Dr. Nazanin Alavi is a staff psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Queen’s University, Co-Program Medical Director for Mental Health & Addiction Care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), Chair of the Division of General Psychiatry, and the inaugural Director of the Centre for Digital Health Research (CDHR) at Providence Care Hospital in Kingston,Canada. A nationally recognized leader in digital mental health, Dr. Alavi has over 15 years of experience advancing AI-enabled care pathways and online psychotherapy. Her research, conducted in collaboration with OPTT Inc., includes the development and validation of a machine-learning–driven stepped-care triage model that identifies the appropriate level of care for patients. She also focuses on integrating evidence-based online psychotherapy with complementary therapeutic techniques to improve access, efficiency, and outcomes.

Khadijah Booth Watkins, MD, MPH is the Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and McLean Hospital, the Associate Director of the Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at MGH, and the Associate Director of the Psychiatry Clerkship at Harvard Medical School. She specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders in children, adolescents, and young adults. Areas of interest include anxiety, ADHD, student mental health, and suicide prevention. Dr. Watkins received her Bachelor of Science from Xavier University of Louisiana, Medical Degree from The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Medicine, and Master of Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health with an emphasis on healthcare and hospital policy and management. Dr. Watkins completed her Internal Medicine Internship and General Psychiatry Residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry-New Jersey Medical School and her fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) combined program of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Weill Cornell Medical College. She also completed a two-year Public Child Psychiatry Fellowship at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute. She joined the faculty of Columbia University Medical Center as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, working in the School-Based Mental Health Program and served as the Interim Assistant Director of the NYPH Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Program. Dr. Watkins later joined the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry where she served as the Director of the Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program, Assistant Training Director; Westchester Division, and the Youth Anxiety Center Psychiatrist, targeting transitional age youth at high risk of failing to shift into independent adulthood due to untreated anxiety. She also supervised students and trainees until June 2019, at which point she joined the faculty at MGH/Harvard Medical School. Dr. Watkins contributed to textbooks and journals. She has presented locally and nationally on topics related to anxiety, school refusal, parenting, diversity, inclusions, suicide prevention, and physician wellness. Additionally, she has consulted to several mental health organizations, television shows, as well as online and video media outlets.

Healthcare Executive who has helped to shape the mental health and addiction care landscape through meaningful, transformative growth by deploying a multidimensional understanding of the healthcare continuum. As a dedicated change agent and gubernatorial appointee on numerous high-profile commissions and committees – including the California Mental Health Services and Oversight Commission, City Planning Commissioner, National Mental Health America, and the Steinberg Institute – I am passionate about increasing awareness and eliminating stigma at the local, state, and national levels through tireless advocacy and a hand-spun approach to ensure the sustainability of healthy, operationally strong workforce cultures. I have extensive experience overseeing the development, implementation, and execution of programs throughout the healthcare continuum – including CEO level oversight of Skilled Nursing, PACE, Medical Center, Mental Health Service Line and free-standing mental health system, and also senior level experience at Children’s Hospital’s and Health Plan. As a dedicated change agent, I am passionate about increasing awareness and eliminating stigma for mental health and addiction care at the local, state, and national levels by advocating for action, ensuring healthy and operationally strong workforce cultures where personnel thrive. I apply systems thinking to bridge the gap between stakeholders while securing buy-in among multi-state, cross-functional teams throughout large-scale healthcare companies.

Dr. Caroline Carney is president and chief medical officer of Magellan Health, a company focused on delivery of behavioral health care across commercial and government sponsored covered lives. She is board-certified in psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry and internal medicine. She brings nearly twenty years of experience in managed care and pharmacy benefit experiences. Dr. Carney served as the medical director for the Indiana Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning, working with teams on launching value-based contracting, quality requirements, and the behavioral health transformation for the state’s community mental health services. A published author, she is frequent speaker about behavioral health services, integrated care models, the role of digital technologies in health care, and parenting in a digital age. A graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine, she was a tenured associate professor of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry at Indiana University. She engages in clinical work as the behavioral health medical director at a federally qualified health center.

Justin A. Chen, MD, MPH, is Vice Chair of Ambulatory Services, Vice Chair of Health Justice, and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian, where he oversees ambulatory strategy across the Manhattan, Westchester, and Brooklyn campuses and the WCM Psychiatry Physician Organization. His interests include innovative approaches to enhancing access to mental health services and cross-cultural psychiatry. Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of its Council on Healthcare Financing. He completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at Yale, his psychiatry residency at MGH-McLean, and his master of public health at Harvard.

