Speakers
90+ speakers — The Leaders Running Behavioral Health Today
The lineup at Becker’s Fall 2026 Behavioral Health Summit reflects the people making decisions inside behavioral health organizations right now. It includes CEOs, CMOs, COOs, and behavioral health leaders responsible for access, workforce, and financial performance. This is one of the few events where more behavioral health 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 do behavioral health leaders need in the conversation? Speakers are selected based on the decisions they own, the systems they run, and the peers they work alongside.
Featured Speakers
Speaker Lineup
Explore the full 2026 speaker lineup
Browse and explore all 90+ confirmed speakers across the program.
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Adkins | System Director, Behavioral Health, Outpatient and Consult-Liaison Services | Appalachian Regional Healthcare |
| Mary Affee | Chief Executive Officer and Founder | Horizon Integrated Wellness Group |
| Steven Airhart | Group Chief Executive Officer | Hartgrove Behavioral Health System and Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital |
| Eric C. Alcera | President, Behavioral Health Service Line | Inova Health |
| George Alvarado | Vice Chair, Clinical Operations | Zucker Hillside Hospital, Northwell Health |
| Lisa M. Amlung | Senior Analyst, Government Relations | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center |
| Tammer Attallah | Executive Clinical Director, Behavioral Health Clinical Program | Intermountain Health |
| Funda Bachini | Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Division Chief, Psychiatry | Phoenix Children's |
| Andy Blackwell | Chief Science and Strategy Officer | ieso |
| Elicia Bunch | Vice President, Behavioral Health | UCHealth |
| Katie Bush | Senior Director of Operations, Behavioral Health Services | Sentara Medical Group, Ambulatory Services Division |
| Anixa Carmona | Senior Director, Behavioral Health | Sutter Health |
| Tara Chalakani | Chief Executive Officer | Preferred Behavioral Health Group |
| Eleanor Cronley | Regional Director, Behavioral Health | Hartford Healthcare |
| Corey Cronrath | Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer | Mental Health Cooperative |
| Jennifer Cullen | President, Behavioral Services | Beth Israel Lahey Health |
| C.J. Davis | Chief Executive Officer | Centerstone |
| Quatiba Davis | Chief Clinical Officer | ABA Centers |
| Tony DeJoseph | Group Chief Executive Officer | Chicago Behavioral Hospital |
| Bianca Del Gatto | Senior Director, Care Coordination | Northwell Health |
| Dominique Dietz | Director, Virtual Behavioral Health | OSF HealthCare |
| Stacy DiStefano | Chief Executive Officer | Consulting for Human Services |
| Holly DuBois | Chief Medical Officer | Connections Health Solutions |
| Ken Dunham | Executive Director, Medical Operations, Behavioral Health | Sentara Health |
| Rob DuPont | System Administrative Officer, Behavioral Health | MUSC Health |
| Jeffrey Eisen | President and Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health Network | MultiCare Health System |
| Doree Ann V. Espiritu | Clinical Lead, Behavioral Health Integration, Henry Ford Collaborative Care Model | Henry Ford Behavioral Health Services |
| Robert Fallows | Senior Medical Director, Behavioral Health | Samaritan Medical Group, Samaritan Health Services |
| Rose Frech | Chief External Affairs Officer | Integrated Services for Behavioral Health |
| Tom Fuller | Chief, Staff and Director, Corporate Development | Connections Health Solutions |
| Sonia García | Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer | Amae Health |
| Diego Garza | Senior Vice President, Strategy | Mindpath Health |
| J.R. Greene | Founder and Chairman | Psychiatric Medical Care |
| Amanda Heineman | Chief Executive Officer | Summit BHC- St Gregory Recovery Center |
| Amy Hill | Executive Vice President, School-Based Services | Centerstone |
| Amie Hoffman | Director of Behavioral Health | University of Maryland Shore Regional Health |
| Carl Hoopes | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | GRAND Mental Health |
| Anitha Iyer | Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine; Director, Behavioral Health Population Management | Mount Sinai Health Partners |
| Maria Jackson | Chief Executive Officer | Bournewood Health Systems |
| James A. James III | Chair | St. Luke’s Penn Foundation Mental Health Services |
| Tyler Jones | Senior Medical Director | Optum |
| Sherri Kaplan | Vice President, Program Excellence | CN Guidance and Counseling Services |
| Nancy G. Keith | System Manager, Case Management | ECU Health |
| Brandon Keppner | Chief Operating Officer | Parkside Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic |
| Micah Krempasky | Chief Medical Officer, Mental Health | WakeMed |
| Oladipo Kukoyi | Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director | VA Birmingham Health Care |
| Sean R. LeNoue | Psychiatrist, Medical Director, Herrington Recovery Center, and Associate Campus Medical Director, Oconomowoc Campus | Rogers Behavioral Health |
| Laurel K. Leslie | Institute Director, Mental and Behavioral Health Institute | Cincinnati Children's |
| Olieth G. Lightbourne | Chief Nurse Executive | Streamwood Behavioral Health System |
| Sarah Lopez | Vice President, Partnerships | Connections Health Solutions |
November 4–5, 2026 · Hyatt Regency Chicago
See the Speakers Live And Continue the Conversation
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.