Speakers

1. 
   Brainerd, Mary K.

   President and CEO, HealthPartners

   Mary K. Brainerd leads more than 21,000 employees in the HealthPartners integrated system. Under her leadership and direction, HealthPartners has experienced record growth and is often recognized as a national leader in the health care industry.

2. 
   Fishel, Anne, Ph.D.

   Founding Member, The Family Dinner Project

   Anne Fishel, Ph.D., is a family therapist, clinical psychologist and associate clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School. She also directs the Family and Couples Therapy Program at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she trains child and adult psychiatry residents in family therapy.

3. 
   Georgiou, Archelle, M.D.

   Founder, Georgiou Consulting

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   Archelle Georgiou, M.D., is a storyteller, physician, former health care industry executive and data lover. Most importantly, she is a zealot about helping people understand how to navigate the health care system and advocate for their health.

4. 
   Herman, David C., M.D.

   President and CEO, Vidant Health

   David C. Herman, M.D., is president and CEO of Vidant Health, an integrated health care system with 10 hospitals and more than 50 clinics headquartered in Greenville, N.C. He previously served on the Mayo Clinic staff for more than 20 years.

5. 
   Joyner, Michael J., M.D.

   Consultant, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic

   Michael J. Joyner, M.D., who was named a Mayo Clinic Distinguished Investigator in 2010, has interests that include cardiovascular regulation in humans, the physiology of world records, autonomic regulation of blood glucose and clinical transfusion practices.

6. 
   Mazer, Susan, Ph.D.

   President and CEO, Healing HealthCare Systems

   Susan Mazer, Ph.D., and her husband founded Healing HealthCare Systems, which produces The C.A.R.E. Channel relaxation programming for patient television. She has also brought the issue of hospital noise to the forefront of hospital concern through her accredited educational programs for nurses and presentations at conferences.

7. 
   Poland, Gregory, M.D.

   Consultant, Division of General Internal Medicine, and Director, Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic

   Gregory A. Poland, M.D., directs Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, which investigates issues surrounding vaccine response, vaccine policy and novel vaccines important to public health. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters.

8. 
   Sarrouf, John

   Executive Director, The Family Dinner Project

   John Sarrouf is a professional mediator and dialogue facilitator with the Public Conversations Project. He also teaches peace and conflict studies at Gordon College and is a dialogue associate with the Difficult Dialogues project at Clark University.

9. 
   Slutkin, Gary, M.D.

   Founder and Executive Director, Cure Violence

   Physician and epidemiologist Gary Slutkin, M.D., is the founder and executive director of Cure Violence, a scientifically proven, public health approach to violence reduction that uses disease control and behavior change methods.

10. 
    Snyderman, Nancy L., M.D.

    Chief Medical Editor, NBC News

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    Nancy L. Snyderman, M.D., joined NBC News as chief medical editor in September 2006. Her reports regularly appear on "TODAY," "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams," "Rock Center With Brian Williams," "Dateline NBC," MSNBC and MSNBC.com.