. Fun fact – After Hawaii lifted the covid ban and opened back up for tourism, I booked a flight, car and an oceanside condo for three weeks and went to Maui in February.
Shawn Larkin
Consultant
I enjoy the opportunity helping people achieve their career goals and the positive impact it has in their lives. The relationships that are made during the recruiting experience is fulfilling and rewarding. I love the competitive nature that recruiting is drives me to make the best matches for the healthcare providers I partner with. A fun fact about me is that I love health and fitness. I strive to push myself in physical fitness each day and apply those skills in my day to day life. You can also catch me outside in nature, preferably in the mountains or on a beach.
Laura Gary
Junior Consultant
Recruiting allows me to be of service to people while helping them reach pinnacle milestones in their lives. The relationships that are made are fulfilling. I can eat bacon as a meal, a side, or an add on – Give me bacon with my bacon, please and thank you.
Adriel Parson
Junior Consultant
I truly enjoy helping people and recruiting with KPG allows me to do just that while making a positive impact on the world. I get to help place providers in needed opportunities to better the healthcare experience. Fun fact I have a twin brother that is a pilot in the U.S. Army
Tina Webb
Consultant
I like working with physicians and have been doing it for a long time. We get along well. One of my physicians made me Osso Buco and sent it to me federal express for my birthday just to show me that he was a great cook (lol). I love living by the ocean. I found the sound of it very very therapeutic and I like to travel too.
EJ Villamaino
Consultant
I enjoy getting to work with professionals with a variety of experience and skill sets. It’s great to be able to facilitate partnerships where each side comes out feeling like a winner. Fun fact: I was captain of the Puerto Rico National Rugby Team… for 16 minutes.
Gloria Reyna
Consultant
As it pertains to my personality and career, I am very ambitious, goal-driven Human Resources Business Professional with 15 years of experience in Oil & Gas Industry. Transitioned in to the Medical Field for the last 4 years as I am currently working and enjoying putting my skill set to work as a Physician Consulting in the Recruiting industry. Articulate professional who loves all aspects of learning new strategies, to apply not only to my work life but in life in general. With a team player attitude I enjoy positive competitiveness in all aspects, loves the outdoors, travel and most of being a mom. Jacob who is 6 and Skylett 11, have brought so much enjoy throughout my journey.
Patti Haifley
Credentialing Assistant
I have been in staffing for over 20 years in one way or another but never has it seemed as important as it did when COVID hit. It became something that everyone needed and everyone used. Now I just want to be able to help people be as happy as I am working for KPG! Fun fact: I had my tonsils out twice. They took them out when I was 4 years old and they grew back so I had to have them removed again when I was 16.
MJ Yockey
Credentialing Assistant
I love helping people obtain the best care and treatment possible. Credentialing, is the silent partner to the clinical side of healthcare. Making sure qualified providers meet the standards to treat their patients is important to me and KPG allows me to do just that. I work with a phenomenal company that provides all the tools necessary to make my job easy and a great team that plays well together. Regardless of the position, everyone has the same common goal…to obtain qualified providers that give patients the best care and treatment possible. Fun Fact: I LOVE dogs. I would love to own a ranch one day and let all the unloved pooches roam free and be happy FURever!
Kandice Easley
Sourcing Specialist
Working within a company whose culture is, aligned with the best interest of its employees is rare to find. KPG is a company that genuinely cares for its employees while also providing the space and autonomy to thrive in the areas we are the strongest. Being able to contribute to the operations team while also assisting physicians and nurse practitioners in expanding their careers is truly the most satisfying feeling. A fun fact about me is, I love to eat, and I consider myself a true "foodie." When I am not working out, I take advantage of my "cheat" days and dine at some of my favorite restaurants. I have also gone as far as travel to a different state or country solely to experience food from different cultures.
Leticia Brewster
Credentialing Manager
Credentialing is typically viewed as a check-the-box regulatory burden, but it is more than that here at KPG. It is about getting to know the provider, developing a relationship and finding ways to make the process stress-free. Generally, providers need to engage in a tedious, paper-based credentialing process before granted privileges. I love my job because this burden is greatly reduced with the help of me and my team! Also, through credentialing, patients are assured of their healthcare professional’s merit and experience which is important to me. When I am not assisting providers navigate the credentialing process, I am home sketching or at an art gallery.
Evelyn Mendoza
Credentialing Coordinator
I enjoy working in credentialing because not only do I have the opportunity to help our providers by taking a little bit of the weight off through every step, but I also get to help the patients by making sure that our providers are appropriately credentialed to help them to the best of their ability. My goal is to always make the credentialing process as smooth as possible for our providers. Fun Fact: I really enjoy being outdoors and going on nature walks.
Kerry Frasier
Credentialing Coordinator
I love working at KPG besides working with a great team I get to assist providers from all across the world initiate and complete the sometimes tedious process of getting credentialed to start the job. It feels great to gain their confidence in knowing that I will take the majority of paperwork off their hands so that they can begin doing what they do best which is taking care of patients. I also get the opportunity to meet some really awesome people.
Fun Fact, I am actually really good with my hands and can build or fix just about anything (with the help of YouTube of course).
Shannin Williams
Payroll & Billing Manager
One thing that I love about my job is the environment that I work in and the people I get to work with. Fun fact about me is that my mom name me Shannin with an I because I was born on an (Irish) Holiday -Saint Patrick’s Day and I’ve also done Payroll for 7 years.
Seraphina O'Leary
Payroll and Billing Specialist
What I love about my job is that every day is a new adventure. There hasn’t been a day that I’ve been bored. Also, everyone is always happy and friendly which is a huge plus. A fun fact about me is I love puzzles. I will finish 1,000 pieces of puzzles in less than a week, so I have to increase the pieces to 5,000. I am running out of space in my house.
Bailey Rood
Client Logistics Manager
It’s rare to find a company that is this supportive and genuinely cares for each employee like KPG does. I love that I have a great degree of control and freedom within my role to focus on bettering the processes. Also, the diversity of the work that I do ensures that no day is like any other. During my free time, you can find me cheering on The Vegas Golden Knights. (Go Knights, Go!)
Ashley Zawodny
Logistics Coordinator
The KPG team is unlike any other. They are genuine, encouraging, and dedicated to providing an outstanding experience for the clients and providers. I love working at KPG because I can use my skills, education, and passion to help make a positive impact within our communities. A fun fact: I’m a certified scuba diver.
Desiree Vaughan
Business Office Manager
I love working with KPG because it allows me the ability to work autonomously, with a great group of people, doing what I love, in a highly productive, yet laid back environment. That is the secret sauce for me. My passion for helping people be as successful and productive as possible within their respective roles and making a difference in the day to day processes, culture, and environment are what gets me up in the morning. I thrive in being the liaison between internal and external teams, and I love using technology to make all of our lives easier! I am a “water baby”, when I’m not working or studying for my Baccalaureate in Social Work, you can find me in the pool, listening to music, having brunch, out on the town, working out (preferably outside) or some combination of those, as I am the queen of multitasking!
Melissa Salcido
Credentialing Coordinator
KPG gives me the ability to do the work I enjoy doing. Credentialing is a process of assessing provider’s qualifications and clinical competency through a review of education, training, licensure, etc. With this process, we can ensure patients receive care and treatment by skilled and qualified providers. Patient safety is important and that’s what matters to me. A fun fact about me is that I have two children born six years apart on the exact same day.
Tyler Paashce
Data Entry Specialist
The culture and collaboration of our team is unmatched. We learn from each other and all share the same goals. With this comes a healthy work environment and success. Fun Fact: I am a fried pickle addict.