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