Jennifer Cullen, MSW, is the President of Behavioral Services at Beth Israel Lahey Health where she is charged with leading the largest network of mental health and substance use disorder services in eastern Massachusetts. Jennifer has significant experience in mental health and substance use disorder care delivery and has served in both clinical and administrative leadership roles. She has worked in a variety of healthcare settings across New England including previous roles within Signet, HCA and Steward. Jennifer is a strong leader with a progressive approach to navigating behavioral health services in an evolving healthcare landscape and has a strong commitment to staff engagement. Jennifer earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Saint Anselm College and her Master of Social Work degree from Hawaii Pacific University.

When I started my career as a physician, I quickly realized that healing isn’t about prescribing the right medication–it’s about how we treat people. Most patients carry a story that is shaped by loss, struggle, or trauma. The way we speak, the way we listen, or even the way we conduct a physical exam, can either make a patient feel safe or unseen. This realization led me to trauma-informed care, an evidence-based, strategic framework for supporting people through stress. My award-winning curriculum on trauma-informed physical examination is now taught at medical schools across the U.S. I’ve expanded this work to trauma-informed telehealth, medical education, and corporate wellness, helping organizations create healthier, more engaged, and more effective teams. Burnout impacts healthcare workers on the frontline and corporate leaders who strive to maintain productivity and wellbeing. I’ve had the privilege of training healthcare systems, Fortune 500 companies, and legal teams on integrating trauma-informed principles into their work, including transformative sessions on professional resilience for Procter & Gamble. My keynote speaking has been described as “life-changing” and “transformational”.

Kana Enomoto, Partner at McKinsey & Company and Director of Brain Health for the McKinsey Health Institute, is an internationally recognized expert in mental health, substance use, brain health, and the brain economy. As a leader of the Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, within McKinsey’s healthcare practice, Kana advises the full gamut of public and private sector healthcare stakeholders on reducing the burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in the US and in global markets. As Director of Brain Health for MHI, she leads collaborations and research on topics such as the brain economy transition, the role of AI in health care, sustainable financing, improved care pathways, and brain health in the workplace. Prior to joining McKinsey, Kana was a member of the US Senior Executive Service, where she advised the White House, the Secretary of Health, and the Surgeon General while leading the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In these roles, Kana provided executive direction and policy leadership for public mental health and substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Committed to advancing brain health in the US and beyond, she serves on the boards of Mental Health America, The NIATx Foundation, and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.

Mark Friedlander, MD, MBA, is the Chief Medical Officer of the Behavioral Health Division at Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS). A board-certified and practicing psychiatrist, he provides medical leadership across UHS’ behavioral health network, guiding clinical strategy, overseeing medical staff, and advancing innovation in patient-centered care. Before joining UHS in 2020, Dr. Friedlander served as Chief Medical Officer for Aetna’s Behavioral Health unit, where he led utilization management, quality, and clinical compliance, and directed multidisciplinary teams serving multiple lines of business. His prior roles include Corporate Medical Director at Penn-Friends Behavioral Health Systems, Director of Outpatient Clinic and Adolescent Inpatient Care at Friends Hospital, and Psychiatrist and Acting Medical Director at Child Guidance Resource Centers. Dr. Friedlander earned his medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and an MBA from the New York Institute of Technology. He completed residencies in General Psychiatry and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry and remains actively engaged with the American Med

Dan Gebremedhin, MD, is a Partner at Flare Capital Partners and serves on the Board of Flare portfolio companies Somatus, Eden Health, Positive Development, Vita Health, Oui Therapeutics, and Elektra Health. Prior to joining Flare Capital, Dan served as a Medical Director at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan. Dan spent over 8 years as a practicing Internal Medicine Physician on the Faculty of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, after completing Internal Medicine Residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2010. Dan served on Former Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Board of Nursing Home Administrators from 2016 to 2020. He has served as a Senior Health Policy Advisor for the Campaigns of Former Governor Charlie Baker, Former Congressman Joseph Kennedy III, and Congressman Jake Auchincloss. Dan earned a BS from the University of California, San Diego, an MD from the Morehouse School of Medicine, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Stephen Gillaspy, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience integrating psychological services into larger healthcare systems. Dr. Gillaspy is recognized throughout the field of clinical psychology for his hard work and dedication as a Health Psychologist, as well as a vital member of American Psychological Association (APA) staff, serving as the Senior Director of Health and Health Care Financing August 2019 – December 2024, and now serving as the Deputy Chief for Health Policy and Healthcare Financing. He has also been a long-standing, active representative of APA to the American Medical Association, and currently serves as the Alternate Advisor to the Relative Value Update Committee (RUC) and the CPT Editorial Panel. Prior to joining APA staff, Dr. Gillaspy was a Professor and Director of Pediatric Psychology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma, College of Medicine. During his tenure in the Section of General and Community Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), he served as the Director of Research, the Director of Clinical Psychology, and Associate Section Chief. He is also a past President of the Oklahoma Psychological Association (OPA), served as Director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline, and has authored or co-authored numerous articles published in scientific journals.

