Speakers at the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference

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Announcing the BHT2023 speakers

V = Virtual Speaker
CE =Continuing Education Speaker

C. Vaile Wright, Ph.D.

Senior Director of Health Care Innovation, American Psychological Association

Chris DeCou, PhD

Head of Global Behavioral Health, Amazon

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH

Chief Health Equity Officer and Senior Vice President, American Medical Association (AMA)

Tom Novak

Senior Advisor State Policy, Office of National Coordinator for Health IT, US Department of Health and Human Services

Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, FAAP

Former Chief Medical Officer, US Medicaid Program

Holly Maloney

Managing Director, General Catalyst

Keris Myrick, MBA

Vice President of Partnerships, Inseperable

Doug Nemecek, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, Evernorth Health Services

Gregory G. Harris, MD, MPH, DFAPA, CHIE

Senior Medical Director of Mental Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Taft Parsons III, MD

Chief Psychiatric Officer, CVS Health

Tamarah Duperval-Brownlee, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAFP

Inaugural Chief Health Officer, Accenture

Michael Perlmutter

SVP & Managing Director, Insights & Innovation Lab, Lockton Companies

Pushkar Joshi, PhD

Chief Strategy and Science Officer, OneMind

Megan Jones Bell, PsyD

Clinical Director of Consumer and Mental Health, Google

Julie Murchinson

Partner, Transformation Capital

Martin R. Felsenthal, MBA

Managing Partner, Health Velocity Capital

Ling Shao

Founder and CEO, SpectrumAI

Heidi Arthur

Chief Campaign Development Officer, Ad Council

Gregory G. Harris, MD, MPH, DFAPA, CHIE

Senior Medical Director of Mental Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Johnnie Gasper

Director of Justice & Crisis Systems, Arizona Complete Health

Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

Chris Dooney

Senior Director, Corporate Development, UHS

Briana Duffy

Market President, Carelon Behavioral Health

Cara McNulty, DPA

President of Behavioral Health & Mental Well-being, CVS Health

Reginald D. Williams II

Vice President, Co-lead Behavioral Health, Commonwealth Fund

Jessica Jackson, PhD

Chair of the Mental Health Tech Advisory Committee, APA

Yener Balan, MD, DFAPA

Vice President of Behavioral Health and Specialty Services, Kaiser Permanente

Tina Thornton MBA, RN, BSN, COHN-S/CM

AVP of Wellbeing and Safety, Nationwide Insurance

Ronke Komolafe, DBH, MBA

Founder, Advancing Behavioral Health

Kim Davis

Manager Compensation & Benefits Admin, Alex Lee Inc.

Michael Tilton

Senior Vice President for Specialty and Retiree Solutions, Humana

Omar Manejwala, MD

Chief Medical Officer, DarioHealth

Yavar Moghimi, MD

Chief Psychiatric Medical Officer, Amerihealth Caritas DC

Christine Schulze, MSW, LCSW, CEAP, MBA

Vice President of Operations, CuraLinc Healthcare

Brad Lerner, JD

Director, Public Policy, Manager, Behavioral Health and Enterprise Issues, Elevance Health

Mona Potter, MD

Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, InStride Health

Mark Friedlander, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, UHS

Michael Brodsky, MD

Senior Medical Director for Behavioral Health & Social Services, L.A. Care

Obadiah Sang, MBA

Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategic Investment, Independence Blue Cross

Matthew Holt

Founder/Author, The Health Care Blog

Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala, MPH

Senior Fellow and Lecturer, Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health

Kate Wolin, ScD

Partner, Pace Healthcare Capital

Julia Kyle, LMSW, MBA

Director of Behavioral Health Strategy and Planning, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan

Jeanne Marconi, MD, FAAP

Vice President, PM Pediatrics

Garry Simmons

Managing Director & Practice Leader, Milliman’s Health & Group Benefits Practice

Hani Talebi, PhD

Chief Clinical Officer and Senior Vice President, Health Systems Integration, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Frank Webster, MD

Chief Medical Officer of Behavioral Health, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of IL, MT, NM, OK & TX

Carmen Parker-Bradshaw

Division VP, Behavioral Health, Community Health, Quality & Accreditation, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Kansas City

