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 Patrick T. Ryan

Patrick T. Ryan

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Press Ganey

 Patrick T. Ryan

Patrick T. Ryan

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Press Ganey

Pat Ryan is passionate about healthcare. An innovative and mission-driven leader, he has over 35 years of experience as an entrepreneur and chief executive of healthcare service organizations. He keeps everyone at Press Ganey focused on designing the platforms, technology, and solutions necessary to meet the needs of today’s healthcare consumer. Pat has a direct impact on the safety, quality, and experience of care and engagement across the company as a whole.

 Darren Dworkin

Darren Dworkin

President & Chief Operating Officer
Press Ganey

 Darren Dworkin

Darren Dworkin

President & Chief Operating Officer
Press Ganey

Darren Dworkin oversees Press Ganey’s organizational strategy, product development, data insights, and analytics platforms. He has more than 30 years of expertise in the technology space, including 20 solely focused on healthcare, and he is widely recognized for his innovation in healthcare operations and patient care.

Prior to joining Press Ganey, Darren served as Chief Information Officer at Cedars-Sinai Health System, where he also led Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures and founded the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator.

 Sunni Barnes PhD

Sunni Barnes PhD

VP Patient Experience & Quality/ Survey Operations
Baylor Scott & White

 Sunni Barnes PhD

Sunni Barnes PhD

VP Patient Experience & Quality/ Survey Operations
Baylor Scott & White

 Chrissy Daniels MS

Chrissy Daniels MS

Chief Experience Officer
Press Ganey

 Chrissy Daniels MS

Chrissy Daniels MS

Chief Experience Officer
Press Ganey

Chrissy collaborates with teams across Press Ganey to design, develop, and deliver strategies to boost patient experience that are informed by over 400 million patient voices. Chrissy works closely with healthcare organizations nationwide as a strategic and operational partner. Chrissy brings over 30 years of expertise in advancing the patient experience and building an engaging and collaborative culture. Frequently called upon as a guest speaker, she is widely recognized for her pioneering work in healthcare consumerism and physician performance data transparency.

 Jeff Doucette DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

Jeff Doucette DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Press Ganey

 Jeff Doucette DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

Jeff Doucette DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAAN

Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Press Ganey

As Press Ganey’s Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Jeff Doucette is responsible for helping clients help clients transform the patient and caregiver experience. In this role, he works to develop nursing leaders at client organizations, improve clinical quality and efficiency, and improve employee and caregiver engagement by playing an integral role in the company’s safety, clinical, and workforce initiatives.

Jeff is a widely recognized and accomplished nurse leader with 30 years of experience spent largely in leadership and executive nursing roles. Throughout his career, he has focused on enabling the delivery of exceptional patient and family experiences through innovation, education, and nursing excellence.

 Roxanna Gapstur PhD, RN

Roxanna Gapstur PhD, RN

President & CEO
WellSpan Health

 Roxanna Gapstur PhD, RN

Roxanna Gapstur PhD, RN

President & CEO
WellSpan Health

Roxanna Gapstur is the President and CEO of WellSpan Health, an integrated delivery system with a vision to reimagine healthcare through the delivery of comprehensive, equitable health and wellness solutions. WellSpan encompasses more than 2,500 employed providers, 250 locations, nine award-winning hospitals, home care and a behavioral health organization serving Central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. She has over 30 years of healthcare leadership experience working in group practice, academic, and integrated health care systems with care and coverage. Prior to her appointment at WellSpan, Dr. Gapstur was a senior vice president and president within the HealthPartners system in Bloomington, Minn.

Dr. Gapstur has extensive experience in strategic planning, business development and operational leadership in both ambulatory and hospital settings. She has served in multiple executive roles including chief operating officer, chief nursing officer and as a senior executive accountable for population health. Dr. Gapstur obtained her bachelor’s degree from the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., and her master’s degree and doctorate from the University of Minnesota.

 Heather Geisler

Heather Geisler

EVP, Chief Brand & Experience Officer
Henry Ford Health System

 Heather Geisler

Heather Geisler

EVP, Chief Brand & Experience Officer
Henry Ford Health System

Heather Geisler was appointed Executive Vice President & Chief Brand & Experience Officer in 2020. She provides leadership for brand strategy and consumer experience by bringing global brand builder expertise to this role. A gifted strategist and transformative leader, her skill and passion for consumer engagement position Henry Ford Health to make an even greater impact on the communities it serves through a unified mission, unparalleled customer experience, and the innovative care for which Henry Ford is known.

Previously, Heather was senior vice president of global brands for Hyatt Hotels Corp., where she served as senior vice president of Global Brands. She was responsible for leading global marketing, positioning and growth of Hyatt’s full and select service brands portfolio, and led the development and execution of cross-functional strategies to drive revenue, and targeted creative campaigns focused on engagement.

