Speakers
120+ Speakers — The Leaders Running Payer Strategy Today
The lineup at Becker’s Spring Payer Issues Roundtable reflects the people making decisions inside health plans, ACOs, and clinically integrated networks right now. It includes CEOs, COOs, CMOs, and payer leaders responsible for value-based care, affordability, and network strategy. This is one of the few events where more payer 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
Top payer executives from health plans across the nation will gather in Chicago for the most meaningful discussions shaping the future of healthcare.
Speaker Lineup
Explore the full 2027 speaker lineup
Browse and explore all 120+ confirmed speakers across the program.
| Full Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Nebeyou Abebe | Senior Vice President, Social Determinants of Health and Social Health Center of Excellence | Highmark Health |
| Sameer Amin | Chief Medical Officer and President of Product and Healthcare Delivery | LA Care Health |
| Amit Anand | Vice President, IT | Community Health Choice |
| Nishant Anand | President and Chief Executive Officer | Altais |
| Rob Andrews | Chief Executive Officer | Health Transformation Alliance |
| Amanda Anstett | Senior Manager, Quality | Blue Cross Blue Shield Arizona |
| Michael Bagel | Vice President, Policy | Alliance of Community Health Plans |
| Jeff Bak | President and Chief Executive Officer | Imagine360 |
| Siva Balu | Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer | Quartz |
| Jonathan Baran | Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer | Self Fund Health |
| Jed Barnes | Director, AI Strategy and Transformation | Humana |
| Scott Bender | Executive Director, Commercial Behavioral Health Clinical Operations | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas |
| Brett Bingham | President | PDS Medical |
| Simi Binning | AI Strategy and Operations | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas |
| Kiran Biring | Chief Pharmacy Officer | Western Health |
| Marissa Bloomer | Vice President, Population Health | Curative Health Plan |
| Caroline Carney | Chief Executive Officer | Magellan Health |
| Varun Choudhary | Medical Director | Humana Health Services Virginia Medicaid |
| Justin Clark | Divisional Vice President | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City |
| Garfield Collins | Co-founder, Chief Administrative and Partnership Officer | Zing Health |
| Yvonne Collins | Associate Chief Medical Officer | CountyCare |
| Matt Conley | Director, Clinical Strategy | Humana |
| Ceci Connolly | President and Chief Executive Officer | Alliance of Community Health Plans |
| Mia Connolly | Director, Market P&L | Oscar Health |
| Jatin Dave | Chief Medical Officer, Government Products, UPMC Health Plan; Associate Professor | UMass Chan Medical School |
| Patrick Dudley | Director, Clinical Care Innovation | Independence Blue Cross |
| Meredith Duncan | President and Chief Executive Officer | Texicare |
| Emily Durfee | Director of Corporate Venture Capital | Healthworx |
| Michael Einodshofer | Chief Growth Officer | Optum Rx |
| Daniel J. Elliott | Chief Medical Officer, Provider Experience | Centene Corporation |
| Michael Ellis | Vice President, Corporate Development | Blue Shield of California |
| Dana Erickson | Chief Executive Officer | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota |
| Hunter Foster | Vice President, Agency Operations and Strategy | BenefitBay |
| Robby Franceschini | Director, State Government Affairs | Blue Shield of California |
| Thomas Friedman | Executive Administrator | North Carolina State Health Plan |
| Ekata Gheewala | Director, Value-Based Care Provider Network Performance | Centene Corporation |
| Grace Glitter | Sr. Manager, AI Enablement | HCSC |
| Kimberley Graham | Patient Access Director | AltaMed Health Services |
| Kristyn Greifer | Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Sentara Health Plans; Senior Vice President, Enterprise Care Management and Utilization | Sentara Health |
| Jana Gunn | Senior Director, Advanced Analytics and Data Science | Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota |
| Doug Henry | Vice President, Medical Director of Enterprise Behavioral Health | Highmark Health |
| Rebekah Hughey | Medical Director | Highmark Health |
| Christa Jordan-Mitchem | Director, Network | Blue Cross Blue Shield IL |
| Tatyana Kanzaveli | Chief Executive Officer | Open Health Network |
| Vaish Katarey | Associate Vice President, Regulatory Compliance | Select Health |
| Vishal Kaushik | Director, Strategy Advancement, Membership and Claims Operations | Humana |
| Jay Khosla | Chief Government Affairs Officer | Humana |
| Thomas Kim | Chief Value Officer | AltaMed Health Services |
| Kevin Knight | Chief Marketing Officer | Sidecar Health |
| Chris Kriva | Senior Director, Policy and Federal Regulatory Affairs | Blue Shield of California |
April 19-20, 2027
Becker's Payer Issues Roundtable
Be in the room where health plan leaders troubleshoot the biggest challenges today and decide on their next bold steps forward.