2018 Speaking Faculty

Bryan Adams is the Chief Commercial Officer of GreatCall, Inc., the leader in connected health for active aging. Bryan joined the company in December of 2016 as a part of the Healthsense acquisition. Bryan leads a cross-functional team that addresses two related areas. The first is the company’s broad data science initiative: leveraging the company’s sizable data set to improve the experience for both internal and external customers. The second is the commercial product: ensuring that the GreatCall offering in the healthcare space both leverages the company’s data science department and also meets the broader needs of the market. Prior to GreatCall, Bryan was the CTO at Healthsense for almost 5 years, where he led the engineering, IT, product management, customer service, and clinical service teams. Prior to that, he was the CTO and founder of a startup in the mobile advertising space, and prior to that he was a Principal Investigator at iRobot, helping them start a healthcare group. He holds a BS, MEng, and PhD in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

With a decade of experience in worksite health promotion, Megan has a depth of knowledge in implementing strategic health promotion programs for large global institutions.

In her current role at Citi Megan is a key player in the development and implementation of Citi’s global wellness strategy. She is responsible for developing Citi’s global health promotion programs that are implemented acoss the organization. She acts as a consultant to countries and regions as they develop their wellness programs and spearheds collaborationg between various departments such as benefits, fitness, dining, corporate reality, and global public affairs to continue to expand awareness of Citi’s wellness priorities.

She has expertise in chronic condition prevention, employee engagment, strategic planning, health promotion program planning and implementation. Megan has a Masters of Science in Health Promotion Management from American University, Bacherlors Degree in Human Movement from Sacred Heart University, and is CHES Certified.

Greg Androney is the Director of Marketing Analytics and Consumer Engagement at Blue Cross Blue Shield NC, responsible for building and supporting engagement strategies across the enterprise to enhance the experience and improve the health of all members. Greg has spent 13 years at Blue Cross Blue Shield NC in various roles that include Information Technology, Business Process, and most recently Marketing. This multi-disciplinary background has enabled him to provide a holistic perspective and understanding of what it takes to create and maintain lasting engagement experiences.

JOHN B. BULGER, DO, MBA is the Chief Medical Officer of Geisinger Health Plan (GHP) and the Chief Medical Officer for Population Health for Geisinger. The Geisinger Health System has a clinical presence spanning central Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. GHP serves over 500,000 members throughout central Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maine. He is tasked with improving the quality of care and adding value for the people and populations that Geisinger serves.

Dr. Bulger served as the Chief Quality Officer for Geisinger from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, Dr. Bulger founded Geisinger Medical Center’s hospitalist program with six physicians and lead the program’s development to include six hospitals and over 100 physicians and advanced practitioners.

Dr. Bulger is a lifelong resident of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Juniata College, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Pennsylvania State University. His wife Michele is a pediatrician and member of Geisinger’s faculty. They reside in Danville with their children Ethan, Ben, and Ava.

Kevin Cook is the Chief Executive Officer of the University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Health System. In this role, Kevin is responsible for UMMC’s Adult Hospital, Wiser Woman’s Hospital, Children’s of Mississippi, Holmes County Hospital, and UMMC Grenada. Prior to this role he spent 8 years with Mercy Health based in Cincinnati. While with Mercy Health, Kevin was a Regional CEO, Market CEO, and Hospital Chief Operating Officer serving in both Ohio and Pennsylvania. His prior experience also includes working for Triad Hospitals in Mississippi. Before his career in hospital operations, Kevin worked with Caldwell Butler and Associates as a Six Sigma Engineer, and as Director of Operations at the Premier Innovation Institute.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Hobart College, and a Master’s Degree in Business from Boston University. He served in the U. S. Marine Corps from 1991 to 1999 rising to the rank of Major. Kevin is currently Faculty for ACHE on two ACHE Cluster Courses, has been a Featured Speaker on the use of Six Sigma in Healthcare for Pfizer’s Quality Forums Series, and has been recognized by the Jackson Business Journal as one of Mississippi’s top CEOs.

