Meet the Speakers Headlining

Becker’s 15th Annual Meeting

Our event roster includes 700+ elite hospital and health system speakers. Join the movers and shakers of the industry in these important discussions.


Kevin O'Leary
Featured in Harvard Business Review Case Study in 2023
Star of ABC’s 'Shark Tank', Top Business Speaker, Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Investor

Michael Phelps
Gold Medalist and Mental Health Advocate

Nick Saban
Legendary College Football Coach

Venus Williams
4-Time Gold Medalist, Entrepreneur and Founder - V Starr and Happy Hiking, New York Times Bestselling Author, 'Come to Win' & 'Strive', Philanthropist
Legendary Tennis Champion: 7-Time Grand Slam Singles Champion, 5-Time Wimbledon Champion

Joseph Cacchione
MD
Chief Executive Officer
Jefferson Health

David Dill
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
LifePoint Health

Michael Dowling
President and Chief Executive Officer
Northwell Health

Jeff Flaks
Chief Executive Officer
Hartford HealthCare

Tim Hingtgen
Chief Executive Officer
Community Health Systems

Kevin B. Mahoney
MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Dennis Matheis
Chief Executive Officer
Sentara Healthcare

Pete McCanna
Chief Executive Officer
Baylor Scott & White Health

Cliff Megerian
MD
Chief Executive Officer
University Hospitals

Peter WT Pisters
MD
President
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Johnese Spisso
MPA
President, UCLA Health; Chief Executive Officer, UCLA Hospital System; Associate Vice Chancellor
UCLA Health Sciences

Claire Agnew
CPA, MBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Valleywise Health

Maria Ansari
MD, FACC
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director and The Permanente Medical Group; President and Chief Executive Officer of Mid-Atlantic Permanente Group; and Co-Chief Executive Officer
The Permanente Federation

Hoda Asmar
MD, MBA
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer, Clinical Enterprise
Providence

Carl Bergetz
JD
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Rush University System for Health

Jonathan Berkowitz
MD, MBA
Vice President, Transfer and Acute Coordinated Care
Northwell Health

Sunny Bhatia
MD
President and Chief Medical Officer
Prime Healthcare

Brendan G. Carr
MD, MA, MS
Chief Executive Officer, and Professor and Kenneth L. Davis, MD, Distinguished Chair
Mount Sinai Health System

Mary E. Cassai
MPA, RN
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Hospital for Special Surgery

Miriam Chambliss
Vice President and General Counsel, Northwest Region
CommonSpirit Health

Nolan Chang
MD
Executive Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Finance for The Permanente Federation; Medical Director, Business Management,
Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Nkem Chukwumerije
MD, MPH, FACP
President and Executive Medical Director
Southeast Permanente Medical Group

Leon Clark
MBA
Chief Academic Affairs Officer
Sutter Health

Chris Coburn
Chief Innovation Officer
Mass General Brigham

Jeffrey Cohen
MD, FACS, FASCRS, CPE
Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Operating Officer
Hartford HealthCare

Eduardo Conrado
President
Ascension

Jeff Daneff
MBA, MS-BIA
CFO
CommonSpirit Health

Ramin Davidoff
MD
Executive Medical Director and Chair, Southern California Permanente Medical Group; Chair and CEO, Hawaii Permanente Medical Group and The Southeast Permanente Medical Group
Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Permanente Federation

Richard Davis
PhD, EdM
Chief Executive Officer
Rochester Regional Health

John D. Couris
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tampa General Hospital

Monique Diaz
MD
Region Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer - California
CommonSpirit Health

Roshanak Didehban
Chief Administrative Officer
Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Darryl Elmouchi
MD, MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Providence

Matthew Ewend
MD
Chief Clinical Officer
UNC Health

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

Jeff Gautney
Chief Information Officer
Rush University System for Health

Joel George
MBA, MSN, RN
Executive Director of Retail Services
AdventHealth Parks & Training Center

Mohan Giridharadas
MS, MBA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
LeanTaaS

Lisa Goodlett
CPA, MBA, FACHE
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer
Duke University Health System

Lacy Heiberger
Chief of Practice Innovation
UVA Physicians Group

Wendy Horton
PharmD, MBA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
UVA Health University Medical Center

