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Bruce Brandes

President, Care.ai

Bruce Brandes has over 30 years of experience in executive management and entrepreneurial thought leadership to build early and growth stage technology-based businesses in the healthcare industry.

Larry Bridgesmith

Executive Director

Assiting providers optimize the benefits of Artificial Intelligence and minimize its risks.

Rebecca Baker

CEO/Founder & Principal - Value-Based Strategy & Tech-Enabled Care Crusader

Developing Tailored, Scalable Solutions that Transform Care & Drive Sustainable Financial Growth - Empowering YOU as a Leader in VBC!

Nicole Althaus

Founder, Healthcare Market & Product Strategist

As a creative problem-solver with more than 25 years of experience in strategic marketing and developing engaging product solutions, I leverage my extensive cross-industry insight to help my clients dynamically grow market share and build superior experiences. With a passion for human-centered design and pragmatic marketing, I deliver actionable strategies that differentiate products and services in even the most crowded corners of the market.  

Christopher Northam

Healthcare Operations Consultant

Healthcare Executive | Operations Leader | Digital Health Innovator

Cynthia Kilroy

Healthcare Innovation | Growth Strategist | Value Creator | System Thinking

With 25+ years leading transformation across payers, providers, and digital health, I bring systems thinking and execution discipline to build healthcare that scale. I partner with leaders to navigate complexity, align strategy, governance, and innovation, and accelerate transformation—advancing value-based care, improving outcomes, and unlocking sustainable growth through whole-person health

Phil Gibbs

CEO, Care Transformation Studio; Founder and Principal, The Disruption Lab

Phil’s career focuses on improvement and innovation, working and consulting with leading organizations in addition to founding multiple companies as an entrepreneur.

Matt Tidwell

A New Test Title For Me

Matt leads education-led growth consultancy and creative studio, ThinkThru, where he works with SaaS teams looking to grow from Series A to C. In addition to his efforts at ThinkThru, he is the Co-Founder of Care Transformation Studio.

Josh Scales

Founder & CEO at Uniti Health

Josh is currently the Founder & CEO of Uniti Health, a Health IT advisory firm focused on helping providers and organizations with developing digital and virtual health strategies.

Jennifer Young

CRO

I help early stage innovative companies with GTM strategy from pre commercialization to scale up growth across payer, provider & employer markets.

David Frederiksen

Certified Petra Coach

From strategy to finance, I help healthcare companies figure out what’s next and how to get there.

Liam Woodard

CEO, Co-Founder

Healthcare operations executive, value-based care expert, direct-to-employer bundle designer, SaaS healthcare technology platform CEO

Michael Licata

Chief Development Officer

I help businesses achieve hyper growth by developing and executing their commercial strategy including organizational structure, sales process and tools.

JC Muyl

Founder

I help digital health startups find their product market fit faster to extend their financial runway.

Sam Tucker

VP of Payer Engagement - Contessa Health

With over 10 years of experience with health plans, start-ups, publicly traded and non-for-profit healthcare companies, I focus on 'value-based care' solutions from inception to launch. I have designed, priced, contracted, launched and scaled multiple value-based programs both as a customer of health plans across the country and as part of a health plan.

Steve Tutewohl

25+ years providing services and technology to both payers and providers; fully credentialed actuary and operations expertise in working in Value Based Care

Richard Bobos

Vice President, Payer Strategy and Growth

Value-based care, CIN, and ACO expert who combines idealism with realism to establish appropriate expectations of success.

Pete Celano

Innovation at Big Hospital System. CGO of Disruptor in Cardiology. Cofounder of Disruptor in Rheumatology.

VBC is torrid. How do you get there? I know how/I've done it.

Varun Goyal

Co-Founder, CEO, Chief Product and Technology Officer

I thrive in ambiguity, curious by nature, great at envisioning solutions to complex problems

Liza Ekole

Value Based Care Consultant

I'm a revenue-generating powerhouse for private practices and ACOs. I help them add over $15K per month in Value-Based Care programs without added workload, seamlessly integrate pharmacists at no extra cost, and can implement turnkey medical weight loss programs - unlocking an additional $22K to $44K for the practice by the third month. Let me show you how to maximize your practice or ACO's profitability.

Lyle Berkowitz

MD, FACP, FHIMSS | CEO | Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

CEO of KeyCare. Physician, Informaticist, Innovator, Entrepreneur, Virtual Care Expert and Venture Investor.

Jacob Luria

President and Founder

I earn margin for health plans, ACOs, and delegated risk providers through personalization and helping organizations earn engagement from their highest value members and attributed patients.

Neil Carpenter

Advisor

Transforming Healthcare with Strategic Vision and Innovative Value-Based Care Solutions

Carole Tremonti

Principal Consultant and CEO

Leveraging Data to Drive Healthcare Resulting in Value Based Savings & Achieving Improved Clinical Outcomes

Jomo Kenneth Starke

Senior Value Advisor

I help health tech startups and scale-ups identify and hone their unique value propositions. I help health systems establish value-driven systems to effectively measure their health tech investments.

Crystal Crider

VBC Product Leader+ Doctor of Healthcare Administration

Healthcare Strategy 📊 Value-Based & Accountable Care 🩺 Payment Transformation 💵 Product Dev 💻 Implementation💡Growth Ops 📑 Contracting & Partnerships 🤝 Health Services Grad Prof 📚Doctor of Healthcare Admin 👩‍🏫

Kris Gates

Healthcare Innovator

Build to Prevent - The Market for Health

David Patterson

CEO Patterson Group

Successful adviser to both emerging and large companies as they pursue a path to change and growth.

