Speakers at the 2024 Behavioral Health Tech Conference

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Announcing the first batch of 125 BHT2024 Speakers!

Below is our PRELIMINARY list of speakers, check back regularly for our next batch of 100+ MORE speakers in September!

Adam Haim, PhD

Branch Chief, National Institute of Mental Health

Alex Katz

Founder and CEO, Two Chairs

Alexa Mikhail

Senior Health and Wellness Reporter, Fortune Magazine

Alicia Berkemeyer

Executive Vice President and Chief Health Management Officer, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Alison Darcy, PhD

Founder & President, Woebot Health

Alissa Haight, LCSW, LISW, LSCSW

Divisional Lead Behavioral Health Specialist, Oak Street Health

Amanda Brown Lierman

Senior Director for Policy and Engagement and Executive Director of GoFundMe.org, GoFundMe

Amber Lange, PhD

Director, External Partnerships for Site Based Learning, Capella University

Amy Ayrault, LCSW

President, Evernorth Behavioral Care Group, Evernorth Health Services

Amy Hawthorne

Director of Mental Health and Wellness, Canyon Ranch

Andrew Barr

Founder, GreyMatter Capital

Andrew DiGiacomo

National Provider Network Strategy, Evernorth Health Services

Andrew Post

President, Hazel Health

Andrey Ostrovsky, MD

Managing Partner, Social Innovation Ventures

Andy Blackwell

Chief Scientific Officer, ieso

Andy Keller, PhD

President, Chief Executive Officer, and Linda Perryman Evans Presidential Chair, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute

Andy Kelly

SVP of Provider Enablement, Optum Behavioral Health Solutions

Angela Colistra, PhD

Advisory Council for Substance Use, Pennsylvania Governor’s Office

Ann O'Grady, LCSW

Behavioral Health Director, Independence Blue Cross

Anna Bobb

Executive Director, Path Foward

April Richardson, MD

VP Clinical Services BCBS SC and COO Companion Benefit Alternatives, BCBS SC and Companion Benefit Alternatives

Ashley Hunter

CEO and Founder, Fit Kids Foundation

Ashley Johnson, CSC-AD, MSW

Behavioral Health Project Manager, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Ashley Potts

Vice President of Member Operations, Wayspring

Ayo Gathing, M.D.

Regional Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Humana Healthy Horizons

Bernard DiCasimirro, D.O.

Chief Medical Officer, Lucet

Brad Dunn

Editor, Emerald

Brad Kittredge

CEO & Co-Founder, Brightside Health

Brandon Kitay, MD

Assistant Professor / Dir. Behavioral Health Integration, Emory School of Medicine / Emory Healthcare

Brett Hart, PhD

Vice President, Behavioral Health & Mental Health Parity, Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota

Britteny Matero

Partner and Senior Vice President, Insenna

Brooke Parish, M.D.

Executive Medical Director, HCSC

Bukata Hayes

Vice President, Racial and Health Equity and Chief Equity Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota

Carl Byers

Partner, F-Prime

Carmine Di Maro

Director, One Mind Accelerator, One Mind

Caroline Carney, M.D.

President and CMO, Magellan Health

Caroline Fenkel, DSW, LCSW

Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer, Charlie Health

Carrie Bergen

Sr. Strategist, Lyra Health

Carrie Khan

West Region Leader, Health, Equity & Wellbeing, WTW

Chanda Aloysius Yates

Senior Advisory on Indian Health Service, Kauffman and Associates

Chelsea Glenn

Chief Growth Officer, Northwell Direct

Chris Mosunic, PhD, RD, CDCES, MBA

Chief Clinical Officer, Calm

Chris Rogers

Senior Managing Director, Ziegler

Chris Sullens

Chief Executive Officer, CentralReach

Christal Wang

Co-founder & CEO, Shimmer

Christine Schulze, LCSW

Senior Behavioral Health Consultant, Mercer

Christophe Rimann

Co-Founder & CEO, Juniper Behavioral Health

Christopher McKelvy

Managing Partner, K. Ventures

Christopher Thompson

Chief Executive Officer, Sober Sidekick

Cindy Liu

Professor and Director of the Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Lab, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Claudia Naím-Burt

Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, Keep Company, Inc.

Colin LeClai

Chief Executive Officer, Connections Health Solutions

Cooper Zelnick

Chief Revenue Officer, Groups Recover Together

Daisy Wolf

Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Dana Lerman, MD

Co-Founder and Medical Director, Skylight Psychedelics

Darren Webb

CEO, Mindset Care

Darshak Sanghavi, MD

Program Manager, ARPA-H

David Ball

Sr. Director - Headstream, SecondMuse

David Cooper

Executive Director, Therapists in Tech

David Sitt, PsyD

Clinical Director, Agave Health

Dawne Carlson

VP of Human Resources, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation

Deb Adler

CEO, Navigator Healthcare

Debra Katz, MD

Senior National Medical Director, Optum

Debra Nussbaum, PhD, LCSW

Sr Director Behavioral Health, Optum/UHC

Dennis Depenbusch

New Ventures Initiative - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Devika Bhushan, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Daybreak Health

Donald Ramos

Program Development Director, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

Doug Henry, PhD

VP Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Highmark

Doug Nemecek, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Evernorth Behavioral Health

Dylan Ross, PhD

Head of Clinical, Blueprint

Elizabeth Freedman

Sr. Director, Quality Measurment, National Quality Forum

Ellen Hallsworth

Director, Bradley REACH, Bradley Hospital

Ellen Herlacher

Partner, LRVHealth

Erica Scott

Director of People and Organizational Culture, Grand Canyon Trust

Erin Sietstra

Head of Investments, Hopelab

Erin Terkoski Young

Mental Health Leader, WTW

Frank Webster, MD

CMO, Behavioral Health, Health Care Service Corporation

Gary Abernathy

VP, DE&I Practice Leader, Marsh McLennan Agency

Gregory Harris, MD, MPH, DLFAPA, CHIE

Senior Medical Director, Mental Health, BCBSMA

Greta McAnany

CEO/Founder, Blue Fever

Hannah Kemp

Vice President - Client Engagement and Partnerships, Surgo Health

Hannah Zaitlin

Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Helen Egger, MD

Co-founder and Chief Medical & Scientific Officer, Little Otter

Hoangmai (Mai) Pham, MD, MPH

President and CEO, Institute for Exceptional Care

Howard Kraft

Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, XO Health, Inc

Inderpreet Dhillon, M.D., MBA

Regional Medical Director, The Permanente Medical Group

Jana Dost

Vice President Behavioral Health Network Strategy and Partnership, Evernorth Behavioral Health

Jay Chaudhary

State Mental Health Commissioner, Indiana Family and Social Services Administration

Jay Taylor

Chief Growth Officer, Brave Health

Jayme Banks, PsyD, MBA

Interim Chief of Student Support Services, School District of Philadelphia

Jeff Smith

CEO, Bamboo Health

Jena Grady

Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Jenna Ciotti

Vice President, Transformation Capital

Jenna Glover

Chief Clinical Officer, Headspace

Jennifer Huberty, PhD

CEO and Founder, Jen Huberty, PhD

Jennifer Riha

Chief Strategy Officer, Boundless

Jenny Ahn

Chief Well-being Officer, Deloitte Consulting

Jeremy Weisz

Co-Founder and CEO, Greenspace Health

Jessica Gaulton, MD

CEO/Founder, FamilyWell Health

Jessica Johnson

Director of Complex Health Solutions Research and Development, CareSource

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.