Healthcare Innovation Congress (thINc360) 2024 | The Healthcare Innovation Company (thINc) | 29 May 2024 | The Westin Washington, DC Downtown, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

This event assembles leaders from across the healthcare continuum to convene, learn, network, and collaborate for meaningful progress towards enhancing the access, delivery, and quality of healthcare. The 3-day program includes thought-provoking keynotes and deep-dive track sessions that deliver cross-sector perspectives on current and emerging issues related to health equity, cost efficiency, care delivery, post-pandemic leadership, workforce staffing, succession planning, and DE&I, whole-person care, policy, and the future of care.

2024 Speakers

Alyssa Abo, MD, MBA
Physician Innovator, Chief Medical Officer, Bloom Standard; Advisory Board Member, New Enterprise Ventures

Sarah Ahmad
Chief Executive Officer, Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare

Cathy Aiken
President, Corporate Benefit Analysts, Inc.

Afsana Akhter
Chair, Digital Health Forum, MIT Alumni Association

Casey Albert
Managing Partner, SteelSky Ventures

Jaclyn Lewis Albin, MD
Medical Director, Food is Medicine Innovation, Center for Innovation and Value Parkland Health; Founding Director, Culinary Medicine Program, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Lydia C. Alexander, MD
President-Elect, Obesity Medicine Association; Chief Medical Officer, Enara Health

Samantha Citro Alexander
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, bitewell

Denise Algire, MBA, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN
Director of Health, Albertsons Companies

Dorothy Allen
CEO and Founder, The RiverCross Group

Laura Allred
Director, Alliance Partnerships, Uber Health

Malekeh Amini
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Trayt Health

Steven C. Anderson, FASAE, CAE, IOM
President and Chief Executive Officer, The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)

Jim Arnold
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, finHealth

Charles Aunger
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, HEAL Security, INC

Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM
Vice President, Research and Innovation, Shepherd Center

David Banks
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, AdventHealth

Brittney Bello
Co-Founder and President, SolV Independent Insurance Associates

Josh Berlin
Chief Executive Officer, rule of three, LLC

Cal Beyer
Senior Director of SAFE Workplaces, SAFE Project

Vishal Bhalla
SVP, Chief Experience Officer, Advocate Health

Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH, MPA
Managing Director, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions (DCHS) and the Deloitte Health Equity Institute (DHEI)

Leah Binder, MA, MGA
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Leapfrog Group

Maggie Biscarr
Food as Medicine Expert and Advisor, The NOURISH Movement and Clareo

Tara Bishop MD
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Black Opal Ventures

Steve Bloom
Program Manager for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, MITRE Corporation

Scott Bowman
Co-Founder and Co-Chair; Managing Director and Board Member, Clareo; Co-Founder, The World Innovation Network (TWIN), The NOURISH Movement

Kathie Callahan Brady
President and Chief Executive Officer, Frederick Innovative Technology Center, Inc. (FITCI)

Dave Brimmer, MS, MPA
PathFinder Technology Scout, US Department of Veterans Affairs

Jessica Brooks-Woods
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals

Hannah Burke
Vice President, Partnerships, Color Health, Inc.

Jenn Callaway
Executive Director, Oratium

Michelle Carnahan
President, Thirty Madison

Brian Castrucci
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, deBeaumont Foundation

Sree Chaguturu, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health

Maria Chaves, MBA, MPH
Vice President, Spring Street Exchange

Tinisha Cheatham, DO
Physician in Chief, Baltimore Service Area, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group

Sean Cheng
Managing Director, Ascension Ventures

Andy Chu
Senior Vice President, Product & Technology Incubation, Providence Digital Information Group

Shannon Cohn
Filmmaker, Lawyer, Director, and Producer, Below the Belt

David Contorno
Founder, E Powered Benefits

Bethany Corbin
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FemInnovation

Caree Cotwright, PhD, RDN
Director, Nutrition Security and Health Equity, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Michael R. Crawford, MBA, MHL
AVP for Strategy and Innovation, Office of Health Affairs, Howard University

Esa Matius Davis, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Associate Vice President for Community Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Senior Associate Dean for Population Health and Community Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Natalie Davis
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, United States of Care

Chris Deacon, JD
Founder, VerSan Consulting

Wyatt Decker, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President, Chief Physician, Value-Based Care, UnitedHealth Group

