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

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