HCQ '09 has an Unmatched Speaker Faculty of 80+ Visionaries, Thought Leaders and Topic Experts Across All Industry Sectors, Including: Health Systems/Hospitals/Group Practices, Health Plans/Insurers, Employers/Purchasers, Government/Policy and Academic/Coalition/Other.

Hospitals/Health Systems/Group Practices
Joel T. Allison President and Chief Executive Officer, Baylor Health System; Board Member, National Quality Forum; #15 Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare 2008	Bruce Bagley, MD Medical Director, Quality Improvement American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)	Cynthia Bero, MPH Chief Information Officer Partners Community HealthCare, Inc. (PCHI)
Julie Blehm, MD Clinic Director, Internal Medicine Resident Clinic MeritCare Health System	Dean C. Bliss Lean Improvement Specialist Iowa Health System	Alide L. Chase, MS Senior Vice President, Quality and Service Kaiser Permanente
E. Dale Collins, MD Medical Director, Comprehensive Breast Oncology Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Director, Center for Informed Choice, The Dartmouth Institute (TDI) for Health Policy and Clinical Practice	Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Lifespan Corporation; Assistant Professor of Medicine (Research), The Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University	William E. Corley President and Chief Executive Officer Community Health Network
Kathleen Curtin, RN, MBA Chief Clinical Informatics Officer Kaleida Health System	Jonathan S. Einbinder, MD, MPH Corporate Manager, Quality Data Management, Clinical Informatics Research and Development Partners HealthCare System	Patricia A. Gabow, MD Chief Executive Officer, Denver Health; Recipient, 2008 National Center for Healthcare Leadership Award
Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA President Brigham and Women's Hospital	Bruce Hamory, MD, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Emeritus Geisinger Health System	Brent C. James, MD, MStat Chief Quality Officer and Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research Intermountain Healthcare
Gary Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Virginia Mason Medical Center	Mark Keroack, MD, MPH Vice President and Chief Medical Officer University Health System Consortium	Claire Lee, RN, MSN, CNAA, CPHQ Senior Administrative Director Quality/Safety Ball Memorial Hospital
Robert Margolis, MD Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCare Partners, LLC; Immediate Past Chairman, Board of Directors, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)	Tami Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE Chief Quality Officer University of Pittsburgh Medical Center	Mario E. Motta, MD President Massachusetts Medical Society
Zeev Neuwirth, MD Chief, Clinical Effectiveness and Innovation Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates / Atrius Health	Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer HCA, Inc.	Debra Prescott Director, Shared Medical Appointments Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates / Atrius Health
Craig E. Samitt, MD, MBA Chief Executive Officer Dean Health System	Mark C. Shields, MD, MBA, FACP Vice President, Medical Management, Advocate Health Care; Senior Medical Director, Advocate Physician Partners	Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, CHCQM Adolescent and Adult Medicine Physician Oakwood Medical Consultants
Nicholas Wolter, MD Chief Executive Officer, Billings Clinic; Former Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC); Member, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association (AHA)
Health Plans/Insurers
Kirsten Anderson, MD Chief of Staff to the Chief Medical Officer Aetna	Charles D. Baker Former President and Chief Executive Officer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.	Deborah Devaux Executive Director, Community Transformation Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)
David Hanekom, MD Medical Director, Medical Management Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota	Harold A. Picken, MD, MPH Vice President Health Operations Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI)	Charles (Chad) Pomeroy Vice President, eBusiness and Consumer Innovation WellPoint
Dana Gelb Safran, ScD Senior Vice President Measurement and Improvement Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)	Paul Thompson Vice President, Product Development CIGNA Healthcare
Employers/Purchasers
Leah Binder Chief Executive Officer The Leapfrog Group	Cristie Travis Chief Executive Officer Memphis Business Group on Health	Mike Vittoria Vice President, Human Resources, Sperian Protection; President, Rhode Island Business Group on Health
Dennis White Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing National Business Coalition on Health
Government/Policy
Anne-Marie J. Audet, MD, MSc Vice President, Quality Improvement and Efficiency The Commonwealth Fund	JudyAnn Bigby, MD Secretary, Health and Human Services The Commonwealth of Massachusetts	Phil Bredesen Governor State of Tennessee
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH Senior Vice President, Performance Measures National Quality Forum (NQF)	Wendy Everett, ScD President New England Healthcare Institute (NEHI)	Irene Fraser, PhD Director, Center for Delivery, Organization and Market Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Reed Gelzer, MD, MPH, CCHC Member, Privacy & Compliance Expert Panel, Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT); Co-founder, Advocates for Documentation Integrity and Compliance	David C. Goodman, MD, MS Director, Center for Health Policy Research, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI); Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy, Dartmouth Medical School	Stuart Guterman Assistant Vice President and Director, Program on Payment System Reform The Commonwealth Fund
William B. Munier, MD, MBA Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)	Sarah C. Shih, MPH Director, Healthcare Quality Information, Primary Care Information Project New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene	William Taylor, MD, MPH Director, Division of Quality Improvement, Boston Regional Office Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Phyllis Torda Senior Executive, Strategic Initiatives National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Academic/Coalition/Other
Karen M. Bell, MD, MMS Senior Vice President of Health Information Technology Services, Masspro; Former Director, Office of the National Coordinator, US Department of Health and Human Services	Robert Brooks, MD, PhD, MBA Medical Director Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care	Jim Chase Executive Director Minnesota Community Measurement
Pat Ford-Roegner, MSW, RN, FAAN Chief Executive Officer American Academy of Nursing (AAN)	Jeff Goldsmith, PhD President, Health Futures Inc.; Associate Professor, Medical Education, School of Medicine, University of Virginia	Paula Griswold, MS Executive Director Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors
Dianne Hasselman, MSPH Associate Vice President Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)	Patrick Horine, MHA Executive Vice President, Accreditation DNV Healthcare	Melinda Karp Director, Strategic Planning and Business Development Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP)
Marilyn Schlein Kramer Executive Director The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence	Cheri Lattimer, RN, BSN Executive Director, Case Management Society of America; Project Director, National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC)	Harold D. Miller President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement; Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform
Lynn Nicholas, FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts Hospital Association	Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH Adjunct Lecturer Harvard School of Public Health	James Parish Executive Vice President, Healthcare Practice RWD Technologies
Kimberly Pierce-Boggs Executive Director Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers	Barbra G. Rabson Executive Director Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP)	James Reynolds Healthcare Economist, President and Founder Reynolds & Company
Daniel T. Roble, JD Partner, Health Care Group, Ropes & Gray; Counsel, The Leapfrog Group	Dolores Yanagihara, MPH Program Director, Pay for Performance Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)