S. Nicholas Desai, DPM, MBA, FACFAS
Vice President, COO, CMO, CQO, Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital

Charles DeSantis
Associate Vice President of University Benefits and Wellness and Chief Benefits Officer, Georgetown University

Cristin Dickerson, MD
Founding Partner, Green Imaging

Stephen C. Dorner, MD, MPH, MSc
Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home

Arianne D. Dowdell, JD.
Vice President, Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Houston Methodist

Deborah Dullen
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, BioTraceIT

Cathy E. Duquette, PhD, MBA, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ
Secretary and Treasurer, National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

Douglas Eby, MD
Executive Vice President, Specialty Services, Southcentral Foundation

Julia Elligers
Principal, Government and Public Service, Deloitte

Greg Encelewski
Vice President, Finance, Southcentral Foundation

Marjorie Erdmann, PhD
Director, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Systems Innovation

Mendel Erlenwein
CEO, Founder, Podcast Host, CareCo

Kofi Essel, MD, MPH, FAAP
Food as Medicine Program Director, Elevance Health

Mary Ann Etiebet, MD, MBA
AVP, Health Equity & Partnerships, Human Health International, Merck

Ray Evans
Vice President, Healthcare Sales, CoventBridge Group

Tammy Fennessy, PHR, GBA
Director of Benefits, DICK’S Sporting Goods

Rachel Fisher, MS, MPH, RD
Senior Advisor and Co-Lead, HHS Food is Medicine Initiative, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Lisa Fitzpatrick MD, MPH, MPA
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Grapevine Health

Gary Foster, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, WeightWatchers

Emma Fox
Partner, E Powered Benefits

Melissa Fox, MHA, FACMPE, FACHE
Chief Operating Officer, Acenda Integrated Health

Holly Freishtat
Senior Director, Feeding Change, Milken Institute

Mona Gahunia, DO, FACP
Associate Director, Operational Excellence, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group

Martin Alexander Gershon, MD, JD, MPH
Managing Partner and CIO, Endeavor Venture Funds & Venture Studio

Sven Gierlinger
Senior Vice President and Chief Patient Experience Officer, Northwell Health

Dan Glickman
Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center; Former Director, USDA

Neil Goldfarb
President and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health

Kate Goodrich, MD, MHS
Chief Medical Officer, Humana

Matt Goudy
Managing Director and President, Medacta USA

Michael Greeley
Co-Founder and General Partner, Flare Capital Partners

Pamela Greenberg, MPP
President and Chief Executive Officer, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Jamie Greenleaf
Co-Founder, Fiduciary In A Box

Shawn Gremminger
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

Nelson Griswold
Founder and Chairman, NextGen Benefits Network and Employer Health Care Network

Cristy Gupton
Founder and President, Custom Benefits Solutions

Olga Hadziosmanovic
Account Executive, Evergreen Benefits Group

Walter Harris
President and Chief Executive Officer, Heartland Whole Health Institute

Stuart Hart
Chief Medical Officer, Integra LifeSciences

Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, MD, MBA, FACS
Chairman and Co-Founder, The Society of Physician Entrepreneurs; Chairman of the Board and Chief Medical Officer- BioFactura Inc.

Mike Hill
Chief Executive Officer, Total Control Health Plans

David Hines
Executive Director, Benefits, Metro Nashville Public Schools

Jeffrey Hogan
President, Upside Health Advisors

Jamie L. Holowka, Pharm.D.
Director of Clinical Strategy and Underwriting, Complete Captive Management Services

Phillip Holowka
Chief Operating Officer, Complete Captive

Karen Sussman Horgan, MBA
Co-Founder & CEO, VAL Health

Steve Horowitz
Chief Executive Officer, CareCentrix

Michael Hubble
Managing Director, Oratium

Josh Hyman
Chief Executive Officer, Southern Benefit Systems

Anand Iyer
Chief Analytics Officer, Welldoc

Sam Jactel
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ayble Health

Pramod John
Chief Executive Officer, VIVIO Health

Ann Mond Johnson
Chief Executive Officer, American Telemedicine Association (ATA)

Jewel Jones
Executive Vice President, Global Inclusion and Health Equity, Real Chemistry

Nicholas Jury, PhD
Director of Legislative Affairs and Policy, Office of Nutrition Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Emily Kauff
Executive Director, MSK Direct, Vice President, New Markets, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Nicole Kelm
Leader, Deloitte Health Equity Institute

Patrick Kennedy
Former U.S. Representative; Founder, The Kennedy Forum

Abbie Klein
Vice President of Compensation, Benefits, and Special Projects, STO Building Group

Brian Klepper, PhD
Principal, Healthcare Performance, Inc

Stephanie Koch, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CHVA
Director, Human Resources, Hendry Marine Industries, Inc.

