karma bass
Before founding Via Healthcare Consulting, she worked with ACCORD LIMITED, a Chicago-based consulting firm serving clients nationwide with their strategic planning, governance, speaking and board retreats. She spent two years as president and CEO of Alliance Healthcare Foundation in San Diego, California where she reported to an independent, eleven-person not-for-profit board. Notably, Ms. Bass spent 10 years at The Governance Institute holding various positions including Vice President, Membership Services and Director of Research & Publications. During her time at The Governance Institute, she oversaw the prestigious biennial hospital governance practices survey tracking trends in US hospitals and health systems. Read More.
ben nemtin
Ben Nemtin and his three childhood friends started THE BURIED LIFE in Victoria, BC in 2006. They made a list of ‘100 things to do before you die’ and for every list item they accomplished, they helped a complete stranger cross something off their bucket list. Since then, they have crossed off ‘Write a #1 New York Times Bestselling Book’, ‘Make a TV Show (on MTV)’, ‘Be Interviewed by Oprah’ and have helped reunite a father and son after seventeen years and surprised a young girl with a much needed bionic arm. Ben and his friends have crossed off 91 of 100 dreams and are currently filming The Buried Life documentary film. Read More.
carole copeland thomas
When you need the right message, Carole delivers. When you need a speaker who will deliver high energy programs while inspiring and entertaining your audience at the same time, count on Carole Copeland Thomas. As a veteran keynote speaker, trainer, facilitator, emcee, and workshop leader Carole customizes every message so that her audience leaves with a new understanding of their personal and professional course of action. From a handful to thousands, Carole’s message will radiate with audiences large or small. She constantly researches her topics through books, surveys, articles and the Internet, guaranteeing that her materials represent the latest trends in the marketplace. Read More.
richard corder
Richard is an operations leader with over 25 years of hands-on experience. A former hotel executive, Richard weaves his passion for service with a deeply held belief that improvement is achieved through accountability. A respected leader, Richard combines his love for operations with his experience managing, mentoring, and coaching others to achieve safer, better healthcare. His operational roles have included c-suite positions at academic and community hospitals as well as senior level leadership positions in luxury hotels. Prior roles have included vice president of operations, chief operating officer and senior director of service excellence. Read More.
maria gamb
Maria Gamb is the Founder and CEO of the training company NMS Communications focusing on creating powerful leadership and happy, healthy, resilient organizations that thrive. As a former Executive, she spent more than twenty years in corporate America directing and managing successful businesses valued in excess of $100 million. Her global experiences lead her to write the Amazon bestselling book “Healing the Corporate World”, one of the few women to rank in the top 10 of the business leadership category. In 2018 her second book, “Values-Based Leadership for Dummies” ™ was published by John Wiley & Sons. To date this book has been released in the United States, Canada and the UK. Read More.
apurv gupta
Dr. Apurv Gupta is a Director in the Performance Excellence Practice at Navigant Consulting based in Boston. Apurv is a leader and innovator in healthcare, an expert in performance improvement and change management, and a thought leader in the transofrmation of healthcare. He provides assessment and implementation services for healthcare organizations, with a particular emphasis on engagement of clinicians, mentoring of physician leaders, and alignment of executive leadership to improve clinical practices in addressing quality, supply utilization, and cost issues. Apurv has redesigned numerous hospitalist programs to improve productivity, increase physician engagement, and install sustainable governance. Read More.
mary jane mapes
Mary Jane Mapes works with leaders and sales and service professionals to create great relationships and develop a culture of excellence. As a leadership keynote speaker, consultant, executive coach, and author for over twenty years, she has a proven track record - having helped clients to vastly improved employee engagement scores, greater customer satisfaction and loyalty, and a more effective workplace. She is a highly sought after authority on business relationships and leadership development. Mary Jane helps people to alter they way they work and communicate, giving them the tools they need to advance their career, better engage with their teams, and succeed in meeting their goals. Read More.
leonard j. marcus
Leonard is the founding Director of the Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research, scholarship, and applied practice are devoted to the advancement of healthcare and public health negotiation, conflict resolution, and leader development. Leonard’s work over the years has focused on the implications of conflict in health settings, the uses of mediation for resolving health related disputes, as well as on the role healthcare leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution can play in resolving larger social conflict. He has mediated, consulted, and trained nationally and internationally, including a number of projects to facilitate the consolidation and merger of health system networks. Read More.
ira martin
Dr. Ira Martin has a decade of experience helping high-performing individuals and teams strive for excellence in the corporate, sport, and military sectors. In the corporate realm, he has served mid, senior, and c-suite level executives, in the sport realm, he has served coaches, athletes, and administrators, and in the academic environment, he has consulted with institutions interested in character and leader development. Recently, he has been a resource to first responders looking to manage stressors and enhance team culture. In conjunction with his consulting experiences, he has spent time in the classroom at institutions such as Boston University, The United States Coast Guard Academy, and Connecticut College teaching business and psychology courses. Read More.
