Speakers
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Elisa Arespacochaga
Group Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Workforce
American Hospital Association
Patti Banks
Chief Executive Officer
Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital, Ely, Minn.
Nick Bejarano
President and Chief Executive Officer
AdventHealth Manchester, Manchester, Ky.
Chris Benson
Managing Director
Juniper Advisory
Steve Berkowitz, MD
Founder and President
SMB Health Consulting
Valerie Bond Waid, MBA, BSN, RN, FACHE
Chief Nurse Executive
Meadville Medical Center, Meadville, Pa.
Mark Boucot, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Garrett Regional Medical Center, Oakland, Md.
Heather Bowen, RN, MSN, CPHQ
System Director, Organizational Performance
North Mississippi Health Services, Tupelo, Miss.
Jen Braun
Director, Workforce and Organizational Development
American Hospital Association
April Brock
Emergency Department Nurse Manager
Grande Ronde Hospital, La Grande, Ore.
Sarah Brown
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
UnityPoint Health, West Des Moines, Iowa
Brent Burkey, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fisher-Titus Medical Center, Norwalk, Ohio
Michael Calhoun
Chief Executive Officer
Citizens Memorial Healthcare, Bolivar, Mo.
Shari Campbell, MPA
Board President
Cascade Medical, Leavenworth, Wash.
Kevin Caserta, MD
Senior Medical Director of Population Health
Summit Pacific Medical Center, Elma, Wash.
Rebecca Chickey, MPH
Vice President, Behavioral Health, Trustee Services, Clinical Affairs and Workforce
American Hospital Association
Vikki Choate, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ
Principal, Quality, Safety, and High Reliability
Huron Consulting Group
Jess Church, RD
System Director of Community Health, Food Access
CommonSpirit Health, Durango, Colo.
Jocelyn Clarke
Assistant Vice President – Executive Search
Kirby Bates Associates
Chris DeRienzo, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Physician Executive
American Hospital Association
Nickolas Dirkes
Chief Executive Officer
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, Glasgow, Mont.
Susan Doherty, MA, LNHA
Vice President of Field Engagement
American Hospital Association
Lindsey Dunn Burgstahler
Vice President, Programming and Intelligence
American Hospital Association
Jenna Dziuba
Corporate Director, Health Informatics; Chief Health Informatics Officer
Centra Health, Lynchburg, Va.
Rafid Fadul
Deputy Director, Chief Medical Officer
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
Lynn Falcone
Chief Executive Officer
Cuero Regional Hospital, Cuero, Texas
Jason Feifer
Editor-in-Chief
Entrepreneur Magazine, and Author of Build for Tomorrow
Corey Feist
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Dr. Lorna Breen Foundation
Eric Fish, MD, FACOG
President and Chief Executive Officer
Schneck Medical Center, Seymour, Ind.
Brian Floyd, RN
President and Chief Operating Officer
ECU Health, Greenville, N.C.
Alexis Foster, MHA
Lead Program Specialist, Workforce
National Rural Health Resource Center
Kristi Gatrell
Chief Executive Officer
Big Horn Hospital, Hardin, Montana
Scott Gee
Deputy National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk
American Hospital Association
Mike Glenn
Chief Executive Officer
Jefferson Healthcare, Port Townsend, Wash.
Chad Golder
General Counsel and Secretary
American Hospital Association
Vin Gupta, MD
Managing Director of Healthcare Innovation, Manatt; Visionary Tech Innovator
Globally Recognized Public Health Expert; Former Chief Medical Officer, Amazon
Larry Hendrickson
Board Chair
Logan Health – Chester, Chester, Montana
Aaron Herbel
Rural Emergency Hospital Administrator and Chief Financial Officer
Mercy Hospital, Moundridge, Kan.
Nicole Hobbs
System Chief Regional Network Officer
Billings Clinic–Logan Health, Billings, Mont.
M. Michelle Hood, FACHE
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
American Hospital Association
Suzanna Hoppszallern
Senior Editor, Data and Research
American Hospital Association
Win Howard, FACHE
Senior Vice President and Managing Partner
Healthcare Experience Foundation
Karthik Iyer, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Mercy Hospital Jefferson, Festus, Mo.
Andrew Jager
Senior Director, Population Health
American Hospital Association
Brandt Jewell
Senior Vice President
Acuvance Coker
Tim Johnsen, FACHE
Healthcare Executive and Speaker
Jay Johnson, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
DRH Health, Duncan, Okla.
Arlan Johnson, MHA
Chief Executive Officer
Howard County Medical Center, St. Paul, Neb.
