Summit Speakers

The 2013 Summit will create a movement to tackle one of America’s greatest challenges – breaking through the cultural, health system and policy barriers so that seriously ill people receive the right care at the right time and place.

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Hear from a diverse group of plenary speakers, including:

Employer Perspectives

• Ann Richardson Berkey, McKesson
• Brent Pawlecki, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
• Neil Trautwein, National Retail Federation
• Jack Watters, Pfizer

Faith-Based Leaders

• Rabbi Richard Address, Congregation M’Kor Shalom, Union for Reform Judaism
• Peg Chemberlin, National Council of Churches
• Reverend Tyrone Pitts, Progressive National Baptist Convention

Family Caregiver & Patient Advocates

• Amanda Bennett, Bloomberg News
• Amy Berman, The John A. Hartford Foundation
• Nancy Brown, American Heart Association (AHA)
• Gail Hunt, National Alliance for Caregiving
  
• Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association
• Susan Reinhard, AARP

Health Systems and Community-Based Program Leaders

• Eric Anderson, Allina Health
  
• Bill Borne, Amedisys
• Jeff Burnich, Sutter Health
• Bud Hammes, Gundersen Health System
• Christy Whitney, Hospice Innovations Group
• Kent Wilson, Honoring Choices Minnesota

Hospice, Palliative, and Home Care Pioneers

• Randall Krakauer, Aetna
• David Longnecker, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
• Diane Meier, Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC)
• Don Schumacher, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO)
• Thomas Smith, Johns Hopkins Medicine
• Brad Stuart, Sutter Health

Thought Leaders & Policy Makers

• Bruce Chernof, The SCAN Foundation
• Susan Dentzer, Health Affairs
• Chris Jennings, Jennings Policy Strategies
• Mark McClellan, Brookings Institution
• Dan Mendelson, Avalere Health
• Len Nichols, George Mason University
• Judith Salerno, Institute of Medicine (IOM)
• Leonard D. Schaeffer, University of Southern California
• Tevi Troy, Hudson Institute

Media and Communications Experts

• Terry Clark, UnitedHealth Group
• Alexandra Drane, Engage with Grace/Eliza Corporation
• Bill Hanley, Twin Cities Public Television

Professional Education Experts

• Patricia Grady,National Institute of Nursing Research
  
• Jennie Chin Hansen, American Geriatrics Society
• Richard Payne, Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
• Cynda Rushton, Johns Hopkins University
• Robert Wolf, Healthcare Chaplaincy

U.S. Senators

• Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
• Ron Johnson (R-WI)
• Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
  
• Mark Warner (D-VA)
• Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

Join these leaders and others to design a roadmap to create large scale, sustainable change by leveraging informed, high impact, and effective solutions.

Sponsors: The American Heart Association (AHA), American Hospital Association,  American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Institute of Medicine (IOM), National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), Pfizer, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), Cambia Health Foundation, and Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics

Where? The Institute of Medicine’s National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20148

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Special thanks for the support of the Mintz Levin Center for Health Law & Policy