Scott Jessie
MSN, MBA, RN, CNS, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
SUNY Upstate University Hospital

Leong Koh
MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Northwest Permanente

David Krajewski
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
LifeBridge Health

Clair Kuriakose
MBA, PA-C, FACHE
Vice President and Chief Advanced Practice Officer
Stanford Health Care

Tiffany Lawrence
President and Chief Executive Officer
Sanford Fargo

Joon Lee
MD
Chief Executive Officer
Emory Healthcare

Jason Lineen
Chief Strategy Officer
UVA Health

Christopher Longhurst
MD
Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer
University of California San Diego

Brad Martin
Associate Director, Care Innovation & Community Improvement Program
UC Health

Trevor Martin
CISSP
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer
UW Health

Lindsay Mazotti
MD
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Education and Sciences
Sutter Health

Thomas Moen
MBA, BSN, RN
Director, Virtual Health
Advocate Health

Jim Molloy
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Ochsner Health

William Morice II
MD, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mayo Collaborative / Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Daniel Morissette
Chief Financial Officer
CommonSpirit Health

Matt Morton
Executive Director and Chief Information Security Officer
University of Chicago

Shruti Nathan
MBA
Group Vice President, Strategic Operations and Chief of Staff to President
Advocate Health Care

Pete November
Chief Executive Officer
Ochsner Health

Deepti Pandita
MD
Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Chief Medical Information Officer
UCI health

Stephen Parodi
MD
Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Communications and Brand
The Permanente Federation and The Permanente Medical Group

Michael Pfeffer
MD, FACP
Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor
Stanford School of Medicine

Liz Popwell
FACHE, PMP
System Vice President, Strategy and International
CommonSpirit Health

Shafiq Rab
MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and System Chief Information Officer
Tufts Medicine

Stephen Rinaldi
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Luke Rockenbach
Chief Financial Officer - Silicon Valley Market
Sutter Health

Nikki Romence
Chief People Officer
Chapters Health System

Denzil Ross
MBA, FACHE
President, South Region
Indiana University Health

Marschall Runge
MD, PhD
Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs, University of Michigan; Chief Executive Officer
Michigan Medicine

Sanjeev Sah
MHA
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Technology Services and Chief Information Security Officer
Novant Health

Marty Sargeant
Chief Executive Officer
Keck Medical Center of USC

Todd Schaffer
MD, PharmD, MSS, FAAFP
President and Chief Executive Officer - Sanford Bismarck
Sanford Health

Shelly Schorer
Chief Financial Officer, California Division
CommonSpirit Health

Diana Schwartzstein
Vice President, Innovator Development and Growth
Mass General Brigham Innovation

Hasan Shanawani
MD, MPH, FCCP
Physician, National TeleICU Program and Physician, V10 Clinical Resource Hub and Tele-Emergency Care
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Salim S. Hayek
MD
Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer, and Interim Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas Medical Branch

Dan Shields
Chief Executive Officer
Ochsner Digital Medicine

Mehdi Shishehbor
DO, MPH, PhD
President
University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute

Kevin L. Smith
Chief Financial Officer
SSM Health

Gurmeet Sran
MD
Chief Clinical Data Science Officer
CommonSpirit Health

Cathy Stankiewicz
DNP, RN, CPHQ
Chief Nursing Officer
AdventHealth Central Florida Division

Nick Stefanizzi
MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Northwell Direct

Imamu Tomlinson
MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Vituity

Saurabh Tripathi
Chief Financial Officer
Ascension

Scott Ulrich
MBA, CHFP, CRCR
Vice President, Finance
Houston Methodist Hospital

Prathibha Varkey
MBBS, MPH, MHPE, MBA
President, Mayo Clinic Health System
Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Adam Vraves
Vice President, Strategic Growth, Urgent Care and Occupational Health
Bon Secours Mercy Health

Lisa Wagamon
President
Consulting

Elizabeth Wako
MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Swedish Health Services

Cindy Welsh
RN, FACHE, MBA
Vice President, TeleAcute and Respiratory Care, Midwest
Advocate Health

James Wilson
Chief Financial Officer
Mayo Clinic Health System