AHA Leadership Summit 2024 | American Hospital Association | 21 July 2024 | Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, 1 Market Pl, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

This Summit brings together senior health care executives, clinicians and experts in the field presenting innovative approaches for delivering better care and greater value, ensuring financial stability, addressing workforce challenges and improving the health care consumer experience through operational excellence, creative partnerships and redefined delivery models.

Lead
Join audiences from across health care and beyond:
• Senior hospital and health system leaders will make meaningful connections with others in the expanding health care ecosystem to foster collaboration and innovation.
• Clinical leaders will devise strategize to address community health challenges, as trustees will broaden their knowledge of emerging governance models.
• Next-generation health care leaders will gain insights into the competencies required to lead complex organizations during uncertain times.
• New market entrants, entrepreneurs and companies investing in promising ideas, technologies and scientific discoveries that are changing the consumer experience and innovating care delivery will learn from peers and potential collaborators.

Connect
• Learn with colleagues in a variety of educational opportunities that facilitate the sharing of insights and leading practices.
• You’ll hear from innovators investing in the promising ideas, technologies and scientific discoveries that are changing the consumer experience and reimagining care delivery.

Transform
• Discover inspiration and practical strategies to sustain transformation within your organization, system and community as we prepare for the future.
• Dive into real-world applications and connect with leaders who share your commitment to driving transformative change in health care.

2024 Speakers

Akin Demehin
Senior Director, Quality and Safety Policy, American Hospital Association

Alan Pitt
Neuroradiologist, Barrow Neurological Institute, Chief Executive Officer, Vitalchat Telehealth

Alex LeBrun
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nabla

Alex Zekoff
Chief Executive Officer, Thoughtful AI

Andrew Lundquist, DPM
Chief Medical Officer, Mankato Clinic, Mankato, Minn.

Andy Flanagan
Chief Executive Officer, Iris Telehealth

Andy Barrow
Chief Financial Officer, Cone Health, Greensboro, N.C.

Andy Chu
Senior Vice President of Product and Technology Incubation, Providence, Renton, Wash.

Angela Ochoa, MA, BSN, RN, CIC
Director of Infection Prevention and Employee Health, Excelsior Springs Hospital, Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Angela Moreland, PhD
Associate Director, National Mass Violence Center, National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Medical University of South Carolina

Asha Rodriguez
Vice President, Facility Executive, Atrium Health Cabarrus, Concord, N.C.

Barbara McCarthy, RN, MPH, CPHRM, DFASHRM
Enterprise Risk Officer, Retired, Beverly Hospital, Beverly, Mass.

Barbara Griffith, MD
President, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, N.C.

Beth Heinz, MHA, MSW
Executive, Women and Children's Service Line and Mental Health and Addiction Services, MHealth Fairview, Minneapolis

Betsy Taylor, FAHP
Chief Executive Officer, Accordant

Bradley Rosen, MD
Vice President, Physician Alignment and Care Transitions, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles

Brian Deffaa
Chief Marketing Officer, LifeBridge Health, Baltimore

Brian Kersten, MD
Senior Medical Director, Emerging Care Model Division, Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C.

Brittany Cunningham, MSN, RN, CSSBB
Vice President for the Episodes of Care Office Population Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Bryan Sisk, DNP, MPH, RN, NE-BC, CENP
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive, Memorial Hermann, Houston

Catherine Passaretti, MD
Vice President and Enterprise Chief Epidemiologist, Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C.

Cheng-Kai Kao, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago

Christina Gerdes
Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, Willow Health

Christina Cordero, PhD, MPH
Senior Project Director for Healthcare Standards Development, The Joint Commission

Christopher Hasse, PhD
Chief Administrative Officer, Mayo Clinic Health System, Rochester, Minn.

Christopher Waugh
Chief Innovation Officer, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif.

Christy Miller
Director of The Institute for Lifestyle Medicine, AdventHealth Celebration, Celebration, Fla.

Chris Van Gorder, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer, Scripps Health, San Diego

Chris DeRienzo, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, American Hospital Association

Chris Molaro
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Neuroflow

Colin LeClair
Chief Executive Officer, Connections Health Solutions

Colleen Hole, BSN, MHA, FACHE
Vice President, Clinical Integration and Chief Nurse Executive, Atrium Health, Charlotte, N.C.

