Advancing Behavioral Health and Policy Summit
October 28 – 29, 2024 | Washington, DC

Advancing Behavioral Health and Policy Summit | October 28 - 29, 2024 | Washington, DC

2024 Speakers

Brian Altman, JD

Director of the National Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Laboratory (NMHSUPL), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Malekeh Amini

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Trayt Health

Rebecca Bagley

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Kennedy Forum

Melissa Bartlett

Senior Vice President, Health Policy, The ERISA Industry Committee

Rhonda Robinson Beale, MD

Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Mental Health Services, UnitedHealth Group

Tania Calle

Health Policy Adviser, Representative Lauren Underwood (D-IL), U.S House of Representatives

Kathryn Cohen, JD

Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Shawn Coughlin

President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH)

Gabrielle de la Guéronnière

Vice President of Health and Justice Policy, Legal Action Center

Bernard DiCasimirro, DO

Chief Medical Officer, Lucet Healthcare; Board Member Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Peter Eckrich

Senior Director of Government Affairs Centene Corporation

Adam Easterday

Vice President of Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Optum; Health Board Chair, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness

Laura Evans

AVP, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Vibrant Emotional Health

Karen Ferguson

Deputy Director of Clinical Practice, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Deborah Fernandez Turner

Deputy Chief Psychiatric Officer, Aetna, a CVS Health Company

Kristin (Flukey) Fritsch

Professional Staff Member, Health; Energy and Commerce Committee, Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, U.S House of Representatives

John Giles

Director, Managed Care Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Maeghan Gilmore

Vice President of Government Affairs Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Julie Goldstein Grumet

Vice President and Director of Zero Suicide Institute, Education Development Center

Gioia Guerrieri, DO, DFAPA, FASAM

Physician, Digital Behavioral Health; Digital Health Center of Excellence (DHCoE);Office of Strategic Partnership and Technology Innovation (OST); Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Lisa M. Gomez

Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) U.S. Department of Labor

Pamela Greenberg, MPP

Past President and Chief Executive Officer, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Michelle Greenhalgh

Director of Legislative Affairs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Al Guida

Principal, Guide Consulting Services

Alexis Horan

Chief of Advocacy and Practice Transformation, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

James Laughman MSW, LSW

President, PerformCare; President, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Solutions, AmeriHealth Caritas

Angela Lee

Director of Communications and Programs Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Brad Lerner, JD

Director, Public Policy, Behavioral Health, Elevance Health; Board Chair-Elect, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness; Board Treasurer, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness; Board Member, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness; Board Member, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness

Kay Matthews

Founder and Executive Director, Shades of Blue Project

Kevin J. Malone

Member of the Firm, Epstein Becker & Green, PC

Heather Meade

Principal, Washington Council, Ernst & Young LLP

Brett Meeks

Executive Director, Health Innovation Alliance

Douglas Nemecek, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health Evernorth Health Services; Board Member Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Leah G. Newkirk, JD

Senior Counsel, Government Relations, Kaiser Permanente

Thomas Oliverson, MD

State Representative (R), District 130 Texas House of Representatives

Stephen L Ondra, MD

Vice President, Center for Transforming Health, Director, Health Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC), MITRE

John Rancourt

Deputy Director; Office of Standards, Certification, and Analysis (OSCA); Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Rachel Roberts

House Minority Whip, State Representative 67th District Kentucky House of Representatives

David Schwartz

Vice President, Public Policy and Federal Affairs, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Melicia Seay

Assistant Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

June Sivilli

Public Health Expert, Office of Public Health, Office of National Drug Control Policy, (ONDCP); Executive Office of the President

Jennifer Snow

National Director, Government Relations, Policy & Advocacy, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

John Snook

Chief Policy Officer Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Jennifer Stoll

Chief External Affairs Officer, OCHIN

Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, PhD, NCSP 

Director of Policy and Advocacy, National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)

Reyna Taylor, MS, MBA

Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Brooke Trainum

Director, Practice Policy, American Psychiatric Association

Claire Wulf Winiarek, PhD

Director of Health Care Policy, Amazon Health Services

Debbie Witchey

President and Chief Executive Officer, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Substitution & Cancellation Policy:

Your registration may be transferred to a member of your organization up to 24 hours prior to the first day of the event. All cancellations must be received in writing no later than 30 calendar days prior to the first day of the event to receive a refund less the $195.00 administrative charge. No refunds will be made after this date. However, the registration fee less the $195.00 administrative charge can be credited toward another comparable event (registration must be received within 6 months of the event from which you cancel). In case of conference cancellation, The Healthcare Innovation Company’s liability is limited to refund of conference registration fee only. Programs are subject to change, and we reserve the right to alter all programs without prior notice.