Peg Burnette, CPA, is chief financial officer for Denver Health and Hospital Authority.  She has 17 years of experience in healthcare finance including positions as CFO and associate CFO/Controller at Denver Health, and previous positions in financial management at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Kaiser Permanente and Myers & Stauffer, CPAs.  Peg is a certified public accountant with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from the University of Kansas.  She has been active in the Colorado Healthcare Financial Management Association since 1992 and serves on its board.  She is also a Senior Policy Fellow with the National Association of Public Hospitals.