2010 Speakers

WHCC confirms over 250 nationally recognized thought leaders from all sectors of health care including employer, health plan and provider organizations, as well as government agencies and an international delegation of over 45 countries and growing!

Innovators/Thought Leaders
Dan Buettner New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest; Founder, Blue Zones	David Cerino General Manager, Consumer Health Solutions Group, Microsoft Corp.; former VP and General Manager, Orbitz LLC	Clayton M. Christensen Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School
Nathan Estruth Vice President, FutureWorks Procter & Gamble	Christopher W. Kersey, MD, MBA Managing Partner Camden Partners	Debra Richman Vice President, Healthcare Strategy Harris Interactive Inc.
Debashis Roy Acting Head of Corporate Responsibility Grameen Phone	Thomas A. Scully General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe Former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)	Joel Selanikio, MD Director, DataDyne.org, named FastCompany's 2009 Social Enterprise of the Year; Recipient of the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for Sustainability
Wolf Shlagman Chief Executive Officer Consult A Doctor	Alfred Spector VP of Research and Special Initiatives Google, Inc.	Rob Womsley Partner Water Street Healthcare Partners
Employers
Jacklyn K. Austad General Director, Health Promotion Union Pacific Railroad	Catherine M. Baase, MD Global Director of Health Services The Dow Chemical Company	Gen Barron Senior Manager, Health &Wellness; and Work/Life MedTronic
Lawrence Becker Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, Corporate Human Resources Xerox Corporation	Mariann Cameron, RN, BSN Global Health and Wellness Coordinator Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	Benjamin H. Hoffman, MD, MPH Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Waste Management, Inc.
Mehmood Khan, MD, FACE Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer PepsiCo, Inc.	Roger C. Merrill, MD Chief Medical Officer Perdue Farms Inc.	D. Jeffrey Morrow Senior Vice President and Manager, Corporate Benefits Union Bank
J. Brent Pawlecki, MD Corporate Medical Director Pitney Bowes Inc.	Eileen Riethle Vice President of Corporate Compliance Health Plans, Inc.	Michael Shelton Executive Director Washington Counties Insurance Fund/Pool
Bruce Sherman, MD, FCCP, FACOEM Director, Health & Productivity Initiatives, Employers Health Coalition of Ohio; Consulting Corporate Medical Director, Whirlpool Corporation	Andrew Webber President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Coalition on Health; Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence	Dennis White Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing National Business Coalition on Health
Health Plans
LeeAnn Anderson Senior Director, Corporate Strategy Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida	Naomi Aronson, PhD Executive Director, Technology Evaluation Center (TEC) Blue Cross Blue Shield Association	H. R. Brereton (Gubby) Barlow, MBA President and CEO Premera Blue Cross
Elizabeth Bierbower Chief Operating Officer, Specialty Benefits Humana	William R. Breidenbach President Health Plans, Inc. a subsidiary of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Chester Burrell President and CEO CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Richard Chung, MD Senior Vice President, Health Services Division Hawaii Medical Service Association	David M. Cordani President and CEO, CIGNA; Board of Directors, National Association of Manufacturers	Juan C. Davila Senior Vice President, Network Management Blue Shield of California
Anne Boland Docimo, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer, UPMC Health Plan; Medical Directory, Corporate Care Management, UPMC	John A. Fallon, MD, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	Andrew Halpert, MD Senior Medical Director, Network Medical Management Blue Shield of California
Jonathan Harding, MD, FACPE Medical Director, Senior Products Tufts Health Plan	Diane Holder Executive Vice President, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; President, UPMC Health Insurance; Division President and CEO, UPMC Health Plan; Co-Chair, Chronic Care Management, Reimbursement and Cost Reduction Commission, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	Jeffrey L. Kang, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer CIGNA
Randall S. Krakauer, MD, MBA National Medical Director, Retiree Markets Aetna	Mark Leenay, MS, MD Senior Vice President, Medical Management and Physician Services Ovations, a division of UnitedHealth Group	Dijuana Lewis President and CEO WellPoint Comprehensive Health Solutions Business Unit
Ingrid Lindberg Customer Experience Officer CIGNA	Joe Miller, FHIMSS Director, E-Business AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies	Tricia Nguyen, MD, MBA Senior Medical Director Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Dave Schmidt Chief Executive Officer SCAN Health Plan	Michael Sherman, MD, MBA Corporate Medical Director, Physician Strategies Humana Inc.	Richard Snyder, MD Chief Medical Officer Independence Blue Cross
MaryAnn Stump, RN Senior VP & Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer; President, Consumer Aware Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota	Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs UnitedHealth Group	Fred M. Volkman, MD, FAAP Chief Medical Officer Select Health of South Carolina, An AmeriHealth Mercy Company
Bryce Williams Senior Director, Health & Wellness Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	Ronald A. Williams Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna Inc; Board of Directors, AHIP
Providers
Joel T. Allison President and Chief Executive Officer Baylor Health System	Stephanie S. Axelrod Administrative Director, Research CPI and CPI Consulting Seattle Children's Hospital	Peter Basch, MD, FACP Medical Director for Ambulatory Clinical Systems MedStar Health
Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI President-Elect, American College of Cardiology; Senior Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease, Northern California Kaiser Permanente; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco	Kenneth H. Buetow, PhD Chief, Laboratory of Population Genetics, National Cancer Institute; Associate Director, Bioinformatics and Information Technology; Director, NCI Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT)	D. Ryan Champlin Vice President, Operations Cook Children's Physician Network
Pamela Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN Special Advisor to the Chief Nursing Officer University of Virginia Health System	Thomas A. Colacchio, MD President Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic	Dr. Denis Cortese, MD Director Health Care Delivery and Policy Program; Foundation Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and School of Health Management and Policy, W. P. Carey School of Business; Emeritus President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
William S. Dalton, Ph.D, MD President, CEO & Center Director H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute	Harold Dash, MD President The Everett Clinic	Michael J. Dowling President and CEO North Shore – LIJ Health System
Victor Dzau, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke University Medical Center and Health System; Member, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation Strategy & Policy Council; World Economic Forum's Healthcare Governor and member of the Global Agenda Council on Healthcare Systems	Dee W. Edington, PhD Director, Health Management Research Center University of Michigan	Mark A. Eustis President and Chief Executive Officer Fairview Health Services
Phil Fasano Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer Kaiser Permanente	David C. Goodman, MD, MS Professor of Pediatrics and of Health Policy Director, Center for Health Policy Research Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice Co-PI, Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare	Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer Partners HealthCare System Inc.
Jose A. Guethon, MD, MBA President and Chief Operating Officer Metropolitan Health Networks, Inc. Metcare of Florida, Inc.	Patrick Hagan, MHSA President and Chief Operating Officer Seattle Children's Hospital	George C. Halvorson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; Board of Directors, AHIP
David C. Herman, MD Medical Director of Employee and Community Health, Mayo Clinic; Member, Mayo Clinic Rochester Executive Board; Director, Gateway to Mayo Clinic (in Mall of America in Bloomington, MN)	Dr. Martin Hickey Chief Executive Officer Alegent Health Clinic	Dr. John W. Kenagy, MD, MPA, ScD, FACS Author, Design to Adapt: Leading Healthcare in Challenging Times; Founder and President, Kenagy & Associates, LLC
William B. Leaver President/CEO Iowa Health System	H. Eugene Lindsey, MD President and CEO Atrius Health	Suzanne Mintz President and Co-Founder National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
Christian Nasr, MD Staff Physician, Department of Endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic; Fellow, American College of Physicians	Robert E. Nesse, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Mayo Health System	Kenneth E. Quickel, Jr., MD President and CEO Joslin Diabetes Center
Graham Reeve President and CEO Baptist Health System	Dan Robinson Chief Operating Officer Poudre Valley Hopsital	Carr Smith, PhD Director, Product Management – Information Systems Intermountain Healthcare
Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System; Trustee, American Hospital Association	Paul C. Tang, MD Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Vice-Chair, DHHS, Health IT Policy Committee	Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD Professor and Chair, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
Kevin L. Unger, FACHE President and CEO Poudre Valley Hospital Winner of the 2008 Balridge Quality Award	Steven E. Wegner, JD, MD President North Carolina Community Care Network	Michael H. Zaroukian, MD, PhD, FACP, FHIMSS Chief Medical Information Officer, Professor of Medicine Michigan State University
Government/Agencies/Associations/Academic
Henry J. Aaron The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Brookings Institution	Edward Abrahams, PhD President Personalized Medicine Coalition	Christine Bechtel Vice President National Partnership for Women & Families
John Berry Director U.S. Office of Personnel Management	Leslie A. Best Director, Bureau of Chronic Diseases & Injury Prevention Pennsylvania Department of Health	Leah Binder Chief Executive Officer The Leapfrog Group
