Jared Shelton, FACHE, serves as president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital HEB, joining the leadership team there in July 2022.

He shares leadership responsibilities with Chief Quality and Medical Officer Scott David Lloyd, M.D., and Chief Nursing Officer Julie Balluck, M.S.N., R.N., NEA-BC.

Shelton previously served six years as president of Texas Health Allen, and before that a term as vice president of Professional & Support Services for Texas Health Dallas.

He completed his undergraduate studies at Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Science degree in business and a minor in religion. He also earned a master’s degree in health care administration from Trinity University.

Shelton is a past president for the North Texas chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives and has served two terms on the Texas Hospital Association’s "Council on Policy Development". He is a graduate of the Leadership Allen Fairview Class XXVIII as well as Allen ISD Leadership Academy Class II, and is also a member of the vestry at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas.

Outside of work, Shelton and his wife, Kathryn, enjoy parenthood with their young children — daughters, Mackenzie and Caroline, and son, Jack.

Balluck began her tenure with the system in 1999, starting as a staff nurse and rising through the ranks at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas to become director of surgical services from 2010 to 2017, and then associate chief nursing officer in 2015. She subsequently served as interim chief nursing officer in 2019.

Balluck improved the consumer experience at Texas Health Dallas by increasing patient experience scores for two inpatient post-surgical departments from 55th percentile to 80+ percentile (one of highest in the hospital) in less than two years. She also oversaw consistent year-over-year ambulatory surgery patient experience scores within threshold or above.

Balluck planned and oversaw significant facility construction projects there, including a perioperative services expansion and renovation of the sixth-floor medical-surgical unit. She also advanced and grew strategic initiatives, including planning for that hospital’s fourth American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet designation in 2020, and oversaw market growth for service lines including orthopedics, trauma, heart and vascular, neurosciences, surgical services and women’s and infants.

She holds an honors in nursing diploma from Sheridan College School of Nursing in Mississauga, Ontario, a bachelor of science in nursing at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, and master of science in nursing from the University of Texas at Arlington. She is currently enrolled in the doctor of nursing practice (administration) program at the University of Texas Health Sciences program in Houston.

Balluck lives in Dallas with her husband, Terry, and their three school-age sons. The family stays busy attending the boys’ activities including academic competitions, lacrosse and soccer. The Ballucks also like to travel and camp at state parks, and make a drive to her childhood home in Canada every summer.

He was previously medical director for care management at North Texas Specialty Physicians (NTSP)/Silverback for four years. In this role, he provided medical oversight of the utilization management, disease management and complex case management for over 80,000 Medicare Advantage members. During this period, he also was medical director of the Care N’ Care Insurance Company.

While at NTSP/Silverback, Lloyd developed a nationally recognized community paramedicine program with emergency medical services provider MedStar that closes gaps in care for many local Medicare members. He also led the development of a palliative care program for the plan membership.

Lloyd also served as a hospitalist with Texas Health Physicians Group, working primarily at Texas Health Fort Worth. He is board certified in internal medicine and is a veteran of the United States Air Force.

He is a graduate of the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University.

He and his wife, Jennifer, live in Arlington.