andy masters
Andy Masters, MA, CSP is an award-winning author and international speaker who has presented over 1,000+ programs for 100,000+ attendees across North America, including as the keynote speaker for many healthcare industry conferences. He also served as keynote speaker for the National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development Conference with over 1,400+ attendees in Austin, TX. Andy has earned the prestigious CSP award of the National Speakers Association (NSA), the highest international recognition for professional speakers, achieved by less than 10% of the 5,000+ speakers worldwide. Read More.
peter neffenger
Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger, Managing Principal of Neffenger Consulting, took the helm of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in 2015, in the aftermath of much publicized DHS screening test failures and the ensuing media and public outcry. Trusted by the White House because of his work as the Deputy National Incident Commander for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Peter recruited an executive team from diverse military, intelligence and federal backgrounds, and redefined the core security mission of this $7B agency, with 50,000+ frontline officers. His transformation of the TSA earned it wide-spread recognition as the turnaround agency of the year. This powerful internal culture shift had significant impact upon the nation’s 450+ airports and the two million people who travel through them daily, establishing Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) as vital contributors to our country’s national security. Read More.
camile preston
Dr. Camille Preston is an expert in leadership, management, productivity, and engagement. She understands that to thrive, contemporary organizations must have the agility to evolve and innovate. She draws on a unique blend of high energy, humor, powerful reflections, and experience to deliver her message and engage individuals and organizations. Participants leave Dr. Preston’s keynotes, training sessions, and individual coaching sessions with actionable insights on how to begin optimizing their work and life. Read More.
nancy schlichting
Nancy M. Schlichting, recently retired, was the Chief Executive Officer of Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), a nationally recognized $5 billion health care organization with 27,000 employees and recipient of the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 2011 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Quality Award, and 2004 Foster G. McGaw Award. She is credited with leading the health system through a dramatic financial turnaround and for award-winning patient safety, customer service and diversity initiatives. Schlichting joined HFHS in 1998 as its Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, President and CEO of Henry Ford Hospital and was named President and CEO of the System in 2003. Her career in healthcare administration spans over 35 years of experience in senior level executive positions. Read More.
Larry Stybel
Larry Stybel is a licensed doctoral level psychologist, co-founder of two companies, regular contributor to PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, keynote speaker, and Leadership Instructor at Northeastern University. Larry and his partner Maryanne Peabody are co-authors of “Navigating the Waterfall”, a book focusing on leadership and career management in the 21st Century. Larry was previously a consultant with Hay Associates, now part of Korn/Ferry. His role focused on executive compensation and psychological assessment of leadership potential in Fortune 500 companies. In addition to Stybel Peabody’s 1:1 consultation on leadership and career management, they run the following invitation-only communities: Seat at the Table (for Board members and CEOs of public and private for profit companies), the CHRO Breakfast Club, The COO Forum of Boston, and the Chief Medical Officer Dinner Club. Read More.
karen valencic
Always ahead of the curve, Karen Valencic develops leaders and teams to engage through the phases of cutting-edge innovation – making it fun and profound. By design, her Spiral Impact method keeps her clients a head of the curve. Karen’s extensive work in hospitals and healthcare companies makes her a favorite speaker at healthcare related conferences. For over two decades she has worked deeply with individuals and teams at all levels including: Physician groups, OR and Sterile Process, Oncology, Accounting, Finance, Construction, Facilities, Clinical Engineering, Chaplaincy, Nurse Recruiting, Nursing, Telemetry, Hospice, Community Clinics and many other direct patient care teams. She has individually coached many C-Level Administrators and Physicians and facilitated Executive Board Retreats. Read More.
bill ward
William J. (Bill) Ward, Jr., MBA, is an Associate Professor of Health Finance and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an Associate Professor of Nursing at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. He is the former Director of the Master of Health Administration Degree Program and the Sommer Scholars Public Health Leadership Program. Bill is a former senior healthcare executive with more than 40 years of experience in health care finance and operations. Prior to joining the faculty, he served for a dozen years at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center which he joined in 1982 when he was selected to be the Chief Operating Officer of what was then Baltimore City Hospitals (BCH). Read More.
steve bedwell
Steve Bedwell is a medical doctor with research training, an obsessive streak and a knack for applying complex scientific data to everyday problems. He’s traveled the world conducting research in the U.S., Europe and Australia. Steve even found himself deep in the African jungle removing an appendix under the illumination from a car headlight. An experienced teacher—Dr. Steve spent seven years explaining the complexities of medicine at the prestigious Royal London Hospital—he’s also a stand-up comedian. Steve has an unparalleled ability to present cutting-edge content on professional development while being laugh-out-loud funny. This approach, education and entertainment in equal measure, has earned him rave reviews from associations, corporations, and healthcare audiences across the country. Read More.
