C-TAC Leadership Summit Speakers
Stephanie Anderson, DNP, RN
Executive Director, C-TAC Innovations
Gary Bacher
Chief Strategy Officer, CINQCARE
Anthony Back, MD
Co-founder, Co-director, VitalTalk; University of Washington Center for Excellence in Palliative Care
Jennifer Moore Ballentine, MA
CEO, Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
Tomas Bednar, Senior Vice President and Counsel
Healthsperien,
Camilia Ronderos Bernal
Executive Director, Keralty Compassionate Communities
Adam Boehler
Founder & Managing Partner, Rubicon Founders
Brynn Bowman, MPA
Chief Executive Officer, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
Jon Broyles
Chief Executive Officer, C-TAC
Rev. Stachelle Bussey, M.Div., M.Div
Founder & Executive Director, The Hope Buss, Inc.
Jarad Calfee
State Advocacy Director, AARP
Sallie Carney
Caregiver, Louisville, KY
Jeanne Chirico, MPA
President & CEO, Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State (HPCANYS)
Sandra Clark, MPH
Director of Population Health, TFA Analytics
Patrick T. Courneya, MDD
Former Chief Health Plan Medical Officer, HealthPartners
Dana Crosby
Vice President, Education and Practice Development, Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI)
Andrew E. Esch, MD, MBA
Senior Education Advisor, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
Erik Fromme, MD, MCR, FAAHPM
Senior Scientist & Lead Faculty, Serious Illness Care Program, Ariadne Labs
Peggy Funk, CAE, CAE
Executive Director, Hospice & Palliative Care Network of Maryland
Marian Grant, DNP, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, FPCN, FAAN, RN
Senior Regulatory Advisor, Policy and Marketing Consultant, C-TAC, Marian Grant Consulting
Mollie Gurian
VP, Home Based & HCBS Policy, LeadingAge
Cassandra Harris-Gray, LCADC, LMFT, BIP
Founder & CEO, Creative Spirits Behavioral Health
Marisette Hasan, RN, BSN
VP of Community Action and Policy, C-TAC
Jessica Hausauer, PhD
Executive Director, National Coalition for Hospice & Palliative Care
Rachael Heitner, MPH
Associate Director, Research & Insights, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
Leigh Ann Kingsbury, MPA
Gerontologist, Principal, InLeads Consulting
Jeannette G. Koijane, MPH
Executive Director, Kōkua Mau
Tom Koutsoumpas
Founder and President, Co-Founder, Healthsperien, C-TAC
Steven Lee
Co-founder and CEO, Ianacare
Brian Lindberg
Senior Policy Advisor, C-TAC
Laura Makaroff, DO, DO
Senior Vice President of Cancer Prevention, American Cancer Society
Ethan McChesney
Policy Director, NPHI
Angela McKnight
Senator, New Jersey State Senate
Cameron Muir, MD
Chief Innovation Officer, NPHI
Adam Myers, MD, MHCM, FACHE, CHCQM, CPHRM
Fractional Chief Clinical Officer, Eldera.ai
Bill Novelli
C-TAC Board Co-Chair & Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Carina Oltmann, LCSW
Manager of Research Projects, Emory Palliative Care Center, Emory School of Medicine
Elder Angela Overton, M.Div.
Senior Advisor and Director of Faith Community Partnerships, C-TAC
Ravi B. Parikh, MD, MPP
Associate Professor, Department of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine & Medical Director, Winship Data and Technology Applications Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University
Aaron Perry
President & CEO, Rebalanced-Life Wellness Association
Susan Ponder-Stansel
President & CEO, Alivia Care, Inc.
Jillian Racoosin, MPH
Executive Director, Foundation for Social Connection
Tonya L. Saffer, MPH
Director, Division of Healthcare Payment Models, Patient Care Models Group, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
Ramy Sedhom, MD
Medical Oncologist & Palliative Care Physician, Penn Medicine
Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD
Deputy Administrator and Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Stacie Sinclair, MPP
Associate Director, Policy and Care Transformation, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
Elizabeth Sivertsen, MBE, CCRN, HEC-C
Clinical Ethicist, Grady Memorial Hospital
Ashley Smith
Board-Certified Physician Assistant, Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service, Grady Hospital
Kristofer L. Smith, MD, MPP
Consultant, Oxeon
Deb Soholt, RN, MS, FAAN
SD State Senator 2013 - 2021, Chair Senate Health & Human Services. , Former Director Women's Health. National speaker and podcaster. Caregiver for her mother.
Lea Tessitore, MSB, MBA
Director, Strategy and Partnerships, TFA Analytics
Jamie Teuteberg, MS
Director of Health Aging Initiatives, Washington State Health Care Authority
Sonoo Thadaney Israni
Executive Director, Presence (a Center at Stanford Medicine) & The Program in Bedside Medicine; , Director, HBMC Summer Research Program, Racial Equity to Advance a Community of Health (REACH) Initiative, Stanford Medicine
Arul Thangavel, MD
Chief Executive Officer, WiserCare
Diane Ty
Managing Director, Future of Aging, Milken Institute Health
Michelle Ward, MSN, ANP-BC, ACHPN
Chief Clinical Operations Officer, VyncaCare
Conrad Williams, MD, FAAP, FAAHPM
Director, Palliative Care Program, MUSC Health System Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
Nora Winkelman, Esq.
Chair, Drafting Committee, Uniform Healthcare Decisions Act
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