Maeghan has worked with local governments for over 14 years on behavioral health, health, human services, and justice policies and programs. Prior to joining ABHW, Maeghan was the program director for health, human services and justice at the National Association of Counties. She previously served as the Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy for the National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Directors. Ms. Gilmore received a B.S. in Health Education from Western Michigan University and a Masters of Public Health, health policy concentration, from The George Washington University.

He is a board-certified adult Psychiatrist with a master’s in public health and over 30 years of experience in integrated primary care, home care and office-based practice. He has advocated for mental health parity actively through organized medicine since residency. He is Past President of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is Representative on the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Update Committee. He is past Chair of the Committee on RBRVS, Coding and Reimbursement of the American Psychiatric Association's and on the Workgroup on Measurement-Based Care. He is on the Massachusetts Medical Society’s Committee on the Quality of Medical Practice and past Chair of the Committee on Interspecialty.

Dr. Ronke Komolafe is a leader and distinguished healthcare expert specializing in integrating mental, physical, and social health. With more than 15 years of dedicated service, she is the CEO of Advancing Integrated Health. This consulting company partners with health systems, health plans, provider organizations, policymakers, and healthcare technology companies to implement go-to-market strategies and integrated whole-person care and value-based payment programs. Dr. Komolafe is also the founder of Integrated Health Magazine, a print and digital publication that captures behavioral, physical, and social health from the perspectives of policymakers, patients, providers, payers, healthcare technology, and pharmaceutical therapy. Her leadership is recognized on numerous prestigious platforms, including her position as the Chair of the Mental Health Group of the Forbes Business Council, which showcases her commitment to advancing mental health awareness and practices. She is also Vice Chair of the American Association for Doctors of Behavioral Health and Vice President of Sponsorship HIMSS Central Texas Chapter. Dr. Komolafe contributes her vast knowledge and expertise as an adjunct Professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine and Cumming Graduate Institute of Behavioral Health. Her role extends beyond teaching, serving as an Advisory Board Member at the Cumming Graduate Institute, where she influences the next generation of healthcare professionals and leaders. Dr. Komolafe's expertise encompasses healthcare regulatory affairs, strategic planning, and the integration of mental, physical, and social care. She is celebrated for her multi-dimensional approach to health and fervently advocates for healthcare innovation. Her thought leadership is widely recognized, with frequent contributions to esteemed forums such as the Newsweek Expert Forum and Forbes Business Council, along with publications in Brainz Magazine and other prominent media outlets. Dr. Komolafe enjoys traveling, scuba diving, snorkeling, dancing, and traveling.

Dr. Koshy has been Chair of Chiefs for Behavioral Health and Director of Regional Mental Health at Kaiser Permanente Northern California since 2020. As Chair, she strives to translate KP’s mission to provide high quality, outcomes driven care for our members into the field of mental health. Under her leadership, the service line has created and expanded several population-based programs in Mental Health, including collaborative care models for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI), and mild to moderate depression and anxiety as well as standardized treatment pathways within specialty mental health departments. Dr. Koshy has held various leadership roles within KP prior to her current role, including Assistant Chief and Chief of the local department of Psychiatry at South Sacramento. Prior to her career at KP, she trained at Emory University for her General Psychiatry residency and obtained her M.D. from Rush University in Chicago. She also has an M.A. in bioethics from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Results-oriented education strategist and international speaker with 25+ years of experience, expanding reach and impact in K12 learning environments.

