Speakers

Kurt A. Barwis, FACHE

President and CEO, Bristol Health, Inc.

Greg Bentz

Chairman, BJC HealthCare

Rep. Cameryn Blackmore, Ph.D.

Health Policy Advisor, Office of Representative Terri A. Sewell

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure

Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Rep. Larry Bucshon

Congressman representing Indiana’s 8th district

Mandy Cohen

Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Joanne M. Conroy, MD

President and CEO of Dartmouth Health, chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Rosangely Cruz-Rojas, DrPH

Vice President and Chief Diversity and Equity Officer, Main Line Health

Tina Freese Decker, FACHE

President and CEO of Corewell Health, chair-elect of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Akin Demehin

AHA’s Senior Director of Quality and Safety Policy

Kris Doody, R.N.

CEO, Cary Medical Center

Sen. Dick Durbin

Senator from Illinois and Senate Majority Whip

Harold Ford Jr.

Former five-term congressman (D-TN), co-host of The Five on Fox News

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN

President, John A. Hartford Foundation

Rep. Morgan Griffith

Congressman representing Virginia’s 9th district

Rep. Brett Guthrie

Congressman representing Kentucky’s 2nd district

Sanjay Gupta, MD

Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN

Samuel Hammerman, M.D., MMM, CPE, FCCP

Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Select Medical

John M. Haupert, FACHE

President and CEO of Grady Health System, immediate past chair of the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees

Matt Hittle

Professional Staff Member, Health Subcommittee, House Committee on Ways and Means

Stacey Hughes

Executive vice president, Government Relations and Public Policy, American Hospital Association

Shikha Jain, M.D.

Department of Hematology & Oncology, UI Health

J. Stephen Jones, MD, FACS

President and CEO, Inova Health System

Kevin Joseph, MD, FACHE

Chief Clinical Officer, Ascension Health

Maulik Joshi, DrPH

President and CEO, Meritus Health

Rep. Dan Kildee

Congressman representing Michigan’s 5th district

Ruby Kirby

CEO, Bolivar Camden Hospital

Sarah Lechner

Senior Vice President and Chief of External Affairs, Hackensack Meridian Health

David Lee, M.D.

President, OhioHealthy Medical Plan; Vice President, OhioHealth Employer Services; 2024 IFDHE Leadership Council Chair

Kevin McCarthy

55th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Tom Morris

Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy, Health Resource and Services Administration

Jerilyn Morrisey

Chief Medical Officer, CorroHealth

Nitin Natarajan

Deputy Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Anne Neuberger

Deputy National Security Advisor for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology, National Security Council

Jeremy Nordquist

President, Nebraska Hospital Association

Andrea Palm

Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Anna Palmer

Founder and CEO, Punchbowl News and former co-author, POLITICO Playbook

Dana Perino

Former White House Press Secretary, co-host of The Five on Fox News

Rick Pollack

President and CEO, American Hospital Association

Jim Prister

President and CEO, RML Specialty Hospital

John Riggi

National Advisor for Cyber Security and Risk, American Hospital Association

Gen. (ret.) Lori Robinson

Commander, NORAD; commander; U.S. Northern Command (May 2016-May 2018); commander, Pacific Air Forces (October 2014-May 2016)

William Santulli, FACHE

President, Advocate Health–Midwest Region

Mark Schauer

Vice President, Winning Connections

Michael Schlosser, MD, MBA, FAANS

Senior Vice President, Care Transformation and Innovation, HCA Healthcare

Rachel Schwab

Assistant Research Professor, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms

Marilyn Werber Serafini

Executive Director, Health Program, Bipartisan Policy Center

Jake Sherman

Founder, Punchbowl News and former co-author, POLITICO's Playbook

Natasha Smith

Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Sanford Health

Matthew Szaflarski

Director of Revenue Cycle, Kodiak Solutions

Neera Tanden

Director, White House Domestic Policy Council

Troy Tazbaz

Director of Digital Health Center of Excellence, Food and Drug Administration

Sen. John Thune

Senator from South Dakota and Senate Minority Whip

Rep. Brad Wenstrup

Congressman representing Ohio’s 2nd district

Sen. Ron Wyden

Senator from Oregon and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee