Speakers
100+ Speakers — The Leaders Running Behavioral Health Today
The lineup at Becker’s Spring Behavioral Health Summit reflects the people making decisions inside behavioral health organizations right now. It includes C-suite executives, service line leaders, and behavioral health specialists 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 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.
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Browse and explore all 100+ confirmed speakers across the program.
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Affee | Chief Executive Officer and Founder | Horizon Integrated Wellness Group |
| Jessica Ahlgrim | Department Administrator, Psychiatry | University of Kentucky |
| Shamole Ahmed | Group Practice Operations Director, Behavioral Health Services | Henry Ford Health System |
| Steven Airhart | Group Chief Executive Officer | Hartgrove Behavioral Health System and Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital |
| Gregory Ammon | Chief Operating Officer, Clinical Operations | Ascension IL, Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital |
| Ali Atabbi | Chief Operating Officer | Aurora Charter Oak Behavioral Health Care Hospital |
| Erica M. Avery | Senior Director, Clinic Based Therapy Services | Legacy – BakerRipley |
| Tanya Barros | Vice President, Behavioral Health Services | St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Episcopal Health Services, Inc. |
| Mark Baumgartner | Vice President, Outpatient Services | Meadows Behavioral Health |
| Dzenan Berberovic | Chief Development Officer and Foundation President | Avera Health |
| Dale Brickley | Senior Director, Operations | WellSpan Philhaven Hospital |
| Katie Bush | Senior Director of Operations, Behavioral Health Services | Sentara Medical Group, Ambulatory Services Division |
| Gena Carney | Director, Virtual Integrated Behavioral Health and Social Work | Indiana University Health |
| Heather Carr | Chief Nursing Officer | Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital |
| Donald A. Caserta | Director, Outpatient Behavioral Health Therapy Services | Nationwide Children's |
| Deandra Christianson | Chief Operating Officer | Discovery Behavioral Health |
| M. Justin Coffey | Chief Medical Officer | Workit Health |
| William Coit | Associate Director, Psychiatry | Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospitals |
| Tracy Collander | Director, Behavioral Health Clinical Operations | Endeavor Health |
| Jennifer Cullen | President, Behavioral Services | Beth Israel Lahey Health |
| Josh Cutler | Therapist, Consultant, and (recovering) Behavioral Health Director | Gemini Clinical Institute |
| Quatiba Davis | Chief Clinical Officer | ABA Centers |
| Molly Do | Medical Director, Clinical Outcomes, Department of Psychiatry and Assistant Medical Director, Behavioral Health | Marymount Hospital, Cleveland Clinic |
| Mitchell Douglass | Medical Director | University of Kansas Health System – Marillac Campus |
| Ken Dunham | Executive Director, Medical Operations, Behavioral Health | Sentara Health |
| Lisa Durette | Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship | Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV |
| Cameron Elgin | Chief Nursing Officer | Cone Health |
| Jill Eriksen | Nurse Manager, PeriAnesthesia Services | Boulder Community Health |
| David Ermer | Clinical Vice President, Behavioral Health | Avera Health |
| Stephen Ferrando | Director and Chair, Department of Psychiatry | WMCHealth |
| Angela Ganzer-Bovitz | Director, Inpatient Behavioral Health | Mercy One Genesis |
| Sonia García | Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer | Amae Health |
| Alejandro Garcia-Montijo | Vice President, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute | Allegheny Health Network Psychiatry & Behavioral Health Institute |
| Anna Goletz | Chief Executive Officer, Military Services | Centerstone |
| Brett Graham | Chief Executive Officer | Huntsman Mental Health Institute |
| J.R. Greene | Founder and Chairman | Psychiatric Medical Care |
| Sasidhar Gunturu | Vice Chair, Residency Training Director, Medical Director, Psychiatric Integrated Services & Community Psychiatry | BronxCare Health System |
| Charles Herrick | System Chair and Program Director, Psychiatry Residency | Northwell Health Network |
| Randy Holland | Chief Nursing Officer | Hillsdale Hospital |
| Carl Hoopes | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | GRAND Mental Health |
| Sam Huber | Medical Director, HARP Behavioral Health Services and Medical Director, West Region | MVP Health Care |
| Jessica Jacobs | Vice President, Integrated Services | Carolina Health Centers, Inc. |
| Brandon Keppner | Chief Operating Officer | Parkside Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic |
| Kourtney Koslosky | Chair, Psychiatry | Greenwich Hospital, Yale New Haven Health System |
| Oladipo Kukoyi | Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director | VA Birmingham Health Care |
| Betsy Lang | System Director, Behavioral Health | Riverside Health |
| Mary Beth Lardizabal | Vice President, Behavioral Health | Allina Health |
| Lisa Ledonne | Senior Director, Clinical Services | Stanford Healthcare |
| Jonathan Lee | Director, Workplace Violence Prevention Program | Emory Healthcare |
| Alicia Lehman | Vice President, Behavioral Health | Memorial Health |
April 21–22, 2027 · 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.