Tiffany Creighton began her career at Kaiser Permanente in 2002, as a graduate intern in Southern California regional Member Health Education. She currently serves as the department administrator of the Center for Healthy Living (formerly Health Education) at Kaiser Permanente South Bay. In this role, she promotes the health and wellness of Kaiser Permanente’s members, employees and broader community through a variety of classes and supportive services. Prior to her current position, Tiffany served as Kaiser Permanente South Bay’s Healthy Workforce Project Manager, implementing wellness initiatives, reestablishing the medical center’s farmer’s market, and reducing workplace injuries among the medical center’s nearly 4,000 physicians and staff. She played an instrumental role in implementing a variety of healthy eating and active living programs across the South Bay service area—including local farm stands, healthy cooking classes, an employee wellness center, and free fitness classes in local parks.

Tiffany holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and a master’s degree in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles. She enjoys staying active with her two children, Maddy and Jack. If she had free time, she’d spend it gardening, knitting, and bicycling around her adopted city of Long Beach, California.

Kim Fortunato was named Director-Community Affairs and President-Campbell Soup Foundation in May 2016. Kim is responsible for Campbell’s community affairs strategy and program, including employee volunteerism, Campbell’s Healthy Communities, and enterprise-wide expansion of the community affairs strategies. She joined Campbell in 2010 as the founding Director of Campbell’s Healthy Communities, the company’s signature philanthropic program based on a collective impact approach.

Kim speaks nationally on the role of the private sector in public/private partnerships employing a collective impact approach. In December 2015, the National Academy of Medicine published her report on “The Private-Sector Role in Building Healthy Communities: A Collective Impact Approach.�

Kim earned her B.A. degree in French and comparative literature from Duke University, and her J.D. degree from Widener University School of Law.

Dr. Shantanu Gaur is the co-founder and CEO of Allurion Technologies. Together with his partners, Shantanu has overseen Allurion’s research and development, fundraising, and clinical programs. Allurion’s mission is to help people realize their full potential with innovative, scalable, and trusted products. Specifically, the company has developed what Shantanu calls “Weight Loss 2.0� products that are more effective than diet and exercise but safer, cheaper, and more accessible than weight loss surgery. Allurion’s flagship product—the Elipse® Balloon—is the world’s first and only procedureless gastric balloon for weight loss and is now available for commercial sale internationally.

Shantanu is the lead inventor on several US and international patents and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. He has been invited to speak on the Elipse Balloon, obesity, and medical device innovation at several worldwide congresses and has also spoken widely on the use of crowdsourcing to make research more efficient and participant-centric. Shantanu is also a lecturer for Harvard Medical School’s Executive Education program where he has been invited to speak on new frontiers in medical device development.

Shantanu graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Biology from Harvard College and with an M.D. from Harvard Medical School where he was a Paul Revere Frothingham Scholar and Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. He lives in Boston, MA with his wife Neha and son Yuvraj.

Gabrielle Harmening is the Senior Manager of Enterprise Worksite Wellness for Health Care Service Corporation. In her current role, Gabrielle oversees a team of subject matter experts in health promotion that provide guidance and support to organizations in the design and implementation of worksite wellness programs. She has worked in health promotion and wellness for 30 years.

Drawing upon her years of experience in the field, Gabrielle understands all types of work environments and how best to facilitate, design and deliver programs to increase member engagement and drive overall population health management. She holds Masters of Science in Exercise Physiology and Health Promotion from Oklahoma State University and a Bachelors of Arts in English and Communications from Houston Baptist University.

She is credentialed through the American College of Sports Medicine and the International Association of Workplace Health Promotion. She is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Change Management Specialist. Most recently, Gabrielle completed her certification and training as a Certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist. She served as the past Chair for the Tobacco Coalition for the state Oklahoma and is a presenter and facilitator for the American Lung Association Freedom From Smoking Program. She is a former member of the Board of the American Heart Association for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma.

Raj Hazarika is a Medical Director at Tufts Health Plan, a Boston based multi-state plan serving Commercial, Medicare and Medicaid populations. In addition, he holds an academic appointment in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He continues to see patients on a limited basis at a health center serving a diverse community in East Boston. His past experiences have included delivering primary care, leading a sizable urgent care department and working in management consulting at the Boston Consulting Group.

Allison Hess is the Associate Vice President of Health and Wellness Programs for Geisinger. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight of health and wellness programs for commercial, Medicare and Medicaid populations, community based programming and programming for the Geisinger employee population.