Erin Terkoski Young, MSW, MBA, LICSW

Senior Director, Health Management, WTW

Anthony Sossong, MD, MS, FABPN

Chief Medical Director of Behavioral Health, Amwell

Nicole Christian Brathwaite, MD

Senior Medical Director and Head of Clinical, Headway

Jon Gordon

Managing Partner, HC9

Debra Nussbaum, PhD, LCSW

Senior Director of Behavioral Health & National SUD Strategy Lead, Optum

Tyler Jones, MD

Senior Medical Director, Optum

Yuri Sudhakar

Founder & CEO, Nudj Health

Kristin Tugman, PhD, CRC, LPC

Vice President of Holistic Wellness, Health & Productivity, Prudential Financial

Kelsey Noonan

Program Strategy & Investment Lead, Pivotal Ventures

Tracy Rico MHA, RN

Director, Virtual Care, Superior HealthPlan

Samuel Nordberg, PhD

Chief of Behavioral Health, Reliant Medical Group

Merrill Friedman

RVP of Inclusive Policy & Advocacy, Elevance Health

Tracy Daugherty, LICSW

Program Manager, Behavioral Health Strategy and Clinical Programs, Point32Health

Charles Ingoglia

President & CEO, National Council for Mental Wellbeing

Sandeep Acharya

Co-founder & CEO, Octave

Claudia Black, PhD

Author, Speaker, & Senior Fellow, Meadows Behavioral Health

Cori E. McMahon, PsyD, NCCE

Chief Clinical Officer, ERPHealth

Oleg Tarkovsky, MBA

Director of Behavioral Health Services, Carefirst BCBS

Danielle Senn

Wellbeing & Engagement Consultant, Gallagher

Kasey Claborn, PhD

Director, Addiction Research Institute

Anum Ali, LPC, NCC

Blended Care Therapist, Lyra Health

Andrew Parker

Founder & CEO, Papa

Alex Drane

Co-founder & CEO, ARCHANGELS

Aaron Patton

Managing Director of Innovation Strategy and Research, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Adina Safer

Health Tech Creator and Producer, The Medicaid Sessions

Andy Kelly, MBA

Senior Vice President, Provider Enablement, Optum Behavioral Health

Carrie Khan, MS

Senior Director of Health, Equity and Wellbeing, WTW

Chris Rogers

Senior Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking, Ziegler

Carter Comrie, PhD

Mental Health Lead, Crossover Health

Caroline Fenkel, DSW, LCSW

Co-founder & Chief Clinical Officer, Charlie Health

Erin Fitzgerald

Head of Communications & Payer Marketing, Headway

Erin Boyd

Chief Growth Officer, Talkspace

Josh Golomb

CEO, Hazel Health

Jamie L. Evans, MD, MPH, DABOM

VP & Medical Director, OnDemand Care and Clinician Engagement, ArrayBC

Kacie Kelly

Chief Innovation Officer, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Jennifer Huberty, PhD

Founder & Fractional Chief Science Officer, Fit Minded Inc

Julia Kastner

Chief Product Officer, NeuroFlow

Kevin Lynch

Founder and CEO, Quell Foundation

Kristina Saffran

CEO and Co-founder, Equip Health

Margaret Laws

President and CEO, Hopelab

Lisa Padilla, PhD

Senior Behavioral and Social Scientist, Rand Corporation

Kristian Ranta

CEO and Founder, Meru Health

Larissa D'Andrea

Global Vice President of Impact, ResMed

Mark Schweyer, MBA

Director of Telehealth Programs, Health Net of California

Michael Fu, MD, MBA

Director of Product & Behavioral Health Strategy, Hazel Health

Matthew Sopcich

SVP and GM of Mental Health Services, Teladoc Health

Mason Turner, MD

Senior Medical Director for Behavioral Health, Intermountain Healthcare

Melissa Reilly

Chief Growth Officer, Evernorth

Rachel Kotok Goldberg

Vice President, Product Innovation & Strategic Partnerships, NovaWell

Nicoletta "Nicki" Tessler, PsyD, MBA

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, BeMe Health

Monika Roots, MD, FAPA

Co-founder and President, Bend Health

Sara Ratner

President, Government Programs, Nomi Health

CE
Credits

in-person & online

Earn up to 13 continuing education (CE) hours

In partnership with PESI, our event offered CE credits for mental health professionals who attend. For those unable to make the trip to Arizona, the CE credits were attainable virtually via PESI's streaming platform during the live event.