Jonathan Blum Director, Center for Medicare Management Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	Dr. Gail C. Christopher Vice President for Programs Food, Health & Well-Being W.K. Kellogg Foundation	Adam Clark, Ph.D Director of Health Policy, Lance Armstrong Foundation; Member, Health IT Policy Committee, Department of Health and Human Services
David Clark Speaker of the House Utah House of Representatives	John M. Clymer Interim Executive Director, Directors of Health Promotion and Education; Senior Advisor, Alliance to Make US Healthiest	Patrick Conway, MD Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, DHHS; Executive Director, Federal Coordinating Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Douglas W. Elmendorf, PhD Director Congressional Budget Office	Linda Fischetti, RN, MS Chief Health Informatics Officer, Veterans Health Administration (VHA); Office of Information, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Member, Health IT Standards Committee, DHHS	Regina E. Herzlinger Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Harvard Business School Author, Who Killed Health Care?
Steve Hill Administrator Washington State Health Care Authority	Jon Kingsdale Executive Director Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector	Nand Kumar Program Chair, Wyeth The Partnership for Quality Medical Donations (PQMD)
John (Jack) C. Lewin, MD Chief Executive Officer, American College of Cardiology (ACC); former CEO, California Medical Association	Cynthia K. Mason Division of Payment Policy Demonstrations, Medicare Demonstrations Program Group, Office of Research, Development and Information Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution; Former Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Allen W. Middleton Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Acting Principal Director TRICARE Management Activity	Tracey Moorhead President and Chief Executive Officer DMAA	Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc, FRCP President, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), Harvard Medical School; Senior Fellow, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Professor Uwe Reinhardt Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Princeton University	Edward G. Rendell Governor Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	Daniel Rosenthal, MD MSc MPH Senior Advisor, Health Information Technology National Quality Forum
Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, MD Associate Center Director, Post Market Operations Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA	Craig D. Schneider, PhD Director of Healthcare Policy Massachusetts Health Data Consortium	Kathleen Sebelius 21st Secretary United States Department of Health and Human Services
Vicki Seyfert-Margolis, Ph.D Senior Advisor, Science Innovation and Policy Office of the Chief Scientist Office of the Commissioner Food and Drug Administration	Jean Slutsky, AHRQ Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer California HealthCare Foundation
Donald H. Taylor, Jr., PhD Assistant Professor of Public Policy Duke University	Ann Torregrossa, Esq. Director, Governor's Office of Health Care Reform Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	Tony Trenkle Director, Office of e-Health Standards and Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Howell Wechsler, EdD, MPH Director, Division of Adolescent and School Health, NCCDPHP Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Seth Wiafe MPH, Assistant Professor, Academic Director, Health Geoinformatics Program Loma Linda University School of Public Health	Gail Wilensky Senior Fellow Project HOPE
William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Winkenwerder Company LLC
International
Dr. Zakiuddin Ahmed Chief Executive Officer eHealth Services Pvt Ltd	Zaid Al Siksek Chief Executive Officer Health Authority – Abu Dhabi	Susan Dell Co-Founder and Board Chair Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Subrina Jesmin, MBBS, FRCP, MS, Ph.D, FACC, FAHA, FICA Official Representative for Grameen Health in Japan	Anant Kumar Chief Executive Officer LifeSpring Hospitals Pvt. Ltd.	Otto Larsen Chief Executive Officer, Connected Digital Health National Board Of Health
Dr Leslie Levin, MB, MD, FRCP, FRCPC Senior Medical, Scientific and Health Technology Advisor, Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care [MOHLTC], Head of the Medical Advisory Secretariat Ontario Ministry of Health, Canada	Dr. A.P. Rango Rao Chief Advisor HMRI 104 (India)	Sir Michael Rawlins, MD Chairman National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence United Kingdom
Dr. Anthony Seddoh Deputy Director Ghana National Health Agency (CHeSS)	Carl V. Stanifer Chief Executive Officer Abu Dhabi Health Services Company – SEHA	Muhammad Yunus Founder and Managing Director Grameen Bank and Grameen Health (Bangladesh); (Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize)
Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Medical Device
Stephen H. Friend, MD, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Sage Bionetworks	Caroline Hempstead Global Vice President, Corporate Affairs AstraZeneca	Richard E. Kuntz, MD, MSc Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific, Clinical and Regulatory Officer Medtronic, Inc.
