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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
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3:00pm - 4:30pm
NHIA Opening General Session
Embracing the Transformative Potential of Crazy Ideas
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Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
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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Paula Stone Williams
1:30pm - 2:45pm
General Session: Industry Awards and Keynote, "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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