Vicki Hess
Vicki Hess, RN, MS is your go-to resource for transforming employee engagement at the individual, departmental or organizational level. As the author of 4 books, Vicki inspires clients to take action. Organizations that implement Vicki’s ideas experience increased productivity, safety, quality, retention, client satisfaction, creativity and more. A highly-regarded speaker, author, facilitator and consultant, Vicki shares her expertise in employee engagement as well as workforce and leadership development with healthcare organizations across the country. She has more than 30 years of hands-on business and healthcare experience that she draws upon to provide inspirational and evidence-based strategies for workplace engagement. Read More.
Scott Friedman
As a Global Speaking Fellow (one of only thirty three in the world as designated by the Global Speakers Federation), Scott Friedman, CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) and former President of the National Speakers Association (NSA), is an internationally sought after professional speaker and author. As a motivational humorist, Scott inspires and entertains with engaging, interactive and content-rich programs. Scott’s main areas of expertise are employee innovation & engagement, customer experience, sales motivation and creating a happier, more connected workplace and life. In addition to being the CCO—Chief Celebration Officer—at Friedman & Associates, Scott is the author of “Celebrate! Lessons Learned from the World’s Most Admired Organizations”, “A Celebration a Day! 365 Ways to a Happier, Healthier Workplace”, “Happily Ever Laughter—How to Engage Any Audience” and “Using Humor for a Change”. He is also the co-author of four additional books. Read More.
michael rogers
Michael Rogers is a best-selling author, technology pioneer and futurist, who also serves as futurist-in-residence for The New York Times. He has worked with companies ranging from FedEx, Boeing and NBC Universal to Microsoft, Pfizer and Siemens, focusing on how companies can think about the future in useful ways. He speaks to audiences worldwide and is a regular guest on radio and television, including NBC, MSNBC, PBS and The History Channel. Rogers began his career as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. He co-founded Outside magazine and then launched Newsweek’s technology column, winning numerous journalism awards. For ten years he was vice president of The Washington Post Company’s new media division, leading both the newspaper and Newsweek into the new century and earning patents for multimedia technology. He is also a best-selling novelist whose books have been published worldwide, chosen for the Book-of-the-Month club and optioned for film. Read More.
colleen stanley
Colleen Stanley is president and founder of SalesLeadership, Inc., a sales development firm. She is the author of two books, Emotional Intelligence For Sales Success, now published in six languages, and author of Growing Great Sales Teams. Her new book, Emotional Intelligence For Sales Leadership, will be published in 2020. Prior to starting SalesLeadership, Colleen was vice president of sales and marketing for Varsity Spirit Corporation. During her 10 years at Varsity, sales increased from 8M to 90M. Varsity was named by Forbes Magazine as one of the 200 fastest growing companies in the United States. Colleen is a recipient of many awards for her work in sales development and thought leadership. Salesforce named Colleen one of the top sales influencers of the 21 st century. Read More.
Kindra Hall
Kindra Hall is President and Chief Storytelling Officer at Steller Collective, a consulting firm focused on the strategic application of storytelling to today’s communication challenges. Kindra is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers trusted by global brands to deliver presentations and trainings that inspire teams and individuals to better communicate the value of their company, their products and their individuality through strategic storytelling. Read More.
Leana Wen
Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician, public health leader, and a passionate advocate for patient-centered healthcare reform. The author of the critically-acclaimed book, When Doctors Don’t Listen, her TED talk on transparency in medicine has been viewed over 2 million times. In 2019, Dr. Wen was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. Read More.
Mike Lee
Bridging his background in basketball leadership and performance — training some of basketball’s 1% — with mindfulness and emotional intelligence, Mike helps high-performing leaders master the psychology needed to lead and perform in a 2020 world. Through his experience building an international basketball brand from his college apartment, and growing it while beating the heroin-like withdrawal symptoms of pharmaceutical medication, Mike understands the challenges leaders face. Read More.
Robin Gerber
Robin Gerber is a powerful speaker, best-selling author and historian. She will be on the upcoming CNN documentary series “American First Ladies,” speaking about Eleanor Roosevelt, in late 2020. She has appeared on the History Channel and Biography Channel, as well as The PBS Newshour, CBS and FOX . Her articles have appeared in USAToday, the Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer and numerous other newspapers and magazines. Robin has been Senior Faculty for the Institute for Management Studies, and a former Senior Fellow at the Gallup Organization..