Speaker Slider Speakers Mike Allen Co-founder and executive editor of Axios, former POLITICO chief White House correspondent Jim Austin Former senior executive at Baxter Healthcare David Axelrod Political strategist and former senior advisor to former President Barack Obama Greg Bentz Board chair, Saint Luke’s Health System and chair of AHA’s 2023 Committee on Governance Jonathan Blum Principal Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Joanne M. Conroy President and CEO of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, chair-elect of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees Shereef Elnahal, M.D., M.B.A. Under Secretary for Health at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Lisa Goldstein Senior vice president at Kaufman Hall Patrice Harris, M.D., M.A. CEO and co-founder of eMed, and past president of the American Medical Association John M. Haupert President and CEO of Grady Health System, chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees Stacey Hughes Executive vice president, Government Relations and Public Policy, American Hospital Association Cathy Jacobson President and CEO of Froedtert Health Wright L. Lassiter III CEO of CommonSpirit Health, immediate past chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees James Liggins, Jr. Board director, Bronson Healthcare Group Luis Jose Maseda Trustee, UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital LaShawn McIver, M.D., M.P.H. Director of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D., M.B.A. President and CEO of The Joint Commission Rick Pollack President and CEO, American Hospital Association Lori Robinson Commander, NORAD; commander; U.S. Northern Command (May 2016–May 2018); commander, Pacific Air Forces (October 2014–May 2016) Karl Rove Political strategist and former senior advisor to former President George W. Bush Frank Sesno American journalist, former CNN correspondent, anchor and Washington bureau chief; director, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs Michael Stewart CEO of Saline Health System Harsh Trivedi, M.D., M.B.A. President and CEO of Sheppard Pratt Jim VandeHei Co-founder and CEO of Axios, co-founder and former CEO of POLITICO Arpan Waghray, M.D. CEO, Well Being Trust at Providence Health and chair of AHA’s committee on behavioral health Christopher Wray Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ‹› AHA Annual Membership Meeting