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Our kid experts join Becker’s Hospital Review’s 13th Annual Meeting

We’re excited that four of our Kid Experts from Children’s Minnesota will join Becker’s Hospital Review’s 13th Annual Meeting: Dr. Marc Gorelick, president and CEO; Jennifer Olson, SVP & chief operations officer; James Burroughs, senior vice president, government and community relations and chief equity and inclusion officer; and Laurin Cathey, senior vice president and chief human resources officer.

Becker’s says of the event, “We’ll discuss topics such as consumerism, the nursing workforce, value-based care, telehealth, physician burnout, payers, health equity and pharmacy costs. You will get a glimpse of the C-suite discussions happening at health systems across the country and leave with clear action items to improve your organization.”

The event roster includes 423+ C-suite speakers from hospital and health systems, with over 300 speakers in total. Learn more about which presentations our experts will be giving below.

Meet the leaders on Children’s Minnesota’s executive leadership team.

Our experts talk with Becker’s

Headshot of Dr. Marc Gorelick, president and CEO of Children's Minnesota
Dr. Marc Gorelick, president and CEO.
Headshot of Jennifer Olson, Senior vice president of system operations and chief strategy officer
Jennifer Olson, SVP & chief operations officer.
James Burroughs, senior vice president, government and community relations and chief equity and inclusion officer
James Burroughs, SVP, government and community relations and chief equity and inclusion officer.
Laurin Cathey, senior vice president and chief human resources officer
Laurin Cathey, SVP and chief human resources officer.

Panel sessions 

Join our experts at their panel sessions.

Tuesday, April 4: 

Session with Jennifer Olson from 9:40 – 10:20 a.m. located in Grand Ballroom Track A – CEO + Executive Strategy. 

Session title: Make High-Performing Teams Permeate Every Level of the Hospital

Olson will be joined by Rob Portwood, vice president, support services, UCHealth, Cristy Page, MD, MPH, executive dean, UNC School of Medicine; Chief Academic Officer, UNC Health and Mark Sparta, chief executive officer, Hackensack University Medical Center. The session is moderated by Erica Carbajal, editor, Becker’s Healthcare. 

Session with James Burroughs from 10:25-11:05 a.m. located in Randolph 1 AB. Track J – CNO + Nurse leadership 

Session title: Elevating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for a Stronger Workforce

Burroughs will be joined by Vanessa Nazario, chief diversity officer, Memorial Healthcare System, Kyle Underwood, MHA, program manager II, Head and Neck Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Sobeida Santana-Joseph, MSN, RN, NE-BC, OCN, executive director, Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care and Jhaymee Tynan, principal, Healthcare Services, Korn Ferry. The session will be moderated by Mariah Muhammad, writer, Events + Custom Content, Becker’s Healthcare. 

Session with Marc Gorelick, James Burroughs and Laurin Cathey from 1-1:40 p.m. located in Grand Suite 5. Track I – Health Equity, Value-Based Care + Population Health 

Session title: Transformative Change: Advancing DEI Across Your Health Care System 

Gorelick, Burroughs and Cathey will present on advancing DEI across your health care system. The session will be moderated by Mariah Muhammad, writer, events + custom content, Becker’s Healthcare.  

Register now and join us at Becker’s Hospital Review’s 13th Annual Meeting. We look forward to seeing you there!

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