Courtney Colbert
Senior Director, Applications, Luminis Health, Annapolis, Md.

Danielle Noreika, MD, MSHA, FACP, FAAHPM
Section Chief, Palliative Care, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, Richmond, Va.

Daniel Pink
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author of The Power of Regret, When, To Sell is Human and Drive

Daryl Tol
Head of Health Assurance Ecosystem, General Catalyst

David Mooradian
Chief Medical Information Officer, Luminis Health, Annapolis, Md.

David Lovinger, MD, FACP
Associate Chief Medical Officer and Chief Informatics Officer, Carle Health, Urbana, Ill.

David Grandy, FACHE
Vice President, Innovation, Kaiser Permanente, Napa, Calif.

Dayna Bowen Matthew, JD, PhD
Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Author, Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America

Denica Moodley, MPH
Director of Operational Transformation, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles

Doug Shaw
Senior Vice President of Business Development, American Hospital Association

Elie Sade, MD, MPH
System Medical Director, Infection Control and Prevention Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland

Elisa Arespacochaga
Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Workforce, American Hospital Association

Elizabeth Petrich Kennedy, RN
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Providence, Renton, Wash.

Erica Torres
System Vice President of Mission Integration, PeaceHealth, Vancouver, Wash.

Eve Dorfman, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President, Operations, NYU Langone Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.

F. Nick Bacque, PhD
Credit Risk Officer, Office of Hospital Facilities, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fran Witt, DNP, MBA, LNHA, RN
President and Chief Executive Officer, Effingham Health System, Springfield, Ga.

Gaurang Choksi
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Violet

Geoffrey Papsco
Managing Director, Office of Hospital Facilities, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Geoff Bennett
PBS NewsHour Co-Anchor

Gerry Soderstrom, CHC, CIA, CISA, CISM
Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Audit, Compliance & Risk Officer, Scripps Health, San Diego

Gokhan Anil, MD, MBOE
Chair of Clinical Practice, Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, Minn.

Gregg Miller, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Vituity

Gregory Bentz
Chairman, Board of Directors, BJC Health System, Kansas City

Hilary Hatch, PhD
Chief Clinical Officer, Phreesia

Holly Grunebach
Manager of Cardiovascular Advanced Practice, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

Holly Sullivan
Vice President, System Brand and Marketing, Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Inia Estima, MPA, LSSC, CPPS
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, N.J.

JaeLynn Williams
Chief Executive Officer, Air Methods

Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD
Chief Executive Officer, Risant Health

James Olsen
Founder and Managing Partner, Concord Health Partners

James Wilson, MHA
Chief Financial Officer, Mayo Clinic Health System, Rochester, Minn.

Jennifer Wilkerson, FACHE
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Sheppard Pratt, Baltimore

Jeremy Musher, MD, DLFAPA
Chief Behavioral Medical Officer, LifePoint Health, Brentwood, Tenn.

Joanne Conroy, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President, Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, N.H., Chair, AHA Board of Trustees

John D Cooper
Vice President, Venture Investment, Wellstar Health System, Marietta, Ga.

Johnna Nynas, MD, FACOG
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sanford Health, Bemidji, Minn.

John Haupert
President and Chief Executive Officer, Grady Health System, Atlanta, Immediate Past Chair, AHA Board of Trustees

John Riggi
National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, American Hospital Association

Joseph Quinlan, MSH, RDN, FAND
Director of Nutritional Services, AdventHealth Celebration, Celebration, Fla.

Joy A. Lewis
Senior Vice President, Health Equity Strategies, American Hospital Association, Executive Director, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity

Judith Berger, MD, FIDSA
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical Director, Infection Control, St. Barnabas Hospital, New York

Julia Resnick
Director, Strategic Initiatives, American Hospital Association

Julie Kim
Senior Program Manager, Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, American Hospital Association

Justin Dearborn
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Praia Health

Karie Gibson
Unit Chief, FBI/CIRG/Behavioral Analysis Unit-1, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Kathryn Hines
Director of Surgical Advanced Practice, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

Kathy Leonhardt, MD, MPH
Principal Consultant, The Joint Commission International

Kaveh Safavi, MD, JD
Senior Managing Director, Accenture

Kayla Wright-Jackson
CEO & Co-Founder, Transition

Kevin Biese, MD
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Kimberly Wozneak, MS
National Lead, Age-Friendly Health Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs

Kristen Azar, RN, MSN, MPH, PhD
Executive Director, Institute for Advancing Health Equity, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif.