Ms. Hess earned her bachelor of science in Health Education with a concentration in Psychology from Bloomsburg University and is currently pursuing her MBA. She is a Certified Wellness Practitioner (CWP) and has additional certifications in the wellness and health education field.

Ms. Hess has worked for over 15 years in the specialty of community health and worksite wellness. Her most recent work involves community based strategies impacting food insecurity and focusing on social determinants of health and the impact on condition management.

Brian Klepper, PhD is Principal of Worksite Health Advisors and a nationally prominent health care analyst and commentator. He writes and speaks extensively about the structural dynamics of the US health care cost crisis, primary care clinics, high performance health care and the management of full continuum clinical and financial risk.

Thyge Knuhtsen currently serves the Director of Industry Solutions for AT&T; Healthcare. He is tasked with recognizing industry trends, analyzing AT&T;'s product mix and orchestrating solutions to deliver client value. Thyge holds / has held CCNA, AWS:SAA & IBM: Certified Architect credentials.

With over 8+ years of healthcare industry experience as a technical architect, Thyge has developed solutions in all sub-verticals of the industry. Thyge served as the Lead Architect for the following solutions / products:

• "IBM Counter Fraud Solutions for Healthcare"
• "Watson Analytics for Clinical Informatics"
• "Municipal-Grade Blockchain for Actualizing E-Voting"
• "Reimagining Healthcare Benefits and Enrollment with Enterprise Blockchain"

Thyge has presented at all major healthcare conferences, published several technical papers and currently has four blockchain patents pending. He works hard to maintain technical proficiency while keeping his focus on solving healthcare client pain-points.

Thyge holds a B.Sc. Management Information Systems, a B.Sc. Supply Chain Management from the University of Arizona and is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. In his spare time, he enjoys endurance sports, chess, economics and researching blockchain technology.

Dr. Claire Levesque is Chief Medical Officer for Commercial Products at Tufts Health Plan and is responsible for clinical leadership, medical management, and medical cost containment. She is committed to forming strong partnerships with providers to develop programs that are member-centric and that promote the high quality and innovation that is integral to Tufts Health Plan.

Dr. Levesque is a board certified neurologist who received her MD from the University of Vermont and completed both her residency and a fellowship at the University of Virginia. Dr. Levesque specialized in the care of patients with dementia, intellectual disabilities and behavioral issues. Before starting at Tufts Health Plan eight years ago, she was assistant professor of neurology at Boston University, founding and managing partner of a practice in the Boston area, president of the medical staff at a long-term acute care facility and chief of neurology at a community hospital. Dr. Levesque has also published journal articles, book chapters and short stories.

Lee Lewis runs Gallagher’s Innovation Lab practice, a mission-driven group devoted to improving the cost, quality and design of American healthcare. Lee advises several health startups working to solve meaningful healthcare problems.

The Innovation Lab has a track record of breakthroughs. It leads the effort to bring sophisticated health plan audits to private employers. It pioneered specialty drug direct purchasing without using a PBM. His team led a grassroots effort to identify all independent freestanding Emergency Rooms in Texas. The innovation lab developed the first HSA compliant model for back and joint pain prevention, and is piloting first-ever ultra-high value virtual networks in 2018 in two major U.S. cities.

His current and past clients include American Airlines, Comcast NBC Universal, Albertson’s Grocery Stores, Home Depot, Abbot Laboratories and dozens of other large and jumbo employers.

Lee is a Rhodes Scholar Nominee. He graduated Second in his Class, Magna cum Laude with University Honors in Accounting from Brigham Young University.

In her current role at MVP Health Care, Deborah is the Associate Director of Clinical Account Management. She and her team are responsible for the planning and execution of both worksite and community well-being programs across New York State and Vermont. The team utilizes data analysis and comprehensive planning to assist stakeholders in building a total culture of well-being in the communities they serve. Deborah’s previous experience includes 10 years in leadership roles in Human Resources and Health Benefits Administration. She holds a graduate degree in Health Promotion Management as well as a bachelor’s degree in economics and is a registered nurse. Deborah’s work with The New York State Mentoring Program focuses on creating supportive mentor relationships for students at risk of dropping out of school.

Kay Mooney has over 20 years of corporate health care experience. Kay currently leads Employee Benefits and Well-being for Aetna, where she is responsible for the strategic design, delivery and administration of Health, Wellness, Retirement and Financial Benefit plans for domestic and international employees and retirees.