Bill Motley Divisional Vice President, Corporate Accounts & Business Development Abbott	David Simmons President and General Manager, Established Products Business Unit Pfizer	Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD Executive Chairman and CEO Abraxis BioScience
Ponni Subbiah, MD, MPH Vice President, Global Access, Emerging Markets Pfizer Inc	Dr. Theodore Tsai Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics	William C. Weldon Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Johnson & Johnson
Industry
Michael J. Barber Vice President, healthymagination GE	Stefen F. Brueckner President, Chief Operating Officer Healthways	Jonathan Bush Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman athenahealth
Chris Coloian Senior Vice President, Health Services Health Dialog	James M. Corrigan Senior Vice President and General Manager, GE Healthcare IT GE Healthcare	Bill Davenhall Global Marketing Manager, Health and Human Services Solutions ESRI
Susan DeVore President and CEO Premier	Alexandra Drane President and Co-Founder Eliza Corporation	Dr Rushika Fernandopulle Chief Executive Officer Renaissance Health
Peter Goldstein EVP, Business Development, Univita Health; Founder, Long Term Care Group	John Harris, M.Ed., FAWHP Vice-President Innovations and Chief Wellness Officer, Healthways; Former Principal, Harris HealthTrends, Inc.	Robert E. Henry Editor-in-Chief American Health & Drug Benefits Engage Healthcare Communications, LLC
Barry Kinzbrunner, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer VITAS Innovative Hospice Care	David G. Knott, PhD Senior Partner Booz & Company	Christine Kowalczyk Vice President, Healthcare Convergys Corporation
Kimberly Labow Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer NaviNet	Ben R. Leedle, Jr President and Chief Executive Officer Healthways	Jeff Margolis Chairman and Chief Executive Officer TriZetto
Tony Miller Chief Executive Officer, Carol Corporation; Managing Partner, Lemhi Ventures	Douglas J. Moeller, MD Medical Director McKesson	David K. Nace, MD Vice President, Clinical Development, McKesson Health Solutions and RelayHealth divisions McKesson Corporation
Gordon Norman, MD, MBA Chief Innovation Officer Alere	Tim O'Toole Chief Executive Officer VITAS Innovative Hospice Care	Greg Parston, PhD Director, Accenture Institute for Health & Public Service Value Accenture
Ken Perez Senior Vice President of Marketing MedeAnalytics	Bruce Prangley Principal Mercer	Michael Quilty Chief Executive Officer Matrix Medical Network
Kathleen Reims, MD IHI Faculty Member Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Colorado Family Practice Department; Principal and Chief Medical Officer, CSI Solutions, LLC	Emad Rizk, MD President, McKesson Health Solutions; Author of The New Era of Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Providers and Payers; 2009's Top 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare (Modern Healthcare) and 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives (Modern Physician)	Jason Robart Senior Vice President, Client Development Health Dialog
Rajiv Sabharwal Chief Solutions Architect, Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice Infosys Technologies	Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer American Well Systems	Mark J. Segal, PhD Senior Director, Government and Industry Affairs, GE Healthcare IT GE Healthcare
Nancy Turett Global President, Health Edelman