James A. Laughman is President of AmeriHealth Caritas’ full-service behavioral health managed care organization (MCO). Prior to his current appointment, Laughman served as Executive Director of the behavioral health MCO doing business in Pennsylvania, and developed a national behavioral health strategy for the AmeriHealth Caritas Family of Companies. Additionally, he is President of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Solutions for AmeriHealth Caritas, leading the team that coordinates care and social services for members with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Laughman has devoted the majority of his career to improving the quality of life for people with behavioral, intellectual, or developmental challenges. He is a staunch advocate for funding efforts to address social determinants that impact health and wellness, in particular breaking the cycle of homelessness and increasing access to quality health care. Laughman has also dedicated many years of service to helping combat the opioid epidemic, promoting mental well-being, and reducing stigma associated with behavioral health challenges. He has been responsible for overseeing various initiatives to increase evidence-based treatment aimed at reducing hospital readmissions for people with opioid use disorder. Before joining AmeriHealth Caritas, Laughman spent more than 10 years in private practice to provide counseling services to individuals challenged with behavioral health issues and substance use disorders. This includes his role from 2001 to 2004 as Chief Executive Officer for a psychiatric outpatient clinic. He has been a featured panelist at national conferences offering insights on topics such as the impact and future of telemedicine for behavioral health, the Substance Use Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities (SUPPORT) Act, and the future of behavioral health and sustainability. He has also contributed articles on accessing medical services during the COVID-19 pandemic for U.S News & World Report and acute anxiety and chronic post-traumatic stress disorder for Fierce Healthcare. Laughman earned a master’s degree in social work from Temple University. He serves on the board for Special Olympics Pennsylvania and helps advance its mission promoting inclusivity in all dimensions of life for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Laughman also serves on the boards of Norristown State Hospital and the Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness.

Josh Li brings more than 15 years of experience in product management and business strategy to Uwill. Most recently, he was the Sr. Director of Product, Consumer/Strategic Partnerships at Drizly (acquired by Uber), where he oversaw all consumer-facing products and advertising technology and monetization. Prior to that, he held roles at TripAdvisor focused on expanding their business internationally and building out their retail/shopping business. Additionally, Josh worked at Bain & Company, consulting for large consumer goods companies and performing due diligence for PE firms on potential acquisition targets. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Lucet relies on a seasoned legal leader with over 12 years of experience to oversee its legal, compliance, and governance functions. As General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, the team manages regulatory matters, complex litigation, and strategic contracts, focusing on advancing accessible behavioral health solutions. With expertise in corporate governance, compliance, and commercial litigation, Lucet’s legal team has successfully negotiated key agreements with health plans and providers while advising executives on strategic decisions. Their contributions foster trust, mitigate risks, and enable operational excellence within the organization.

Leading with expertise in digital health, healthcare, and whole-person care. My role at Cleveland Clinic entails developing innovative care models and delivery systems that intersect all factors effecting health. Our team's commitment to collaborative care has resulted in the establishment of the first behavioral health section within the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, marking a significant advancement in the field. Through development of digital care pathways and leading partnerships with health systems, digital creators, and payers, we are shaping the future of whole-person care. My contributions reflect a deep-seated mission to transform patient and provider outcomes, leveraging whole-person digitally enhanced team-based care to surround patients with lifestyle tools, digestible health information, and a team of talented providers to reduce costs and improve outcomes and satisfaction.

John MacPhee serves as the CEO of The Jed Foundation (JED), a leading nonprofit organization that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults. JED equips teens and young adults with the skills and support they need to grow into healthy, thriving adults. As part of this work, JED partners with school districts, high schools, colleges and universities, and community-based organizations to implement a comprehensive approach to supporting student wellbeing and reducing risks for suicide. Passionate about supporting young adults in their transition to adulthood, John advises several organizations including the S. Jay Levy Fellowship for Future Leaders at City College, Trek Medics, Opera Ebony, the Health Policy and Management Department at the Mailman School of Public Health, and HIV Hero. Earlier in his career, he served in executive positions and board roles for several pharmaceutical companies, where he oversaw functions such as business development, alliance management, clinical development, regulatory affairs, and commercial operations. John is a recipient of The Allan Rosenfield Alumni Award for Excellence in the field of public health from the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. He earned a BA from Columbia College, an MBA from New York University, and an MPH from Columbia University.

