Speakers at the 2023 Behavioral Health Tech Conference

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Announcing the BHT2023 speakers

V = Virtual Speaker
CE =Continuing Education Speaker

Rachel McCrickard, LMFT

CEO & Co-founder, Motivo Health

Robin McIntosh

CEO and Co-Founder, Workit Health

Reena Pande, MD

Independent Board Member and Advisor

Patrick Hendry

Vice President of Peer Services, firsthand

Reyna Montaya, MEd

Founder & CEO, Aliento

Stephen Smith

Co-founder and CEO, NOCD

Shirley Bergin

Advisor, Going Digital Health

Sophie Riegel

Professional speaker, Certified Coach, Mental health advocate, Author

Stacy DiStefano

Founder & CEO, CFHS

Sara Salek, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

Kat McDavitt

Founder, Innsena

Sentari Minor

Vice President of Strategy and Chief of Staff, evolvedMD

Stephen Schueller, PhD

Associate Professor, University of California Irvine

Shana Hoffman

President and CEO, Lucet

Suzanne Kunis

President and CEO, NovaWell

Danny Freed

Founder and CEO, Blueprint

Matt Miclette, MPH, MS, RN

VP of Clinical Operations, NeuroFlow

Holly May

EVP & Global Chief Human Resources Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Giovanni Colella, MD

Co-founder & CEO Vanna Health

Ann O'Grady

Behavioral Health Director, Independence Blue Cross

Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAPA, FAMP, CPHQ

President, Magellan Behavioral Health; Chief Medical Officer, Magellan Health

Darren Webb

Co-Founder & CEO, Mindset

James Polo, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer, Carelon Behavioral Health

Jennifer Christian-Herman, PhD

Vice President, Mind Body Medicine/Behavioral Health, Blue Shield of California

Hamilton Baiden

CEO, Youturn Health

Bill Geary

Co-Founder and General Partner, Flare Capital Partners

Alex Katz

Founder & CEO, Two Chairs

Helena Plater-Zyberk

CEO & Co-Founder, Supportiv

Marlo Murray

Senior Manager Product Strategy of Medicare, Cigna Healthcare

Eric Frieman

CEO, Forge Health

Liam Donohue

Founder and Managing Partner, .406 Ventures

Cooper Zelnick

Chief Revenue Officer, Groups Recover Together

Ish Bhalla, MD

Medical Director of Behavioral Health Value Transformation, Blue Cross NC at Blue Cross NC

Kurt Sheline

Partner, Echo Health Ventures

Alicia Berkemeyer

Executive Vice President, Chief Health Managment Officer, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield

Hossam Mahmoud, MD, MPH

Regional Chief Medical Officer at Carelon Behavioral Health

Cynthia Grant, PhD, LCSW, MBA

Head of Clinical, Grow Therapy

Jessica Watrous, PhD

Director of Clinical and Scientific Affairs, Modern Health

Scott Royston

Chief Growth Officer, Wayspring

Shar Najafi-Piper, PhD

CEO, Copa Health

Nawal Roy

Founder and CEO, Holmusk

Daniela Tudor

Founder & CEO, WEconnect Health Management

David Cooper, PsyD

Director of Mental Health Product Strategy, Teladoc Health

Sarah Ellis

Senior Consultant, Health Transformation Team, Aon

Michael W. Johnson, MA, CAP

Senior Managing Director, CARF International

Kathryn Turner, MBBS, FRANZCP

Executive Director, Metro North Mental Health

Lisa Burt

Vice President of Health Transformation Team, Aon

Bridgette Bell

Founder, Brogans

Kay Nikiforova, MA

Head of Clinical & Research, Violet

Brad Kittredge, MPH, MBA

Co-Founder & CEO, Brightside Health

Kristin Gill, MD, PMH-C, FAPA

New York Medical Director of Behavioral Health, Carelon Behavioral Health

Riana Elyse Anderson, PhD, LCP

Psychologist, Chief Executive Officer, RACE Space Inc

Ludwing Salamanca, MD, PhD

Collaborative Care Medical Director, RubiconMD

Virna Little, PsyD

Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, Concert Health

Derek E. Baird

Chief Privacy Officer, BeMe

Neil Hattangadi, MD, MSc

CEO, Cortica

Wendy Harmon

Manager Business Information Analytics, Carelon

Lauren Carboni

Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP

Sunny J. Levine

Senior Counsel, Foley & Lardner LLC

Katherine Nisbet, EdD

Chief Clinical Officer, New Freedom

Jocelynn Guyer

Managing Director, Manatt Health

John Snook, JD

Chief Policy Officer, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Kristin Kroeger

Chief of Policy, Programs, Partnerships, APA

Sarah Mallard Wakefield, MD

Associate Professor and Chair Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Texas Tech University

Jasmin Acevedo, DSW, LCSW

Director of Coaching, MindRight

Morgan Hewett

CEO, OptionsMD

Tony Glebe

Founder and CEO, Boulder Growth Partners

Sushant Gupta

CEO, Meomind

Samara Jaffe

Cofounder & General Manager, Transform

Julie Goldstein Grumet, PhD

Vice President & Director, Zero Suicide Institute

Hossam Mahmoud, MD, MPH

Regional Chief Medical Officer, Carelon Behavioral Health

Jenn Plasse-Puzey, MBA

Head of Strategy and Product for Mental Well-Being, CVS Health

Abeer Jaber

Vice President, Behavioral Health Integration, OptumHealth

Deborah Riegel

Leadership Communication Instructor, Columbia Business School Executive Education

Harold Pincus, MD

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

James Leonard, DC

Market Provider Manager, Crossover Health's Amazon Neighborhood Health Centers

Jena M. Grady

Counsel, Nixon Peabody

Jessica Flannery, PhD

Head of Clinical Science, Limbix

Pooja Mittal, DO

Chief Health Equity Officer, HealthNet

Samantha Chafin, MBA

Senior Director, Behavioral Health Strategy and Operational Integration, Florida Blue

Sandra Berg, PhD

Sr. Director of Complex Health Solutions, Caresource

Jonathan Sherin, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Bio-behavioral Sciences, UCLA

Kristi Artz, MD

Medical Director Lifestyle Medicine, Corewell Healh

Katie Hill, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Nudj Health

Jonathan Seltzer

President, Simple Practice

Malekeh Amini, MBA

Founder & CEO, Trayt Health

Dave Kerrigan

Founder & CEO, BenefitPitch

Jessica DiVento Dzuban, PsyD

Global Head of Mental Health, Youtube, Google

Samuel Dorison

Co-Founder & CEO, ReflexAI

Celine Larkin, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Karen Johnson

Senior Vice President, UHS

David A. Jobes, PhD, ABPP

Professor, Associate Director of Clinical Training, CUA

Hayley Purdon

Founder, CriticLE

Ian Dawe, MD, FRCP(C), MHSc

Psychiatrist, Trillium Health Partner

Zac Imel, PhD

Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Lyssn

Matthew Welch

Clinical Nurse Consultant, Gold Coast Mental Health

Joe Rafferty, CBE

CEO, Mersey Care NHS Trust

Claire Iverson, DClinPsych

Clinical and Strategic Lead, Zero Suicide, Mersey Care NHS Trust

Jennifer Kilcoyne

Lead Clinical Psychologist, Mersey Care NHS Trust

Jerneja Sveticic, PhD, CHIA

Health Data Analyst and Researcher, Gold Coast Primary Health Network

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.