2025 Speaking Faculty

Matthew Ahern

Deputy Director of Nebraska Mediciad

Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Meera Atkins

Chief Medical Officer

Lyric

Vik Bakhru

Chief Executive Officer

Single Thread Health

Patti Barnett

Head of Medicare Regulatory Strategy & Operations

Centene

Meg Barron

Managing Director, Engagement & Outreach

Peterson Health Technology Institute

Emma Beavins

Staff Writer

Fierce Healthcare

Amy Bloomquist

Director of Customer Success

NourishedRx

Julie Bogorad

Director, Office of Public Policy

Independence Blue Cross

Catherine Brown

Vice President, Clinical Services

Welldoc

Roseleen Charania

Associate Chief Medical Officer for Oncology Programs

EviCore by Evernorth

Zachary Contreras

Director, Pharmacy Benefits

Sharp Health Plan

Laura Cooley

Editor in Chief

Journal of Patient Experience

Yara Elbeshbhishi

Senior Business Consultant | Maryland Medicaid

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Sarah Finch

AI and ML Engineer

HealthLink Dimensions

Blair Fjeseth

President/Chief Executive Officer

Mountain Health Coop

Greg Gierer

Founder and Managing Principal

Hilltop Health Policy Advisors

Anastassia Gliadkovskaya

Senior Staff Writer

Fierce Healthcare

Catherine Grason

Associate General Counsel & Head of Government Affairs

Oscar Health

Eric Gratias

National Physician Executive, Medical Benefit Services

EviCore by Evernorth

Christopher Hamilton

Chief Executive Officer

Texas Health Action

Caleb Hemmer

Tennessee State Representative for District 59

State of Tennessee

Katherine Hempstead

Senior Policy Officer

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Andrea Holman

DEI&B Program Manager

Lyra Health

Cassie Houff

Vice President, Post Acute Care Solutions

OneHome

Lori Howard

Founder and Managing Partner

Greenfield Health Solutions

Peiyin Hung

Associate Professor and Co-Founder

University of South Carolina’s Rural Health Research Center

Kimberly Kockler

Senior Vice President of Government Affairs

Independence Blue Cross

Heather Landi

Executive Editor

Fierce Healthcare

Dianna Leun

Enterprise Quality Director

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

Justin Ley

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Reema Health

Janet Liang

EVP and President of Oscar Insurance

Oscar Health

Chris Lloyd

Chief Data Officer

HealthLink Dimensions

Marie Malinowski

Principal Medicaid Population Health Program Manager

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Jasmine Marecle

Associate Director

SAI Programs

Abner Mason

Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

GroundGame.Health

Howard McLeod

Senior Vice President, Clinical Affairs

GeneDx

Lauri Mills

Freelance Facilitator

Paige Minemyer

Senior Writer

Fierce

Susan Mullaney

Chief Operating Officer

Blue Shield of California

Dave Muoio

Associate Editor

Fierce Healthcare

Chris Nolan

Director, Payer Solutions

HealthLink Dimensions

Erica Olenski

Patient Advocate

Meera Patel-Zook

Vice President of Regional Pharmacy

Centene Pharmacy Services

Brittany Poche

Director of Solutions

Norwood

George Renaudin

President of Insurance

Humana

Don Rucker

Chief Strategy Officer

1upHealth

Dr. Thomas Schenk

Chief Medical Officer

Paradigm

Sam Schwager

President and Co Founder

SuperDial

Ellen Sexton

Executive Vice President, Chief Growth Officer

Blue Shield of California

David Shapiro

Senior Vice President & General Manager

Press Ganey

Pankhuri Sharma

Strategy & Operations Leader

Humana

Rohit Shinde

Vice President

healow

Dustin Smart

Vice President, Digital Value & Performance

Centene

Jordan Smith

Pharmacist

Walgreens

Krishnan Sridharan

Chief Executive Officer

Minerra Health

Heather Trimble

Principal Strategic Health Care Advisor

SAS

Rachel Vorobyev

Vice President, Product Management & Innovation

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Maggie Williams

Medical Director, Virtual Primary Care

MD Live by Evernorth

John Zimmerer

Vice President of Healthcare

Smart Communications