Kay most recently led Aetna's national Health Care Reform Exchange Program Management Office, where she was responsible for driving the development and implementation of Aetna's strategy for public exchanges, and she previously served as chief of staff for the Office of the Chairman and CEO. She has held a variety of senior leadership roles at Aetna, focused on pricing, underwriting, product management, mergers & acquisitions integration and medical cost analytics.

Kay developed and currently serves as Executive Sponsor for Aetna’s Enterprise Leadership Development Program (ELDP), which is focused on building a pipeline of future leaders with a broad range of knowledge and experience across Aetna’s enterprise through rotational assignments with accelerated learning and development.

Her passion for well-being extends beyond her position at Aetna and includes leadership roles with the American Heart Association. Most recently, she served as Chair of the 2017 Greater Hartford Heart Ball. In previous years, she co-chaired the organization’s Circle of Red and Tell 5 campaigns, where she helped drive awareness of the risks of heart disease among women and raise money for this life-saving movement. She also served as Co-chair for the 2010-2011 Go Red for Women campaign for North Central Connecticut and as Chair for the 2014-2015 campaign. In 2018, Kay joined the Board of Directors for Pet Partners, an organization committed to connecting people with the health benefits of animal-assisted intervention. This aligns with Kay’s strong belief in the healing power of pet therapy.

Kay graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Penn State. She is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, and is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Kathryn (Katie) Nermoe is the Corporate Wellness Director at Sanford Health Plan (Sioux Falls, SD) and is also an Amazon.com #1 best-selling author. Over her 20-year career, Nermoe has held leadership positions in health care, marketing and local government administration. Nermoe believes organizational health is the number-one driver of organizational wealth. She contends a businesses’ engagement and wellness strategies are one in the same, and uses the six dimensions of well-being as foundational cornerstones for transforming organizational culture.

Nermoe holds a bachelor’s in public administration and public relations; a master’s in public administration; and a mini-MBA in health care administration. Her favorite wellness activities include going for runs with her German Shorthair, snorkeling and wakeboarding. She is married with two step daughters and considers Bemidji, MN, the Apostle Islands, WI and North Caicos, BWI all home.

Julie Paris is the Wellness Program Specialist at Akamai Technologies, Inc. She has successfully developed the wellness program and engaged her colleagues in programs that align with the 5 Pillars of Akamai Wellness - active, nourished, calm, balanced, and healthy. Her passion for health and wellness started with a part-time career as a group fitness instructor. Completing the Institute for Integrative Nutrition program provided more fuel to her passion for health and wellness.

David Pauer is Director of Wellness for the Employee Health Plan (EHP) of Cleveland Clinic*. EHP covers healthcare and wellness expenses for 90,000 Cleveland Clinic Caregivers and their family members.

David has been with Cleveland Clinic for 11 years, first as a manager in the Employee Wellness department and since 2010 with the EHP.

David has dedicated his career to nonprofit health organizations. He previously was the executive director of the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland, and the executive vice president of the American Diabetes Association, Ohio Affiliate.

David earned a Master of Nonprofit Organizations degree, specializing in healthcare organizations, from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and a Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education from The Ohio State University. David spent a year studying Spanish language, culture, and public health in Madrid, Spain in a program through Bowling Green State University.

*Founded in 1921, Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education at multiple local, national and international sites.

Born and raised in North Dakota, Patty earned a full-athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University in 1985. She was a 9-time NCAA All-American (Shot Put and Discus) and competed at the 1988 Olympic Trials.

In the 90’s, as an entrepreneur, Patty grew her fitness & wellness company, to employ over 100 employees with annual revenues of over $5 million. In January 2009, Patty sold all corporate contracts, including those with Cisco, Yahoo! and Safeway to Plus One Holdings of New York which is now Optum. During that time, she helped launch the Stanford Health Promotion Network whose 65+ members include large corporations like Apple and Adobe, local counties, medical institutions and several non-profits.

From 2013-2016 she found her passion overseeing the HealthySteps to Wellness Program for all non-physician employees of Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Hospital. In early 2016 Patty accepted a role with the newly formed Stanford Medicine WellMD Center as a vocal advocate for all members of our care teams. Today, Patty is an Associate Director of Faculty and Staff Wellness for Stanford University and continues to oversee the Stanford Health Promotion Network.

