Becker’s Rural Healthcare Leadership Summit 11- 12 June 2026

The Rural Healthcare Leadership Summit convenes senior executives from critical access hospitals, rural health systems, and community providers to address the operational, financial, and clinical challenges unique to rural care delivery. Through candid discussions and peer-led sessions, leaders will share practical strategies to stabilize margins, strengthen workforce pipelines, expand access through innovation, and sustain high-quality care in underserved communities.

Attendees will leave with actionable insights, proven playbooks, and a stronger network of peers navigating similar pressures, all focused on advancing resilient, patient-centered rural healthcare.

JJ Hodshire
President and Chief Executive Officer
Hillsdale Hospital

Susan Stacey
RN, MBA, FACHE
Chief Executive
Providence Inland Northwest Washington Service Area

Bren Lowe
MHA, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
McLeod Health Cheraw

Jamie Couch
Vice President, Rural Health
AdventHealth Multi-State Division

William Davis
MBA, CLSS
President, Illinois Region
Deaconess Illinois

Gregory Bryant
Chief Information Officer
Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center

Kurt Forsyth
FACHE
President
Delta & Fillmore Community Hospitals, Intermountain Health

Raymond Hino
MPA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center

John Henderson
President and Chief Executive Officer
Childress Regional Medical Center; Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals

Eric J. Price
MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital

Amy Hart
MS-HCA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Cuyuna Regional Medical Center

Kyle Kramer
FACCA, FAAMA
Chief Executive Officer
Day Kimball Health

Laura Appel
Executive Vice President
Michigan Health & Hospital Association

Imee Dahl
DNP, RN, CENP
Operations and Patient Care Executive
Adventist Health St. Helena

Laura LaPine-Ray
DrPH, MPH
Vice President, Policy & Rural Health
Michigan Health & Hospital Association

Alex Krouse
Associate General Counsel
Parkview Health

Shane Sanborn
Chief Executive Officer
Shoshone Medical Center

Nathan Kinney
MHA, FACHE
Senior Director, Strategy and Planning Program
Banner Health - Western Division

Michael Coyle
Chief Executive Officer
Veterans Memorial Hospital

Steven Massey
President
Western Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics

Tracy Koster
MHA, RHCEOC
Chief Operating Officer
Carlinville Area Hospitals & Clinics

Nikki DeLano
DNP, MSN, RN, ONN-CG
Clinical Nurse Manager, Outpatient Infusions
E.C. Green Cancer Center, Deaconess Jennie Stuart Health

Kunal Khashu
Executive Director
Cedars Sinai Health Systems

Bharath Mamathambika
Principal, Health Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Jill Olmstead
Partner
PwC

Chris Harrison
Chief Executive Officer
Quorum Health

Justin Harris
MSHA, MBA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Daviess Community Hospital, Deaconess Health System

David Jones
MBA, CLSSBB, FABC
Market President, Critical Access Hospitals
CommonSpirit Health

JohnRich Levine
DNP, DPA, DBA(c)
Chief Nursing Officer
Reeves Regional Health

Amy Shipley
MD
Vice President, Physician Services, East Region
UNC Health Medical Group

Louis Thomas
Vice President, Operations
UNC Health Medical Group

Matt Gitzinger
Executive Director, Population Management
UNC Health

Brian Freeman
MHA, FACHE
Senior Vice President, President Rural Area
Advocate Health

Karl Bezak
MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Director, Innovation and Technology for the Palliative and Supportive Institute; Medical Director, Inpatient TelePaliative Care Service
UPMC