Laura Kaiser, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer, SSM Health, St. Louis
Chair-Elect Designate, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association
Elle Karimkhani, Esq.
Founder & Principal Attorney
Halden Law
Richard Keddington
President and Chief Executive Officer
Watertown Regional Medical Center, Watertown, Wis.
Stephen Konya
Chief, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
John Kosanovich
Member, Board of Trustees; Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Watertown Regional Medical Center, Watertown, Wis.
Laura Kreofsky
National Director, Rural & Community Health, Microsoft Elevate
Microsoft
Bharath Krishnamurthy
Director, Pharmaceutical Policy
American Hospital Association
Aimee Kuhlman
Group Vice President, Advocacy and Grassroots
American Hospital Association
Mike Kurliand
Senior Director, Digital Health
West Health
Kimberly Lane
Vice President, Continuing Care and At Home
Ascension Living, St. Louis, Mo.
JohnRich Levine, DNP, DPA, DBA, CSSM, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Reeves Regional Health, Pecos, Texas
Vicki Lewis, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Coffee Regional Medical Center, Douglas, Ga.
Anne Lewis
Chief Operating Officer
Trinity Health, Livonia, Mich.
Todd Linden
President
Linden Consulting
Corey Lively
Chief Executive Officer
Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Elk City, Okla.
Barbara Lorsbach, LFACHE
President
governWell
Abby Lotz, MSN, RN
Chief Executive Officer
Beartooth Billings Clinic, Red Lodge, Mont.
Sonia Malik
Senior Director, Operations
American Hospital Association
Meleah Mariani, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer NW Hospitals
Corewell Health Ludington Hospital, Ludington, Mich
Kent Mattson
Chief Executive Officer
Lake Region Healthcare, Fergus Falls, Minn.
Molly McColl
Vice President, Virtual Health & Clinical Transformation
Advocate Health, Charlotte, N.C.
David McCorkle
Chief Executive Officer
Citizens Health, Colby, Kan.
Holly McCormack, DNP, RN
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cottage Hospital, Woodsville, N.H.
Christina McCulloch, RN
President
Sharon Hospital, Sharon, Conn.
Kimberly McNally, MN, RN, BCC
Executive Coach and Governance Consultant
McNally & Associates
Meg Mehlberg, LNHA
Managing Director, Healthcare
Naviant
Patrick Menge
Board President
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, Glasgow, Mont.
Justin Millar
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center, Safford, Ariz.
Katherine Mulready
Chief Strategy Officer
cilexa
Esther Muna, Ph.D., MHA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer; Territorial Health Official
Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Saipan; Commonwealth of the North Mariana Islands
Christopher Newman, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mary Washington Healthcare, Fredericksburg, Va.
Kenny O'Neill
Managing Director
Kaufman Hall
Leslie Opper, MSSA, LISW-S, SHRM-CP
Vice President, Talent Management
Fisher-Titus Health, Norwalk, Ohio
Giovanni E. Ortiz Pagan, MHSA
Chief Executive Officer
Castañer General Hospital, Castañer, Puerto Rico
Katie Owens
Chief Executive Officer
Healthcare Experience Foundation
Stephanie Patton
Executive Director, Health System Development
Delta Health System – The Medical Center, Greenville, Miss.
Eilidh Pederson
Chief Executive Officer
Western Wisconsin Health, Baldwin, Wis.
Jeff Prater, MHA, FACHE
Vice President of Rural Health
Renown Health, Reno, Nev.
Kristin Preihs
Vice President, Health Research & Educational Trust
American Hospital Association
Julia Resnick, MPH
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives and Health Outcomes
American Hospital Association
Craig Rice, CHCIO, CDH-E
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Schneck Medical Center, Seymour, Ind.
Alan Richman
President and Chief Executive Officer
InnoVative Capital
John Riggi
National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk
American Hospital Association
Kenneth Robbins
Chief Operating Officer
Ascension Living PACE, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Maya Sandalow, MPH
Director, Health Policy
Bipartisan Policy Center
Robin Schluter
President and Chief Executive Officer
Regional Health Services of Howard County, Cresco, Iowa
Clint Seger, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Billings Clinic, Billings, Mont.
Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS
Deputy Scientific Lead, Health Care by Food
American Heart Association
Stefanie Simmons, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Lorna Breen Foundation
Ryan Smith
Chief Executive Officer
South Peninsula Hospital, Homer, Alaska
Natasha Smith
Senior Director, Health Equity and Experience
Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Jennifer Snow
Vice President, Social Health
Advocate Health, Greenville, S.C.