Eric Patterson

Senior Associate

Andy Meek

Chief Revenue Officer

I provide consulting and fractional CRO services to help organizations build scalable world-class commercial strategies, organizations, and processes to drive execution and rapid scalable growth.

Michael Rutherford

Fractional CTO

Healthcare IT expert and innovation leader.

Molly Reagan

COO, Vice President Clinical Operations, Consultant

Innovative and results-driven healthcare strategic and operations executive

William R Leighton

President and Founder

Healthcare services consultant and transitional leader in the physician practice management space.

John Messner

CEO

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Paul Keckley

Managing Editor, The Keckley Report

Dr. Keckley is Principal of The Keckley Group, a research and advisory practice focused on health industry trends, policy issues and growth strategies.

Justin Mooneyhan

Senior Director - Strategy, Solutions, and Innovation at Amsurg

Healthcare Leader | Multi-Site Healthcare | Technology Strategist | Innovator | Community Builder | Lifelong Learner

April Kapu

Associate Dean for Strategic Partnerships and Global Affairs Professor of Nursing

Health Systems and Academic Leader

Lisa Esch

Pamela Jeffries

PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH | Dean of Vanderbilt University School of Nursing , Valere Potter Distinguished Chair in Nursing

Internationally recognized leader and researcher in nursing and health care education, with a reputation for innovation in teaching strategies, experiential learning, new pedagogies and the use of technology.

Hudson Garrett

Chief Executive Officer and Adjunct Professor of Medicine

My goal is simply to ensure every patient receive world-class healthcare & all healthcare providers have the necessary tools necessary to deliver exceptional care.

Mariann Piano

PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing Senior Associate Dean for Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship Director

Dr. Piano has a distinguished career in substance abuse research focusing on understanding the adverse effects of unhealthy alcohol drinking patterns on the cardiovascular system. Her research has focused on strategies (e.g. diuretic self-adjustment) to prevent frequent hospital admissions in heart failure patients and to identify mechanisms that underlie heart failure symptoms.

Josh Shoemaker

Principal Consultant

Transformation leadership and services for healthcare

Jonathan Connors

VP of Sales

Proven Sales Leader Helping Tech Companies Crush Revenue Goals

Tony Burke

CEO, Pivot Health Advisors

An inspirational entrepreneurial leader who transforms legacy and emerging organizations through vision, innovation, and thoughtful execution.

Ruth Kleinpell

Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education Associate Dean for Clinical Scholarship, Professor Interim Senior Associate Dean for Academics

Carol Ziegler

Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University | Co-Founder of the Climate, Health and Energy Equity Lab

Carol Ziegler is a Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University and a dually certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse. She is co-founder of CHEEL, the Climate, Health and Energy Equity Lab at the Wond'ry, and serves on the Metro Nashville Board of Health as well as the Lancet Commission Countdown on Climate and Health, and the American Nurse Association's Planetary and Global Health Innovation Committee.

Jeffrey Denman

Healthcare Technology Attorney, Vertechs Legal

Represent healthcare technology vendors and purchasers with software/SaaS and other healthcare technology contract strategy, drafting, review and negotiation.

David Haight

Principal / CEO - Synergy Consulting, LLC

Bringing Innovation to the health care ecosystem.

Hays Green

Chief Operating Officer

I enjoy collaboratively investigating process, people, and technology to drive standardization and optimization leading to increased operations efficiency and productivity.

Leanne Boehm

Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt School of Nursing | PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FCCM, FAAN

Dr. Boehm's research aims to eliminate delirium, oversedation, and immobilization in intensive care, and maximize the quality of survivorship for patients and family members following critical illness. She has worked extensively on reducing the prevalence of ICU delirium and post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) through implementation of the ABCDEF bundle, ICU recovery clinics, and ICU peer support programs.

Nicole Dellise

Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing at Vanderbilt School of Nursing | DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, NEA-BC, CHFN

Assistant Professor | Board-Certified Nurse Executive | Cardiology Nurse Practitioner | Author | Speaker

Anna Boon

Business Transformation Consultant

Creating business optimization strategies and facilitating transformational change

Pragati Singh

Healthcare Strategy and Partnerships Advisor

I help organizations refine strategy for efficiency and intentional growth.

Jonathan Hawkins

Chief Revenue Officer

I help innovative healthcare companies unlock growth and scale with proven experience across payer and provider landscapes

Rafi Tabib

Value Based Care // Healthcare Strategy and Operations

Accomplished healthcare strategic leader with a proven track record of collaborating with senior executives to analyze intricate challenges and design lasting solutions for health system, payer, and federal health clients.

Brent Dunworth

Executive Health Care Leader & Educator

Proven leader in complex systems who can ignite positive organizational culture and sustainability needed in a turbulent health care system

Michael Gooch

Assistant Professor of Nursing\Emergency & Flight Nurse Practitioner

Michael D. Gooch, DNP, is an emergency and flight nurse practitioner and assistant professor of nursing with 30 years of clinical experience. He is a nationally recognized speaker and published author regarding varied emergency and transport nursing topics.

Jennifer Kim

Professor

Dr. Kim is a certified gerontological nurse practitioner (GNP) who has coordinated older adult healthcare courses for VUSN nurse practitioner students since 2002.

Colleen Moss

Director, Neonatal NP Specialty Associate Professor | DNP, APRN, NNP-BC, C-ELBW

Colleen Reilly Moss is a neonatal nurse practitioner at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital and a Level II NICU in Franklin, TN.

Miriam Beecham

COO / Chief Product Officer

Scaling AI-enabled healthtech and services through product-led growth and operational excellence