Speakers
An index of our Fellowship Program speakers. Please click a speaker’s portrait or name to see their bio.
Richard “Chip” Davis, Ph.D.
CEO, Rochester Regional Health
Chuck Ainsworth
Founder & Chief Coaching Officer, Epic Rivers Leadership
Adam P. Anolik
Chief Financial Officer and Associate Vice-President, University of Rochester Medical Center
Gerald J. Archibald, CPA, FHFMA, CMCP
Senior Counsel and Former Partner, The Bonadio Group
Ryan Barrett
Vice President, Commercial CFO and Underwriting at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Univera Healthcare
Linda Becker
President and Founder, Northstar Network
Aaron Bernstein MD, MPH
Interim Director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Albert Blankley, MS
Chief Operating Officer, Common Ground Health
François de Brantes
Senior Vice President of Commercial Business Development at Signify Health
Jeanette Bronée
Keynote Speaker, Performance & Wellbeing Culture Strategist, Mental Health Advocate & Self-Care Expert, Author & Founder of Path for Life®
Dan Burns
Senior Vice President and President of M&T Bank’s Rochester region
Lauren Burruto
Executive Director, Northstar Network
Kesha Carter 
Chief Diversity Officer, CCSI
Chetna Chandrakala
Chief Financial Officer, Thundermist Health Center
Blair Childs
Senior Executive Advisor, Public Affairs, Premier
Lucia Colindres-Vasquez
Chair, Community Health Workers Association (Speaker to be Confirmed)
Elizabeth A. Cordello, Esq.
Member Attorney, Law Offices of Pullano & Farrow, PLLC
Thomas Crilly
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Rochester Regional Health
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
Dr. Flo Falayi, Ph.D.
Client Partner, DEI Strategist, Leadership Psychologist, and Executive Coach, Korn Ferry
Kesha Farrow
Consultant, Epic Rivers Leadership, LLC
Jeffery C. Fisher
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Northstar Network
Kent Gardner, Ph.D.
Principal & Chief Economist, CGR
Tricia K. Gatlin, Ph.D
Dean, Wegmans School of Nursing, St. John Fisher University
Michael J. Hasselberg, Ph.D., RN, PMHNP-BC
Chief Digital Health Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center
Robert C. Henderson, Ed.D.
Principal Consultant, The Henderson Consulting Group
Karen G. Keady, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Associate Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive, University of Rochester Medical Center
Victoria Record,Ed.D, MS, AGPCNP-BC, RN, CNE
President, Rochester General College of Health Careers, Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing
Lisa Marcello
President/CEO, Episcopal SeniorLife
Ann Marie T. Sullivan, M.D.
Commissioner New York State Office of Mental Health
Abigail McHugh-Grifa, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Climate Solutions Accelerator of the Genesee-Finger Lakes Region
Michael E. McRae
President and Chief Executive Officer, St. Ann's Community
Michael D. Mendoza, MD
Commissioner of Public Health, Monroe County, NY and Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine, Public Health Sciences and Nursing, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Wade Norwood
Chief Executive Officer, Common Ground Health
Robert Pearl, MD
Healthcare Leader, Author, Educator, Columnist and Podcaster and named one of Modern Healthcare’s 50 most influential physician leaders
Melissa Pennise, MPH
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, Common Ground Health
Jessica Perlo, MPH
Senior Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare
Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH
Senior Scholar at Stanford University’s School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer of Olea.Health
Susanna Speed
Sr. Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Trillium Health, Inc.
Yoni Stern
Partner & Senior Vice President, Business Development, Systematic Inventive Thinking, Tel Aviv
Dr. Keisha Taylor
Senior Principal, Korn Ferry
Carol Tegas
Chief Executive Officer, Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS)
Rhea Thomas
Senior Economist at Wilmington Trust
Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., M.P.P.
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Joseph S. Vasile, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, GRIPA
Bridgette Wiefling, MD
Chief Physician Enterprise Officer, Executive Vice President, Rochester Regional Health
Yong “Tai” Wang, Ph.D., FACSM
Dean and Professor, RIT College of Health Sciences and Technology