Healthcare Leader Speakers

Drawing on two decades at the highest levels of public service, Andrea Palm delivers actionable insight on leadership, innovation, and navigating the complexity of Washington and the healthcare ecosystem. As Deputy Secretary of HHS, she drove transformation across...

Dr. Debra Houry, former CDC Chief Medical Officer and emergency physician, led the nation’s response to drug overdoses and pandemic preparedness strategies while overseeing a $6 billion portfolio. A proven crisis and inspirational leader, she translates lessons from...

Admiral Rachel Levine is the first transgender person to receive U.S. Senate confirmation and served as one of the nation’s top public health officials during the opioid crisis, COVID-19 pandemic, and syphilis crisis. Hearing her speak is a...

One of the most respected and dynamic global leaders on issues affecting people's health, Dr. Ashish Jha is a catalyst for new thinking and action. During the pandemic, President Biden called on him to lead the nation’s COVID...

Suneel Gupta is a bestselling author, Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, host "Business Class" docuseries and podcast, and shows leaders and teams how to avoid burnout and increase creativity, resilience, innovation, and performance. In the face of an...

Andy Slavitt has decades of private and public sector leadership in health care. Over his career, Andy has shaped some of the most significant and successful initiatives in health care impacting millions of Americans and the shape of the...

Dr. Leana Wen is an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University. She is a CNN medical analyst and contributing columnist for The Washington Post, where she writes a weekly column and anchors the new Post newsletter, "The Checkup with Dr. Wen"....

Alex Azar has extensive healthcare experience in the senior-most levels of the U.S. government and the private sector that gives him a unique perspective and background. He has committed his professional career to protecting and enhancing the health of...

Bill George delivers dynamic speeches and seminars tailored to the client’s needs that inspire leaders to lead authentically, using multiple stories of leaders he knows personally to share the principles drawn from True North, Emerging Leader Edition, as...

Amanda Lipp works at the intersection of mental health, storytelling, and technology. She is a Documentary Filmmaker at Lipp Studios, Founder of The Giving Gallery, and Research Associate for the Center for Applied Research Solutions.

Alice Zhang creates next-generation medicines from human genomics. 

Nick Webb addresses what the future looks like and what an organization can do about it, in order to grow, thrive and prosper.

Jennifer Ashton is the country's leading voice of women's health with an unparalleled medical background.

"The increasing prevalence of infectious disease epidemics worldwide constitutes the need for a well-prepared response system. Ebola, SARS, COVID19 are not one off events. We are only as strong as our weakest link." – Syra Madad

As a clinical trial innovator, pharmaceutical executive and patient advocate, Craig Lipset has been at the forefront of innovation in clinical trials and medicine development.

"The truth is in any ER in America on any given day we are always the front line…Yet even now, compassion still shines through most." – Ryan McGarry

Orthopedic Surgeon, author, and "The Mobility Doc," Dr. Vonda Wright, M.D. is an internationally recognized authority on active aging and sports medicine.

A practicing physician, technologist, emergency responder, and entrepreneur, Joel Selanikio bridges the worlds of healthcare, global health and technology to illustrate opportunities in the application of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and mobile technology to health, healthcare, and social...

Sampson Davis is an infectious, compelling storyteller that all should hear. His true rags-to-riches journey leaves audiences inspired and filled with motivation. Growing up in one of America’s toughest cities, he made the transition from life-threatening quarters to...