Kristin Schwartz
Senior Associate Director of Federal Relations, American Hospital Association

Kurt Barwis, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer, Bristol Health, Bristol, Conn.; Member, AHA Board of Trustees

Lauren Ciocco, MSN, RN, CCRN
Nurse Manager, Workforce Operations/SEAL RN Team, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia

Lindsey Dunn Burgstahler, MA
Vice President, Programming and Intelligence, American Hospital Association

Lisa Shannon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Allina Health, Minneapolis

Louella Hung
Director, Funded Partnerships, American Hospital Association

Louise White, RN, BSN, MHA
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, Calif.

Mandy Eaton, PhD
Chief Operating Officer, Cone Health, Greensboro, N.C.

Manish Wadhwa, MD, FHRS, FACC
Chief Medical Officer, Philips Ambulatory Monitoring and Diagnostics, Philips

Marie Cleary-Fishman, BSN, MS, MBA, CPHQ, CPPS, CHCQ
Vice President for Clinical Quality, American Hospital Association

Martha Kennedy, PhD, MEHP, CRNP-AC
Director, Clinical Education, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore

Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive, Centra Health, Lynchburg, Va.; Member, AHA Board of Trustees

Mary Reid, PhD, MSPH, BSN
Chief of Cancer Screening, Survivorship and Mentorship, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, N.Y.

Matthew Owens, MD
Chief Clinical Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cincinnati

Matthew Keris, Esquire
Shareholder, Marshall Dennehey

Michael Ruma, MD, MPH
Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist and President, Perinatal Associates of New Mexico

Michael Draugelis
Associate Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, Geisinger, Danville, Pa.

Michael Maniaci, MD
Medical Director, Virtual Care, Center for Digital Health, Mayo Clinic

Mick Ebeling
Founder and CEO, Not Impossible Labs, Author, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn’t be Done

Mitchell Crawford
Medical Director, Specialized Treatment & Recovery Team and Director, Addiction Services, Wellspan Health, York, Pa.

Mohamed Kamara
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, InovCares

Nancy Myers, PhD
Vice President, Leadership & System Innovation, American Hospital Association

Nathan Kaufman, MS Health Systems
Managing Director, Kaufman Strategic Advisors

Neil Ray, MD
Founder and CEO, Raydiant Oximetry

Nell Buhlman
Chief Administrative Officer, Head of Strategy, Press Ganey

Nicholas Alredge, MBA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer, Carlsbad Medical Center, Carlsbad, N.M.

Oren Guttman, MD, MBA
Vice President, High Reliability and Safety; Edward Asplundh Chief Patient Safety & Quality Officer, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia

Patricia Toole
President and Chief Executive Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic, Belle Mead, N.J.

Patricia Henwood, MD, FACEP
Chief Clinical Officer, Executive Vice President, James D and Mary Jo Danella Chief Quality Officer, Jefferson Health, Philadelphia

Patrick Higley
Vice President, Generative AI Lead, AVIA

Patty Jo Toor, RN, MSN
Vice President of Nursing, Chief Nursing Officer, AdventHealth Celebration

Paul Begala
Political Analyst and Commentator, CNN

Paul Kramer
Partner, Upstream Thinking, LLC

Prathibha Varkey, MBBS, MBA
President, Mayo Clinic Health System, Rochester, Minn.

Raahat Ansari
Senior Program Manager, American Hospital Association

Rebecca Chickey, MPH
Senior Director, Behavioral Health, American Hospital Association

Rebecca Cady, Esq., BSN, CPHRM, DFASHRM, FAC
Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Rebecca Kaul, PhD
Senior Vice President, Chief of Digital Innovation and Transformation, Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, N.Y.

Reginald Blaber, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Virtua Health, Marlton, NJ

Richard Milani, MD
Chief Clinical Innovation Officer, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif.

Rick Pollack
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Hospital Association

Robin Damschroder, MHSA, FACHE
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Business Development Officer, Henry Ford Health, Detroit

Roxanna Gapstur, PhD, RN
President and Chief Executive Officer, WellSpan Health, York, Pa.