I am a national leader and population health scientist dedicated to enhancing well-being outcomes across various sectors, including employer, government, payer, provider, start-up, and education. As the CEO of Vibrant Emotional Health, I focus on breaking the stigma around mental health and improving access to behavioral health care for individuals and communities nationwide. My expertise lies in integrating evidence-based health science into practical business models, enabling stakeholders to implement scalable solutions that foster population-level mental health impact. I am passionate about democratizing mental health care and strive to build a society where emotional wellness is accessible for all. My previous roles include President of Behavioral Health and Mental Well-being at CVS Health and North American Leader of Wellbeing for Willis Towers Watson, where I gained recognition for spearheading Minnesota’s groundbreaking population health care legislation. I hold a doctorate in public administration, a Master of Science in applied health science, and a Bachelor of Science in community health education.

As a first-generation Indian immigrant, Akanksha was astonished by the many parallels across the Indian and US healthcare systems, specifically those related to access constraints and poor patient outcomes. In a highly consumer-centric economy like the US, she was taken aback by the overwhelming complexity and costliness associated with the consumer healthcare experience. This has fueled her desire to tackle access and quality of care challenges through partnering with innovative and mission-driven entrepreneurs. She believes that patient-facing technology, infrastructure and care delivery business model innovation are the most effective conduits of affecting structural change in the industry.

Marlon Morgan is the Founder and CEO of Wellness Together, a national nonprofit dedicated to expanding mental health access for students, families, and educators. A former school counselor and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, he has developed support programs for underserved students. His contributions to mental health in education have earned recognition from the US Congress, California State Senate, and State Assembly. As a thought leader and speaker, Marlon collaborates with organizations like Harvard Medical School, USC, and Amazon to promote well-being. He also hosts This Helps Podcast, featuring top experts in mental health. Marlon lives in Southern California with his wife and two sons.

Marjorie Morrison is a visionary entrepreneur, accomplished mental health professional, and licensed clinician with over 30 years of clinical and business experience. Known for her ability to identify challenges and implement strategic solutions, she has made transformative contributions to the mental health sector. Morrison developed a proactive counseling program for the Marine Corps that remains in use today and founded PsychArmor Institute, a pioneering nonprofit that trains civilians to better support veterans. Later, she co-founded Psych Hub with Patrick J. Kennedy, scaling it into a leading digital platform for mental health education with over 1,500 resources and 30 million YouTube views along with connecting people to care. As a speaker at more than 200 national and international conferences, the host of over 300 podcast interviews with industry experts, and the author of The Inside Battle: Our Military Mental Health Crisis, Morrison has established herself as a thought leader. Her work has been featured in numerous articles, media outlets, and award recognitions. Currently serving as Executive in Residence for SHRM, she remains committed to reimagining mental health through innovative digital solutions that integrate clinical research with compelling storytelling. Morrison’s mission is to enhance the quality of life for everyone engaging with the mental health system.

Lindsey Mortenson, MD, MS is the University Health & Counseling Executive Director and Student Life Chief Mental Health Officer at the University of Michigan (U-M), where she also serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. At U-M, Dr. Mortenson oversees a comprehensive, integrated outpatient health service with 19 different services lines for students, faculty, and staff. Her work has appeared in the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP), Current Psychiatry Reports, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of American College Health, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Open Forum Infectious Diseases, the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), and “College Psychiatry: Strategies to Improve Access to Mental Health.”

Dr. Reena Pande is a Partner and leads Oxeon’s Clinician Executive search and leadership practice. She is a physician, entrepreneur, and healthcare executive whose career has focused on building innovative solutions to ensure access to evidence-based, and technology-enabled care. For nearly a decade, Dr. Pande served as Chief Medical Officer at AbleTo, a virtual behavioral health provider. During her tenure, she served as a passionate external voice for bridging the gaps between physical and mental health, and also led clinical product, data science, healthcare economics, and outcomes research teams. Dr. Pande saw the organization through numerous fundraising rounds and eventual acquisition by Optum/UnitedHealth Group. Prior to her time at AbleTo, Dr. Pande was an academic cardiologist and clinical researcher at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology from Harvard University, her M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and a Masters degree in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her internship, residency training, and Cardiology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She currently serves as an independent Board Director and advisor for several early stage companies. Reena lives in Milton, MA and loves spending time with her husband and children. She’s an avid golfer and loves to experiment in the kitchen.

I am an enthusiastic executive looking to engage in projects and opportunities that will increase my skill set. I am particularly interested in process improvement related to healthcare operations.

