Emmitt Smith
Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, Businessman and Entrepreneur
Speakers
450+ Speakers — The Leaders Running Health Systems Today
The lineup at Becker’s 14th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable reflects the people making decisions inside major health systems right now. It includes CEOs, CFOs, presidents, and COOs responsible for strategy, growth, and financial performance. This is one of the few events where more hospital and health system executives are in the room than at any other conference. The same leaders you benchmark against are the ones on stage.
About the Conference
Speakers come to be part of the conversations you need to be in
The roster is built around one question: who does this audience need in the conversation? Speakers are selected based on the decisions they own, the systems they run, and the peers they work alongside.
Over 90% of the speaker lineup is health system leaders and executives.
Featured Speakers
Erik Wexler
President and Chief Executive Officer, Providence
Eugene A. Woods, MBA, MHA, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer, Advocate Health
Mike Slubowski, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Trinity Health
Sr. Mary Haddad, RSM
President and Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Health Association
Amber Sims
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Ascension
Bob Riney
President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health
Jonathan Ma
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Sutter Health
Dennis L. Laraway, MBA
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cleveland Clinic
Celebrity Keynotes
Leadership looks the same at the top
Select sessions bring in leaders from outside healthcare who have performed at the highest level under pressure. Their perspective sits alongside a program built around hospital and health system executives.
Tom Brady
Seven-Time Super Bowl Champion Quarterback
Caitlin Clark
Professional Basketball Player
Mark Cuban
Owner, Cost Plus Drugs; Entrepreneur; Shark, Shark Tank; Author, How to Win at the Sport of Business
Speaker Lineup
Explore the full 2026 speaker lineup
Browse and explore all 450+ confirmed speakers across the program.
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| David Adkins | Executive Director, Supply Chain Management | Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare |
| Gaurava Agarwal | Chief Wellness Executive | Northwestern Medicine |
| Abha Agrawal | Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer | NorthStar Hospitals |
| Hasan Ahmad | Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Information Officer | Parkview Health |
| Ekerete Akpan | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Sinai Chicago |
| Mari Akre | Associate Chief Nurse Executive | Cook County Health |
| Eren Alkan | Vice President, Forward Deployed AI | Bunkerhill Health |
| Adam Alkhato | Senior Director, Biomedical Engineering & Life Science Technology | Stanford Medicine |
| Chris Allen | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | University of Chicago Health System |
| Jandel Allen-Davis | President and Chief Executive Officer | Craig Hospital |
| Andy Anderson | Chief Medical and Quality Officer | RWJBarnabas Health |
| Jim Andrews | President and Chief Executive Officer | Deborah Heart and Lung Center |
| Tesa Anewishki | President and Chief Executive Officer | Loretto Hospital |
| Haroon Ansari | Chief Executive Officer | Pinnacle Hospital |
| Michael Antoniades | President | UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital |
| Romeo Wildon Aradani Laroya II | Radiologist and Director, Radiology Informatics | Geisinger Medical Center |
| Krystal Atkinson | Chief Administrative Officer/Chief Nursing Executive | Vandalia Health Mon Medical Center |
| Marc Augsburger | President and Chief Executive Officer | Edgerton Hospital and Health Services |
| Joe Avelino | Chief Executive Officer | College Medical Center |
| Sarah Ayoubi | Director, Clinical Excellence, HVI Safety and Quality, Coastal, Charlotte and Triad Regions | Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute |
| Jose Azar | Executive Vice President, Chief Quality And Clinical Service Line Officer | Hackensack Meridian Health |
| Michael Baca | Director, Supply Chain Operations and Logistics | UCLA Health |
| Bryce Bach | Chief Financial Officer | Risant Health |
| Daffodil Baez | President, Fort Washington Medical Center | Adventist HealthCare |
| Jamie D. Bailey | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | UTMB Health |
| Colin Baird | Director Supply Chain Management | North Memorial |
| Grayson L. Baird | Vice Chair, Research and Associate Professor, Department, Radiology, The Warren Alpert Medical School | Brown University |
| Dillon Bannis | Chief Medical Officer | Lutheran Hospital |
| Nick Barcellona | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | WVU Health System |
| Brian Barnthouse | Principal | ECG Management Consultants |
| Sheldon Barr | President VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital | VCU Health |
| Kurt Barwis | President and Chief Executive Officer | Bristol Health |
| Leslie Basham | President and Chief Executive Officer | Surgical Directions |
| Nick Bassett | Vice President of Revenue Services | Intermountain Health |
| Cindy Bauer | Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer | SSM Health DePaul Hospital |
| Karyn Baum | Chief Medical Officer | UnityPoint Health Meriter Hospital |
| Sanjiv Baxi | Partner | McKinsey & Company |
| Russell Baxley | President and Chief Executive Officer | Beaufort Memorial |
| Gregory Baxter | President and CEO | Elliot Health System |
| Nathaniel Beers | President and Chief Executive Officer | Blythedale Children’s Hospital |
| Keri Bennett | Senior Director | Huron |
| Joelle Benson | Global Director, Workforce Solutions Group | Dell Technologies |
| Jeannie Berry | Chief Nursing Executive | CHRISTUS Santa Rosa |
| Marjorie Bessel | Chief Clinical Officer | Banner Health |
| Sabina Bhaijee | Director, Procurement Services | Northwestern Medicine |
| Ashwani Bhatia | Chief Executive Officer | BayCare Clinic |
| Meenesh Bhimani | Chief Medical Officer | Hippocratic AI |
| Bob Biggio | Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability and Real Estate Officer | Boston Medical Center Health System |
| Brad Bivens | Chief Financial Officer | Parkside Psychiatric Hospital |
| Steven Blair | President and Chief Executive Officer | Sutter North Medical Group |
November 2–5, 2026 · Hyatt Regency Chicago
See the Speakers Live And Continue the Conversation After
Every session is open to every attendee. After the session, speakers are in the hallway, at receptions, and at roundtables. That's where the real conversations happen.