Ruchika Talwar, MD, MMHC
Associate Medical Director, Episodes of Care, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

Ryan Thompson, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer, Rome Health, Rome, N.Y.

Samuel Hammerman, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Select Medical, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Scott Jennings
CNN Contributor, Conservative Columnist, & Former Presidential Advisor

Sean Toor
Operations Manager, AdventHealth Celebration

Shane Thielman, FACHE, CHCIO
Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, Scripps Health, San Diego

Shannon Larson, BSN, RN, CEN
Nurse Educator, Gerontology, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, La Mesa, Calif.

Shelly Buck, DNP
President, Riddle Hospital, Main Line Health, Media, Pa.

Shiv Rao, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Abridge

Stephan Russ, MD
Associate Chief of Staff, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville

Stephen Dorner, MD, MPH, MSc
Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham, Boston

Stephen Klasko, MD, MBA
Executive in Residence, General Catalyst

Steven Diaz, MD, FAAFP, FACEP
Chief Medical Officer, MaineGeneral Health, Augusta, Maine

Steven Redd
Program Manager, Luminis Health, Annapolis, Md.

Sue Ellen Wagner
Vice President, Trustee Services and Engagement, American Hospital Association

Sunil Dadlani
Executive Vice President, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Atlantic Health System, Morristown, N.J.

Susan Boisvert, BSN MHSA, CPPS, CPHRM, DFASHRM
Senior Patient Safety Risk Manager, The Doctors Company

Suzanna Hoppszallern
Senior Editor, Data and Research, American Hospital Association

Sylvain Trepanier, DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN
System Chief Nursing Officer, Providence, Renton, Wash.

Tammy Lundstrom, MD, JD
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Trinity Health, Livonia, Mich.

Tarun Kapoor, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Virtua Health, Marlton, N.J.

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN
President, John A. Hartford Foundation

Thomas Burke, MD
Former Professor, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Chair, American Hospital Association Quest for Quality Prize Committee

Tiffany Capeles, FACHE
Committee Chair, Carolyn Boone Lewis AHA Equity of Care Award

Tim Watson
Vice President, Physician Recruitment, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cincinnati

Tina Freese Decker, MHA, MSIE, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer, Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, Mich., Chair-Elect, AHA Board of Trustees

Todd Wallbridge
Senior Director for Corporate and System Safety & Security, Scripps Health, San Diego

Todd Nelson, FHFMA, MBA
Professional Practice & Partner Relationships, Chief Partnership Executive, Healthcare Financial Management Association

Torrie Fields, MPH
Senior Advisor, Coalition to Transform Advanced Care

Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP
Chief Medical Officer, Clinician Solutions, Solventum

Tressa Springman
Chief Information Officer, LifeBridge Health, Baltimore

Trung Dang, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Sharp HealthCare, San Diego

Veronica Gillispie-Bell, MD, MAS, FACOG
Senior Site Lead and Section Head of Women’s Services, Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner, Kenner, La.

Warner Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif.

Xi Hu
Fellow, Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School

David Yadegar
Co-founder, Origin

2024 Sponsors

• Abridge AI, Inc.
• Accenture Inc.
• Aegis Ventures Partners
• Air Methods
• American Association for Critical Care Nurses
• Analog Informatics Corporation
• AON
• Aya Healthcare
• Coker Group
• CommonSpirit Health
• Concord Health Partners
• Consensus Cloud Solutions
• CorroHealth
• Cyracom
• Evolv Technology
• Fortinet
• Health Catalyst
• HLTH
• Inovalon
• Iris Telehealth
• Legacy Data Access
• L.E.K. Consulting LLC
• Ludi, Inc.
• MDVIP
• Microsoft
• MossAdams
• Nabla Technologies
• Ni2 Health
• Panda Health
• Philips North America Corporation
• Phreesia
• Preverity
• Sellers Dorsey
• (short Shoutouts)C.A. Short Company
• Medical Informatics
• Slack from Salesforce
• Solventum
• Steer Health
• Suki
• The Joint Commission
• Thoughtful AI
• (Triage Go) Beckman Coulter
• VitalTech
• Vituity