Speakers

Dr. Alison Abraham

Chair for Education, Epidemiology
University of Colorado

Dr. Lola Adeyemo, CDP, PMP

CEO & Workforce Strategist
EQImindset

Ginna Baik

Former Director of Age Tech
Amazon

Jennifer Baker

Policy Director
Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition

Liza Behrens, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State

Charles Borst, LNFA, CALM, CP, CADDCT

President
Texas Culture Change Coalition

Lee Bulock

Director of Administration
Southern Administrative Services

Maggie Calkins

Board Chair and Senior Researcher
IDEAS Institute

Teresa Elena Cambre, Masters of Gerontology

Director of Staff Development
Poydras Home

Brian Carnaghi

VP, CFO
Presbyterian Villages of Michigan

Jennifer Cava, MS, CTRS, CDES

Dementia and Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
Westminster Canterbury on the Chesapeake Bay

Dr. Shelly Chadha (Live from WHO Geneva Headquarters)

Technical Lead
World Health Organization

Carrie Chiusano

Executive Director
Presbyterian SeniorCare Network

Sue Ellen Clark, MBA, LNHA, CTRS, CDP

Interim Convent Administrator
Sisters of Mercy

Laci Cornelison, MS, AHCA, LBSW

Director
Kansas State University

Victoria Crenshaw

Sr VP Campus Operations
Westminster Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay

Molly Cupka

Executive Director & Founder
Up Ending Parkinson's

Diana Delgado

President & CEO
Eaton Senior Communities

Melissa DeStout, AIA, LEED AP

Associate Principal
Perkins Eastman

Joan Devine

Board Member
Missouri Coalition Celebrating Care Continuum Change

Marla DeVries

Chief Learning Officer
AgingIN

Nichole Dickstein

National Sales Director
STAY

Carol Ditman, CDP, CADDCT, CMDCP, ALM, PCHA

Sr. ED of Programming
Country Meadows Retirement Communities

Brian Dunbar

Executive Director, IBE
Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

Caroline Edasis

Assistant VP of Resident Engagement
Mather

Amy Estridge

Director of Account Services & Growth
3rd 3rd

Manley Feinberg

Founder & CEO
Vertical Lessons

Jeff Feneis

Executive Director
Loveland Housing Authority

Carmen Fronczak

Co-Founder of STAY / CRO of Friendship Village Senior Living / President of FV Ventures
carmen@stayapp.com

Dr. Christian Goodwin, MD, MPH

Psychiatrist
Duke University

Rachel Graham

RD, LDN, Project Coach
AgingIN

Stuart Hamilton

Founder & CEO
Amba

Erin Hart

Strategy Director
Ohio Health Care Association

Kara Harvey

COO
Kavod Senior Life

Jessie Hawthorn

Center Manager, Senior Planet Colorado
Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP

Jay Henry

Senior Director of Innovation and Sustainability
Tarkett

Shane Hoffman, MA, ADC

Life Enrichment Director
Ebenezer

Brittney Hull

Life Enrichment Coordinator
Veterans' Home of Wyoming

Barbara Infante

Founder & CEO
Agile Aging

Beth Irtz

President and Chief Guide
Focus Consultation, LLC

Jeff Jerebker

Former CEO of Pinon Management
Former: VP of CHCA, Treasurer of PN, BOD of Eden Alt, cofounder of Live Oak project

Alex Johnson SLP PhD

Provost Emeritus
MGH Institute of Health Professions, Harvard-MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Tech

Evelyn Joran-Thiel

Horticultural Therapist
Shenandoah Valley Westminster Canterbury

Carolyn Kazdan

Strengthening Resident Council Liason
Moving Forward Coalition Consultant

Emi Kiyota

Founder & Creator
Ibasho

Michael Klein

President/CEO
Kavod Senior Life

Lindsay Konkel

Managing Director & CEO
Ziegler Financing Corporation

Deirdre Lee

Senior Director, Virtual Program Experiences
Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP

Carrie Leljedal

Program Manager
The Live Oak Project

Cari Levy

Head Division of Geriatrics
University of Colorado, Denver

Dr. Mohammad Mahoor, Ph.D.

Professor of Computer Science
University of Denver

Aryeh Markowitz, LNHA, LSW

Administrator
Jewish Home Family

Dennis McDowell, LCSW

Behavioral Health Counselor
Rocky Mountain Health Care

Dr. Carol McKinley

Simpson Senior Living

Paige McMaster, B.S. Sustainability

VP of Sustainable Strategies
Cordia Senior Living

Dr. Patricia Mechan

Clinical Director
Guldmann Inc.

Anne Montgomery

Strategic Advisor
Connected Communities

Christopher Mulrooney

Associate Dean/Chair
Florida State University College of Medicine/Florida Pioneer Network

Peter Murphy Lewis

Founder/CEO
Strategic Pete

Amanda Nelson

LTSS Initiatives Manager
Office of Aging & Disability Services, Maine Department of Health and Human Services

William Nettles

Strategic Consultant
Southern Administrative Services

Vipan Nikore, MD,MBA,FACP

CEO and Co-Founder
Homecare Hub

Anna Ortigara, RN, MS

Consultant and Educator
Independent Contractor

Nicole Osevala, MD, FACP, FCCP

Chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine

Jenny Overly

Senior Director of Nutrition and Wellbeing
CCL Hospitality Group

Donielle Palmer, NHA

Director of Resident Services
Shenandoah Valley Westminster Canterbury

Kristen Parsons

Executive Director
Tiffany Village Retirement Community

Candice Pietrzak

Director of Culture and Talent
Parker Life

Susan Podlogar

Former Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
MetLife

John Ponthie

Owner
Southern Administrative Services

Doug Redosh

Neurologist
Up ENDing Parkinson's

Carmel Roques

Secretary of Aging
Maryland Department of Aging

Susan Ryan

CEO
AgingIN

Humair Sabir

Managing Director, Senior Housing & Care
Ziegler Investment Banking

Paul Sharman

President
PACE Canada

Dr. Malinda Shultice

Professor & CEO
M.S. Healthcare Consulting

Michael Sigala, MCP, RCFE Builder/Operator

Board President
Innovative Development and Living Solutions of California

Carol Silver Elliott

President & CEO
Jewish Home Family

Hilary Simmons, MPH

Executive Director
A Little Help

Cindy Sim

Founder and CEO
Team CarePal

Sandra Soraci, EDAC, LEED, NCIDQ, IIDA, RCR

Director of Strategies
Tarkett (Mission Partner)

Drew Sorrells, LEED Green Associate; CAPS

Creative Director; Owner
Adue Interiors

Karen Stellick PT

President
Stellick Therapy

Assaf Suberry, PhD

Musician / Post-Doctoral Research Associate
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)

Lisa Thomson, BA, LNHA, HSE, CIMT

Chief Operating Officer
Pathway Health

Cynthia Thurlow

President & CEO
3rd 3rd

Dr. Kelly Tremblay

Professor, Neuroscientist
World Health Organization

Addison VanZutphen

Program Coordinator
Kansas State University

Joe Velderman

Chief Strategy Officer
K4Connect

Penny Whitney

Owner/President Aponi Partners
Governor appointed Commissioner on the Colorado Commission on Aging