Corbin Petro is a prominent CEO and mission-driven leader recognized for her role advancing value-based care and improving health for vulnerable populations across entities large and small. She is President of Carelon Behavioral Health, Elevance Health’s BH business. Petro has an extensive background in healthcare including serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Massachusetts Dept of Medicaid, a $13B agency providing health care to 1.4M Massachusetts residents; was founder and CEO of two companies, including Eleanor Health, an organization providing evidence-based, whole person care for populations with substance use disorder and mental health needs; advising a US Senator on healthcare reform; and roles at Bain & Company, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte Consulting, and American Management Systems. Most recently, she has been an independent and trusted Advisor & Board Member to organizations from seed-stage to Fortune 500. As founding CEO of Eleanor Health, Petro led Eleanor through its Series C funding, raising more than $100M to change both the care model and payment systems for an often-overlooked population. Prior to Eleanor Health, Petro was the founding CEO of Benevera Health, a payer-provider JV and population health company. As CEO, she oversaw both Harvard Pilgrim’s New Hampshire insurance business ($650M) and the newly created population health company. Petro is passionate about improving healthcare for vulnerable populations and advancing equity for women and marginalized groups. She is active as Co-Chair of Fenway Health’s BOV, a minority owner of the Utah Royals Women’s Professional Soccer team, and Chair of Health Evolution’s VBC group. A former collegiate distance runner, she enjoys running & biking, has completed 6 marathons, and biked solo, self-supported, across the country covering 3,200 miles in 33 days. She is active in local and regional politics, previously serving as the Chair and Treasurer of a campaign for Mass Lieutenant Governor. Petro was honored to be one of fifteen healthcare executives under 40 named a “2018 Up and Comer” by Modern Healthcare. She received a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Corbin lives in the greater Boston area with her wife and two sons.

Dr. Victor Pinkes serves as Senior Medical Director at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), where Dr. Pinkes leads clinical initiatives focused on total cost of care quality, utilization management, and case management. In this role, Dr. Pinkes drives strategies that improve clinical outcomes, optimize resource utilization, and support value-based care delivery. A distinguished graduate of Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and Clark University, Dr. Pinkes brings over 25 years of experience in emergency medicine and 7 years in addiction medicine. Dr. Pinkes holds board certifications in Emergency Medicine (American Board of Medical Specialties) and Addiction Medicine (American Board of Preventive Medicine). Throughout a career marked by leadership and innovation, Dr. Pinkes has held prominent positions including Chief Medical Officer at Kent Hospital, Ocean State Health Care, and Contral Clinic of New England, a medication-assisted alcohol recovery clinic. Dr. Pinkes previously served as Behavioral Health Medical Director at BCBSRI, with responsibilities spanning quality management, utilization oversight, and fraud/waste investigations within the Special Investigations Unit. Dr. Pinkes’ professional achievements include: • Named to RI Monthly Magazine’s “Top Doctor” list (2004) • Recipient of the Emergency Medical Residents’ Association Augustine D’Orta Award for community service in emergency medicine (2003) Dr. Pinkes is an active member of: • American College of Emergency Physicians • American Society for Addiction Medicine

Dr. Lee Robinson is a passionate and committed leader in public-sector behavioral health. Dr. Robinson is a trained and practicing child and adult psychiatrist who held clinical, academic, and administrative leadership roles before joining MassHealth in January of 2022. In his current role of Associate Chief for Behavioral Health, Dr. Robinson oversees behavioral health policy development and implementation for MassHealth. Dr. Robinson graduated with a BA from Washington University in St. Louis and received his MD degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Robinson completed training in General Psychiatry at Columbia University-New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York, NY, and completed his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship training at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, MA.

A Kansas City native now enjoying the snowbird life in Phoenix, Dr. Ryan is board-certified Emergency Medicine physician over three decades of experience practicing in urban trauma centers. Since 2008, Dr. Ryan expanded his career into technology and began designing programs, developing clinical decision support tools, and creating healthcare content. His work has led to multiple patents in clinical decision support and workflow automation. Currently, Dr. Ryan leads Centene’s clinical AI strategy and governance. Dr. Ryan has been married for 28+ years and is the proud father of two adult children. A ten-time Ironman finisher, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, cycling, and not commuting to work.

