Speakers
An index of our Fellowship Program speakers. Please click a speaker’s portrait or name to see their bio.
Sady Alvarado-Fischer
Vice President Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Adam P. Anolik
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center
Michael J. Apostolakos, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Strong Memorial and Highland Hospitals
Gerald J. Archibald, CPA, FHFMA, CMCP
Senior Counsel and Former Partner, The Bonadio Group
Linda Becker
President and Founder, Northstar Network
Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP
President Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Maureen Bisognano, MS
President Emerita and Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Albert Blankley, MS
Chief Operating Officer, Common Ground Health
Chetna Chandrakala
Chief Financial Officer, Oak Orchard Health
Blair Childs
Healthcare Strategist, Childs Associates
Linda L. Clark, MD, MS, FACPM, FACOEM
President and CEO, Anthony L. Jordan Health Corporation
Lucia Colindres-Vasquez
Chair, Community Health Workers Association (Speaker to be Confirmed)
Thomas Crilly
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Rochester Regional Health
Corinda Crossdale
Deputy County Executive for Health and Human Services
Marilyn L. Dollinger, DNS, FNP, RN
President, American Nursing Association -New York, Retired Associate Dean and Professor, Wegmans School of Nursing, St John Fisher University
Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, CRNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Research Professor and Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion in the College of Nursing at Penn State
Jeffery C. Fisher
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Northstar Network
Kent Gardner, Ph.D.
Principal & Chief Economist, CGR
Chris Gorecki
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Laura Gustin
Director, Monroe County Systems Integration Project
Michael J. Hasselberg, Ph.D., RN, PMHNP-BC
Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Nebraska Medicine
Robert C. Henderson, Ed.D.
Principal Consultant, The Henderson Consulting Group
Nick Hines
Healthcare Leader – Americas, Center for Creative Leadership
Vicky Hines
Leadership Coach, University of Rochester Medical Center
Ehsan Hoque, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Rochester
Karen G. Keady, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Associate Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive, University of Rochester Medical Center
Mark J. Kiemele
President & Co-founder, Air Academy Associates
Al Kinel
President, Strategic Interests, LLC
Colleen Leners, D.N.P., APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP
Director of Policy, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Marcia Lynch, Ed.D.
Director of Health Care Programs at Monroe Community College
Lisa Marcello
President/CEO, Episcopal SeniorLife
Robert Mayo, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Rochester Regional Health
Michael D. Mendoza, MD, MPH, MS
Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Trillium Health
David Mitten, MD
Director, UR Health Lab, Professor of Orthopedics and Biomedical Engineering
Grayson Norquist, MD, MSPH
Vice-Chair, Emory University Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Chief of Psychiatry Service, Grady Health System in Atlanta
Wade Norwood
Chief Executive Officer, Common Ground Health
Kristin C. Opett, RN, BS, MSHA
Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester Regional Health
Art Papier, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Visual DX
Melissa Pennise, MPH
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, Common Ground Health
John Ryan
President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Creative Leadership
Lisa Smith
Executive Director, NorthStar Network
Terrell Smith
Talent and Culture Specialist for Coordinated Care Services, Inc. (CCSI)
Susanna Speed
Sr. Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Trillium Health, Inc.
Deborah C. Stamps, EdD, MBA, MS, RN, GNP, NE-BC
Executive Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Rochester Regional Health
Yoni Stern
Partner & Senior Vice President, Business Development, Systematic Inventive Thinking, Tel Aviv
Alyssa Tallo
Executive Health Director of Monroe Community Hospital
Carol Tegas
Chief Executive Officer, Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS)
Joseph S. Vasile, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, GRIPA
Anne Wilder
President, Coordinated Care Services, Inc. (CCSI)
Yong “Tai” Wang, Ph.D., FACSM
Dean and Professor, RIT College of Health Sciences and Technology


















































