Keynotes

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March
30

Kyle hopes that his story can inspire others to chase their own crazy ideas and become the people they were meant to be.

Kyle Scheele

“Hilarious, entertaining, yet deeply meaningful & poignant. Worth the entire price of the conference.”
- Attendee Survey

3:00pm - 4:30pm

NHIA Opening General Session

Embracing the Transformative Potential of Crazy Ideas

Kyle Scheele has been called "the patron saint of crazy ideas". Whether he's having a Viking funeral for the regrets of 21,000 people, hosting the world's first fake marathon, or gaining a million TikTok followers in just 25 hours, Kyle is always on the lookout for crazy ideas that produce wildly outsized outcomes.
 
Over the last decade, his projects have been featured in outlets like Fast Company, WIRED, The Washington Post, Yahoo!, BuzzFeed, UpWorthy, Goalcast, and more. His videos have been viewed over 250 million times, and he has spoken to hundreds of thousands of audience members across the United States. More than anything, Kyle hopes that his story can inspire others to chase their own crazy ideas and become the people they were meant to be.
 
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A physician-economist, McClellan led both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the Food and Drug
Administration under the George W. Bush administration

March
31

Mark McClellan, PhD

Mark offers his policy perspectives on quality and value in health care.

8:15am - 9:40am

General Session: Industry Keynote

Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan takes the stage to share his perspectives on health care policy. A physician-economist, McClellan led both the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the Food and Drug Administration under the George W. Bush administration, overseeing initiatives such as the introduction of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, Medicare and Medicaid payment reforms, the FDA’s Critical Path Initiative, and public-private initiatives to develop better information on the quality and cost of care. As Director of the Duke‐Margolis Institute for Health Policy at Duke University, he focuses on quality and value in health care including payment reform, real‐world evidence and more effective drug and device innovation. He will discuss his ideas for strategies and solutions to advance the resilience and interconnectedness of 21st Century public health and health care.

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April
1

Paula employs a storytelling approach that intimately connects to the audience and fosters enduring change.

Paula Stone Williams

Paula has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, PBS, and scores of other media outlets.

1:30pm - 2:45pm

Fostering Better Understanding

Paula Stone Williams is an internationally-known speaker on issues of gender equity, LGBTQ advocacy, and religious tolerance. Paula has been the CEO of a large religious non-profit, the editor-at-large of a national magazine, host of a national television show and a corporate consultant. With her doctoral thesis on the DiSC Personality Profile, Paula has led hundreds of corporate boards and work teams to become more efficient and productive. Paula has served as an adjunct university professor in the United States and Europe, and is the author of eight books.

Paula, with decades of experience in strategic communications within partisan spaces, skillfully employs narrative communication—a storytelling approach that intimately connects the audience with the conveyed message, fostering enduring change.

She has been featured in TEDWomen, TEDSummit, the New York Times, Red Table Talk, TEDxMileHigh, the Washington Post, NPR, Good Morning America, CNN, ABC News, PBS, and scores of other media outlets. As a keynote speaker, Paula has spoken for hundreds of corporations, conferences, and universities around the world. Her TED talks have had over nine million views.

Paula’s memoir, As a Woman: What I Learned about Power, Sex, and the Patriarchy After I Transitioned (Simon & Schuster), chronicles her transition journey and sheds light on the gendered landscape that impacts many in the LGBTQ+ community and women in the workplace and beyond. Her memoir will be turned into a limited series by Cannonball Productions.

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