Keynote Speakers

 PRE-CONFERENCE KEYNOTE 

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JOSEPH R. BETANCOURT, MD, MPH

President
The Commonwealth Fund

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2025

2:00 - 3:00PM

Virtual Presentation Over Zoom

 

Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H., is the president of the Commonwealth Fund. A national leader in health care policy, equity, quality, and community health, Betancourt formerly served as the senior vice president for Equity and Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and as founding director of the Disparities Solutions Center. He has devoted his career to improving the quality and value of health care for diverse populations.

Betancourt has served on committees that have provided advice to all agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Health Resources and Services Administration, among others. He has also provided guidance to private industry, and at the state and local level, including a term on the Boston Board of Health.

His roles in governance have included serving on the Board of Trinity Health, Neighborhood Health Plan, and the Massachusetts Health and Hospitals Association. Betancourt is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a board-certified internist, providing primary care to a large Spanish-speaking and minority patient panel. He earned his M.D. from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and completed an internal medicine residency at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center. Following his residency, he was a member of one of the first classes in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy at Harvard University, where he earned an M.P.H. in health policy and management from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

An author of nearly 90 peer-reviewed articles, Betancourt has served on several Institute of Medicine committees, including the committee that produced the seminal report, Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care.

Betancourt is an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow and recipient of the Sumner M. Redstone Endowed Chair in Health Equity at MGH. In 2023, he was named one of Modern Healthcare’s “Top 50 Clinical Healthcare Executives in the United States” and in 2024 named one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Health Care.” He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

A special thank you to the National Association of Health Services Executives (N.A.H.S.E.) for sponsoring this pre-conference event.




ANDREW PATTULLO LECTURE

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MICHAEL DOWLING

President and CEO
Northwell Health


TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025
1:00 - 2:15PM

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Michael Dowling is one of the healthcare industry’s most highly respected voices, achieving the No. 1 ranking in Modern Healthcare magazine’s 2022 list of the “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare.” As a healthcare executive over the past three decades, he has been a no-excuses advocate for reforms that have helped the industry become more patient-focused and committed to quality and safety. His willingness to take a stand on societal issues such as gun violence and immigration has earned widespread praise and recognition from peers and the news media.

During his years in academia and government, Mr. Dowling has distinguished himself as a compassionate voice for those in need, developing and promoting innovative health and human services policies. As president and CEO of Northwell Health for 22 years, he has demonstrated invaluable leadership in overseeing a rapidly expanding clinical, research and academic enterprise with annual revenue of $19.7 billion. With a workforce of more than 89,000, Northwell is the largest healthcare provider and private employer in New York State, caring for more than two million people annually through a vast network of 21 hospitals, more than 945 outpatient facilities — including 250-plus primary care practices and 75 urgent care centers — along with home care, rehabilitation and end-of-life services.



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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

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ERIC L. CONLEY, MHA

Executive Vice President and President,
Acute & Post-Acute Care
Sentara Health


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025

8:00 – 9:15AM


 

Eric Conley is Executive Vice President and President, Acute & Post-Acute Care for Sentara Health. Eric began his tenure at Sentara in April 2024. Conley oversees Sentara Health’s 12 hospitals in VA and NC, system-wide Pharmacy, and Sentara Enterprises which encompasses Inpatient Rehab, Home Health, and Hospice. 

Prior Experience

Eric brings 30 years of healthcare leadership and expertise to Sentara. As President of the South Region of Froedtert ThedaCare Health and President of Froedtert Hospital, he led the largest hospital in the state of Wisconsin, a Level I Trauma Center and the primary teaching hospital of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Conley was also responsible for their Community Hospital Division, which consists of seven neighborhood and community hospitals. During his tenure, he implemented strategies to drive quality of care and operational effectiveness throughout Froedtert Hospital resulting in #10 ranking in the Vizient database for demonstrating excellence in delivering high-quality care.

Eric earned his MHA from The Ohio State University. His career has included operational leadership, service line management, program development, and strategic planning at health systems throughout the country. 



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WILLIAM B. GRAHAM PRIZE PRESENTATION AND LUNCHEON

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 KATHERINE BAICKER, PhD
Provost of the University of Chicago and the Emmett Dedmon Professor,
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
12:15 - 1:45PM ET

 

 
  

Baicker is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Social Insurance, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Baicker’s research focuses on the effectiveness of public and private health insurance and the effects of health system reforms.  She is the Principal Investigator of multiple large-scale NIH-funded research programs and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.  Her research appears in leading academic journals across medicine, economics, and health policy.

Baicker serves as a Director of Eli Lilly, where she chairs the Ethics and Compliance Committee; and as a Trustee of the Mayo Clinic, where she chairs the Digital Solutions Committee. 

She is on the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisers and is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Institute for Health Care Management. Through her role as Provost, she is a Trustee of Argonne National Laboratory, the Marine Biological Laboratory, NORC, and the University of Chicago Medical Center.




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AUPHA FORUM AND BREAKFAST

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MODERATOR: CHRIS JENNINGS
Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.


THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2025
8:00 – 9:00AM

Celebrating 35 Years of Powerful Partnership:
The David A. Winston Fellowship and AUPHA

Join us for a celebration and commemoration of the Winston Fellowship’s and AUPHA’s 35-year partnership.  This year’s Forum will feature Chris Jennings, Jennings Policy Strategics, Inc., a current Winston Board member and former Board Chair, as he moderates a panel of three former Winston Fellows: Allison Crha, MPH; Rachel B. Dolin, PhD; and Nadia Laniyan, MHC

 

Allison Crha, MPH

Rachel B. Dolin, PhD

Nadia Laniyan, MHC