Speakers
An index of our Fellowship Program speakers. Please click a speaker’s portrait or name to see their bio.
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
Albert Blankley, MS
Chief Operating Officer, Common Ground Health
Dan Burns
Senior Vice President and President of M&T Bank’s Rochester region
Lauren Burruto
Executive Director, Northstar Network
Chetna Chandrakala
Chief Financial Officer, Villa of Hope
Blair Childs
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, Premier
Pamela F Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN 
President International Council of Nurses (ICN)
Elizabeth A. Cordello, Esq.
Member Attorney, Law Offices of Pullano & Farrow, PLLC
Thomas Crilly
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Rochester Regional Health
Maria Cristalli
President and Chief Executive Officer, Hillside
Mark Cronin
Chief Operating Officer at Accountable Health Partners
Dr. Angela Edwards
Consultant and Co-creator of Every Conversation Matters, Epic Rivers Leadership, LLC
Scott Evans
Partner & Director of Client Success, Epic Rivers Leadership, LLC
Kesha Farrow
Consultant, Epic Rivers Leadership, LLC
Jeffery C. Fisher
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Northstar Network
Jake Flaitz
Director of Benefits, Paychex
Tricia K. Gatlin, Ph.D
Dean, Wegmans School of Nursing, St. John Fisher University
Dr. Dana Gelb Safran, ScM and ScD Health Policy and Management
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum (NQF)
Michael J. Hasselberg, Ph.D., RN, PMHNP-BC
Chief Digital Health Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center
Vicky Hines
Chief Operating Officer, University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group
Hemant Kalia, MD, MPH, FIPP, FACPM
Consultant, Interventional Pain & Cancer Rehabilitation Medicine, Managing Director, Greater Rochester Region, InvisionHealth, Medical Director, Invision Spine & Pain
Sarah Lackey DNP RN CMC
Nursing Excellence & Retention Leader, Cone Health
Michael Leary
Chief Executive Officer, Mosaic Health
Lisa Marcello
President/CEO, Episcopal SeniorLife
Kedar Mate, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), President of the IHI Lucian Leape Institute, and a member of the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College
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
Jatin Motiwal
Chief Physician Enterprise Officer, Executive Vice President, Rochester Regional Health
Gregg T. Nicandri, M.D.
Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center
Wade Norwood
Chief Executive Officer, Common Ground Health
Melissa Pennise, MPH
Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives, Common Ground Health
James Rebitzer
Peter and Deborah Wexler Professor of Management at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business.
Robert Rebitzer
Senior Advisor Manatt Health
Michael F. Rotondo, M.D., FACS
Chief Executive Officer, University of Rochester Medical Faculty Group
Kaveh Safavi, M.D., J.D
Senior Managing Director for Accenture’s global healthcare business
Yoni Stern
Partner & Senior Vice President, Business Development, Systematic Inventive Thinking, Tel Aviv
Eric W. Taylor, CFA
Head of Investment Implementation and Investment Advisory Services, Wilmington Trust
Carol Tegas
Executive Director, Finger Lakes Performing Provide System (FLPPS)
Joseph S. Vasile, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, GRIPA