Meet the 2025 Speakers
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OR Manager Conference speakers represent facilities across the country that are making strides to improve operational efficiency and profitability. Learn more about the speakers below, and make a plan for what you want to ask them at the conference!
Trevor Adkins, MBA, BSN, RN, CNOR
Director of Surgical ServicesHutchinson Regional Healthcare System
Gail Avigne, MSN, BA, RN
Senior Consultant, Strategic ConsultingPress Ganey Associates LLC
Dana Bankhurst
Director of Account ManagementLeanTaaS
Adam Becker, MPA
Vice President, Perioperative Strategy & OperationsNorthwell Health
Moustafa Bleik
Manager, OR Scheduling and Data ManagementKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Hazel Boyd, MBA
Operations Manager - Transforming TomorrowBoston Children's Hospital
Melanie Burgess
Vice President of Perioperative ServicesUniversity of Tennessee Medical Center
Janet Carlson, MSN, BSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE
Executive Director of ASCsCommonwealth Pain & Spine
Stephanie Casanova, MBA
Director, Procedural Business ServicesMassachusetts General Hospital
Amy F. Coletti
Principal, ASC PracticeECG Management Consultants
Bethany Daily, MHA, BA
Executive Director, Perioperative Services and Healthcare Systems EngineeringMassachusetts General Hospital
Geri Eaves, BSN, RN, CASC, CNOR
CEO and AdministratorThe Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center
Fawn Esser-Lipp, MBA, BSN, CASC, CNOR
Executive DirectorThe Surgery Center LLC
Fadi Fares
Manager, Day Surgery Unit and Post-Anesthesia Care UnitKing Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center
Paul Flaherty, CRCST
Senior Manager Customer ServiceMassachusetts General Hospital
Susanna Gallani, PhD
Associate Professor of Business AdministrationHarvard Business School
Jacqueline Gardocki, MBA, MSN, BSN, CNOR, CASC
Nurse Manager Luckow Pavilion Same Day Services & Pain ManagementThe Valley Hospital
Joshua Gomez, MPH
Business Operations ManagerMassachusetts General Hospital
Jason Goodwin, MPH, MSN, BSN
PresidentInnovative Cultures Consulting
Kim Greene Hiller
Founder and OwnerThe Laughing Academy
Jasmine Hampton-Nicholson MSN, RN,CNOR
Vice President of Perioperative ServicesTemple University Health System
Chris Hunt, MBA, MSHA, BSN, RN, CSSM, NEA-BC
Associate Vice President, Perioperative ServicesMultiCare Health System
Dr. Jake Jacobs
Chief Operating OfficerSIPS Consults Corporation
DeAnna Kearney, BSN, RN, CAPA
Manager of EndoscopyThe Valley Hospital
Aileen R. Killen, PhD, RN, CPPS
Director of Perioperative ExcellenceLiveData
Matt Kilton
PartnerECG Management Consultants
Margaret Minchoff
Head of MarketingOpmed.AI
Jessica Mody, MHA
Director of Product Strategy and ManagementVizient Inc.
Allison Ng, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC
Director, Perioperative Scheduling and Block ManagementNew York Presbyterian Hospital
Ethan Nobbs
CEOPREFcards, LLC
Nick Palmieri
VP of Sales and GrowthOpmed.AI
Allen Passerallo, MBA
Vice President, Category Management, OrthopedicsVizient Inc.
Courtney Pearson
Senior System Director of Operations for Perioperative ServicesMedStar Health
Collin Pick, MSN, CRNA, ARNP, CMPE
Chief of AnesthesiaPhysician Partners of America
Kevin Roberts
Former CFO & EVPGeisinger Health System
Marla Roberts, MHA, BSE/E, RN, LNC, CJCP, HACP-CMS|IP
CEOPeriop Accreditation Readiness, LLC
Matt Ruby, MHA
Business Operations Director, Surgical ServicesNorthwestern Medicine
Yessenia Salgado, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CNOR
Senior Director of Clinical Operations for Surgical ServicesTampa General Hospital
Michael Schiller, CMRP
Executive DirectorAssociation for Health Care Resources & Materials Management
Andrew Schreiner, MSHA
Business Manager, Surgical ServicesNorthwestern Medicine
Elizabeth Seitz, MSN, RN
Perioperative Services Clincial Program ManagerBarnes Jewish West County Hospital
Hannah Shufeldt, DNP, MSHCM, RN, CNOR
Director of Procedural ServicesSarah Bush Lincoln Health System
Erinn Skiba
Senior Director of Public SafetyTampa General Hospital
Steve Spring, BA
Executive Director FinanceMassachusetts General Hospital
Kate Ulrich, MS, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President Perioperative ServicesTampa General Hospital
Dawn Whiteside, DNP, MSN-Ed, RN, CNOR, NPD-BC, RNFA
Director of Education and Professional DevelopmentCCI - Competency & Credentialing Institute
Colby Wilson, MBA
Director of Financial Operations for Perioperative ServicesNorthwell Health
Bob Winandy, MSN, MBA, RN
Chief Executive OfficerBrightside Surgical
Deb Yoder, MHA, BSN, RN, CNOR, CASC
Vice President Facility DevelopmentCompass Surgery Partners