Susan helps companies facing change solve problems and capitalize on opportunities more effectively, through more creative thinking. Some of the world’s largest corporations call on Susan to consult with them on innovation initiatives, strategy, and culture. Clients include Novartis, Kellogg, Georgia Pacific, the American Hospital Association, Tufts Health Plan, Pfizer, Frito Lay, Starbucks, & HGTV.

She was a keynote speaker at the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center Innovation Expo, and is a frequent speaker in creativity and innovation across the U.S. and around the world. She has spoken at conferences and led innovation initiatives in places as diverse as South Africa, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, the U.K., China, France, Brazil, Mexico, and Greece.

She teaches executive education and graduate level courses in creative thinking at Harvard University, as well as being a senior faculty member at the annual Creative Problem Solving Institute, the largest and longest-running innovative thinking conference in the world.

Leticia Sandoval joined Blue Shield of California in 2007. In her current capacity Leticia owns the vendor relationships for the clinically validated lifestyle medicine programs available to many of the 4 Million Blue Shield of California members. Leticia and her operations team also partner with sales, finance, and employer group executives to design, implement, and track the clinical effectiveness of the lifestyle medicine programs offered to employer groups. Leticia is devoted to furthering Blue Shield of California’s position as an industry leader who uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches to prevent, treat and reverse lifestyle-related chronic diseases.

Leticia has a background in Finance and Analytics. Prior to joining Blue Shield of California, Leticia worked at Marian Regional Medical Center as a senior financial analyst producing monthly board reports to top management, identifying trends and areas of improvement based on healthcare metrics: financial, utilization, productivity, clinical performance, and patient satisfaction. Leticia holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, with Minors in French and Psychology. Leticia’s passion for wellness extends from her professional to personal life, she is an avid runner and enjoys living a healthy lifestyle with her family.

Karen is a Senior Population Health Analyst at Molina Healthcare of New Mexico. Her background is in Epidemiology, Public Health, and Population Health, with a specific interest in advancing evidence-based practices to improve health outcomes in underserved communities. She has worked as a Researcher at Idaho State University, where she received a Master of Science in Microbiology and Public Health, Epidemiologist for the New Mexico Department of Health, Data Manager and Program Coordinator at the University of New Mexico for several federally-funded research programs, and currently focuses on evaluation and population health analytics at Molina Healthcare.

Mr. Snyder has served as a school district Treasurer since 1996. He has served Fairbanks Local Schools in Milford, Ohio; North Union Local Schools in Richwood, Ohio; Cuyahoga Falls City Schools in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio; and Hudson City Schools in Hudson, Ohio before moving to Mayfield City Schools in 2006. He has over 23 years of experience in both the private and notfor- profit environments.

Mr. Snyder holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Toledo, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Ashland University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. Awards he has received include the GFOA Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting, the ASBO International Certificate of Excellence, and the Ohio Auditor of State Award with Distinction.

Mr. Snyder is a member of the Ohio Association of School Business Officials (OASBO), Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO), and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Snyder and his wife Colleen have two daughters and live in Kirtland.

Tom Spring is the director of Wellness and Community Programs for Health Alliance Plan (HAP), with responsibility for health promotion and worksite wellness programs serving HAP commercial groups, members and community health outreach efforts.

Tom previously worked for WebMD Health Services as senior director of Strategic Accounts in the Provider Systems & Reseller Segments, focusing on corporate and community health promotion program strategy, implementation, and business development for health system and reseller clients.

Additionally, Tom has served the industry as program manager of corporate, business, and community health promotion for Beaumont Health System, an adjunct instructor in the exercise science programs for both Oakland Community College and Oakland University, and formerly was an instructor in the School of Internal Medicine in the Oakland University/William Beaumont School of Medicine. Tom also serves as a consulting content expert in exercise science and health promotion for a variety of professional organizations and education providers.

Tom holds a master’s degree in Exercise Physiology from Oakland University and a graduate certificate in Complementary Medicine and Wellness, as well as undergraduate degrees in Health Science, Exercise Science and Psychology. Tom is certified as a Clinical Exercise and Health Fitness Specialist with the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and is a Fellow of the American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). He has worked in a variety of areas of health and exercise science including non-invasive cardiology, clinical weight management, corporate and community health promotion, physical/occupational therapy, and personal fitness training.