Manish Sapra, MD, is executive director of the behavioral health service line at Northwell Health. He oversees strategic clinical program development and physician management for all mental health and substance use disorder programs at Northwell. Dr. Sapra joined Northwell in 2017, initially focusing on developing various population health programs, including behavioral health integration in primary care practices. Dr. Sapra has been instrumental in efforts to modernize behavioral health services by developing new ambulatory tele-psychiatry applications, implementing advanced use of data analytics and exploring value-based purchasing arrangements. Prior to joining Northwell, he was associate chief of clinical services for behavioral health and senior director of community psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), where he directed physician management and business development for its ambulatory and acute-care services and medical education programs related to community psychiatry. Dr. Sapra is the immediate past president of the American Association for Psychiatric Administration and Leadership, a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and an active member of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, a leading psychiatric think tank. He graduated from Seth G. S. Medical College, University of Mumbai. He completed his residency in psychiatry at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston and has a Masters in Medical Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Rebecca Schechter is a dynamic and results-driven CEO/President with a track record of profitable growth at large and small scale. She leverages broad experience across complex businesses in financial, risk-based and healthcare services. Rebecca has driven accelerated value creation with comprehensive growth strategies, optimized performance, and technical innovation and M&A. Most recently, she successfully led the launch and scaling of the Microsoft/Nuance’s GenAI solution in healthcare. In addition, Rebecca is a corporate director and board member. In her current capacity as a Senior Advisor at McKinsey, she serves healthcare clients as well as venture and private equity investors. She is a proven architect of value creation, delivering over $1B in combined margin improvement over her tenure. Rebecca brings over 30 years of experience in corporate leadership roles. She most recently was the Senior Vice President for Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) at Microsoft, leading the business focused on transforming the provider-patient experience by hyper scaling Gen AI clinical documentation solutions. Prior to Microsoft, Ms. Schechter served as Chief Executive Officer of Optum Behavioral Health, where she drove transformation across coverage, care delivery and digital for nearly 50 million commercial/individual, Medicaid and Medicare members. Before that she served as Executive Vice President, and President of Liberty Mutual Benefits where she led a division focused on group, individual life & annuities and voluntary benefits. This division achieved market-leading results and valuation in an accelerated divestiture. Earlier in her career, Rebecca gained deep global experience during her time at State Street, McKinsey & Company, Thomson Reuters and AC Nielsen where she worked and lived across Europe, Asia, and North America. This includes strong multilingual skills. Rebecca serves on the board of IA Financial (IAG on Toronto Stock Exchange), and she is a member of the Risk, Governance & Ethics as well as the HR & Compensation Committees. In addition, she is a board member for the Center for Social Dynamics (a Goldman Horizon Inclusive Growth Portfolio Company). She is a Venture Fund Partner for Nina Capital, a global Health Tech fund and an advisor for Onos, a start-up focused on directing more spend to quality behavioral care. She is passionate about improving life outcomes for all: she serves on the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Executive Council, the MIT Sloan School of Management Health System Initiative Advisory Council, as well as on a nonprofit board at Jumpstart. In addition, she is deeply committed to developing high performance, diverse leadership teams. She is a Board member of the International Women’s Forum Massachusetts and served in a similar capacity for The Boston Club. Rebecca holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in International Business from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sheetal Shah is the GM of Enterprise at SimplePractice, where he leads the integration of partnerships into the company's Behavioral Health Operating Platform. His work supports a platform serving over 250,000 behavioral health providers and enabling more than 100 million annual mental health encounters nationwide. He joined SimplePractice with more than 15 years of digital health experience, including most recently from Woebot Health.

Ryan Soave, LMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and certified trauma therapist with research experience at Stanford University's Huberman Lab. After transitioning from a successful business career, Ryan found his calling in mental health, specializing in addiction and PTSD treatment. Trained in multiple therapeutic modalities including EMDR, somatic experiencing, meditation, and breathwork, he has worked with thousands of clients and spoken as an expert at national conferences. He has led meditations for members of the United States Congress and approaches recovery as a healing journey where individuals rediscover their authentic selves. Ryan brings passion, commitment, and specialized expertise to helping clients overcome trauma and addiction.

Raj Srivastava, MD, MPH, is the Chief Clinical Programs Officer at Intermountain Health, where he oversees eleven system-wide Clinical Programs which align clinical providers from across the enterprise to deliver evidence-based best practice in the clinical areas for children and adults in outpatient and inpatient settings. Additionally, Dr. Srivastava is a Professor of Research and oversees Intermountain’s Healthcare Delivery Institute (HDI), a center for education, implementation science, and applied health services research. The HDI has accountability for the spread of clinical evidence-based practices across the integrated healthcare delivery system. Dr. Srivastava is a tenured Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine and is a practicing hospitalist at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City.