In 2018, Hospitality Management Magazine named her among its “30 Most Influential Women in Hospitality.” Prior to Hyatt, she was vice president of Brand Marketing at MSNBC, where she led the development of the TV cable channel’s brand positioning and growth strategy, including creating integrated consumer brand experience programs and award-winning advertising campaigns. She also guided the development and promotion of the network’s corporate social responsibility initiatives and sponsorships. She’s also served nonprofit and corporate clients at New York City marketing and advertising agency SS+K, including leading its efforts in support of initiatives by former first lady Michelle Obama. Heather is a graduate of the University of Iowa and completed the Punch Sulzberger Fellowship Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

 Camille Haycock MS, APN, NEA-BC

Camille Haycock MS, APN, NEA-BC

SVP, Patient Experience
CommonSpirit Health

 Camille Haycock MS, APN, NEA-BC

Camille Haycock MS, APN, NEA-BC

SVP, Patient Experience
CommonSpirit Health

Camille Haycock serves as Senior Vice President for Patient Experience at CommonSpirit Health (CSH). In this role, she provides overall strategic direction for patient experience transformation across the CSH enterprise. As a former Chief Quality Officer, she continually aligns Quality, Safety and Patient Experience initiatives into a comprehensive experience for consumers and patients. Her work focuses on a consistent approach to human interactions in every service area across the Care Continuum. Leveraging Mission-driven healthcare, high reliability principles and person-centered care, she works to align CSH initiatives around the patient and consumer with a human connection and quality outcome with every patient interaction. She has over 30 years of healthcare leadership experience in diverse healthcare settings. Her strengths include disciplined servant leadership with a team-based approach to building accountable structures and processes that drive improvement across complex healthcare systems. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and speaks nationally on various subjects including quality, safety, patient experience, consumer-centric care and evidence-based practice. Additionally, she has served on multiple national boards and advisories. Prior to joining CSH, she held a variety of clinical, operational and leadership positions at Centura Health, Banner Health, AirEvac Services and HonorHealth.

 Yael Heher MD, MPH, FRCP(C)

Yael Heher MD, MPH, FRCP(C)

Chief Quality Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health, & Associate Professor - Harvard Medical School

 Yael Heher MD, MPH, FRCP(C)

Yael Heher MD, MPH, FRCP(C)

Chief Quality Officer
Beth Israel Lahey Health, & Associate Professor - Harvard Medical School

 Wright Lassiter III MHA

Wright Lassiter III MHA

CEO
CommonSpirit Health

 Wright Lassiter III MHA

Wright Lassiter III MHA

CEO
CommonSpirit Health

As CommonSpirit’s CEO, Wright leads one of the country’s largest and most diverse health care organizations, with an expansive network of over 2,200 care sites across 24 states. A seasoned health care executive, Wright brings 30+ years of leadership experience working in large, complex health systems, most recently at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, where he led the system through the COVID-19 pandemic and two successful mergers, significantly expanding its footprint and growing revenue. Wright has regularly been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” and has been named to the “Top 25 Minority Executives in Healthcare,” “Crain’s Detroit Business’ Newsmakers of the Year” and HealthLeaders Media’s “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better” lists.

Wright is an avid servant leader and community advocate, and a strong voice for improving health care. As the immediate past chair of the American Hospital Association and a former chair of America’s Essential Hospitals, Wright continues to actively advance the priorities of hospitals across the country, helping ensure their needs are represented and addressed effectively. Originally from Tuskegee, Alabama, Wright received his master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Indiana University, and completed his bachelor’s degree with honors in Chemistry from Le Moyne, a Jesuit college in upstate New York.

 Thomas H. Lee MD

Thomas H. Lee MD

Chief Medical Officer
Press Ganey

 Thomas H. Lee MD

Thomas H. Lee MD

Chief Medical Officer
Press Ganey

Tom Lee develops clinical and operational strategies to help providers measure and improve the patient experience, with the overarching goals of reducing patient suffering and improving the value of care. Tom has more than three decades of experience in healthcare performance improvement as a practicing physician, a leader in provider organizations, researcher, and health policy expert. An internist and cardiologist, Tom continues to practice primary care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Author of “Healthcare’s Path Forward: How Ongoing Crises Are Creating New Standards of Excellence.”

 Shelley Parn

Shelley Parn

CHRO
OSF Health

 Shelley Parn

Shelley Parn

CHRO
OSF Health

Shelley Parn is an accomplished HR executive with over 25 years of experience in leading strategic HR initiatives in healthcare organizations. As the Chief Human Resources Officer at OSF Healthcare, Shelley is accountable for all aspects of human capital management, driving organizational development/effectiveness, HR Operations, talent development, physician and app recruitment/retention and employee engagement. With a passion for fostering inclusive workplace cultures, Shelley has implemented innovative diversity and inclusion programs that have impacted the culture of OSF HealthCare. Their strategic approach to talent acquisition and retention has positioned OSF Healthcare as an employer of choice within the industry.

 Veronica Scott-Fulton DNP, MBA-c, MPH, BSN, BA, NEA-BC

Veronica Scott-Fulton DNP, MBA-c, MPH, BSN, BA, NEA-BC

System Chief Nursing Executive
Bon Secours Mercy Health

 Veronica Scott-Fulton DNP, MBA-c, MPH, BSN, BA, NEA-BC

Veronica Scott-Fulton DNP, MBA-c, MPH, BSN, BA, NEA-BC

System Chief Nursing Executive
Bon Secours Mercy Health

 Sylvain Trepanier DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN

Sylvain Trepanier DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN

SVP & System CNO
Providence

 Sylvain Trepanier DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN

Sylvain Trepanier DNP, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN

SVP & System CNO
Providence

 Michelle Wiles MS

Michelle Wiles MS

Vice Chancellor and Chief People & Culture Officer
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

 Michelle Wiles MS

Michelle Wiles MS

Vice Chancellor and Chief People & Culture Officer
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

 Baligh Yehia MD, MPP, MSc, FACP

Baligh Yehia MD, MPP, MSc, FACP

President
Jefferson Health

 Baligh Yehia MD, MPP, MSc, FACP

Baligh Yehia MD, MPP, MSc, FACP

President
Jefferson Health