100+

Executive-Level Attendees

40+

Speakers

2 Days

of Sessions

Attending Becker's Rural Healthcare Leadership Summit

Transform rural healthcare with us – start your journey here.

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.

Top reasons to join us

  • Benchmark financial performance and access strategies against rural peers
  • Apply practical playbooks to stabilize margins and optimize reimbursement
  • Tackle workforce challenges with proven recruitment and retention models
  • Expand care access through telehealth, partnerships, and service innovation
  • Build executive connections with leaders navigating similar rural pressures
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Industry Leading Speakers

Our event agenda includes 40+ rural health speakers. Join the movers and shakers of the industry in these important discussions.

Celebrity Keynote Livestreams

Speakers

Eric Doherty
Eric Doherty
Chief Executive Officer
QC Healthcare/My Pediatric Doctor/My Adult Doctor/My Oncology Doctor
David Walker
David Walker
Chief Executive Officer
George E. Weems Memorial Hospital
Ashley Biddy
Ashley Biddy
MBA, MSN, RN
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing Officer
Doctors' Memorial Hospital
Brian Sponseller
Brian Sponseller
MD
Chief Executive Officer
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center
Amy E. Lee
Amy E. Lee
MBA, MBHA, MJ, FACMPE
President and Chief Operating Officer
Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Mass General Brigham
Tom Mee
Tom Mee
RN, BSN, MBA
CEO
North Country Healthcare
Lauren LaPine-Ray
Lauren LaPine-Ray
DrPH, MPH
Vice President, Policy & Rural Health
Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Preston Marx
Preston Marx
CPHIMS
Vice President, Strategy and Innovation
Uintah Basin Healthcare
Paul Prather
Paul Prather
Vice President, Digital Medicine
Ochsner Health
Morgan May
Morgan May
DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FABC
Vice President and Associate Chief Nursing Executive
Ballad Health
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Desiree R. Stumpf
MJ, BSN, RN, HACP-CMS, SSGB
Vice President, Nursing and Regional Chief Nursing Officer
Deaconess Illinois
Bryon J. Schaeffer
Bryon J. Schaeffer
MD, FAAFP
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Clarinda Regional Health Center
Roy Browning
Roy Browning
BSN
Director ER, ICU, Med/Surg
Reeves Regional Health
Ryan Thomas Moore
Ryan Thomas Moore
MD, MHA
Senior Medical Director, Children's Service Line and Regional Services; Medical Director, Pediatric Transport; Vice-Chair, Pediatrics; Chief of Neonatology; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Eastern Carolina University
Dan Dwyer
Dan Dwyer
Chief Medical Officer
ECU Health Community Hospitals
Louis Thomas
Louis Thomas
Vice President, Operations
UNC Health Medical Group
Nirmit D. Kothari
Nirmit D. Kothari
MD, MPH, CPE, CHCQM
Associate Chief Medical Officer
BMH - Memphis
Cole Johnson
Cole Johnson
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Herb Alexander
Herb Alexander
Chief People Officer and Chief Diversity Officer
Centralus Health
Kimberly Reddish
Kimberly Reddish
PhD, RN, CCRN, CENP
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Executive
Forrest Health System
Rohith Saravanan
Rohith Saravanan
MD, MBA, CPE, FACHE
Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Midland Health
Brady Haynes
Brady Haynes
DHA
Chief Executive Officer
Seneca Healthcare District
George Mikitarian
George Mikitarian
DHA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Parrish Medical Center
Joshua Elder
Joshua Elder
MD, FACEP
Vice President, eHealth Clinical Operations
SCP Health
Robert W. Mach
Robert W. Mach
FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital
Tiffany Means
Tiffany Means
DNP, MHA, RN, CENP
Chief Executive Officer
Eureka Springs Hospital
Eric Briesemeister
Eric Briesemeister
Chief Executive Officer
Jones Regional Medical Center
Tyler Stapp
Tyler Stapp
RHCEOC
Chief Executive Officer
Trego County Lemke Memorial Hospital
Krista D. Horne
Krista D. Horne
MSN, RN
Vice President, Quality
ECU Health Community Hospitals
Howard Whitfield
Howard Whitfield
OT/L, MHA
Vice President, Operations, Chief Operating Officer
UNC Health Wayne
Adrian Billings
Adrian Billings
MD, PhD, FAAFP, FACU
F. Marie Hall Endowed Chair for Rural Health, Associate Academic Dean and Professor, Rural and Community Engagement
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Nikki DeLano
Nikki DeLano
DNP, MSN, RN, ONN-CG
Clinical Nurse Manager, Outpatient Infusions
E.C. Green Cancer Center, Deaconess Jennie Stuart Health
Janelle Hoover
Janelle Hoover
MSN, RN
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Carson Tahoe Health
Megan Isley
Megan Isley
DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing and Quality Executive
Adena Health System
Craig Williams
Craig Williams
MBA, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer
Speare Memorial Hospital
David Hess
David Hess
MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
United Hospital Center, WVU Medicine
Kelly Macken-Marble
Kelly Macken-Marble
Chief Executive Officer, Administration
Osceola Medical Center
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Brett Starr
MD
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery; Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Frye Regional Heart Center
Lifepoint Health, Duke Heart
Tracy Koster
Tracy Koster
MHA, RHCEOC
Chief Operating Officer
Carlinville Area Hospital
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Robert Frieden
Chief Information Officer
Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System

Join your rural health executive peers to get a glimpse of the discussions happening at rural hospitals and health systems across the country and leave with clear action items to improve your organization.

Partners

Interested in partnering with us as a sponsor at the summit? Reach out to one of the below contacts for options:

Jessica Cole, CEO | jcole@beckershealthcare.com
Ally Warner, SVP, Sales | awarner@beckershealthcare.com