Dinesh Kotak, MD
National Chair of Technology for Cancer Care, Physician Lead- National Precision Medicine and Genomics Technology Initiative, Kaiser Permanente

Lewis Krell
Head of Strategic Partnerships, Happiest Baby, Inc.

Sean M. Kukauskas, MBA, NRP
Executive Director, Mass General Brigham Ambulance Services

Heather Landi
Executive Editor, Fierce Healthcare

Laura Lowe MBA, BSN, RN CMAC, ACM-RN
Vice President, Integrated Care Management, Prisma Health

Shana Lawlor
Managing Partner, Totipotent Capital and 2raze

Tom Lawry
Managing Director, Second Century Tech LLC (2CT); Author, Hacking Healthcare – How AI and the Intelligent Health Revolution Will Reboot an Ailing System

Rick Leach, JD
Strategic Advisor on Food Security and Public Health; Chairman of the Food as Medicine Advisory Board, Avēsis LLC; Founder and former CEO, World Food Program USA

Justin Leader
President and Chief Executive Officer, BenefitsDNA

Alison LeBlanc
Executive Director, Child Health Equity Center, UMass Chan Medical School

Gran LeCompte
Managing Director of Employee Benefits, Keyes Coverage, LLC

Jessica Lee
Acting Chief Medical Officer, Medicaid and CHIP, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Christopher Leggett
Head, Global Commercial Innovation, Genmab

Neal Lemon, MBA, PhD
Executive Director, Cooper Innovation Center, Cooper University Health Care

Lee Lewis
Chief Strategy Officer, Health Transformation Alliance

Brent Ling
Director, External Affairs, Wholesome Wave

George Lourentzatos
Chief, Strategy and Operations, Union Health Center

Renzo Luzzatti
President and Chief Executive Officer, US-Rx Care

Severence MacLaughlin, PhD
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, DeLorean Artificial Intelligence

Catherine Macpherson, MS, RDN
Chief Nutrition Officer, Mom’s Meals, A PurFoods Company

Shweta Maniar
Global Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Google Cloud

Jim Massey
Founder, Right-sized CXO, Author, Trust in Action - The Leader's Guide to Act. Right. Now., Route 2

Stephen Massey
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Health Action Alliance

Suja Mathew, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Atlantic Health System

Rashmi Mathur
Managing Director

2024 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Ochsner Connected Health

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Bitewell
• Calm
• CAQH
• Deloitte
• Delorean Ai
• E Powered Benefits
• Kaia Health
• MarshMcLennan Agency
• ModifyHealth

SUPPORTING AND COLLABORATIVE SPONSORS:
• 4 Digital Health
• Ayble
• BevCap Management LLC
• Capital Rx
• Caresyntax®
• Fiduciary In a Box
• Folio3
• The Institute for Functional Medicine®
• YviMedicus
• CareQuest
• Institute for Oral Health
• Rule of Three

MARKETING PARTNERS:
• ABHW
• AEHC (Alabama Employer Health Consortium)
• American College of Lifestyle Medicine
• AMWA (American Medical Women's Association)
• Ardmore Institute of Health (Home of Full Plate Living Community)
• Connect Granite List
• CCNW (Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce)
• DCHA (District of Columbia Hospital Association)
• Engagys
• Enable Health
• GPBCH (Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health)
• HBA (Healthcare Businesswomen's Association)
• Healthcare Hackers
• Health Care Trailblazers
• Hero Mindset4Results
• National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (Driving Innovation, Health, and Value)
• National Association of Latino Healthcare Executives (D.C., Maryland, & Virginia (DMV) Chapter)
• Pioneering Collective
• Society for Women's Health Research
• S PE (Society of Physician Entrepreneurs)
• Wedi

START-UPS:
• Cancer Expert Now (An Onviv Company)
• Nash (Network of Advanced Healthcare)
• WiseCode
• SP Carepool
• Congruity Health
• Digital Folio3 Health
• KaiVitae
• OxiWear
• Raise
• Sensi.Ai
• Health Talent Strategy