Kathryn is a Principal at .406 Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital firm with over $1.3B in assets under management. Kathryn joined .406 in 2021 and focuses on investing in healthcare companies that offer systems, technologies, and services that improve the way US healthcare is delivered. Her .406 portfolio includes Bluebird Kids Health, Cortica, Diana Health, FamilyWell, Helm Health, InStride Health, Lynx, On Belay, and OncoveryCare. Prior to .406, Kathryn was a Vice President at BPEA, where she sourced and executed direct investments for BPEA’s Strategic Healthcare fund, a $352M fund that invests in healthcare companies on behalf of Taft-Hartley plans and other institutional investors. Earlier in her career, Kathryn gained operational experience with large provider systems, health plans, and pharmaceutical companies. She worked in corporate strategy at the Advisory Board Company (previously NASDAQ: ABCO, now owned Optum Health) and as an advisor to the Chief Medical Officer at Boston Medical Center’s HealthNet plan. Kathryn started her career in consulting at Putnam Associates, where she advised top 20 pharmaceutical companies on product and portfolio strategies. Kathryn is originally from Houston, TX and now lives in Austin with her husband and two young sons. She received a BA in quantitative economics and international relations from Tufts University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

John Torous, MD MBI is director of the digital psychiatry division, in the Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School affiliated teaching hospital, where he also serves as a staff psychiatrist and academic faculty. He is dual board certified in psychiatry as well as clinical informatics. He has a background in electrical engineering and computer sciences and received an undergraduate degree in the field from UC Berkeley before attending medical school at UC San Diego. He completed his psychiatry residency, fellowship in clinical informatics, and master's degree in biomedical informatics at Harvard. Dr. Torous is active in investigating the potential of mobile mental health technologies for psychiatry and has published nearly 100 peer reviewed articles and 5 books chapters on the topic. His lab group creates, assesses, deploys digital mental health solutions including the LAMP smartphone app used in clinical studies for Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Schizophrenia, Post-Operative Care Coordination, and Stress in college students. He serves as editor-in-chief for an academic journal on technology and mental health, JMIR Mental Health (http://mental.jmir.org/), web-editor for JAMA Psychiatry, currently leads the American Psychiatric Association’s work group on the evaluation of smartphone apps, and is an advisor to the smartphone mood study within the NIH's one million person All of Us research program.

Dr. Mason Turner is the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Behavioral Health for Intermountain Health based in Salt Lake City, UT. His leadership in mental health care focuses on the development and evolution of strategic innovations in behavioral health care delivery that enhance quality of care and clinical excellence and are guided by principles of equity and inclusion of the patient/consumer voice into all aspects of the behavioral health ecosystem. Including integration initiatives which link mental health care and addiction medicine services with both primary and specialty medical care, as well as supporting innovative technological means of reaching patients for treatment of behavioral health conditions, he is also committed to enhancing access for behavioral health care services to all those who need it. Additionally, he has extensive experience in promoting employee health and well-being in a variety of corporate and healthcare sectors. As a clinician, he specializes in addiction medicine, consult-liaison psychiatry and treatment of personality disorders. He has received extensive training in resiliency-and systems-based approaches for improving the mental health and well-being of refugees, asylum seekers and torture survivors. Dr. Turner also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the University of Utah in the Division of Medical Education. He previously served as a former Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco Medical School, where he taught medical students at all levels the practice of interviewing patients and clinical reasoning skills. He also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. Dr. Turner earned his AB degree in psychology from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, and completed his MD degree at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center/ Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX. He completed his residency in psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School through Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, in Boston, MA, with additional training in psychotherapy at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies at Massachusetts General Hospital and addiction psychiatry at McLean Hospital. He is board certified in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine through the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Debbie Witchey began her tenure as the President and CEO of the Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW) in 2024. ABHW member companies provide coverage to over 200 million people in both the public and private sectors to treat mental health, substance use disorders, and other behaviors that impact health and wellness. Previously, Debbie served for more than 20 years as the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), an alliance of leading health industry CEOs representing all sectors of health care. She also built an award-winning community health program for a hospital system in Charleston, SC and served as deputy assistant secretary at the US Treasury Department in both a Republican and Democrat administration. Debbie has a master’s in health administration from the Medical University of South Carolina and a bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University.