Tom has authored numerous published scientific papers and abstracts and has authored and/or coauthored four book chapters related to exercise science, most recently in ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 6th edition and is currently associate editor for ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer, 4th edition. Tom presents regularly at local, national, and international invited symposia, conferences, and various events on benefits of exercise for cardiovascular disease management and prevention, physical activity and epidemiology, metabolism and obesity, and a variety of professional and motivational topics.

Tom has served on numerous professional and non-profit boards and committees, including the ACSM’s Clinical Certification Review Board as Chair of its Certified Personal Trainer committee, former Chair of the AACVPR Membership Committee, Executive Board of the Michigan Wellness Council and as President and board member of the Michigan Society for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. He is on review boards for two nationally recognized medical publications and has been repeatedly featured on local media for exercise and health-related topics.

Maya is the Director of Quality and Population Health at Molina Healthcare of New Mexico. In her role at Molina she has implemented the Patient-Centered Medical Home program, Behavioral Health Homes, and leads quality improvement initiatives across the organization. Her special interest is using population health to improve the healthcare delivery system. Prior to working in managed care she enjoyed leading quality initiatives in a hospital, directing a County-led Health Council, and investing lots of energy into Public Health especially in the areas of HIV/AIDS, policy development and environmental health. Maya has a Masters of Public Health (M.P.H.) and is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) through the Project Management Institute.

BHARAT SUTARIYA, MD, FACEP, vice president and chief medical officer, population health, is responsible for leading population health innovation strategy, and strategic client advancement. He collaborates with leaders across the company, strategic clients and industry to enhance Cerner’s industry leading Population Health Platform, intelligence and solutions.

These capabilities enable Cerner to provide comprehensive set of solutions to health care delivery systems, employers, government and sponsors of healthcare across the globe to meet diverse needs in this dynamic era of health care transformation. Dr. Sutariya is a thought leader within Cerner and across broader health care industry on population health management and shared accountability between consumers, providers and payers.

Dr. Sutariya is a strong advocate of big data driven innovation in healthcare with special interest in advanced clinical intelligence and healthcare economics. He leads internal Cerner and client collaboration teams to develop solutions in population health management by integrating near real-time analytics, risk and impactability predictions.

Dr. Sutariya has played a key role in Cerner’s Lighthouse and Executable Knowledge® strategy, including designing clinical content and process improvement solutions that enable physicians, nurses and other clinicians in delivering evidence-based care.

Dr. Sutariya joined Cerner in 2004. Prior roles include the physician executive for acute care strategy, as well as managing director responsible for Cerner’s emergency medicine enterprise.

Prior to joining Cerner, Dr. Sutariya was at Detroit Medical Center (DMC), leading healthcare information technology implementation and clinical transformation across this integrated delivery network. He was also on faculty as clinical assistant profession at Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Dr. Sutariya earned his medical degree from Wayne State University. He also has bachelors and master’s degrees in biology from Wayne State. He trained in Emergency Medicine at the residency program of Wayne State University and the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan.

T. J. Tedesco is co-founder of, and VP Customer Experience for VIVIO Health, a specialty drug management company providing better outcomes at lower costs. For two decades prior to VIVIO Health, T. J. led a branding, marketing and user experience services agency serving the healthcare industry. He and his team served more than a hundred companies, a third for more than three years and six for a decade or longer. He also was a partner at Synepta Group, a healthcare IT accelerator exclusively serving early-stage health tech companies. Early in his career he was a salesperson for several companies, but started in corporate finance with a Fortune 100 tech company.

T. J. has a BA in English from Grinnell College and was valedictorian of his MBA class at Northeastern University. He’s a founding board member of the Build Haiti Foundation and when not living the VIVIO life, can often be found on a local hockey rink.

Ashley Weigl is Associate Director of Risk Reduction Services for MHealthy, the University of Michigan’s Health and Well-being program for faculty and staff. In her MHealthy role, Ashley oversees population-based programming aimed at optimizing health for all. Ashley is passionate about creating thriving work environments, health equity, and working to improve the health of the most vulnerable populations in our communities. Ashley earned her Master’s degrees in Public Health and Social Work from the University of Michigan, and has over 12 years’ professional experience in community and workplace-based health and well-being initiatives.